iMessage not working on iPad

My iMessage wasn't working on my iPad, until I asked my friend to send me an iMessage from his iPhone to my e-mail address, that seemed to activate Imessage on my iPad, now it works fine.

I followed your suggestion and it worked...but...I had to ask everyone on my contact list that had an iPhone to each,individually, send a message to my email address. As each person successfully sent me a message, then and only then did the send button become active to allow me to send to them. Once ths was done I could then continue to send and receive from any of the people who texted me first. Can anyone spell BUG?

Perfect solution for iPad 2!!! I was hesitant to changs DNS settings so I did as you said and can now send without any problems! A little patience can go a long way. Thank you!!!

I suspect you don't have "show subject" in Imessaging in Settings set to OFF. Once your friends sent you an Imessage a subject was set to continue conversations but for you to start a set you either need to include a subject to get the send button OR just set it to off in Settings. The default is for ON.

What I found on my IPad 2 was that after picking an IOS5 recipient you have to let it resolve the user before putting the cursor in the text field. If you immediately try and write a text before the it resolves the recipient the send button will always be grayed out.

My solution, after doing all the above mentioned, I just selected a photo and sent it, after that it seemed to work. I think it is just the way the imessage panel is formatted that is causing the confusion. It may also have to do with a glich in their networking connection/resync. I'm going to build a very small image, and when I have troubles, I will select that small image and include it in a message.

I had the same issue,iMessage worked on my iphone 4 but not ipad2, I had to edit the number I was sending message to and include the area code. After that it worked no problem!

Here's what I did since I didn't want to use Google's 8.8.8.8

I entered my ISP's (Internet Service Providers) DNS address.

Settings, Wi-Fi, Connection click the blue right arrow, Enter the DNS address and exit.

This allowed all of my iMessages through on my iPod touch 4G.

Same issue for me which sounds different than most issues on here. First the name I'm sending to is highlighted

In red, with a red "!" after. If you click on the name or !, I get the same message you do (phone x "is not a registered

iMessage user.

Here's the kicker for me. I can send an iMessage from either my iPhone 4G or my ipad2 to my husband with no

problems. And I get my messages & his on both devices. Son #1 has an iPhone 4 but has not updated the iOS. (I keep

telling him to but he's lazy / stubborn). I can send to him fine iPhone to iPhone (which shows as the old green SMS

text messages vs. the blue iMessage on my husband's). I cannot send to him from my iPad because I get the above

error.

Son #2 has a Blackberry. I can send to him fine from my iPhone but I get the same error on my iPad as above.

I also cannot receive his texts to my iPad, only my iPhone. (incidentally, when I play Words with Friends, it sends

notifications to both my iPad & iPhone & I can pick up play from where I left off on either device).

Long story short, I can send & receive with my husband's iPhone fine but neither my iPhone or Blackberry

sons only on the iPad. I could see maybe if it wouldn't with my iPhone son since he hasn't updated or BB son since

he has no iMessage but not both.

I have tried all the suggestions on the thread up to this point & sometimes even multiple times.

Seems there are several different issues with iMessage not just 1 or 2. And different fixes & sometimes

No fixes help.

Help!!

Oops. Actually my iPhone son has a 3GS. Husband has 4G, I have 4G & pad 2.

iMessage needs a unique TO: address, either a cellphone number or an email address. The recipient has to log on to their AppleID and verify any email address they use as a TO: address. "Phone X is not a registered iMessage user" - means you can't send an iMessage, but a SMS message will still get to them.

So here is what I think is happening for you. You can exchange iMessages with your husband because he has iPhone with iOS5. Son#1 you can send SMS (green) messages from your phone to his phone. You cannot send from your iPad because you do not have 3G iPad so it cannot send SMS. It tries to send iMessage via wifi, but he has not registered yet. When he upgrades, iMessage will work.

Son #2. You will only ever be able to send SMS via your iPhone to him, as he has Blackberry. iMessage is an Apple app only. Think of it like an Apple-only small email system. Someone would have to write a Blackberry app to interface to Apple's iMessage servers using his AppleID, assuming he has one. Alternatively, if he sends you an ordinary email, you will get it on your iPad.

You need to get your head around there being two systems at work through the Messages app. Green SMS messages go via your telco SMS network and Blue iMessages go via a data network, either using Wifi or your telco data network. If your iPad has no SIM card/telco connection, it can only send/receive blue iMessages to verified iMessage addresses.

Yes. I was about to post but Mike explained it well. BTW, the 3GS phone can't be upgraded to IOS 5 as I understand it and it requires both devices to be running IOS 5 so you'll never be able to use Imessaging between the two of you though you can use text. The neat thing about using Imessaging is that it saves on your data plan if you use wifi because Apple, so to speak, is footing the bill for the messaging.

Diane

Picnicmetoo wrote:

BTW, the 3GS phone can't be upgraded to IOS 5 as I understand it

Yes it can.

zoomzoom.mike wrote:

Son #2. You will only ever be able to send SMS via your iPhone to him, as he has Blackberry. iMessage is an Apple app only. Think of it like an Apple-only small email system. Someone would have to write a Blackberry app to interface to Apple's iMessage servers using his AppleID, assuming he has one. Alternatively, if he sends you an ordinary email, you will get it on your iPad.

You need to get your head around there being two systems at work through the Messages app. Green SMS messages go via your telco SMS network and Blue iMessages go via a data network, either using Wifi or your telco data network. If your iPad has no SIM card/telco connection, it can only send/receive blue iMessages to verified iMessage addresses.

There are free (advertising supported) applications available at the app-store to give you SMS services on a WiFi-only IOS device. None of these are anywhere as smooth as SMS on a cellphone or iMessage, requiring log-ins and giving you yet another new phone # to work with, but they exist in case you want to be able to SMS from an iPod or a WiFi-only iPad.

Look for "text" in the app-store search.

Sorry. I stand corrected. I went back just now to see if I could find where I read that--which was obviously in error I see, but the phone does have some issues with it and the recommendation I read was consider the compromises of slowness and less battery life with the options of 5. Sorry I misled.

Diane