My iPhone 4S won't update to 7.06 or restore from iTunes.

I recently replaced my battery and now phone is stuck searching for a signal. Wifi works fine and I have even tried going back to original battery.

I did, this was my first 4S battery replacement. Performed 4x on my old 3GS iphone and have even done a screen replacement on the 3GS. So I feel I am compenent in performing repairs.
I plan to replace the dock/speaker/homebutton/Antenna assembly upon recieving the purchased part.
Currently when I take the SIM card out, the phone does not know. It continues its "Searching..." with or without SIM card.
Any ideas on how to force a restore? Should I use FindMyiPhone to erase the device? Is there any hope to repair this?

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