'iphone cannot be activated as there is no SIM in the phone

Hi All
Itunes upgraded my phone to the IOS5.1 yesterday in the middle of it, it said that there was an rror and that i had to restore the phone
which i did via itunes..it restored no prob to a screen with select language/select region etc then plug it into itunes to activate it and get error below
'iphone cannot be activated as there is no SIM in the phone' well there is as i was using it and txting 10 mins before this happened.
I have been reading up on ths and it seems like a known issue however i must stress that this phone has had no jailbreaking done to it..i dont know what that is or even how to do it...so im left with a phone that wont activate as it says there is no SIM in it..its very frustrating..i hope some of you guys light be able to help me out.
it is a 3gs iphone and it is with 3 network in ireland.
ive upgraded itunes to latest..ive restarted comp and unplugged all other usb devices etc..same result each time!
Can it be saved or is it done for?!! im 2 months out of 12 month Apple warranty too just to make things even better!!
Hopefully you can assist me!!
thanks in advance
Aidan

Not sure what this has to do with Apple TV.
Also this is a user forum, no one here can help with that. I would contact your carrier.

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If you are having activation issues with your iPhone after an update, you may find the following article helpful:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3424
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