2G phone not working with "Dead iPhone" message

There's an old 2G iphone my son was using, when the phone part just stopped working; it says "no service".  As far as I can tell, everything else is just fine. I used the sim card in a different phone so it's not the card.  With the phone plugged into computer, the device actually comes up as "Dead iPhone" as well as when looking in phone menu under "about", the same "Dead iPhone" descriptor.  Any suggestions on what to try?

Where do you see "Dead Iphone?"
It is likely that you're looking at the name of the iPhone.  You see that because someone wanted to title the bacups that are resident on the computer.
The status of the service is an entirely separate issue.  Contact your carrier, to make sure the SIM card is active on the network.

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