Samsung Brightside wont txt

My son Brightside will not sent outgoing txt massages he can receive massages and he can send one only if he goes thru contact and click on the envelope symbol, but he cant send a message just by going thru the message icon at the home page
I have blocked all data on his phone but not the texting / messages options.
Thanks

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Hello HAGIT,
Let's get this resolved. Is he sending text messages or picture messages? Is he able to receive them? If you haven't already, please power the phone off and on and retest.
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