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Messages from my iPad keep on failing to send

When I got my iPad Pro (the latest one) I was able to send messages perfectly fine but some day the messages keep failing to send! I checked the contacts number it was the same. I tried to look up the problems to fix it... it didn’t work and now I have to send from my iPhone 6S so can someone help me with this?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jun 29, 2020 11:29 AM

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Posted on Jun 29, 2020 12:13 PM

Unless you also have an iPhone, your iPad cannot send or receive SMS or MMS messages to phone numbers - as these are Cellular Carrier features. Without an iPhone, your iPad is limited to sending/receiving messages via the Apple-proprietary Messages App.


Native iMessages are directed to Apple recipients by their registered email addresses - and not by their Cellular phone numbers. The Cellular number associated with your iPad’s Data-SIM is only used for account identification and billing purposes.


To use SMS/MMS messaging from the iPad Messages App, your iPhone must be logged-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - and message forwarding to your iPad must be enabled on the iPhone.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208386


I hope this is helpful in clarifying your iPads Messaging features.

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Jun 29, 2020 12:13 PM in response to kirbboi

Unless you also have an iPhone, your iPad cannot send or receive SMS or MMS messages to phone numbers - as these are Cellular Carrier features. Without an iPhone, your iPad is limited to sending/receiving messages via the Apple-proprietary Messages App.


Native iMessages are directed to Apple recipients by their registered email addresses - and not by their Cellular phone numbers. The Cellular number associated with your iPad’s Data-SIM is only used for account identification and billing purposes.


To use SMS/MMS messaging from the iPad Messages App, your iPhone must be logged-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - and message forwarding to your iPad must be enabled on the iPhone.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208386


I hope this is helpful in clarifying your iPads Messaging features.

Messages from my iPad keep on failing to send

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