Never-hacked 4 gets "There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone" after update to 7.0.2

I was using iOS 7.0.1 an hour ago.  Upon update to 7.0.2 I get "There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate." 
I know I haven't a SIM.  I threw it away.  I moved on.  New carrier - HTC phone.  I've been using my iPone 4 as an iPod without the SIM for over half a year.  Before that I did the same with my iPhone 3 for much longer. 
What hoops do I have to jump through now to recover my iPhone 4? 
The phone has never been jailbroken or altered. 
ATT was my original sevrice provider while I bought my device from Apple. 

All iPhones require activation after a restoration and an iOS upgrade.  There really was no reason to throw your deactivated SIM  from AT&T away.  You'll need an AT&T sim to activate that phone.  It doesn't need to be active, however.  Borrow one from someone to get your phone activated

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    tariqrehmani wrote:
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    Why Jailbreak is Not Supported  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

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    I’m having the same issue.
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    I having problem keep ask me connect to itunes......can't restore...keep show there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate.....how?
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    rajafromcalifornia wrote:
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  • HT4972 when restoring cannot pass message (There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate.)  and there is a active Sim card inside

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  • HT1414 I got my iPhone 4 unlocked from AT&T but whenever i try to connect my phone to iTunes for restoring,  iTunes say me "there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate."

    I got my iPhone 4 unlocked from AT&T but whenever i try to connect my phone to iTunes for restoring,  iTunes say me "there is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate."

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  • HT4623 trying to active my old iPhone 3gs. it showing that activation server is temporary unavailable and on the iTunes showing that there is no sim card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate. I unlocked my phone then i upgrade it, after

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  • There is no SIM card installed in the iphone you are attemting to activate

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  • There is no sim card installed in the iphone you are attempting to activate what should i do now

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    I too am having this problem. All I want to do is use my iCloud backup of my phone to fix a bug in IOS 7 that loop-prompts me to connect to iTunes. Anyone that has an answer to to OP would be greatly appreciated. There have been almost 3000 views on this page and only 8 posts that aren't much help at all so far. Enough with this 'Do you know how to read' white-space. I'm here for answers!!!
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