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I can no longer receive iMessages on my iPad Air pro 10. Have I turned something off in settings?

I can no longer receive text messages on my iPad Air Pro 10. Have I turned something off in settings that I need.

iPad Air, iOS 11

Posted on Oct 24, 2021 2:33 PM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2021 2:40 PM

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly 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


(*) If messages are not being received whilst this setting is enables, it is sometimes necessary to set to OFF, restart both iPad and iPhone - and then re-enable the setting.



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Oct 24, 2021 2:40 PM in response to Penny3308

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly 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


(*) If messages are not being received whilst this setting is enables, it is sometimes necessary to set to OFF, restart both iPad and iPhone - and then re-enable the setting.



I can no longer receive iMessages on my iPad Air pro 10. Have I turned something off in settings?

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