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Nich618 Author

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Not receiving text messages on new iPad mini

How to sync texts on my new iPad mini? I am receiving phone calls ok.

iPad mini, iPadOS 18

Posted on Jan 3, 2025 9:17 AM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Jan 3, 2025 9:19 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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