How can I receive text messages on my iPhone and iPad ?

How can I receive text messages on my iPhone and iPad?

If you are using the iMessage app on your iPad, you need to use the same email address you use on your iPhone.  But, be advised, that when people email your cell number on your iPhone, you will not get the message on your iPad.  iPad is not a cell phone.  And also know that iMessage on iPad is intended to only let you text with other iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) devices. 
If you want to be able to text to anyone from your contacts list (those for example who do not own an iOS device), there are free apps in the App Store, such as TextFree, which you can download.  But, TextFree will assign you a number (I know kind of odd since iPad is not a cell phone), which you can then text anyone you want.  You'll just need to let your friends know the texts are coming from you.

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    please help...how can i receive text messages with my iPad 3 wifi+cellular? thanks?

    Turn on iMessage in settings, then others can send you messages by addressing them to the email address you set in Settings>Messages>Receive At.

  • How can I disable Text Messaging on my Iphone?

    How can I disable Text Messaging on my Iphone -- so I do not receive any texts. I do not have nor currently want an AT&T text plan, and I really don't want to be charged .20 for the text messages that will inevitably be sent my way from friends & coworkers who do not know I don't want texts.
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    Anyone do this? Does this involve a call to AT&T. There must be a way to disable it, no?
    Thanks in advance!
    Message was edited by: motifone

    You would have to ask AT&T if they can turn off your text capabilities.

  • How can I delete text messages from my iphone?

    Hello everyone,
    How can I delete text messages from my iphone?  I do not want to reset my iphone setting. If it is nesscary to reset my iphone setting, will I lose everything?
    Please let me know,
    Thanks,

    Just delete them. Or, do you mean beyond just deleting them? Then, you'd need to wipe the phone - select Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. That's a secure wipe of the iPhone contents, takes several hours (connect to AC power). You'll need to set your phone up from scratch (and erase the old backup(s) from your computer, since your SMS history is part of the backup).

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  • How can I remove the battery from my Iphone and Ipads?

    How can I remove the battery from my iphone and ipad?

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  • How can i print text message from my iPhone?

    I have an iPhone 5S.  How can I print text messages to save those conversations?

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  • I can call out but all incoming calls are going directly to VM with no signal that I missed a call or have VM. I can send/receive text messages from other iPhone/iPad/iTouch users, I am assuming this is really "iMessage." Is it apple software?

    I have spent hours on the phone with Apple and AT&T. I went thought reset, on/off, etc, etc with both companies to no avail. Each company pointed fingers at the other....as being the source of the problem.
    Problems: Suddenly ALL  incoming calls were going directly to VM with no signal I missed calls and/or had VM. I was also unable to receive all Text Messages...Oddly, I could send text messages to anyone (even non-apple users but I could not receive their responses)........then I when I got home I started receiving text messages from other apples users ONLY. I assume now - iMessage kicked in and I could text (send/receive)  other iPhone/iPad/iTouch users ONLY. ....yes, I could still (send) text messages to my husband's blackberry (he received my messages fine) but my phone would NOT receive his text respones.
    Finally, I googled the problem and found this community where other people have had the exact same problems! One person said he "turned off 3 G" which was the solution for him....so I did the same and VIOLA! My problem  solved! Nevermind the fact that I pay for 3G and cannot use it....so here's my question, if 3G is the problem on my phone is this an APPLE issue or a NETWORK problem? Do I purchase a new phone and slip in my same SIM card and hope the same does not occur or do I get a whole new SIM card and phone? What is the long term resolution to this problem?
    I am happy however to find that my problem is NOT an isolated incident and wish Apple or AT&T had told me this is not so uncommon because I thought (based on the baffled response from Apple) that this has never occurred before.  Where is Steve Jobs when we need him?

        jsavage9621,
    It pains me to hear about your experience with the Home Phone Connect.  This device usually works seamlessly and is a great alternative to a landline phone.  It sounds like we've done our fair share of work on your account here.  I'm going to go ahead and send you a Private Message so that we can access your account and review any open tickets for you.  I look forward to speaking with you.
    TrevorC_VZW
    Follow us on Twitter @VZWSupport

  • How can I save text messages to my Mac and will that reduce "Other" in storage?

    I have hundreds (or more) of text messages on my iPhone 5 that for personal reasons, I want to save. There are far too many to do screenshots. I want to save them to my MacBook Pro Retina in a readable and printable format. The reason is that I read that text messages can cause the "Other" storage to be higher. My "Other" is over 6 GB on a 16 GB iphone. Therefore I want to save texts, print them, and delete from phone.
    First question: Is it true that text messages contribute to the size of "Other"?
    Second question: How can I save texts to Mac in readable format so they could be printed? 
    Third question: How in the world do I delete all these texts from my iPhone efficiently? Is there a way to "mass delete"?
    When you are answering this, perhaps it is noteworthy that:
    (a) I've had an iPhone since a 3G in 2009, and the texts I want to save have been accumulating since then.
    (b) My "Other" has gradually gotten larger over the years. 
    (c)  I sync with itunes regularly.
    (d) I've never had any problems with an iphone or with my data.
    (e) I've restored from backup only three times, when I upgraded to the iphone 4, 4S, and 5.
    I want to get this "Other" cleared up before I upgrade to the iphone 5S. 
    Thank you.

    You can select to export a folder to save as a .mbox file. This file would need to be imported if you wanted to view the messages.
    Select mailbox (folder)
    Under Mailbox in the Menu bar select Export Mailbox...
    You might also want to check out the demo for EagleFiler by the author for SpamSieve. You could view and search the messages archived in EagleFiler.
    http://c-command.com/eaglefiler/
    Regarding Mail being slow....
    Is it only Mail that is slow?  How much free space on your drive? Use Disk Utility to find available space.

  • Can't receive text messages from other iphone users but can receive them from non-iphone users

    I had to recently reinstall mavericks to my MacBook and suddenly I haven't been able to receive text messages from iphone users on my iphone.  I can send them but not receive them.  Recently I was able to receive a text from an iphone user who turned off his imessages before he texted me.  That came through. Of course, this would be difficult to ask every iphone user i know to turn off imessages in order text me.  I've also tried to turn off my imessage on my macbook, iphone and ipad and still can't receive them.  Lastly, I've also tried resetting my networking settings and that didn't help either.  Any suggestions???

    I am having the same problem minus the fact that I don't have a Mac computer I just can't receive any messages from iPhone users and I can't turn my iMessage back on at all it keeps just turning it off every time I try to turn it on. any help would be greatly appreciated.

  • TS1702 Text messages on both iphone and ipad

    Since I upgraded to 6.1, all my incoming and outgoing text messages are showing up on both my iphone and ipad.  I'd like to keep two separate streams.  How do I separate them?

    Settings>Messages>Send & Receive...adjust here.

  • How can I remove "Album Artwork" from my iPhone and iPad?

    I've posted about this before in other threads, but the silence from Apple has been deafening,  Others in the community have agreed with the request but haven't been able to answer it.
    I thought a thread of its own might get attention, since Apple won't talk to me otherwise.
    I use music on my iPhone and iPad a lot, playing through speakers in my study or through the car system.  It worked well at first, until I updated the operating systems.
    Now, where I used to have a list of albums, music, or playlists I have large blank areas where album artwork would go if there were any - which in most cases there isn't.  The iPad used to display 50 or more playlists in one screen,with some details of them.  Now, it shows 15 blank squares with a crotchet on them, and the name of the playlist.  That really isn't much use.
    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can there be a way to turn OFF album artwork on the iPhone and iPad?   It wastes an enormous amount of screen space for stuff I don't have and don't want.   It's a very unwelcome new "feature" (ie "bug"). 

    Keithjillings wrote:
    (Sic), but the silence from Apple has been deafening,
    I thought a thread of its own might get attention, since Apple won't talk to me otherwise.
    Apple does not participate in these forums, so that would explain why you have not received a response.
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  • How can I sync my Itunes between my iphone and ipad with the cloud?

    How can I sync my Iphone 4 and my Ipad 2 using the Cloud?

    Make sure they are both using iOS 5 or higher, then go to Settings>iCloud, sign in with your Apple ID to create the account and turn on the data you want to sync with iCloud.

  • TS4268 Text message failures from iPhone and iPad

    Every time I send a text to one of my contacts from my iPhone it comes back undelivered.  If I try again it asks if I want to send as text message.  I select text message and it works.  When sending from my iPad, I don't have the option to send as text message, so it fails.
    I did not have this problem prior to upgrading to the new IOS 7.

    I figured out the problem that I was having with my text messages.  The contact that kept failing had two devices for the same phone number on his contact "profile".  One was listed as a mobile and the other as an iPhone.  I deleted the mobile and it has worked since.  Not sure about your other issues.

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    I am a new iPad user. Is there a way to delete emails from multiple devices when they have been deleted from one device? Thank you!

    You are using icloud?
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    o you dont have the same account in your iphone and ipad

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