Texting with hotspot

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Texting with hotspot

I have an iPhone and a cellular iPad. I set it up so I could text through the iPad. My phone is connected through a talk, text, data plan but the plan on my cellular iPad just ended. With the texting on iPad, when I sent or received a message from another apple device or an SMS from an android device it came through just fine. what was on my iPad was on the phone and what was on the phone was on the ipad.

I use the iPad to text more then the phone. The least expensive option for having the iPad connected is through a hotspot on my phone. My question is will I still be able to text?

The iPhone is a 5c with iOS 10.3.3

iPad is Model MD522LL/A iPad 3 i think, first retina running iOS 10.3.3

iPad, iOS 8.4

Posted on May 10, 2018 3:18 PM

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chuck_3rd

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May 11, 2018 12:43 PM in response to wrigjef

Hi, wrigjef.

I see that the cellular plan for your iPad expired, but you'd still like to be able to send text messages as well as iMessages from the Messages app. I'm happy to help.

Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch -- The least expensive method is to use SMS and MMS messaging.

If you have an iPhone, the text messages that you send and receive on your iPhone can appear on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch as well. You can then continue the conversation from whichever device is closest to you.

Set up SMS and MMS messaging

Use this feature with any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that meets the Continuity system requirements. Make sure that your devices are set up as follows:

Each device is signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID.

On iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. Make sure that the Apple ID at the top of the screen is the same Apple ID that you're using for iMessage on your other devices. Add a check to your phone number and email address, so that you can be reached by iMessage at both. Do the same on your iPad or iPod touch.

On iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding, then choose which devices to allow to send and receive text messages from this iPhone. If you're not using two-factor authentication for your Apple ID, a verification code appears on each of your other devices: enter that code on your iPhone.

On Mac, open Messages, then choose Messages > Preferences. Click Accounts, then select your iMessage account. Make sure that the Apple ID shown here is the same Apple ID that you're using on your other devices. Add a check to your phone number and email address.

Take care!

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