Pulled out my sim card, now Facetime wont' activate

I pulled out my sim card earlier this week and put it back in. I realized my face time was off. so i went to turn it back on.. but all it does now is say "waiting for activation"
why is this?
it won't activate at all. any solutions.
i've tried many solutions but without any luck.
as well, sometimes I turn on facetime, it automatically turns itself back off. what gives?

WayneHowkins wrote:
Make sure your text messaging is activated. facetime requires a facetime text to connect.
Only on the iPhone. FaceTime with iPod Touch, iPad and MacOS has no such requirement.

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