IPhone won't activate after upgrade to 2.1 Software

I upgraded to the version 2.1 iPhone software on my original iPhone and after doing so my phone entered "emergency mode" and iTunes 8.0 gave me a message that said "info for activation could not be obtained from iPhone. Check SIM card.....". I rebooted the phone but it came up in this mode.
A post on the AppleNova forum suggested starting the phone in recovery mode, which solved the problem and restored the phone to functional. To enter recovery mode you start with the phone powered off and while holding down the home button, plug in your USB cable. This brings up iTunes noting the phone is in recovery mode. Then you click restore and the phone is restored to prior settings which makes it functional again. My data was backed up so it restored such that I didn't lose any music, photos or contacts.
The AppleNova thread is at:
http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?p=586157#post586157
I don't know how widespread this problem is, but its quite frustrating and adds another little bit of tarnish to Apple's otherwise gleaming reputation.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!
You have no idea how frustrated I was last night. I couldn't figure out what the heck the problem was, but I'm having the same exact problem as you. I'm going to try this fix and see if it works.

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