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iMessage on iPad

My iMessage from phone to iPad has stopped working on iPad. Everything is clicked correctly. I've been using it right along but now it says "Not delivered" now on that iPad. I checked settings and compared with my other iPad and settings are all the same.

iPad, iPadOS 15

Posted on Aug 10, 2022 6:40 AM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2022 6:53 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 (green bubbles) 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


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Aug 10, 2022 6:53 AM in response to Crisonya

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 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


iMessage on iPad

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