Group texting on my ipohone..so confused..?

Okay, so before I used to be able to send like 15 people the same message and they would all reply in their own one on one message, that's how i want it! But now when I send group messages either a) it dosn't work, b) people are texting me back asking why is it in a picture? cause hey dont have iphones.
AND when someone else sends me a text that they also sent to other people at the same time (they dont have iphones fyi) i can see who they sent it to and when i reply to it, it goes to everyone it one on one texting and people will text me back confused asking why i just sent that to them..
(I have the iphone 3gs)

It may help to simply walk your device into the nearest Apple Store and ask staff there for assistance using messages - it's their job

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so I just recently switched from my Iphone back to my blackberry for simplicity/practical reasons...I couldn't deal with the iphone anymore. In doing so, I came across a problem. I am not able to send group texts or send/receive mms. Everytime I try to do so, the text has a red 'X' next to it showing that it didn't go through. I am currently with ATT and have tried calling them to resolve it but no one knows.
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