Iphone 3gs could not activate

Hi
Just brought Iphone3GS off ebay, it was locked to O2, so went to local market, had it unlocked inserted Vodafone sim and all was fine.
brought it home and upgraded in itunes, it has now seemed to have locked itself again.
I've brought new O2 sim and inserted that and still now good.
Phone shows no phone signal but is connected to wi fi.
O2 sim works fine in another phone.
Iphone tries to do activation, I select language, location, etc and wi fi, then it goes off to try and activate, but keeps failing.
Can anybody help?
Adam

It keeps locking because you had someone besides the carrier "unlock" the phone. You need to contact O2
O2
O2 Online Support
O2 is going to be able to assist you with legally unlocking the phone if they can. Ebay is a risky proposition as many of the phones there can not be unlocked properly because of a bad account standing. I suggest always researching the phone before you purchase

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