Help problems with stock Messaging app after update...

[noday42]

Hoping someone can help me out, because I haven't seen something similar posted yet...

I just updated to Jelly Bean this morning. Everything about the install seemed ok, with no errors. However, when I went to open a message in Handcent, it didn't load and I got a "force close" prompt. I tried the same in the native Messaging app, and got a similar lock-up and "force close". After uninstalling Handcent, I still have a problem.

Now, when I open the native app for the first time after booting the phone, my list of messages will show, but when I go to open one, nothing will load and I am unable to send a message. If I push back to get to the screen with all my messages, I get a "Loading Conversations." screen, that doesn't seem to be doing anything (I've left it on for about 20 mins now with no change).

I've tried this in safe mode as well to no avail. Any ideas?

 

[trophynuts]

maybe try downloading "sms backup" and backing up your messages then doing a factory reset, then restoring the messages.

 

[noday42]

i decided i didn't care too much about the thousands of saved text messages, so did a factory reset. Ended up fixing the problem. It was a little bit of a bummer, but it worked!