Apparently, I have one iMessage account on my iPad that only lists email addresses on the “You can be reached by IMessage at“ page on the iPad. On my iPhone, the same page lists my phone number and no email addresses. I only want text messages through my phone number, so am I right to assume I just need to add the phone number to the iPad and delete the emails from the iPad? If so, how do I do that? Thanks.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
It sounds like iMessage isn't enabled on the iPhone. Maybe not since I didn't realize you would be able to enable it on other devices that way. Make sure you're signed into iCloud on the iPhone. Then go into Messages settings and make sure iMessage is toggled on and check the Send & Receive addresses wherein you should see your Apple ID as an additional albeit optional iMessage address. Then make sure you're signed into iCloud on the iPad with the same Apple ID. Then in Messages settings on the iPad, make sure iMessage is toggled on. Then you should see both the phone number and Apple ID as iMessage Send & Receive address options on the iPad.
As for the email addresses you're currently seeing on the iPad, anybody can have additional email addresses added to their Apple ID account in addition to its de facto email address so it's possible that's what you're seeing by virtue of whatever Apple ID you might be signed into iMessage with on that device. Pure speculation beyond that but maybe one or more Jabber accounts. Otherwise you could go into Accounts & Passwords settings on that device see if anything in there matches the address options you're seeing for iMessage. Anyway, if you're signed into iMessage with a different Apple ID account on the iPad than the iPhone, you might have to sign out of it and sign in with the with the same one.
Thank you, Toot Uncommon! I was able to add my phone number to my iPad iMessage account (it had only showed my email addresses) by signing out and then back in and adding it. (iMessage worked just fine on my iPhone8). Everything is working just fine now. Again, thank you so much for your help!
You're welcome! SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module. It's a tiny plug-in module with electronic circuitry that contains unique subscriber line information. By active, I mean currently carrier subscribed. So I had gone off on a tangent. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't an old iPhone being used sans cellular phone service which could affect ability to activate iMessage in the first place.
Update: What model iPhone and does it have an active SIM?
It's an iPhone 8 and I don't know what an active SIM is. No matter, though, the problem was fixed with your help, Toot. Thank you so very much.
Ah, learn something new everyday! I should come here more often. Thank you, Toot Incommon!
Oh wait you meant that card in the side of my iPhone and yes it’s activated by AT&T. I feel so stupid sometimes.
😁 Haha! Perish the thought. Problems with technology are due to the absolute, unequivocal, multifaceted, at-large stupidity of the state of things with technology itself if you ask me.
Easy for you to say! 😊
How do I add a phone number to iMessage?
