My iPhone 4 doesn't know it a phone, it doesn't help to restore it.

Okay, so I was given my iPhone 4 in working order with a cracked screen, had the screen repaired and now the phone doesn't do anything, I mean it says connect to iTunes, and I go through all that crap, now my I phone has a menu on it that AT&T says they have never seen before, and it can search for signal but doesn't recognize itself or other necessary things, AT&T tried what they could but they simply ended up saying, take it to apple, well my nearest apple store is a 45 minute drive so if anyone has a solution I'd love to try it.

Who did the repair?
If the iPhone was in working order prior to the screen being replaced and it doesn't work since the screen was replaced with some menu on it that AT&T says they have never seen before - whatever that happens to be, I would take it up with whoever did the repair.

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