Facetime just won't happen

Hi! So here's my facetime story:
- got new iphone 4, after a little messing around got facetime to work
- it was beautiful i'm in a long distance relationship
- suddenly sms -1 error
(http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2608044)
- had to update / restore to 4.1
- facetime just wouldn't work.
- tried reset all settings, then it disappeared from the 'phone' settings altogether.
- restored again. somehow got facetime button to show up, but just wouldn't connect to anyone. dad, girlfriend, brother. its working for them.
- restored again. button in settings (waiting for activation) but not anywhere else.
please suggest anything i could try further. need to get this working.

IndianPHead wrote:
Hi! So here's my facetime story:
- got new iphone 4, after a little messing around got facetime to work
- it was beautiful i'm in a long distance relationship
- suddenly sms -1 error
(http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2608044)
- had to update / restore to 4.1
- facetime just wouldn't work.
- tried reset all settings, then it disappeared from the 'phone' settings altogether.
- restored again. somehow got facetime button to show up, but just wouldn't connect to anyone. dad, girlfriend, brother. its working for them.
- restored again. button in settings (waiting for activation) but not anywhere else.
please suggest anything i could try further. need to get this working.
If the suggestions from the following page do not help you get it working
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4319
you may need help from your Apple retailer or one of your contacts who have made theirs work. Otherwise, contact Apple Technical Support. Telephone, web, and face-to-face options for Apple Support are available from this page:
http://www.apple.com/contact/
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