Suddenly prompted to activate iPad Air in use for over a year, never been used for betas or jailbroken

Last night I turned on my iPad Air to a message that read I needed to activate my iPad. I went through the steps (selected a wifi network and entered my Apple ID password). IT spun for several minutes before saying it was unable to activate, try again later. I checked online, and Apple's servers were all up. I tried maybe 10 times.
So I put my iPad into recovery mode and plugged it into my computer. iTunes recognized that there was something wrong with the iPad and recommended I update to iOS 8.2. Funny thing is, I updated to 8.2 sometime ago, perhaps one or two weeks ago. So, I proceeded with downloading the update on my computer. This morning, I attempted to activate using the same methods in the first paragraph and received a message saying unable to activate. So I put it back into recovery mode and now that the download was completed, I proceeded to update. It appeared to work and I was able to log into my iPad but almost as soon as I saw my screen of icons, it threw me back to the "Activation required" message.
So I again put it into recovery mode and opted this time to restore the iPad. After restoring, I've lost everything and it still won't activate.
I read on the Apple Discussion boards someone once encountered the same issue and was able to get past it by hitting "next, next next" without selecting a Wifi network and assuringly forcing the iPad to use the cellular. My iPad IS cellular so I attempted that but it won't let me go past without selecting a network. I even shut off my home's wifi to see if that would work. It didn't. It does not look like it is connecting to cellular at all actually, it keeps indicating "searching". I've removed and reinserted the sIM without avail.
I just tried DFU mode now for the heck of it, and I'm still stuck being unable to inactivate my iPad I've had since November of 2013.

I took it to the Apple Store and they actually made it worse. It is stuck in an endless cycle of switching to the settings screen then to the home screen saying it needs activation. Luckily I took it to ATT and they are replacing with an iPad Air 2 since I've never used my mobile insurance protection, woo hoo

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