Why cant i activate my iphone 3gs after restore ?

please people tell me why my iphone 3gs will not activate after i restored it? its like this the last 3 days iv tried lots of thing but no joy ? help really appreciated please ?

Is your iPhone jailbroken? Activation errors often come up with a jailbroken iPhone, and if yours is, there's nothing we can do to help in these forums.
If you're certain that your iPhone is not jailbroken, Apple has some suggestions here that may help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3424
Regards.

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