iphone6 is not letting me open phone contacts, favorites, keyboard etc and can't text??????

[iMore Question]

iphone 6 is not allowing me to open anything on the phone icon and I cannot text. This never happened before----all updates are current.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Welcome to iMore! Try a hard reset.
Hold the top or side power/sleep button and the home button at the same time until the Apple logo appears, then release.