The first jailbreak application for Apple’s new iPhone 3GS is available. It’s just been two weeks after the launch of the iPhone 3GS. George Hotz, a 19-year-old Google employee created the application.

Jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS is a good news for the users because it will let them install any programs, even those which are not from Apple, directly onto the iPhone.  

Hotz was a part of the team that unlocked the first-generation iPhone, at the age of 16. The unlock helped users by allowing them to operate the first-generation iPhone with any SIM card.

“Normally I don’t make tools for the general public, and would rather wait for the development team to do it. But guys, what’s up with waiting until 3.1? That isn’t how the game is played,” Hotz wrote in his blog Friday. “We release, Apple fixes, and we find new holes.”

Hotz offers a step-by-step procedure of what users need to do to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS in his blog. He also mentioned about a soon to come jailbreak for the Mac OS.

Jailbreak Preparation

Before you proceed with jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS, you should be prepared with Windows on your computer, the latest iTunes installed on the PC, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware. Then HotZ wants you to backup your files and programs.

Then go to purplera1n.com. In the website, Hotz instructs users to click “make it ra1n” and wait. On bootup you need to run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app.

“Hopefully you’ll figure out what to do from there,” Hotz wrote. If not, users are instructed to e-mail purplera1n support or call a support hotline.

Purplera1n is small enough and there’s no need for a 20MB file to be torrented, according to Hotz.

Complaints And Compliments

After his blog post, Hotz has been getting both complaints and compliments. Some users are concerned about their jailbreaking attempts, while many others praised him and his development team for their hard work.

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