New iPhone 3GS Unlock - Purplesn0w

George Hotz the guy who brought us the purplera1n iPhone jailbreak software has now revealed a new unlocking solution for the iPhone 3GS called Purplesn0w, which does sound very similar to the iPhone Dev Teams solution Redsn0w.

It seems that George wasn’t happy with the latest version of the iPhone Dev Teams unlock tool so he decided to release his own.

First off, what is purplesn0w? It’s a soft unlock for your 3GS that I’d actually use day to day. It’s not a daemon that takes any resources, and it doesn’t add a task to your baseband. It’s very close to a true unlock. All it does is patch three files, CommCenter, lockdownd, and your wildcard activation plist (which you need, activate w at&t sim first, no hacktivation support yet). That’s it, no other files are installed.

So as you can see Hotz needs to do some more tweaking to get purplesn0w in pristine full working condition. If you do choose to use this software now be prepared to jump thru a few hoops such as having a legitimately activated AT&T sim card. On the bright side - Hotz claims that all of the issues people have had with ultrasn0w, such as Wi-Fi loss, battery fails, unlock fails, etc… are now gone if you use his unlock. If you can hold off for a day or two, do so as Hotz will release an update according to his twitter account.

For more info on purple ra1n or purple sn0w you can check out George’s Blog.

VIA [ GeekGadgets, TheiPhoneBlog ]

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iPhone 3.0 Pwnage Jailbreak Tool Now Available for Mac OS X

We've all known the iPhone Dev Team had decided not to release the jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS until the next iPhone OS (3.1) update was released.

GeoHot ( the guy who discovered the hole) has decided he doesn’t want to wait for the iPhone Dev Team to release it and has decided to release it himself, check out what he has to day about it below.

Normally I don't make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting until 3.1? That isn't how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn't worth waiting because you might have the "last" hole in the iPhone. What last hole...this isn't golf. I'll find a new one next week.

This time, Hotz got some help from two fellow coders to be able to please the Mac folks, but he also made some improvements to the Windows version.

Click the image above and then click the logo you know all too well to Download.

Important Note: Do not upgrade to 3.1 firmware if you want this unlock!

Below is the video showing a jailbroken iPhone 3GS running the UltraSn0w unlock.

iPhone 3GS Unlock Demonstration from planetbeing on Vimeo.

Our Ultrasn0w program uses the at+xlog crash as an injection vector of our unlocking payload — and it does so on the 3GS in exactly the same way as on the 3G! But this injection vector will be lost if you update to 3.1 using the official Apple IPSW, which updates the baseband. So stay away from official 3.1 IPSWs until we release the tools that let you update the firmware without updating the baseband.

But this jailbreak is not yet out. iPhone Dev Team is still waiting on the OS 3.1 update to release its jailbreak. You might have to wait for another 1-2 weeks.

So there you have it expert users. And for those less certain of their skills, more and more jailbreak options will be available to you in the near future. Sit tight and be patient.

VIA [ TechCrunch, GG, Engadget, iPhoneIndia ]

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