I am past the "5 posts minimum" condition and yet none of the locked features are added... Do I have to wait a bit for them to get activated or sth?

Thanks for taking the time to explain me, I'm a total noob here.

I just checked to see if you are able to receive PM's and you can so looks like things are unlocked. The only thing that does not work are the thread subscriptions but that is a different story entirely.

Thank you for taking the time to llok into my trouble.
I still don't see any button/icon/gadget whatever to send PM to people (I kinda understood there should be one...?), but at least now I can PM via user menu, so that's fine. Thanks again! (^_^)b