Can not upgrade iPhone 3G to iOS 5

If this phone wasn't supported by the software, why offer to upgrade to it? I don't know what's wrong, I'm from the Philippines, you see, and I'm using a local network, not at&t, and it said the sim was locked, but I don't know the network lock code to this. I tried unlocking my mom's at&t network lock but it won't..this is driving me crazy. Do I need to get this hacked or anything? Because the phone's pretty much useless now. If I can't do anything about this... how can I restore it?

joshuafromchapmanville wrote:
I have iphone 3GS and it will not let me update to IOS 5...could anyone tell me why? or should i even try it?
You need to start your own thread, instead of hijacking this one.  When you do post your own, then please explain what the issue is.  It is hard to help with no information.
What computer OS do you have?
What ios version?
What ituens version?
What have you tried?
What happened?
Error message?
What did it say?

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