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📅 July 16, 2009

PurpleSn0w Source Code Available To Download

I wrote a payload and delivery system in a day. And it’s an awesome payload. Ideally we’d like to patch the lock out of flash, but with the apparently proper sig checks, that isn’t going to happen. So purplesn0w is the next best thing. I copy the page I want to patch to an unused region of memory. In memory I patch it. Then, using the MMU, I map the flash page out and remap the patched memory page in it’s place.

I said it before and i say it again. The war between DevTeam and GeoHot is stupid. No idea how, such bright minds, can let such primitive feelings get in the way of their work. But usually competition is beneficial for the people ( users ) , but sometimes can also harm us.

While DevTeam is busy to update their version of iPhone Sim Unlock ( ultrasn0w ) and criticize everything GeoHot does, the boy genius proves himself as a true hacker and a devoted and loyal member of the open source community by making his purplesn0w source code available for anybody to download.

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