My iPhone 4s is in constant search mode. Help !!!

Hi, my iPhone 4s is in constant search mode. The wifi is fine but the phone itself is unable to find any carrier signals. The firmware (6.1.3) is up to date and the phone has been restored through itunes both as a new iphone and restored from a saved back up. curiously as well when you remove the sim card the phone does not register the removal. The guys down at the apple genius bar tell me that the phone is mechanically in perfect order. Never been dropped, never come into contact with water and never been opened to replace any parts. Basically they are stumped for an answer. can anybody out there offer some help. Oh and i have done the hard restart using the home button and the power button but still no joy. Is this perhaps a 6.1.3 bug that were not being told about? I only ask this as it was working fine until after i did the 6.1.3 software upgrade and i have noticed a lot of posts regarding similar problems on iphone's only with the wifi after upgrading. Thanks.

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