Imessage trouble

(I hav an 8gb ipod touch with ios.5.0.1) i just turned off imessage in settings and turned it back on,
Now when i click imessage on my home screen it says enter apple id so i do that and click log in,
next i click the "next" button in the top right hand corner and it says "verifying email" and then it takes me back to the log in page,
So it never logs in and goes to the "create message" page
If anyone has any suggestions plz post  

If the iPad is giving you other problems, you may have a defective device, but without knowing what the other issues are and if you have done anything to troubleshoot the problems, it would be impossibly to make that determination.
The device does come with a one year warranty. If you are still within the one year time frame, contact Apple. Actually the warranty doesn't even matter because you can take the iPad to an Apple Store and ask them to take a look - the warranty wouldn't even matter for a Genius Bar appointment.
You didn't say specifically if you have ever been able to send a text previously. You can look through this troubleshooting support site and see if some thing in it provides help.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Is the Send button blue when you try to Message? Do you get any specific error message?

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