Those of you who have been huffing and puffing for the last two weeks can finally calm down. It’s here! Jailbreak and Unlock for the iPhone 3G S, under the name purplera1n. It hasn’t come from the usual source of the Dev-Team however. It is being brought to us from one of the original iPhone geniuses, geohot.

At the moment there are just a few limitations:

1. Do not go near the 3.1 OS update. This apparently has fixed the hole that is being used for the 3.0 Jailbreak on the 3G S
2. It’s Windows only for the moment, but a Mac version is coming soon.
3. This is a beta version and like every other jailbreak out there, so ba USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

The jailbreak uses a slightly different approach to more popular methods and does not require a full custom firmware upgrade and works with apparently more sneakier methods. It also jumps the gun on the Dev-Teams conservatism in that they were waiting for the 3.1 upgrade to get a full attack on Apple without revealing too many of their tricks.

Once the jailbreak is performed you will then have access to Cydia and can use the same ultrasn0w utility which unlocked the iPhone 3G.

So proceed with caution, but have some fun.

[Via GSM Arena]