Imessage cannot be activated

I try fir several days to activate imessage and facetime. Every time after many hour of seeing "waiting for activation" nothing is activated.
I tried the simple solutions that apple suggests but still nothing.
What I have to do?
Thank you

Hi chtsolak!
Here is an article that will help you troubleshoot this issue with your ability to activate iMessage:
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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guest[2] : Identity Management for UNIX
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pred. : empty
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