I did read it. It sounded like you weren't entering pwned DFU like Stray had suggested. Snowbreeze has issues with pwned DFU sometimes leaving you with a 16XX error when trying to restore to a custom firmware. Had i seen this thread earlier I would have suggested using redsnow to enter pwned DFU, has a much higher success rate and would have got you past that 16XX error so that you wouldnt have had to restore to a regular firmware and lose your lower baseband.
Doesn't really matter now though, at least you are unlocked again