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MMS No Longer Working in iOS 13.6.1 on iPad Air 2

I recently had to do a complete reset of my old iPad Air 2. I backed it up, did a reset which did a clean install of the latest iOS 13.6.1, then restored programs/data from the backup. Now I can no longer send MMS messages. This had been working fine for at least a couple years up through the previous iOS version 13.4 I had on this iPad. I have one old message thread that has 6 iOS users and 3 Android users. Now every time I try to send a message to that group, I get the error that the message failed to send and the red exclamation mark. Multiple attempts to resend keep getting the same result.

I have done searches on this topic and read dozens of threads here and other forums but just can't get this resolved. Some threads mention a MMS setting in the Settings app on the iPad, but I don't see that option in iOS 13.6.1.

Hopefully I'm missing something obvious!

iPad Air 2, iPadOS 13

Posted on Sep 1, 2020 12:46 PM

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Posted on Sep 1, 2020 1:07 PM

You’ll need to ensure that MMS is explicitly enabled on your iPhone - and that Text Message Forwarding is also correctly configured on iPhone.


On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.

Settings > Messages > MMS Messaging - set to ON


Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON


More information:

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support


Fault finding if needed:

If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


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Sep 1, 2020 1:07 PM in response to JohnnyDawg

You’ll need to ensure that MMS is explicitly enabled on your iPhone - and that Text Message Forwarding is also correctly configured on iPhone.


On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.

Settings > Messages > MMS Messaging - set to ON


Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON


More information:

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support


Fault finding if needed:

If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


MMS No Longer Working in iOS 13.6.1 on iPad Air 2

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