Messages: won't delete, Trash Can icon becomes Camera icon

I have noticed that since about iOS 8.1, both my iPhone and iPad have trouble deleting old text messages. I will go back and select old messages that I no longer need, one by one, then touch the Trash Can icon on the bottom left of the message window. After a confirmation to delete, I go back to delete more. After either a certain number of messages, or a certain number of attempts, the Trash Can icon changes into a Camera icon, and I can't delete the messages I've just selected. The only solution so far that works is to close the Messages app (a default iOS app), and reload it. But, that only works for a a certain number of messages or attempts, too
Has anyone else had this problem? I think Apple should fix this in their next release.

Hi Molly,
If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions.
Antychange on reboot?
Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.
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