iPhone 4 Activation

[citoek]

I recently purchased a iPhone 4. The IMEI is clear and has no history of theft. However When plugged it into iTunes i get a message saying "the iPhone connected cannot be activated" and on the iPhone all it says is connect to iTunes. i even purchased the activation sim and even put in a micro att sim to at least get passed the connect to iTunes and still nothing. Might it be possibly bricked? what is the problem here?

When i ran the ih8sn0w forcast heres the info i get:
Baseband: 02.10.04
Bootloader: IC
Mode: MC13

I have even tried to put the phone in dfu and restore. still no luck passed that message. ATT Store itunes cant bypass it, nor Apple store iTunes.

[Simon]

Does it ask for some kind of social security number or something like that when you plug it in?

The new jailbreak, when released, should be able to bypass activation.

[citoek]

Nope doesn't ask for phone number or social. I really don't understand it lol. I do know it was purchased june 21st and it does not show any signs of being activated so I'm not sure how that works out.

[Simon]

That is very strange if not even a universal/phonebook sim will activate it. Is it definitely a US iPhone?

[citoek]

That is very strange if not even a universal/phonebook sim will activate it. Is it definitely a US iPhone?

Yes sir!