My iphone 4 stopped sending imessages and can't receive replies from other iphones

My iphone 4 doesn't seem to send imessages all of a sudden. They show up green like normal messages. It also doesn't accept replies from other iphones.

Go into Settings>Messages>iMessage and see if it is activated. If it shows that it is on, then turn off for a couple of minutes, then turn it back on. Make sure that it activates. iMessage requires an active Internet connection to work, so make sure that you have either cellular data turned on, or you are connected to Wi-Fi.

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