HT201210 unlocking iphone 4 restoring issues

I am in the proccess to unlock my old iphone 4, and I keep running to the same error:
The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. This device isn't eligible for the resquested build.
Any help will be really appreciated.

Thank you gdgmacguy, but no, it was not jailbroken.
I just had to modify the hosts file in my iMac and it worked like a charm. Please follow the instructions in this post http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4451

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