Tag Archives: PurpleRa1n

R.I.P. purplera1n Jailbreak

by on August 4th, 2009 at 11:29 am

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: …

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

by on August 1st, 2009 at 9:51 am

  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 …

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

by on July 29th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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 …

Purple Ra1n, Purple Ra1n

by on July 26th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

  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 …

PurpleRa1n – Early Jailbreak for iPhone 3GS – Released

by on July 5th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

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 …