04.07.2009.
Let's go PURPLERA1NING 3GS NOW!
DOWNLOAD PURPLERA1N for WINDOWS ONLY!
GeoHot is probably the most popular man at the moment. Why? Because he just released a jailbreak for the new iPhone 3GS on OS 3.0 unlike the Dev Team who insisted on waiting until firmware 3.1 to release their version. It is called Purplera1n.
Here is what GeoHot says about how to use it:
Download it. Make sure you have windows(but not 7), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware. Connect your iPhone normally. Click “make it ra1n”. Wait. On bootup, run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app. Hopefully you’ll figure out what to do from there.
GeoHot, or George Hotz, has even offer a phone hotline where you can call for support on the program. It is (650)265-1210. There is also an email: purplera1n.support@gmail.com
But there's always some warnings:
There are issues with this jailbreak. As exciting as it is, I recommend that you guys wait. I believe that the dev-team will release something in the next couple days that will be more solid and proper. (GeoHot is amazing, and I have nothing bad to say about him). In case you didn’t want to wait, I do have a purplera1n guide below. Here are the issues (probably not a complete list):
1) It is finicky. I had major problems running this jailbreak. First, the iPhone is put into recovery mode and if it doesn’t work (and it didnt many times), the iPhone is left in recovery mode. Most of you will have to restore to get it out of recovery mode after this. Not too fun. I will detail some steps to take you out of recovery if you cannot get things to work.
2) This is for Windows Only, but not only that, it is for 32 bit Windows XP SP2 only. I do not know anyone that has had success on Vista.
3) You must have iTunes 8.2.0.23 installed.
4) The jailbreak is incomplete. The kernel vm_mem patch is not present so Winterboard will not work as some other critical tweaks. (SBSettings does work!).
5) The jailbreak has some code signing issues. I haven’t determined what this will mean yet.
In short, the process is very easy. You don’t even have to hassle with DFU mode. Just run the tool, click a couple buttons, wait, when it’s done, you have an app on your iPhone 3gs called “Freeze”. Run that, download Cydia, reboot, and you’re done.
There's fine GUIDE here thanx to BigBoss!!
Troubleshooting:
I would not be surprised if you’re in this section. This process was a nightmare for me. It took me many tries and several different computers. Here are some problems and possible solutions.
Purplera1n crashes as soon as you tap “make it ra1n”. Your Apple mobile device service is not running. On Windows press windows + r and type “services.msc” into the run box and hit enter. Then locate the Apple Mobile Device service and right click, say “start”.
Purplera1n just hangs on waiting to reboot. I had this problem. Possible resolutions are: don’t use vista, use xp 32bit. Make sure iTunes 8.2.0.23 is installed. Make sure you did your reboot after install.
Can only get itunes cable not the purplera1n picture on iPhone: This usually goes hand-in-hande with the problem above. Use the same steps. Try another computer, latest iTunes etc.
