Help messages stopped working

[leopold_bloom]

When texting I get a "Unfortunately, messages stopped working" and it kicks me out. What I type is not saved. This only happens when I text to new phone numbers. I have cleared the data and cache but I continue to have the problem. I'm resisting the hard reset. That seems like overkill. Is there a patch I should look out for? Any recommendations?

 

[leopold_bloom]

I discovered changing my input from GSM to Automatic corrected the problem.