IMessage won't reactivate after resetting phone

Ok, so my phone and I had a bit of an adventure today. I left it at a restaurant by mistake and located it with Find My iPhone, and remotely erased the device (could've just locked it, but I was extremely anxious about the fate of my phone at the time). Once I got it back, I restored it with a backup, everything went normally, etc etc.
Except that now, iMessage & FaceTime are stuck on "Waiting for activation..." and when I tap the "Use your Apple ID for iMessage option" and enter my Apple ID/password, I get an error saying that my phone couldn't connect and to check network settings and try again. For clarification: I had to enter my ID info about a half-dozen times in the restoring process, and to log in to this website, so I know the password is correct. I have full wifi & 3G reception (have tried logging in on both), and email, Safari, social media apps - everything else I can think of - is working perfectly fine. This is driving me nuts. I tried restoring the phone one more time, turning airplane mode on/off, everything Google could offer me as a solution, and I've still got nothing. Any help is greatly appreciated, as I don't feel Apple really deserves $29.99 to help me fix a problem that I'm pretty sure isn't my fault.
Oh: And my software is up to date.

Here I am to save the day mf1831! Let's get your iMessage working. May I ask are you logged into your iPhone 5s with your Apple ID? If not then simply go to Settings > iTunes & App Store. Also, go to iCloud in Settings to ensure that you are logged in there as well. Once you are logged in go to Messages and verify that iMessage is turned on. Also, please verify the Send & Receive info under Messages to ensure that both your mobile number and Apple ID is checked under "You Can Be Reached By iMessage At". Please let us know the results after you have peformed these steps.
Thank you…
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