Ipad4 facetime and imessage not activating

i have an ipad4 Wifi.i recently restored my ipad via itunes back to original settings.now it has ios8.2. But now facetime and imessage does not work anymore. It keeps saying facetime and imessage cannot be activated.everything else is working fine. even the wifi is also working very well. i tried everything possible from changing the DNS to restoring ios but still it does not work. i think it cant be a hardware issue beacause wifi works well. so i think its something else. please help me!!

Hi Universal1,
I understand that you are seeing a FaceTime and iMessage activation issue. Here is an article for you that will help you address these issues:
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201422
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Braden

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By the way who made you an expert.......http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/built-in-apps/ I know mine had it, it was the only way to connect to my ipod....
I am an expert compare to you. I don't get over 9,000 point just being foolish.
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At the end of this Apple article, it's written in black on white.
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Apps are crashing & force closing including their new app store. Youtube application is vey slow. Maps aren't accurate not even half the quality of google maps. Screen freezes sometimes =((
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