SMS relay not working in 8.1

Scotth48 said:

After updating to 8.1 my sms still doesn't work to other phones is there something I need to do first to get this to work.

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Do you have Yosemite installed?

I opened messages on my Mac and it asked if I wanted to turn on SMS relay. Then a dialog box popped up on my iPhone and I had to enter a code from my Mac.

So there is a set-up process. It doesn't work immediately.

I can't seem to get SMS relay working either

Have ios 8.1 and Yosemite

Is there a setting I have to turn on in the iphone or the mac?

On your iOS device there is now a Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding section.

All devices signed into same iCloud account.
On iPhone, Settings, Messages, Text Message Forwarding will show what devices are available to forward to. If you don't see your device in there, check the settings on the device. Some people have had to sign in and out of iCloud on a particular device to get it to kick in.

Edit: Basic info here from Apple.

mactumors said:

On your iOS device there is now a Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding section.

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Thanks for this, but when i turn it on it says enter the code shown on your iMac, but nothing comes up on the iMac.

Tried closing and opening messages again, but no joy

mactumors said:

On your iOS device there is now a Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding section.

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Does this only appear after setting up a relay? My phone doesn't have this option but I haven't gotten home yet to update my ipad and have it close to the phone.

mactumors said:

On your iOS device there is now a Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding section.

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Thanks!

I'm still not getting a code appear on my Mac to enter in the iPhone

Frustrating

stickyfingers85 said:

I'm still not getting a code appear on my Mac to enter in the iPhone

Frustrating

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Same!

Just noticed that if i try to make a call using my imac through the iphone it says that both devices need to be using the same icloud and facetime account.

They are though

Suspect something is wrong...

Had the same issue -

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/20152829/

This fixed it for me.

yeah works fine, I have 3 devices, they all show up turned off in messages option under settings. Turning them on, each device displays a code that I have to then enter on my phone. It then works great.

Gotta make sure both devices have an iCloud tied to the Messages (in Settings).

Finally working for me, but had to turn off and on imessages on my iphone.

THen when i opened messages on the Mac, it asked if i wanted to enable SMS relay

It wasn't a smooth process

You need to have your Apple ID email address ticked in iMessage as well as your phone number.

not working and really don't want to turn on and off iMessage just for this

itsmemuffins said:

You need to have your Apple ID email address ticked in iMessage as well as your phone number.

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this is it. I only used my phone #. both FaceTime (phone relays) and SMS relay require you also use your email address.

dugbug said:

this is it. I only used my phone #. both FaceTime (phone relays) and SMS relay require you also use your email address.

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For me I just had to be consistent. On the one machine where I had not ticked my phone number, I could not get the authorization message until I check the box for my phone number.

A.

mactumors said:

On your iOS device there is now a Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding section.

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I don't see that option anywhere.