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All of a sudden I can’t send or receive texts from my iPad but can on my iPhone

All of a sudden I can’t send or receive texts on my iPad but I can on my iPhone

iPad, iPadOS 15

Posted on Sep 10, 2022 2:36 PM

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Sep 10, 2022 5:05 PM in response to migirl99

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


On your iPhone, verify:

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


All of a sudden I can’t send or receive texts from my iPad but can on my iPhone

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