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GeoHot's "purplera1n" iPhone 3GS jailbreak hits the web

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Mobile | by Samuel Axon | Fri Jul 3, 2009 1:17PM | 0 comments

A guy going by the developer name GeoHot has released the first application to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS so you can unlock it and install all sorts of homebrew apps on it. Right now it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is expected soon.

Folks have been waiting for the Dev Team (the group that jailbroke the last iPhone) to do it but they decided to wait until iPhone OS 3.1 comes out and this guy... well, he didn't. Use at your own risk of course; it'd be tragic to brick your iPhone on 4th of July weekend.

This story around the web:

Trusted sources:
external link On the iPhone: I make it ra1n [iphonejtag.blogspot.com]
external link Techmeme: I make it ra1n (George Hotz/On the… [techmeme.com]
external link iPhone 3GS jailbreak “purplera1n” tool… [SlashGear]
external link iPhone 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot ahead… [Engadget]
external link First iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Hits The Web [TechCrunch]
external link iPhone 3GS Jailbreak [quickpwn.com]
external link iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Released – purplera1n [Geeky-Gadgets]
external link NEWS: iPhone 3GS gets a jailbreak -… [Pocket-lint.co.uk]
external link Geohot Sneaks Out iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Early… [wired.com]
external link iPhone 3GS jailbreak made official, but not… [Mobilewhack.com]
external link First iPhone 3GS jailbreak posted w/Video | 9… [9to5mac.com]
external link AppleInsider | First iPhone 3GS jailbreaking… [appleinsider.com]
external link iPhone 3GS Gets Jailbroken, Hack Available… [tech.yahoo.com]
external link iPhone 3G S purplera1n jailbreak released and… [Unwired View]
external link iPhone 3G S falls to the Jailbreakers! -… [tweaktown.com]
external link iPhone 3GS jailbreak leaked, Dev Team… [Boing Boing Gadgets]
external link Teen Releases First Jailbreak App for iPhone… [tech.yahoo.com]

Latest Tweets about this story:

  • Sebastix - jailbreaking iPhone with #purplera1n
  • jamild - RT @kyleve: I don't get the whole "purplera1n" or "yellowsn0w" thing - it looks so unprofessional. Why not choose a more official name?
  • kyleve - I don't get the whole "purplera1n" or "yellowsn0w" thing - it looks so unprofessional. Why not choose a more official sounding name?
  • EmilOberg - I've a purplera1n'ed #iPhone 3GS 3.0. How do I update and BlackSn0w it? Update with iTunes and JB as normal?
  • iH8sn0w - @ihackinjosh the same way blackra1n and purplera1n does it. :) One button.
  • bluesky_nl - purplera1n and blacksn0w spotted during hacking a macbook http://twitpic.com/o8crs
  • Wisi11 - After #purplera1n now it's time for #blackra1n
  • jeffburg - @geohot if I'm on 3.0 w/ purplera1n+sn0w can I update to 3.1.2 in iTunes and use blackra1n+sn0w?
  • iMario_ - iTunes cannot read content from my iPhone after using #purplera1n to jailbreak and hacktivate.
  • PeteyProtein - Shout to all the #iPhone hackers!! Especially ur boy who created purplera1n niggaz the man

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