Imessages - activation unsuccessful

I just upgraded from an iPhone for to an iPhone 5s.  Now for some reason my iMessages and facetime will not activate including when I try to use my apple ID to activate it.  My imessages were still going to my iphone 4 and not my 5s.  I used my backup from my iphone 4 to load my iphone 5s.   I have restored my iphone 4 to its factory settings and removed it from my apple account but the iMessages will still not activate on my iPhone 5s.  However, I can still send and receive regular text messages (SMS).
I have tried restarting my phone, other trouble shooting by other forums (my resetting the network settings), ensuring that the restrictions are not on, and correct time zone but none of them worked.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks all!

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268

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