Can't view or send text messages

Hi everyone,
Got a problem with my iPhone, I've searched and can't find anyone with a similar problem. I click the SMS button and it acts like it's going to open the messages but then it never opens. Whenever someone sends me a text message, it does not open. Everything else works perfectly that I am aware of except for text messaging. I had the latest software that I updated a while back.
Any idea how I should fix it? I have reset it a lot and also synced it.

Hello JohnKirk,
The issue you're describing may require a restore of the iPhone. Check my post in this thread for the steps to do a backup and restore of your iPhone:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1912591
While the issue mentioned in that thread is not related, the steps for restoring the iPhone are the same.
Charles H.

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