Posted July 14, 2009 at 12:47am by iClarified · 19555 views
GeoHot has released his own purplesn0w unlock for the iPhone 3GS which he says will improve issues with Wi-Fi problems, Battery problems, and unlock problems.
----- Wifi fails? Battery fails? Unlock fails? You need purplesn0w, the geohot 3GS unlock solution. Now I know you here a lot about different colors of sn0w, but I'm here to tell you why purplesn0w is the best. First off, what is purplesn0w? It's a soft unlock for your 3GS that I'd actually use day to day. It's not a daemon that takes any resources, and it doesn't add a task to your baseband. It's very close to a true unlock. All it does is patch three files, CommCenter, lockdownd, and your wildcard activation plist(which you need, activate w at&t sim first, no hacktivation support yet). That's it, no other files are installed. Props to Oranav for the at+xlog exploit!
A full explanation is coming soon, but I think you clever reversers out there will see what it does, and see why it's so pristine :-) The payload is radically different from other varieties of sn0w. beta as usual, back up first.
Be sure to have legit activated 3GS Disable 3G if you don't have it(like T-Mobile). Add apt.geohot.com to Cydia Install com.geohot.purplesn0w Watch for success output in Cydia Reboot, and enjoy your unlocked iPhone -----
You can find instructions on how to use PurpleSn0w here.
iClarified, what do you mean by 'Be sure to have a legit activated 3GS'. I think the whole point of George's unlock mechanism is to use my 3GS with any service provider, no?
GeoHot works in a different way than the DevTeam, he released this tool because it works for some people, today he will release RC2 which has hacktivation also, so just wait :)