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Missing texts

I get texts from my iPhone on my iPad, but not from certain contacts. Why. I also find that I can’t send texts to those contacts from my iPad. Why?

Posted on Jan 12, 2020 3:41 PM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2020 4:06 PM

SMS Text Messages are a Cellular Phone feature - not directly supported by iPad. To use SMS messaging on your iPad, your iPad must be paired with an iPhone - and text message forwarding enabled.


On iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - select ON for each associated device.


Hope you find this to be helpful.

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Jan 12, 2020 4:06 PM in response to MichaelPpp

SMS Text Messages are a Cellular Phone feature - not directly supported by iPad. To use SMS messaging on your iPad, your iPad must be paired with an iPhone - and text message forwarding enabled.


On iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - select ON for each associated device.


Hope you find this to be helpful.

Missing texts

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