You can cut the tension between GeoHot, the creator of the Purplesn0w unlock, and the Chonic dev team. After GeoHot announces that using an exploit he has found he will be soon releasing a tool that jailbreaks ALL the iPhone and iPod Touch devices out there the Chronic Dev team posted the info on the exploit potentially allowing Apple to patch the exploit. Read the rest of this entry »
GeoHot vs Chronic Dev Team: The Race is On!
October - 7 - 2009 - Wednesday 1 COMMENT
GeoHot Says ‘No More’ for Purplera1n and Purplesn0w
August - 5 - 2009 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS
GeoHot, the creator of the iPhone 3GS unlocker Purplesn0w and the iPhone 3GS jailbreak tool Purplera1n, has announced firstly that both his tool do NOT work on the new 3.0.1 firmware. Because of this, he has decided to stop working on them and concentrate on a jailbreak for the iPod Touch 3rd Gen which is rumored to come on in September. Read the rest of this entry »
Ultrasn0w 0.9 – Works on 3G/3GS & Hacktivated Phones
July - 16 - 2009 - Thursday 1 COMMENT
The Dev Team have released version 0.9 of their iPhone unlocker Ultrasn0w clearly to spite GeoHot for his Purplesn0w unlock that he released a few days. GeoHot claimed this unlock was much for cleaner and small than the Dev Team’s version and the Dev Team have announced that there new version is ‘nearly 7000 times smaller than it’s nearest competition (Purplesn0w)’ and they say that GeoHot should ‘ stop dicking around and look at the bootrom instead kthx. =P’. It seems like a real war has started betweeen the two! Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Blocking Push Notification on Unlocked iPhones
July - 14 - 2009 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS
According to Czech iPhone developer PoweryBase, Apple are starting to block push notifications on iPhone’s which have been unlocked with 3rd party unlockers such as Purplesn0w and Ultrasn0w and are using carrier that normally wouldn’t be allowed. PoweryBase are the developers of the NotifyMe application that uses push notifications to offer reminders and to-do alerts to users on the go. Read the rest of this entry »
Purplesn0w – GeoHot’s iPhone 3GS Unlock
July - 14 - 2009 - Tuesday 1 COMMENT
The battle between the Dev Team and George Hotz (GeoHot) continues with GeoHot releasing his second program in the ‘purple‘ series, Purplesn0w. This is an iPhone 3GS unlock much like the updated version of Dev Team’s Yellowsn0w, Ultrasn0w.
This app only works with the iPhone 3GS and on legit-activate iPhone 3GS. Read the rest of this entry »
