How to I get iMessage to activate, how to I get iMessage to activate

my iMessage won't activate on my iPhone 4s, how do I set it up to run through my phone number

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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