Iphone wont restore or do anything at all.

The Problem:
I Recently charged my iphone after the battery had become completely flat and had problems getting it back to work. Then Turning it back on I get the screen which says emergency calls only and connect to itunes also to restore and visit www.itunes.com/support and says this over and over in different languages.
When connecting to itunes it thinks for a little while, then says I cant connect to itunes because the sim card is locked and I am unable to unlock the phone with my pass code because the phone wants to be restored and wont turn on.
What I Have Tried:
Turning off for 8 hours
Charging for 1 hour
Soft Reset
Hard Reset
Downloading the latest version of itunes
Any help would be greatly appreciated before I try the last step which is loosely tossing the phone against a wall. Thank you again James.

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