Can anyone unlock an old 3g locked to orange?

[MrTeajunkie]

My folks are moving to portugal and my mums old 3g is locked to orange (bought privately)
Now i know iphone 4 onwards are a network only unlock but is that the same for 3g and 3gs?

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[rmj2663]

Hi, yes you can unlock 3g, I unlocked mine couple of years back.
Think I had to go the route of ipad FW, then to iOS that could be broken.
IIRC I used ultra snow - google is your friend here.

[MrTeajunkie]

Apparently it has the wrong baseband?
This one is 05.15.04 which isn't covered according to Iclarified.

[Mobileman]

do think you can downgrade that baseband will have a check when get five mins, other options is just follow the links on my unlock guide and have orange unlock it, as long as they used it for a while then shouldnt be any problem getting it unlocked

[flik]

Buy a new phone maybe, and avoid the hassle ?

[MrTeajunkie]

Buy a new phone maybe, and avoid the hassle ?

Lmao it's my mum using it and she only uses it for calls and txts so it's perfect for her.
if it's hassle then I will just yell her to buy another.

[plug1]

You can downgrade the BB and unlock free.

[MrTeajunkie]

Is there a simpletons guide?