My iPhone says its connected to wifi, but it won't let me text through iMessage

Ever since midnight or so last night I havent been able to FaceTime or iMessage anybody. I have tried to text some of my friends that have IOS devices but it keeps saying that they are unvailible even when they are. I can still surf the web and everything else but I cant FaceTime or iMessage. Can someone tell me *** is going on? It's really making me frustrated

Force the phone into recovery mode:
If you cannot turn off your phone using the slider, press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. When your phone turns off, release the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons. Then, leave the USB cable connected to your computer, but NOT your phone, itunes running, press & hold the home button while connecting the USB cable to your dock connector, continue holding the home button until you see “Connect to iTunes” on the screen. You may now release the home button. iTunes should now display that it has detected your phone in recovery mode, if not quit and reopen iTunes. If you still don’t see the recovery message repeat these steps again. iTunes will give you the option to restore from a backup or set up as new.

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