[Q] stuck in roaming(tried everything)

OMG_VTEC

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Apr 21, 2011
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so after almost a week of being down ive finally got my phone back to a workable condition. however, its stuck in roaming mode.
i did lose my imei, fixed that but it didnt seem to fix the roaming issue.
first thing i tried was to get a new sim card and the vz rep said as soon as i got data it would update automatically. i dont know if it did now.
the phone info screen doesnt show vzw and the carrier but it seems like everything else is correct(maybe).
i cant seem to get into the service menu except for a few different ends of it. nothing too helpful to this.
im trying to avoid sending it out to get fixed but after thins i may be stuck.
steps i made to get where i am
odin with root66
boot to factory recovery and factory reset(just to get it to boot)
used nv reader writer to write my imei to the phone.
reboot
still roaming
now in between these steps i did a lot of swearing and pming of people.(THANKS)
there are also some smaller steps that may have no importance to the outcome, but thats no big deal(airplane mode, switching the network have been tried)

does anyone have any semblance of an idea of what i can do from here?