I can't receive pictures on iPhone?

I have an iPhone 6 and when I get a picture message, it just says, in a box, "IMG_#(random number) or just a blue bubble. How do I restore these pictures and get the picture messages to show?

Restarting iphone can help lot of times in case can't receive or send pics

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