How can I add my phone number to iMessage on iPad?

Assuming that you're signed into iMessage on both devices with the same Apple ID, I'd try signing out of iMessage on the iPad, waiting a sec, and then signing back in.

Turn off iMessage and FaceTime on all of your iOS devices and wait a few minutes. Then turn them back on. The syncing of a phone number is done automatically since we only have the option to add another email address and not a phone number.

Awesome. Glad you got it working.

Sirious said:

Oh sweet, I just tried this and my phone number appeared on my iPad! Thank you!

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No problem. It's very handy being able to reply to messages sent to your iPhone on your iPad.

Yes. Activate the option to use the email address on the iphone. That will open up the ability to use the phone number on the ipad. It doesnt make any damn sense, but thats how they have it set up.

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I have a slightly different question that perhaps you guys can answer. I have two Verizon sim cards and two different phone numbers. Both SIM cards were at one point in iPhones and were active on iMessage. I moved one of the SIM cards to my iPad, and wanted to use the phone number for that SIM card for iMessage with my wife, while everyone else got my iPhone number. This worked for a while, but now the phone number associated with the SIM card in the iPad has disappeared, and I can only send and receive from the iPhone number. Does anyone know any way to fix this?

If I put the SIM card back into my spare 5c, it will recognize it as a usable number for iMessage, and it appears to stick when I put it back in my iPad, but after a few minutes the number disappears again. This is quite vexing.