Iphone 3g will not activate after restore

Hello,
Appreciate if anyone can help. I recently had my phone factory unlocked for use with Vodafone (previously it was locked to O2). I restored the phone, but it refuses to activate.
itunes says there is no SIM installed.
Thanks

The hack used to unlock it has rendered it unable to activate at all. Apple's servers can detect the hack and have disabled activation. Even on the carrier it was originally locked to. You will have to contact O2 and see if they will authorize a legitimate unlock.
There is no other advice we can offer. You have forfeited all rights to support by hacking and jailbreaking the phone.

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