New iPhone 5c will not activate iMessage?

Hi there, this morning I recieved my brand new white iPhone 5c.
My step-mum also got an iPhone 5c earlier in the week and hers worked with absolutely no issues.
However for me, the iMessage just refuses to work and I can't figure out why. I've sat for hours looking through the forums for a solution and I can't seem to find anything that works.
Firstly, with iMessage I understand you can send messages using your Apple Id email over the wifi. But I want to also be able to send actual text messages without using the wifi. When I go into send and receive there's no phone number. Is there any way to input my phone number so I can send texts? Am I missing something.
In regards to overall 'waiting activation' thing, I've had the phone about 12 hours now and it still says the same. I tried a lot of solutions posted here before, restoring the network/internet, rebooting the iphone with factory settings, on and off, turning everything in the iPhone off and back on again, nothing seems to work. Just wondering if there's something I'm missing, or is the solution just patience and the servers at apple are going haywire? Thanks , sorry its a long post!

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

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