Brand New iPhone 4S contract-free displays "No Service".

I just got a contract-free iphone from apple.com. Since then, it can't reach to connect the sim's network. A message on the left corner says No Service. What should I do? I've tried 2 SIM cards from different networks and there's no way to connect. It keeps searching, but then the No Service message appears. I've restore it because it seemed a solution, but the problem persists. My Serial No. starts with C3 and the Part No. starts with MD2.. HELP PLEASE!

Thanks, but I'm afraid it's a little complicated right now. Here's what happened.. I took my iPhone for evaluation and they told me that they have been working on the same problem with a few iPhones that present the same problem. They gave me a temporary solution. They made me boughtfor a developer certificate which means that I can use now iOS 5.1 betas as a developer and that will fix the problem until iOS 5.1 is released. I pay for the certificate and upgrade my iPhone to iOS 5.1 beta 3. When apple notified me that they had registered my serial number as a developer, I inserted the sim card and activated it through iTunes. No changes, the No Signal message still appeared. I went for evaluation again and they restore it to iOS 5.1 beta 1 again and activated through iTunes. Since then, I haven't had any problems with my iPhone 4S. Anyway, I'm really worried, I don't know if upgrade it to beta 2 or 3.. I guess I'll wait for the final iOS 5.1 release to see if it'll present the same bug again, hopefully not.

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