Chatty, SMS does not work - could hardware be at fault?

[bcnaz]

...  Probably about a year or so back,  I think I was still using my Brave Heart as my main phone.

I received a text from my cousin while he was on vacation,  except he had been back home for a week when I received the text.

I don't think it would be possible for the phones software to have caused that,  I 'think' that more than likely that was some kind of carrier fault/error.

Just sharing my own experience....  We do have 'three main possible causes',  new Operating system(s), new hardware, and the carriers.
Possibly a conflict between these items ?

I DO HOPE your problem(s) can be resolved !