IPhone 3gs with Straight Talk

I bought an iPhone 3gs from ebay & had to factory restore to get the other persons stuff off the phone. The phone was jailbroke & to my understanding "unlocked" (it was orignally from AT&T)
I have been told the following:
I could not restore without doing the 6.0.1 update through iTunes.
I could not jail break if I upgraded to 6.0.1
I have to unlock my phone before I can activate it.
I found the following:
I could not restore to factory setting without updating- I called AT&T.
I can do a jail break once the phone is activated & ready to run.
I called at&t to get the phone unlocked ^ the first lady took the imei # but never came back on the line.
The second lady I talked to told me that unless the person who owned the phone called, that they will not unlock it.
So in the even that i can get the right person to unlock the phone- will activateing my straight talk SIM card and putting in the phone allow me to go on and activate the iPhone?

To clarify for anyone who is still having any problems doing this.
1. Unlock your phone with the carrier ( I know the process will work if it is jail broken but I am assuming you dont want to void the warranty on your phone) NOTE: even if you purchased the phone outright at Wal-Mart it is still locked to ATT so you will have to unlock the phone.
1a Here is the link to unlock a ATT iphone. Simply follow the instructions https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/
2. Get a T- mobile SIM (micro SIM). Even if you don't want the service, if you feign interest, they will send you one for free or 99cents. If you need it now you can get one at a T-mobile store too.
3. Once you have both your Straight talk SIM and your T-mobile SIM follow these instructions:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFFf5uqk18M
4. If you have any remaining questions check out the Howard Forums Wiki: http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/Straight_Talk_iPhone
Everything should work flawlessly at this point. I hope this makes doing this very easy for everyone in the future. God Bless -J

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