Iphone A1203 SIM card not supported by carrier

But i know this phone was previously used by the same carrier. Any reason why they would just lock it, hasn't been used in awhile but was never used for another carrier?

Can turn the phone on, shows me the connect to Itunes and that is it, can't get past that, Itunes just tells me what my post is titled or that they are unable and to try again later. It was used previously by someone in my family on T-Mobile and I use T-Mobile as well, when i put the SIM card in, it shows me having service at top left, but still just shows me to connect to Itunes. Exactly the same thing even after Restore. Think I will have to take it to my local Apple and T-Mobile stores to find out.

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