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I purchased a new phone 11 and cannot send texts to a friend with an android phone -What should I do to remedy this?

I purchased a new phone 11 and cannot send texts from my iPad to a friend with an android phone. In addition there is no syncing between the iPhone and iPad -What should I do to remedy this?

iPad 2, iOS 9

Posted on Sep 1, 2020 1:34 PM

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Posted on Sep 1, 2020 1:38 PM

Bernard6666 wrote:

and cannot send texts from my iPad to a friend with an android phone.

Hopefully you realize your iPad cannot do this without relying on your iPhone. You must set up Text Message Forwarding.


How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support

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I purchased a new phone 11 and cannot send texts to a friend with an android phone -What should I do to remedy this?

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