Ipad not receiving ordinary texts

[Helen11]

Hi. I’ve set up my new iPad ok and put the sim in from my old iPhone. My new tariff is up and running with o2. I can only appear to send and receive iMessages. And not normal texts and am not receiving code notifications from Apple either. I have tried switching off mobile data and WiFi and rebooting device as o2 said. Any ideas? Help much appreciated

[Helen11]

The box in messages and Apple ID in the settings says I can send and receive from my email address and not my phone number. When I try to add my phone number in Apple ID it wants to send me a code which I can’t receive.

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

@Helen11 

iPads are data only so can only receive iMessage or whatsapps etc, not sms messages.

[Helen11]

Hi. It’s an iPad Air and I receive 100 texts as part of my tarif. Does this mean I can send and receive sms. Or is it still not the case

[MI5]

@Helen11 

The 100 free texts come with every data only sim, but they are useless on an iPad I'm afraid.

[Helen11]

Ah Thankyou. That’s great. Now I know 🙂

[MI5]

You're welcome