IMessage is always showing "waiting for activation"...

iMessage is always showing "waiting for activation"... Same thing for facetime...
Do you know any fix for that?

Hey...  after having the SAME problem activating my iMessage (i had it working and having an factory unlocked iPhone 4S, i swapped SIM's once and then i couldn't get my number to activate again) a wonderful MAC GENIUS from my local store told me a solution that worked for another when all else fails (the DNS, auto-time, resetting, etc).
Call your carrier to see if they are blocking premium texts or third party texts.. some carriers have an auto-block to protect you from random charges or sometimes (like me) we put the block on ourselves.
I had my carrier remove this block and PRESTO... after they sent a network reset to my phone and i reset my network settings.. i turned on iMessage and FaceTime and they finally activated again!!! 
I was able to put the premium block back on after and it still works just fine!!
Hope that works for those that couldn't get it to activate!

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