Restore Iphone but could not activated

I try restore iphone to the factory setting, the iPhone displays the "Connect to iTunes" screen. I kept the device connected but the "Connect to iTunes" screen does not goes away and there was an error message saying that "No SIM card installed".
I still have internet connection during all this. How can I follow through to the last step to activated the phone?

take out the sim and put it in again... my phone weirdly got acitvated via my carrier 02... i was supprised when i took it out of the box and turned it on it said iphone acivated your carrier is o2 or something like that...
But I know you CAN DEFIANTELY activate via itunes

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If you did not set up Find My iPhone, then only your cell carrier would have the possibility of tracking your iPhone, if they offer such as service. Some carriers do, but most require you to sign up for the service and pay extra. You can call your carrier and ask if they have any tracking service available to you.
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In HT1212,
If you have never synced your device with iTunes, or you do not have access to a computer
If you see one of following alerts, you need to erase the device:
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I just get the iphone 5 from my friend, i try to start it but it say "your iphone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable.

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that must be really annoying !!
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However to my disappointment, landed back at the same status which says
We're sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time.
Please try again later, or contact customer care
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After I upgrade ios4.1 to ios6.1.3 but my iphone 3gs shows the sentence below:
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