HT1937 iphone 3gs wont activate after updating to ios6

i decided to upgrade my iphone to ios 6 but after going through the process of wanting to activate my phone it says it cant activate it. i dont have my phone with any big contract company i have it with simple mobile for multiply reasons. does anyone why this is happening? i would really appriciate it

Try this discussion.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21189708

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