IPhone Won't Open Text Message Application

That's just it. My text message app won't open at all. It just goes to a white screen for a few seconds and then back to my home screen. I have a new text message, and I figured out that this new text is the reason why I can't open my app. It's a corrupted text. My question is, is there any way I can fix this issue without doing a complete restore to factory settings? I've already tried all the simple solutions.

I have an iPhone 4.

Sorry, I do not have an answer, but I do have the SAME EXACT PROBLEM & IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!

This may be happening coz of one message which is the reason of crashing the message app. If you can locate which message is causing problem, delete the contact or else, open your contacts, select any random contact and press on "send message". This will take you to message app for new message creation. Just click on back button which will take you to message app, just scroll and check messages. The one which is causing problem will have a red button besides it, do not open the message, just delete that message.
I'm sure it'll help you.

Thank you Mia. My message app will open without crashing now.

My phone is doing the exact same thing. I receive a text message and when I check the messages the screen goes white. I went to my contacts and did as discribed and still no luck. Back to white screen.

I just found out a way for iphones. All you have to do is deleat their contact after you do that on your contact list, click on a different person, click send message. If it works then click messages. If you can accese the different rooms, delete all of the rooms that have that contact. After you do that you can read them and now you have access to your messages. But once I did it I found out that on the bottom of my text rooms that 3 of my rooms were deleted. By all messages are deleted

Same problem. You can fix it by deleting the message but i can't get the app to open so i can get to the measage lol.

Even after deleting the contact I still can't open up a message through the contacts with another person

I can't figure out how to fix it

I had this happen to me today… Ask Siri to read your unread messages and reply to all messages, there's a hack going around that blocks your message app. In having Siri read and reply to your messages will fix this.

I just had this happen to me, and through a great amount of struggling, I fixed it.
1. Open Siri and have it read off your unread messages. One of them should be strangely out of character (one of them just said "H" for me).
2. Have Siri send a reply back with anything. As long as you use the voice command with this, it does not open your messaging app and will proceed to send the text.
3. Open the messaging app. It should work now. The original message should be a slew of strange symbols. Delete it immediately.
A few of my friends have been experiencing this hack as well, which causes the messaging app to crash inexplicably. DO NOT DO A FACTORY RESET UNLESS YOU HAVE BACKED EVERYTHING UP. A factory reset did not actually help for me, and I lost a lot of data in the process.
Hope this helps.

I have the same issue, tried all of the above and only can open one message, when I click to see other messages my screen goes white and back to home screen

What was the number it was sent from? Mine began +447399 but I don't know. The Siri way works but make sure you reply using Siri then delete it because that's the issue I have because I didn't use Siri to reply.

Once you have used siri when it asks to reply it should come up a box saying messages at the top click on that and it will bring you to the message of the person who sent it and click back and delete it that way

The problem is though I can't get the message up from Siri now as I've already opened it. I need the number to ask Siri to open it again

None of this is helping though

That message we've all gotten that shuts your phone off, ya if you delete the send this to someone blah blah blah, and just keep the Arabic symbols the bug will like effect imessage… It happened to me i'm so mad.

I deleted the effective power part and just used the symbols and can't do anything in I message I've tried everything

Siri Worked 4 Me

The same thing has happened to my iPhone5 I've tried everything in here that everyone has suggested and nothing is working wen I ask Siri it just keeps call random numbers can anyone help

Had this exact same problem and this worked to clear it up… The text I got said "Power h"
I just had this happen to me, and through a great amount of struggling, I fixed it.
1. Open Siri and have it read off your unread messages. One of them should be strangely out of character (one of them just said "H" for me).
2. Have Siri send a reply back with anything. As long as you use the voice command with this, it does not open your messaging app and will proceed to send the text.
3. Open the messaging app. It should work now. The original message should be a slew of strange symbols. Delete it immediately.
A few of my friends have been experiencing this hack as well, which causes the messaging app to crash inexplicably. DO NOT DO A FACTORY RESET UNLESS YOU HAVE BACKED EVERYTHING UP. A factory reset did not actually help for me, and I lost a lot of data in the process.
Hope this helps.

O my gosh nothing is working the same thing is happening to me

Go to settings, messages, turn on "filter unknown senders" it will put numbers that don't have a name assigned to it in the unknown senders group in messages. Go to contacts and delete the person who sent it to you. Make sure you write down the number. Then go to new message and type in the number. It will bring up all previous messages from that person. Send a message, go up to the message and delete it. Problem should be solved

H worked!

Call the person that did it to you and when they get it don't answer it just click the message button and when it opens it should be good

I Can't open the unknown senders group. So I can't see who did it.

Yes I just came across this message I actually sent it to my spare phone to see if it worked but it was on my phone so I couldn't access my messages all you have to do is delete the لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣ
Effective power 冗 text and it'll disappear

If you reset or change the time that it deletes the messages in the settings it will let you open the app

It worked for me Mia.

'filter unknown senders' delete them and you are done. I tried just now. It worked.

Problem is that it won't delete the one is want to get rid of it's like frozen

Why can't I open my message on my iPhone 5? I can't see my messages and I can't send message either, when I'm trying to send it, the number I put on will change to no name? Can somebody please help me?

I have this problem too. I sent my friend a really long message and the app shut down and now it won't open.

Just power down your phone wait 30 seconds power it back up and you should be able to open your text app then delete those unwanted messages

OMG Thank you MIA (she's at the topish) that worked perfectly u r a heinous

The same problem with my iPhone about messages don't wanaa open! Why that happened apple!

I deleted the Messenger and reinstalled. Seems to be working now!

More mistake create by lack of knowledge. After naw I will follow yr instruction. I stop from now messenger use with out yr permissiossion. I understand yr work to Secure me. Tnk u!