No imessage option on my iphone4

I have an iPhone 4 and for imessage you're supposed to go to settings and it should be under messages, right? But I can't find it anywhere. Help please!

Are you on a build of iOS 5? If so, try going into Settings<General<Restrictions and see if toggling those will do anything. I reset mine by accident and was prompted to sign into my Apple acct. for iMessage. You may want to also try resetting your phone settings by going into Settings<General<Reset<Reset All Settings

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