HT1688 Iphone 5 searching

My iphone 5 has continually been "searching" for two days.  I had the sim card swapped twice yesterday and nothing has changed. What could be wrong and what is my next step?
More info: I have reset network setting, reset my entire phone as well. It will not allow me to even go through the process of setting up the phone so I'm stuck at the beginning screen. I've tried to set it up through wifi and through itunes with no luck. Before I reset it, it wouldn't allow me to update once the searching problem began.

Going on one full day of "Searching…" WiFi works. Bluetooth works. Reset network settings, reset all settings, did hard resets after hard resets. Power cycled multiple times. Nothing seems to jar this iPhone 5 from releasing the "Searching…" function. Remove SIM card, doesn't even say NO SIM.. just says Searching…
Might go to Apple Store being that 'cokerla' user has replaced SIM twice and nothing. Seems like a hardware issue to me. Genius bar here i come.

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