Phone wont read sim card??

Yesterday around 12pm i was having trouble getting service, the phone was working fine but i just didnt get service. So i turned it off and turned it back on. When i turned it back on it gave me the screen with the itunes sign connecting to the usb port. Which is weird cause it has never done that before, i got home and hooked it up to my computer and my computer brings up a notice saying the sim card is not in the phone?? Anyone know why, i put my sim card in another cingular phone and it worked fine?? Please im dying here without my phone, any help would be greatly appreciated!!

SkipBrady wrote:
Yesterday around 12pm i was having trouble getting service, the phone was working fine but i just didnt get service. So i turned it off and turned it back on. When i turned it back on it gave me the screen with the itunes sign connecting to the usb port. Which is weird cause it has never done that before, i got home and hooked it up to my computer and my computer brings up a notice saying the sim card is not in the phone??
Seems like you'd be well advised to take the iPhone to an Apple store and ask them to give it a look. It could be that the SIM and the phone are not connecting properly and they could test to see if that's the case. Since the SIM works well in another phone, that is likely not your problem.
The other poster likely does not have the same problem. As I recall from an earlier message he upgraded his unlocked iPhone from 3.0.1 to 3.1 which can be a problem with certain unlocked iPhones, particularly if they've been hacked.
Phil

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