Purplesn0w is the best for solving Unlock fails, Wifi fails, Battey fails problem, this is geohot 3GS unlock solution. There are different colors of sn0w, but among them, purplesn0w comes out to be number one and the best one.
Purplesn0w is an application to unlock iPhone 3GS. It’s different than demon which usually takes any resources and there is no a task added to baseband in purplesn0w. It’s very close to a true unlock. Purplesn0w will patch three files such as CommCenter, lockdownd, and your wildcard activation plist. But there’s not hacktivation support this unlocking yet. And then you need to activate w at&t sim first.
That’s it, no other files are installed. Props to Oranav for the at+xlog exploit!
This Purplesn0w is still in beta status, if you want to install it, firstly back up your iPhone 3GS, here are the guides:
- 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
The above installment steps are taken from: Make it ra1n, I’m makin’ it sn0w
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Great post, this looks like a unique tool to unlock the iphone 3gs