So i use messenger often, but have a smiley face stuck on my home screen as though i have a new message. I have no open or pending conversations. Any idea how to get rid of this smiley face????
Instead of doing a battery pull try:
Left ALT, Right CAPS and Del all in that order. This will do a soft reset without the hassle of taking the cover off, pulling out the battery, putting the battery back on then the cover back on. You get my point.
Haha, I just had the same exact issue today and I also couldn't read incoming messages, only the message I sent. I rebooted too. I think that is the answer to everything.