Geohot has just released his own iPhone 3GS software unlock and named it purplesn0w. Who is purplesn0w for? If you own a jailbroken iPhone 3GS running firmware 3.0 and you want to unlock it to use it with another carrier (T-Mobile only in the USA), then purplesn0w is for you. Are you experiencing wifi/battery/other unlocking problems after using ultrasn0w? Then I highly recommend you try purplesn0w. Geohot says that it’s the best unlock out there.
purplesn0w patches three files: CommCenter, lockdownd, and wildcard. It also uses tha at+xlog exploit that Oranav found. As of right now purplesn0w is in beta, but I thought I’d post it here since a lot of users here have been reporting issues with the current ultrasn0w unlock from the iPhone Dev Team. If you’re using a jailbroken iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS and want to unlock, please try purplesn0w and tell us how it goes.
Here is how to install purplesn0w:
* Make sure you have a legit activated iPhone 3GS. If you have T-Mobile make sure you disable 3G in the settings.
- Open Cydia, and add http://apt.geohot.com to your sources
- Install the com.geohot.purplesn0w package
- Watch for the success output in Cydia
- Reboot your iPhone 3GS
Once you have followed the steps above, your iPhone 3GS should be unlocked! Don’t forget to post your unlocking experience in the comments.
Update: Geohot has also posted technical details of purplesn0w here along with the source code of purplesn0w. He plans to release an updated version of purplesn0w with hactivation support.
[via Geohot]
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Can someone tell me how to download this please? where do i get cydia from? a website?? please help!
When you install purple rain on your iphone 3gs when you are done rebooting it you will see a frezze icon.You touch it and it will say install Cydia
Lil B is right , purplera1n will install freeze from there cydia. very very very easy jailbreak
can someone help me?
my iphone 3gs is freezing after I lnstall cydia but its not right after its like after I install stuff from cydia.
do you know why this is?
I downloaded purplesn0w, it did not say success, it stated it could not activate the phone, is that okay and how do I know if I unlocked the phone when I have att&t anyway?
Thanks,
Don’t really know what I am doing, but appreciate that you do.
Hey i have a problem of restoring my Iphone 3G after i tried to unlock it. I don’t know if i did it wrong by trying to download the purplera1n.com. on my computer instead. after the download through Itunes; my computer is no longer recognizing the connection. Can anybody help; how to go back and restore my default settings on the phone. The pone is completely not working anymore.
jailbreak my 3GS 3.0 with purplera1n and unlocked with purplesn0w, have no problem to call ATT sim, but can’t get network with 3G network. wifi is ok? any thoughts? Thanks.
I wish unlocking was easy
it is easy. hardest part is getting it into recovery mode. Have to be a complete idiot to not be able to follow directions.
Didnt work for me i’ll stick with purplera1n.
did not work for me could not read my sim .. tmobile usa iphone 3g on 3.0.1 jailbrake/ unlock with redsn0w.08 and 3.0 psw.
just noticed that my 3g network took a long time to enable, not sure if this is an issue or just a glitch, will keep you all updated
appears that whenever i have wifi 3g turns off, this could be normal but i have never noticed it do this before