Text message forwarding - no code on iPad or Mac

Ok, I tried everything (AND I MEAN EVERYTHING) in this posting and nothing worked. Finally a light bulb went off and I remembered getting a SPAM sales phone call for credit card rate reduction that used MY Caller ID. Tired of those $(#%*'s calling me, spoofing my Caller ID, I decided to block my phone number so they couldn't contact me. Well, as it turns out, this kept me from sync'ing my iMac and iPad with Text Message Forwarding as well as I would not see my side of a conversation on "other" devices (only the original responding device). By unblocking my number (full contact info), I am back in business. If you've tried everything listed here and you're still not working, you might check to see if in a fit of rage you blocked your own number from SPAMMERs!

Worked perfectly

I just went through the steps suggested and still cannot get a code to activate Messages on my MacBook Pro. I just upgraded my iPhone OS to 9.2.1 and Messages stopped working on my iPad and MacBook Pro. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Iphone 6s 9.3.1

Macbook pro 2011 OS x El Capitan 10.1.4

I have tried everything that I possibly could, it work for me several times.... but when turning off the mbp it stopped from working once again.

I honestly think it's an Apple server problem.

Let me know if there is some king of update on this.

Many thanks

This worked for me. Thanks!

Yes! This worked for me. Thanks! 😎

This worked for me - thank you!! :-) It had been working fine for years until Apple wanted me to update my password. I did, & suddenly it stopped working. I wonder if it also had something to do with the iOS update?

I just downloaded macOS Sierra 10.12 on my iMac and downloaded OS10 on my iPhone 6plus. After turning off imessages on both devices (as directed by jordyg and activating the checkbox on "You can be reached for messages at: on my Account Preferences, I finally saw the code appear!

I tried turning off as is directed in earlier version with El Capitan and it didn't work. The OS Sierra now has a checkbox in Accounts for turning on messages from iPhone number. I didn't see this before in El Capitan. Hope this helps!

After about 5 tries your technique worked!!! Thank you :)

For the benefit of others, this is the permutation that worked for me.

Thanks for sharing.

Worked for me finally!!! Thanks!!

As of 2017 this solution still works for me! 🙂