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After setting up my new IPad, I’m not receiving any IMessages. How can I fix this?

After setting up my new IPad, I’m not receiving any IMessages. How can I fix this issue?


iPad, iPadOS 15

Posted on Jan 10, 2022 9:14 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2022 9:16 AM

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 [new] 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


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Jan 10, 2022 9:16 AM in response to CMLOGUE58

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 [new] 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


After setting up my new IPad, I’m not receiving any IMessages. How can I fix this?

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