I got notification of this post (thank you once more for going the extra mile to help me, I really can't thank you enough). I am attempting to follow this guide but do have a couple of questions:
I created my custom IPSW with the NO_BB. Then I am at the part for "select saved SHSH blob" (but it doesn't say that in redsnow it just says "Blobs" and Local (for selecting the blobs). I have the blobs in a file on my computer, but it doesn't specify in the instructions which blob I am to choose. So, I chose the blob for 5.0.1. I followed the rest of the guide and all seemed to be going well. It even got to the apple logo with the status bar as if it were loading, then bam I got a different "unknown error (9)". And now my iphone is stuck in recovery mode with the Itunes music note and the picture of the plug.... Is it dead now??
Ugh..