How To Jailbreak iPhone 3GS Using purplera1n (Mac OSX)

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS using PurpleRa1n for Mac OS X. Once you have completed this tutorial you will be able to unlock your iPhone 3GS using UltraSn0w.

Tutorial on Windows version here

Step One
Open your web browser of choice and navigate to http://www.purplera1n.com. Click the Apple logo at the bottom of the screen.


Step Two
Save the download to your desktop

Step Three
Double click the purplera1n archive to extract the application. Then double click the purplera1n application file from the desktop to launch the program.


Step Four
Click the large make it ra1n button

Step Five
You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode. You will see a picture of GeoHot that replaces the regular recovery mode screen on your device.

--> purplera1n will run and then your device will reboot.

Step Six
Once your device reboots you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled Freeze. Press it to continue.

Step Seven
Once Freeze opens tap Install Cydia.

Step Eight
Once the Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPhone.

Step Nine
When you iPhone has rebooted you can run Cydia.

Now, your iPhone 3GS is jailbreak and you can unlock it using UltraSn0w.

NOTE : To remove the Freeze icon from your desktop you can install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application.