iPad texting

There is nothing in iPadOS 14.1 to cause a problem with that. There would be a flood of complaints and there are not. Mine are working just fine as well as others in my family. If you are having an issue with texting, and you never responded as to whether this was SMS or iMessage, then do they work on your iPhone? If yes, and it is SMS you are referring to, then you need to recheck the Text Message forwarding settings. Try turning them off and back on again. Otherwise you may have to reset the network settings on your iPhone and iPad. If they don't work on the phone, then you need to contact your carrier, they are responsible for SMS.

DobyDog wrote:

My iPhone is set correctly. It just started doing this. I’m thinking it may have started after I updated to IOS 14.1???

Just in case something has been missed in your diagnostic endeavours... you must explicitly verifiy/enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone.

On your iPhone:

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

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

Are these actual SMS, or is this iMessage? If SMS, check on your iPhone to ensure that you have the iPad selected for Text Message Forwarding. Your iPad uses your iPhone to send SMS.

I've never known it necessary to have messages in iCloud enabled. I don't have that on for my devices and have no issues with texting on both my iPhone and iPad. Just wondering about that.

It’s not strictly necessary for functionality - but resolves the inevitable follow-up questions as to why the messages on iPad and iPhone differ.

Okay! Thanks for that. Of course, then people complain they cannot restore a deleted text. A vicious circle.

You're welcome.