Text messaging is frozen

My iPhone randomly froze me out today in TEXTING. If I got one message to open, it would freeze up. I did the reset and also the turn off with both buttons thing. I got a text but could not open. Was sporadic. I updated the iTunes software, cleaned out old messages...why not, couldn't read anyway. Any other hints? I don't know the op. system or where to find. Not listed in "About" in settings under "General"...sorry, I'm not real techie. Everything else works.

What kind of rest have you done?
Have you just switched it off and on or have you done this ?
Reset your iPhone by pressing the 'Sleep' and 'Home' button at the same time for about 15 seconds or so. Your iPhone will then go through a reset / reboot procedure and will be ready for use within about a minute.
Don't worry about doing this as you will not lose data or settings.
Good luck and do report back.
If this does not work then do a restore on your iPhone by clicking of restore in iTunes.
If this does not work then do a full reset on your iPhone - by resetting everything but make sure that you have backed up your data first.

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