Unlocking my iphone 3GS after a software update

I brought my iphone 3Gs off ebay and it came unlocked to any carrier but I want to update the sorftware but i'm worried it will reverse the carrier unlock. If it does where can i go to get it unlocked again ?

ralph my iphone 3gs was legitemately unlocked yet it is still saying there is no sim card installed, what do i do??? It was initally on o2, but i got it unlocked through them, i gave it to my brother who used it on the 3 network, and i am trying to update it, had the error 6, restarted the procedure, now it says no sim card installed, even though i put in a o2 sim card to activate it... please help              
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