No Service after long Airplane Mode

My iPhone 4 iOS 5.0.1, cannot grab a signal after I turned my iphone into airplane mode because my sim is not roaming sim to avoid battery drain due to searching of carrier, after going back to the country, i turned off airplane mode but No service is shown, I tried restoring it, turning it off and many things. can someone help me.

Settings App > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

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Check for an iOS Software Update. Tap Settings > General > Software Update.
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Verify that there are no account-related blocks.
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