Suddenly iMessage and sms are not going to my iPad. Only my iPhone.

Suddenly my messages, iMessage and sms are not going to my iPad. Only to my iPhone. Did something change? What can I do to fix this? Thank you.

iPad mini 4, iPadOS 15

Posted on Jul 18, 2022 4:41 PM

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Posted on Jul 19, 2022 3:26 AM

Expanding upon Lobsterghost1’s advice…


If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) from your iPad you must verify that Text Message Forwarding is explicitly enabled 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



Should you continue to have difficulties while your iPad is explicitly enabled, turn-off Text Message Forwarding on the iPhone - then force-restart both the iPad and iPhone:

Restart your iPad - Apple Support

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support


After restarting, re-enable Text Message Forwarding on the iPhone - again, verifying that you iPad is explicitly enabled.

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Jul 19, 2022 3:26 AM in response to mguin

Expanding upon Lobsterghost1’s advice…


If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) from your iPad you must verify that Text Message Forwarding is explicitly enabled 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



Should you continue to have difficulties while your iPad is explicitly enabled, turn-off Text Message Forwarding on the iPhone - then force-restart both the iPad and iPhone:

Restart your iPad - Apple Support

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support


After restarting, re-enable Text Message Forwarding on the iPhone - again, verifying that you iPad is explicitly enabled.

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