Why can't I send or receive iMessages on my iPhone?

I've been using iPhones for about 5 years now and I've never found a problem with one that I couldn't fix until now and it's really starting to irritate me because no one has any idea whats going on. I just got a iPhone 4 from one of my moms friends because my last one broke and for some reason on this phone I can't use iMessage. I can use FaceTime and do everything else on my phone except for using iMessage. I have iMessage turned on and activated in the setting and I have linked my apple id but for some reason when I try and iMessage someone with an iPhone my messages will only send as texts. And when people try to iMessage me it says delivered on their phone but I get nothing on my phone. Could anyone help me out? I have tried all the trouble shooting steps on here and nothing has made any difference.

yes i've tried both my wifi and my 3g network nothing works. ive been talking to apple the last few days and no one can fix the issue, they just keep telling me they'll call back the next day to try something else. i dont understand how i can facetime but im not getting the option to send or receive imessages when facetime and imessage are used on the same server

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