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Is it necessary to have a sim in my iPad to use iMessage ?

I'm not able to use iMessage from my iPad.

iPad, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Feb 25, 2015 1:57 AM

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Posted on Feb 25, 2015 2:03 AM

No if you are connected to wifi iMessage will work but if you are not connected to wifi it won't send, unless you have a sim card installed.


hope this helps! 😁

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Mar 3, 2015 11:50 AM in response to Niharika0909

YOu should have apple id to send messages from imessage free with wifi

for creating appleid go https://appleid.apple.com/account

and if you also have apple id you should go to the setting,Messages,enable iMessage,enter your apple id and password.

it takes a several minutes to verify and after that you are able to start messaging with iMessage.

hope i help you

Is it necessary to have a sim in my iPad to use iMessage ?

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