iPhone 3GS Jailbreak purplera1n Released! [Windows]

[foureight84]

if you have win 7 then just download xp mode which is basically windows xp virtual machine from microsoft. works fine through this method.

[neonsector]

works fine in win xp 32 and vista 32 if you follow instructions,

[salayyad]

the weatherman is reporting TORRENTial rain of XP heading my way

[fattylumpkin]

Ok removed voip and now the app store app works. thakns

the last thing left to fix is ssh. i am getting this error
Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server?

Change the protocol to SCP when SSHing. It worked for me. I have changed my SMS sounds that way.

[Pistol1]

Well, respect to GeoHot for getting it out there, but let's be honest, purplera1n does not compete with a Dev Team release in terms of usability.

Only works on Windows XP, and if it doesn't work off the bat for you even then, you have to perform various acts of black magic to get it working.

Sure, a nice small executable is good, but at least if Cydia were packaged with it, you wouldn't have to wait for an age for the iPhone to download it (mine is still downloading it 15 mins after starting!!)

I know that the dev team have been taking a lot of flak for not releasing earlier, but at least when they do, you know it will be a robust solution.

Purplera1n is great for those who absolutely must JB at the earliest opportunity (and yes, that does include me ) and are prepared to jump through hoops if necessary to get it working. But there is room for both approaches, they are not mutually exclusive - so cut the dev team some slack!

[brianturney]

Stuck in recovery mode, tried 3 different machines. Vista-32 bit, vista 32bit, and vista 64 bit.

All 3 gets to wait for reboot but it never does only stays in recovery mode.

My 3GS did the same thing. tried win7, vista, xp pro. no luck. gets me stuck each time in recovery mode where I have to manually put it into DFU mode and do a full restore. buuuummer.

[takeiteasym3]

you guys are the best!! thanks

Got one more question. if tricker 3g and voip3g don't work is there any other way?

[reeko]

Lol i find funny how ppl complained that they wanted the JB too come out ASAP and nomatter how complicated it was they wanted it now and they can deal with the complexity of the jb. now that its out... theres a simple solution. Install WinXP for those that have troubles with mac/win7 or vista thats all

This is how jailbreaking used to be back in the 1.x days, when geohots was around more and before the dev team.

This is when it's fun and scary

[rkswat]

Tried on my Vista Premium Black edition, no go.... Windows 7, worked like a charm. Installing Cydia now. WOOT!

[angeloma420]

So i can verify this DOES work on win7 rc 32bit. at first it didn't work but then i noticed itunes was opened. i closed itunes, tried again and worked perfect.

[sziklassy]

***
INFO: welcome to purplera1n for windows
INFO: button clicked
INFO: internal device callback called
INFO: callbacks registered
INFO: sent enter recovery command
INFO: internal recovery callback called
INFO: unregistered normal mode callback
INFO: go go gadget ra1n
INFO: said hi
INFO: sent exp1
INFO: uploading payload
ERROR: usb send file failed
ERROR: payload upload failed
WARN: wtf who called this?
INFO: global callback finished

That is what I get in my .txt file.

[iphoneman76]

Now to get cyduck to work???

I'm trying too.... theres a padlock on the it... Let me know...

[rand0m-her0]

just a heads up to anyone who likes the app "iMob"..... DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE RESPECT APPS. WHEN YOU OPEN THEM UP iMOB KNOWS YOU DIDNT PURCHASE THEM AND SAYS "You have attempted to trick the don, you gained 1 respect point for this.". I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY CAN FORWARD YOUR INFORMATION OR NOT. Just a heads up

rand0m

[iainmann]

Well, respect to GeoHot for getting it out there, but let's be honest, purplera1n does not compete with a Dev Team release in terms of usability.

Only works on Windows XP, and if it doesn't work off the bat for you even then, you have to perform various acts of black magic to get it working.

Sure, a nice small executable is good, but at least if Cydia were packaged with it, you wouldn't have to wait for an age for the iPhone to download it (mine is still downloading it 15 mins after starting!!)

I know that the dev team have been taking a lot of flak for not releasing earlier, but at least when they do, you know it will be a robust solution.

Purplera1n is great for those who absolutely must JB at the earliest opportunity (and yes, that does include me ) and are prepared to jump through hoops if necessary to get it working. But there is room for both approaches, they are not mutually exclusive - so cut the dev team some slack!

Well, I found purplera1n the easiest jailbreak I've done. I'm using Vista 32 and it did hang before rebooting...but just closed purplera1n and restarted it and it flew through. Well done GH

[thu6]

So people are reporting crashes on running tricker3g, voipover3g, and backgrounder? Not to mention no winterboard and buggy install, mass errors? idk but these few apps are essential. a jb without these just isnt worth it imo.

devteam put the heat on for this to be released prematurely. shouldve waited just a day or two longer and worked out the obvious.

ill continue the wait. no way im puttin this on my phone as is.

[rand0m-her0]

works fine in win xp 32 and vista 32 if you follow instructions,

how did you get 5 icons per row?! I need this!!

[LuciferChaos]

No luck on Vista SP2 x86 or Windows 7 RC x64.

Worked perfectly in a XP Parallels VM on OS X tho

Great work George - thanks!

[Rescuer]

darn. Veency doesn't work makes it run in safe mode

[cushcalc]

purplera1n worked fine first time for me, Windows XP Home SP3.

Did the iPhone reboot, and Cydia was there.

SBSettings works fine.

hClipboard does not work - AVOID!

iRealSMS does not work, even with the supposedly 3.0 compatible version - put me into safe mode, was able to remove.

Rotations is a BIG NO-NO! Put me into an endless loop of rebooting. RockYourPhone was actually helpful in that it put phone into Recovery Mode, then I had to pull the USB connection while it was in Recovery Mode, uninstall RockYourPhone, go into iTunes and do a complete Restore.

AVOID Voicemail Forwarder: doesn't work - causes Phone app to quit!

5-row QWERTY keyboard doesn't work, but doesn't crash anything - can uninstall in Cydia.

[iphoneman76]

SWEET! Spotlight reconizes cydia apps...