Finally, iPhone Dev team changed their mind and released redsn0w 0.8 to jailbreak iPhone 3GS. Redsn0w 0.8 is a light-weight and easy-to-use jailbreak tool to jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS, as well as, iPod Touch 3.0. It supports Windows, Mac OS and Linux platform.
Redsn0w should not be new to you, if you have already jailbroken your iPhone 2G/3G on iPhone 3.0. The latest version (i.e. 0.8) of redsn0w adds the jailbreak support for iPhone 3GS, as well as, comes with the below fixes
1. Proper kernel patches which will enable logome (after it’s updated for 3.0).
2. Supports Mobilesubstrate and Winterboard on iPhone 3GS
Unlock iPhone 3GS using Ultrasn0w
Along with the update of redsn0w, iPhone Dev Team also releases ultrasn0w 0.8 to add the support of iPhone 3GS unlock. As claimed by the team, stability of ultrasn0w should be drastically improved.
The new version of ultrasn0w can still be used for iPhone 3G unlock. So, if you experienced any unlock problem on ultrasn0w 0.6, you may try out the latest version. Tip: For iPhone 3GS user, after running ultrasn0w, you may need to go to Settings->General->Reset and tap Reset Network Settings to make it work.
You can download redsn0w 0.8 ([Only registered and activated users can see links. ] / [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]) from Bigboss. For the jailbreak procedures, it should be very similar to the old version of redsn0w and you can check out the jailbreak guide [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
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