I can't add phone number to iMessage

neilwar wrote:

How does my wife add her iPad's phone number to her iMessage?

It's not possible. She will need to consult with her carrier to find another way to manage her account. Or, find a carrier who's service is designed to work with iPads. I get alerts on my iPad when I'm getting close to using up my data. iMessage is not required.

It was quite simple, just go to settings, logout iMessage and log back. It sends out a SMS to verify the phone number and all is done

Hi, i am trying to get my ipad to use it's own number for imessages, it seems you have done this can you elaborate how you did it please? I have gone in to my ID account with itunes and and added the phone number there although its a bot confusing how to add a mobile phone number with the area code etc. I am assuming this is where it gets the number from. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Cheers

Jan

Jammmmy wrote:

Hi, i am trying to get my ipad to use it's own number for imessages,

As has been noted at least twice in this thread, that is NOT possible. The poster to whom you are replying appears to be talking about an iPhone.

I have closed I message on both devices and turned back on without success. My IPad use to receive the same iMessages as my phone. I just got a new iphone 5S and now they don't work together!

Great advice Meg. That fixed my problem perfectly.

The short answer, if you don't have an iPhone, signup for 3rd party app. Google Voice let's you do everything without the need for imessaging and have some cool features that are not available via Apple (like reading your transcribed messages in your email). You can call and video conference with Hangouts with anyone on any phone. Just ask them to signup for Hangouts. This way you can call and chat with any phone, not just iPhones. I assume one chooses iPad for its great features, not for being restricted to communicate only with Apple devices, this isn't a "feature" you want anyway.

Yep, that still does it even today, May 17, 2015. Thanks!

polyglot007 wrote:

Yep, that still does it even today, May 17, 2015. Thanks!

Glad it's still helping!

Yep, that still does it even today, May 17, Signing in and signing out put me back in synch. Thanks!

Thank you. This solved my issue.

timrobertsband wrote:

Thank you. This solved my issue.

Glad it helped!

What if my iPhone is broken and I cannot log back into it after I have logged out?

Then you can't use it for iMessages and you'll just need to use your iPad.

Correct, but I am trying to get my phone number to appear on my iPad. Is this not possible?