how do I enable mms trying only iPad
iPad Pro, iPadOS 13
By using Text Message Forwarding from your iPhone. Do you own iPhone? If you do, see this link --> How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support
If you do not have iPhone, you will not be able to text anyone other than other iOS devices through iMessage.
Do you have an iPhone, or just an iPad?
An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or SMS/MMS Messaging features. An iPad with either WiFi or Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services. However, If paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features.
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:
Fault finding if needed:
If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
You must pair it with an iPhone -> Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch - Apple Support
By itself, an iPad is an internet data only device (doesn’t matter if it is a cellular+WiFi iPad or not). Thus it is limited to internet messaging only - iMessage, Skype, WhatsApp Web, etc.
You need a cellular telephone voice connection to use SMS/MMS services, thus the need to pair the iPad with an iPhone to share the iPhone’s texting capabilities with its cellular voice service.
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