It’s not letting me put my phone number connect to the iPad Air. What can I do?

Hello Tiff1359,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with entering your phone number. What are you using to try to connect to your iPad? This information will help us to better assist you.

If this is for iMessage or FaceTime, try the steps listed here to see if they resolve the issue: Add or remove your phone number in Messages or FaceTime - Apple Support

"Turn your phone number on or off for your iPad or iPod touch

After you set up your phone number, you can turn it on or off for Messages and FaceTime on your iPad or iPod touch.

1. For Messages, go to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is on. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID you're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone. Then tap Send & Receive.
2. For FaceTime, go to Settings > FaceTime. If asked, sign in with the Apple ID that you're using with Messages and FaceTime on your iPhone.
3. Turn your phone number on or off:

• To turn on your phone number, select it and your Apple ID in the “You can be reached” section. If you don't see your phone number, get help with your settings or contact Apple Support. If you see a number that isn't yours, change your Apple ID password.
• To turn off your phone number, uncheck it.

Learn how to make messages that you send and receive on your iPhone also appear on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.

If you can't see or select your number in Messages or FaceTime

1. Make sure that you're using the latest software for your Mac or iOS device. 
2. Make sure that you correctly followed the iPhone steps to set up your phone number. You should be using the same Apple ID on all of your devices.
3. In the “You can be reached” section of Messages and FaceTime settings, make sure that there are checkmarks beside your phone number and Apple ID:
4. 

If your phone number is unchecked and you can't select it, or you have some other issue, follow these steps:

1. On your Mac:

• In Messages, choose Messages > Settings, then click iMessage. Click Sign Out.
• In FaceTime, choose FaceTime > Settings, then click General. Click Sign Out.

1. On your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:

• Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.
• Go to Settings > FaceTime. Tap your Apple ID, then tap Sign Out.

1. On your iPhone:

• Go back to Settings > Messages and make sure that iMessage is turned on.
• Tap Send & Receive, then choose “Use your Apple ID for iMessage” and sign in with your Apple ID.

1. Using the same Apple ID, sign back in to Messages and FaceTime on your other devices. 

If you still need help, change your Apple ID password and repeat the setup steps. If that doesn't work, contact Apple Support."

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

This does not solve the problem. My phone number is not listed. I see the country code and then it's blank. When I tap on it, it tells me there's an error. Well, of course there's an error sending an activation code, because it's going to a null value.

My number was in iCloud already. I deleted and re-added. I received a text with the code, but received an error that the code was incorrect. I tried resending the code, and got another error that it's not possible to verify this number because it's already being used on my account.

However, now the number isn't showing up at all to be selected to receive iMessages.

How the (.......) do we get this fixed?

I'm trying to change my password, but I can't. The System Pref dialog on Mac says my password is incorrect. I am pasting this same password that I used to log into my account here on support and on apple.com. Just for fun, I typed it from scratch twice also to make sure the copy/paste wasn't giving an error.

This support site logged me out prob due to the incorrect login attempt elsewhere, but I was able to log in again.

My account is soooooooooo forked pls...

I've already signed out and back into iCloud before I did these steps.