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NPBHATI Author

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SMS on iPad

I have cellular sim in the iPad. We have SMS facilities available. Still not able to send or receive SMS from non apple phones.

iPad, iOS 9

Posted on Jan 7, 2021 8:50 AM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Jan 7, 2021 8:56 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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