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I have a new iPad Air 5 and now my iMessage is not working. I can’t receive or send messages. How do i fix it?

How do i fix my iMessage on my new iPad Air 5? I can’t receive or send messages.

Posted on Oct 21, 2022 1:01 PM

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Oct 21, 2022 3:10 PM in response to Judesg

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 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


I have a new iPad Air 5 and now my iMessage is not working. I can’t receive or send messages. How do i fix it?

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