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Text messages not sending or receiving on iPad

My iPad is not receiving or sending messages consistently anymore. I get them on iPhone, but not on iPad. I cannot send from the iPad unless it’s to another iPhone, will not send to android contacts. Started around the 14 iOS update. Anyone else notice this or any suggestions?

iPad Air 3 WiFi, Cellular

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 8:57 AM

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Posted on Nov 23, 2020 8:59 AM

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...


On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.


Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON


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Nov 23, 2020 8:59 AM in response to Chazchi

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID, to send SMS/MMS messages from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...


On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.


Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON


Text messages not sending or receiving on iPad

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