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Cannot send or receive SMS text messages on new ipad.

Just purchased a new iPad. Cannot send or receive SMS/MMMS messages (androids)on it. The iPad 2 that I was using could go that. So I can on my old IPad, on my iPhone 13, but not on my new iPad. Frustrating.

Posted on Aug 26, 2022 10:49 AM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2022 11:05 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 26, 2022 11:05 AM in response to Oloffsonr

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


Cannot send or receive SMS text messages on new ipad.

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