Got an unlocked iphone 4 from apple (thro fonez in ireland), went to india and put my new sim - i'm getting a message "no service"

Got a sim free iphone 4 from a store in ireland, it was working fine with o2, the irish service provider, went to india, got an indian microsim from airtel, changed the sim and im getting a mesage  - "no service", checked the sim in other phones - it is working, so i put back my o2 sim and came back to ireland, phone was working in india and even in frankfurt where i made calls, text etc, but upon landing back in ireland, it againi gives "no service" message, tried all things - phone reset, network reset, airplane mode off etc... O2 says it is a phone problem... request ur help

Sorry to butt in again:
But your original post(s) were not so clear.
So if your original phone WAS locked and the LOCKED one got replaced from the APPLE store...then there is a 100% chance it IS locked.
Sorry, but there is no such thing as a free lunch...
Check with Apple anyways...

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