Messaging apps freezing

[Brad2173]

Device: Samsung Galaxy s4 (AT&T)

For some odd reason my text messaging apps all started failing today. It began when I attempted to send some pictures to my wife from the "Messaging" app. Shortly thereafter the app began to run very slow and freezing. It since has refused to open and I get the message "Messaging isn't responding. Do you want to close it?" I have cleared the cache and the data. When I try to use GoSMS Pro or Hangouts, it freezes and I must power of my phone using the power button and then turn it back on. Any help would be much appreciated. Phone calls work fine, btw.

Edit: Ok, Hangouts is working somewhat now. However, Messaging is still slooooooooooooooooooooooooow and prone to freezing.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Welcome to the forums.
Perhaps you need to do an update to the phone itself. Like a PRL or something?

 

[Brad2173]

PRL? Please, excuse my ignorance.

 

[Golfdriver97]

PRL? Please, excuse my ignorance.

Preferred roaming list. In have been with Sprint for quite some time, so I am unsure if there is such a way to update that for other carriers.

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