All Things iPhone

Dev Team has decided to release an updated version of their own jailbreaking tool — redsn0w

“We realize we upset some folks (e.g. existing 3GS owners) with our earlier announcement that we wanted to hold onto the 3GS iBoot-family hole until 3.1 was out. Our aim there was to get as many people as possible onboard (within reason of course) before revealing the hole, since Apple will fix it immediately. But all of that became moot when the purplera1n release was made, since it uses the same hole.”

How to get the goods:

• The redsn0w torrent seeds are all here.  Any direct mirroring help would also be appreciated.
• The updates to ultrasn0w, MobileSubstrate, and WinterBoard are all handled directly through Cydia (after you’ve jailbroken!)
• The Cydia repo for ultrasn0w is http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com (that last o in ultrasn0w is the number 0!)

Purplera1n is progressing quite remarkably as they’ve just released the latest version of this famed iPhone 3G S jailbreak. What’s new in this latest release? Well, Mac users can now also enjoy the benefits of purplera1n, and what’s even more exciting than that is it also now enables you to run Backgrounder on your speedy new iPhone 3G S. Officially, the Windows version now stands at RC2a, but Geohot notes that if you’re already running RC2 installed already, there’s no need to update to RC2a. As usual, proceed with caution if you dare try this out, but based on the initial comments and feedback, it looks to be doing very well so far. Likewise, do hit us up in the comments section below and tell us how it works out for you.

[via: Boy Genius Report]