Iphone 5 not recognising SIM even after restoring it

my SIM was not being recognised by my iPhone 5 and I took apple's advice and tried to restore it, however, now my phone is completely useless as it will still not recognise the SIM and thus the phone will not restore... what shall I do?!

Then get a new Nano-SIM from your carrier. It may have failed, or, if you cut a SIM to fit, you may have damaged that one.
If a known good Nano-SIM still doesn't work, make an appiontment at the genius bar and have the phone checked for a hardware failure.

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