How do I get iMessage to activate?

Ever since I updated to iOS 5 I've had this problem with iMessage as well as Facetime, I can't get it to activate. I've tried rebooting the phone, logging off my account, reseting network settings and It wont activate at all ..
Is anyone else having an issue with this right now?

Thank you to Kevin for finding this! 
1) Turn off WiFi
2) Turn on Cellular Data
3) Turn off iMessage
4) Turn phone off
5) Turn phone on
6) Turn iMessage on
7) Test iMessages
8) Turn WiFi on.
If you do it in that order and allow it to activate over 3G, it works without fail. I have done this twice to make sure and it works and doesn't work when done over 3G and WiFi respectively. Once it has been activated, it works perfectly on both.

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