Carrier Using an iPad, with iMessage, over cellular. How to connect phone number to iMessage.

[Okasian]

Hello. I’m setting up an iPad for my grandparents and I have a few questions.

I’ve purchased a SIM-card with data, minutes, and texts.

I have set them up with an iCloud account, and can contact them through iMessage, using their iCloud email address as the main ‘contact handle’ per-se.

Using the SIM-card, I’m unable to ‘traditional SMS’ and ‘traditional phone call’ them, which is to be expected, as the device is an iPad and not an iPhone.

So I understand that you cannot use SMS messages on an iPad, BUT…

My question is.

If I associate the SIM-card number with the iMessage account first

(i.e. taking SIM-card out of iPad, putting the SIM-card in an iPhone and linking grandparents iMessage with SIM-card number, then afterwards, putting SIM-card back into iPad)

, will SMS-texts be forwarded to iMessage now that the SIM-card number is now associated with iMessage?

Hope this makes sense + thank you.

 

[nicho]

Hello. I’m setting up an iPad for my grandparents and I have a few questions.

I’ve purchased a SIM-card with data, minutes, and texts.

I have set them up with an iCloud account, and can contact them through iMessage, using their iCloud email address as the main ‘contact handle’ per-se.

Using the SIM-card, I’m unable to ‘traditional SMS’ and ‘traditional phone call’ them, which is to be expected, as the device is an iPad and not an iPhone.

So I understand that you cannot use SMS messages on an iPad, BUT…

My question is.

If I associate the SIM-card number with the iMessage account first

(i.e. taking SIM-card out of iPad, putting the SIM-card in an iPhone and linking grandparents iMessage with SIM-card number, then afterwards, putting SIM-card back into iPad)

, will SMS-texts be forwarded to iMessage now that the SIM-card number is now associated with iMessage?

Hope this makes sense + thank you.

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No. SMS texts will not be forwarded under this scenario. The number would also disassociate with iMessage after a couple of months away from the iphone.

 

[Okasian]

No. SMS texts will not be forwarded under this scenario. The number would also disassociate with iMessage after a couple of months away from the iphone.

Ah, understandable. Will use their iCloud email address as their main iMessage contact handle then. Thanks!

 

[AutomaticApple]

No. SMS texts will not be forwarded under this scenario. The number would also disassociate with iMessage after a couple of months away from the iphone.

Oh, really? Could've sworn otherwise. ?

 

[nicho]

Oh, really? Could've sworn otherwise. ?

To which point is this aimed at?

SMS texts will not be forwarded under this scenario.

or

The number would also disassociate with iMessage after a couple of months away from the iphone.