Are you getting them or able to use them in other apps, i.e. email, snapchat, Facebook, anywhere else? If you can use and or see them other places that rules out your keyboard. Then we can focus on your SMS app. What app are you using for SMS, and if you say hangouts I'll stop you right there and tell you that's your problem. Actually either of the stock SMS should be avoided. Just to save some time, Handcent, Chomp, Go SMS, then just about anything else.
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