iPhoneSIMFree works and ignores the lock counter.
Start your phones without a SIM card, and notice that the IMEI is normal.
Start SIMFree, let it validate your license, and the moment it starts unlocking insert yor SIM. It unlocks perfectly.

See what I did at
http://hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=9344

for everyone with a counter problem this is the solution.

is this the only fix to go to ipsf??