TS2755 iPhone 4s won't delete messages!

I have an iPhone 4s, I noticed that I have 5GB worth of messages, I tried to delete them but my phone went all glitchy and in the end I had to turn my phone off and all the messages were still there once back on! Also I don't want to restore my phone I I for have too!

I recently spoke to someone from Apple support, and here's what I gathered:
"Older" phones (read: anything iPhone 4s or older?) sometimes have trouble keeping up with the processing demands of the newest software. When deleting threads with a lot of media (photos, videos, etc), it can take a lot of processing to successfully delete. What this support tech suggested was picking some of the bigger threads at night before you go to bed, deleting them, and then leaving the phone alone-- and plugged in-- overnight to give it enough time to delete everything. He suggested not even pressing the lock button; just leave it to process (though I imagine the screen will lock on its own anyway).
Not sure if it works yet since I just spoke to him, but it's the closest thing I've got to a solution!

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