HT201365 Can't access phone after activation lock triggered

I flew to Puerto Rico, where my carriers coverage map said all was good, my phone worked for the first hour, then got a strange "Activation Required" screen, and couldn't access anything on my device. When I tried to activate it using my iCloud account/pass it kept failing saying that the activation server couldn't be reached.
Fast forward to right now, I am back in CA, and am still getting the same error and can't access or use anything on my phone. I tried restoring from iTunes, but it says I can't until I turn off Find My Phone from the device itself. This is obviously a problem, bc I can't access the device. This may in fact be the worst user experience I have had yet with any Apple product.
Any ideas?

Have you checked that
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