Can't send or receive pictures on iphone 5/ sprint, please help!

Was on the phone for over 3 hours last night with Apple and Sprint and I'm beyond frustrated.  I just started using my iPhone 5 on the Sprint network a few days ago.  I did the 6.0.2 update.  I can't send or recieve picture messages!  Regular text messages are fine.  Everything else on phone works great.  I've went thru the whole trouble shooting routine on Apple's end w/ a senior advisor and have restored my iphone twice..it doesn't help. 
Sprint said it has nothing to do with my plan and they said that my coverage here is fine. 
Has anyone else had this problem?  Was it a problem on Sprint or Apple's end?  Could the 6.0.2 update have caused this?  Could this possibly be a defective phone?  Please help!!

ok finally got the problem solved.  Hopefully this will help other people experiencing this problem. 
First, go Settings, then select Phone.  Under "My number" it should say your current number.  If it doesn't (as it didn't in my case) call sprint (dial *2 on your phone).  Tell the sprint agent you would like your Name assigned to your number. 
In my case, I had been added to an existing family plan.  I was assigned a random new cell phone number, but then later changed it to my old existing phone number from AT&T.  So if you are like me and brought your old cell phone number with you when you switched to Sprint, then this may be the issue. 
When I was experiencing the problem with my pictures not sending, the wrong phone number was showing as my number on the phone (even though people could call and text me using my current number). 

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