Iphone 3gs ios no service activation??

I recently updated my iphone 3gs to ios5 and now it wont read my sim card and it wont get passed the activation screen!! Someone please help :/

Where did you buy this phone? Are you using the same SIM which came with the phone initially?
The most probable explanation to this problem could be that your phone is locked to the carrier it was originally locked to after the iOS update. The reason why it had worked before could be the phone was hacked to unlock it.

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usually that means the iPhone was hacked to unlock it from the original carrier

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Dear Community,
Please can someone assist me on what to do on the following;
After update of my iphone 3GS ios. I found out that my iphone has returned back to factory setting and it shows No Service on the top left corner of my iphone screen. It equally shows on the screen that I have to set up the iphone before using it again. I followed the on screen display then get connected to a WiFi, but the response I was getting is that the Set up Server cannot be contacted please try again latter. I chose the option of using itune through my Laptop. The response I was getting here is that my iphone cannot be connected the itune store because my iphone was not found.
I am regretting why I updated the ios. Please, can someone advise me on what to do please.
I am ernestly waiting for your kind response.
Regards
Daniel

Hi iPheariPhoPad,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like there’s an issue with Settings, the Notes app entry isn’t showing up as expected. Take a look at the article linked below and try restarting your iPhone 3GS.
Restart or reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
If that doesn’t do it, try restoring your iPhone as shown in this article:
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support
Take care,
-Jason

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