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I am not receiving all my text messages on my Apple iPad 2. I am getting them on my iPad 8 .

I am not receiving all my text messages on my Apple iPad 2. I am getting them on my Apple 8+ phone.

what is the problem?

iPad 2, iOS 9

Posted on Jan 26, 2021 7:49 AM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2021 8:10 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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Jan 26, 2021 8:10 AM in response to Help6034

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


I am not receiving all my text messages on my Apple iPad 2. I am getting them on my iPad 8 .

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