IPhone 4S iMessage won't activate? Want to use phone number as iMessage instead of email?

The title says it all, please help.

ACTIVATING FACETIME AND IMESSAGES
Activating Facetime and Imessages on your phone requires the ability to send SMS messages and depending upon where you are that might be an international SMS. Check with your carrier to see if your plan supports sending of international SMS messages. If you are having trouble activating Facetime or Imessages turn them both off on your device and reset the device (Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the home button together until the apple logo appears (ignore the ON/OFF slider) then let both buttons go and wait for device to restart (no data will be lost)). Wait for the device to restart and wait a minute and turn Facetime and imessage back on and wait for activation. If that does not fix things read the following articles:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3367
In settings/messages/start new messages from just have phone number checked

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Hi hectorness12!
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities! I have found an article that can help you with troubleshooting your iMessage issue. The article can be found here:
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
Thanks,
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