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PurpleRa1n

R.I.P. purplera1n Jailbreak

August 4, 2009

It looks like the recent 3.0.1 iPhone firmware update didn’t just break the purplera1n jailbreak temporarily, but has also led its creator to call it quits on this particular method.
Here’s part of what geohot (the developer of purplera1n) has to say about this at his blog site:
Currently, it doesn’t work, and I don’t [...]

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iPhone 3GS – Notes on How To Restore, Apply SMS Security Update, & Re-jailbreak

August 1, 2009

 
Last night I got into ‘have my cake and eat it too’ mode – as in, I decided I needed to apply the 3.0.1 urgent security update for the iPhone, but also wanted to get straight back to being jailbroken.
I managed to get both things done last night, and took some quick notes [...]

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Yes, Push Notifications on a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS Work Just Fine

July 29, 2009

Quite a few people have been asking me about this – here on the site and via Twitter – so I thought I’d do a very short post to answer this question.
Push notifications work just fine on a jailbroken iPhone 3GS.  I ran the purplera1n jailbreak on my 3GS a few nights back and [...]

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Purple Ra1n, Purple Ra1n

July 26, 2009

 
Well, I succumbed to temptation once again.  I decided to jailbreak my iPhone 3GS tonight – and just finished doing it a little while ago.
I literally just got through not very many minutes ago, but I thought I’d share some very quick impressions and observations on using the purplera1n jailbreak method.

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PurpleRa1n – Early Jailbreak for iPhone 3GS – Released

July 5, 2009

We’ve known for a while that the iPhone 3GS was jailbreakable.  The Dev Team has said as much, but has been holding off on releasing their jailbreak for it as part of their ongoing ‘cat and mouse’ type manoeuvering and efforts to stay a step ahead of Apple when it comes to discovering (and [...]

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