Just jailbroke my 3GS. Go to Purplera1n.com and download the windows Geohot app. It was as easy as 1...2...3.

I could not get it to work with Vista. Everyone seems to say it only works with XP....definitely not Windows 7. I guess one could try it in XP compatibility mode. The George purplera1n photo will show up on your 3GS....that is how you know it is working. I will reboot and then you will have a "Freeze" icon on your springboard. It will ask to install Cydia when you run it.


Can't wait to get SBSettingsback.

Typing in "http://Purplera!n.com" does not work for me, nor does www.Purplera!n.com. Can you post a link? Also, how reliable is this source? According to the Dev Team, the jailbreak for the 3GS is not yet available and probably won't be until 3.1 is officially released. BTW, the Dev Team is suggesting (warning) users not to upgrade to 3.1 until the jailbreak is out.

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Sorry....that was a typo....should be Purplera1n.com

If you wuld like further reading in response to your concerns about the DevTeam read the link below.

On the iPhone: I make it ra1n

Basically Geohot says....just jailbreak....it doesn't matter if Apple fixes it, he is good enough to find a loop hole again and again. Waiting on the DevTeam.....Geohot is basicaly the DevTeam.

Couple points.....this was the slickest jailbreak yet.....compared to Pwnage and QuickPWN.

The purplera1n.exe file is less than 400KB, and it took maybe 1 minute 40 seconds to jailbreak. It was pretty amazing.

I used Vista to start, but it did not work for me. I ended up having to do a restore a couple of times and I thought at one point I'd have to make a trip to the Apple store. But then I read that everyone was saying to use XP. I wish I had read that first....it would have saved me a restore.

When you hook it up to an XP machine it is just amazingly simple.

Too bad I've already upgraded to 3.1. Looks like I'll be waiting awhile longer to jailbreak my 3GS. I really want it so I can use my Sling over the 3G network. (Of course, it would be nice to have SBSettings back. )

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Just an FYI: Winterboard does not work with this JB. Rumor has it that a newer JB from Geohot will be available in the next few day;'s with some improvements. I, for one, am waiting for a better, more stable JB.

So far sbsettings, xgps, 5 icon, dockprefs, and intelliscreen are working.

Not working cyntacts, hclipboard.

Don't feel too bad about running 3.1. Remember, you can Voice Control over BT...

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New version of Purplera1n (RC2) released. I d/l and J/B in about 1 minute. LOL, perfect.

I'm not feeling bad. J/Bing is just icing on the cake.

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Has anyone heard of this working on 3.1? They just released a Version for Mac as well.

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I did the jailbreak on my Vista machine. I had never done this before. Worked like a charm.

I guess it works for just about everything....PC....xp, Vista, 7, and Mac....osx too.

Errors and upgrades to make Cydia faster, but still no Winterboard, but that is up to Saurik to fix according to GeoHots blog.

Cydia was getting unbearable with the 3G....taking too long to load. It loads incredibly fast now. Do those with the 3G 3.0 see the same thing, or is it the S that is making it load quicker than before?

When I try to go to www.purplera1n.com this morning, it sends me the www.iphonewiki.com, and I don't see a place to download the j/b app. Is this hppaening for anyone else?

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Jay,

I just tried this URL and it let me d/l the executable.
purplera1n

Glad I could help

Mark

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VZW, It's 2009! Time to embrace technology, not suppress it. - oops too late I've moved on over to the iPhone w/ AT$T!

My work computer sent me to the wiki....I used a google cached link to get the file. My iPhone displayed the webpage properly though.

The URL is now working properly. I just d/l'ed the Windows version.

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3G 3.0, Cydia is still terribly slow to load.