My iphone is stuck in a state of "could not activate this iPhone"...

I've had the iOS 7 bet for as long as its been out, and it automatically updated to the full OS when that was released, and now, last night it just interrupted my usage, and brought me to a screen prompting me to "activate this iphone" and whenever I sign in and click "activate this iphone" nothing happens, than after a few minutes it says "could not activate this iphone"...
Someone please help me. I also tried using itunes to activate it, but it says its fully updated. And I cant even restore it: because it says I must first "turn off findmyiphone in the settings on my phone" but those settings are unreachable. someone. please. help. I'm gonna try to dfu it and see if i can restore it after that if no one responds soon enough... thanks guys!

Hello, iDsciple.
Here is an article I would recommend when experiencing issues activating a device. The step referring to recovery mode usually resolves the issue.
iPhone: Troubleshooting activation issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424
To retrieve your data, you will need to restore from backup after processing these steps. Here is the article that walks you through restoring from either your iCloud or iTunes backup.
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Cheers,
Jason H.

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