FML: Apple TV Jailbreak

AfterEffect · 16 Jun 2011 at 20:24

Bought an Apple TV at the weekend and have been trying to jailbreak it all week and was getting a 'Cannot be verified with Apple' message when restoring it.

I tried everything, then upgraded to 4.3 when I gave in.

I just realised that a few months ago I tweaked the hosts to allow me to JB my iPhone and thats what was causing it.

FML

AfterEffect · 16 Jun 2011 at 20:30

Turns out 4.3 is untethered... SCORE!

Jimmy1983 · 16 Jun 2011 at 23:09

You installing XBMC on it?

AfterEffect · 18 Jun 2011 at 01:11

Installed it, didn't like it. Plex is amazing though.

steveo · 21 Jun 2011 at 10:51

if you have your plex library on a different mac say a mac mini could ATV have a film streamed to it from the mac mini with the plex app on both the mini and ATV ........ i swear that made sense in my head

Dr House · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:35

I would like to know the same thing. If this is possible I will buy the apple TV also as long as I can stream to it over wifi?

CrispyXUK · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:51

neil phillips · 22 Jun 2011 at 10:08

Apple Tv Jail break

I have a apple tv at home and have been playing with the idea of jailbreaking it can some body help me achive this i have windows 7 on my pc thanks!!

CrispyXUK · 22 Jun 2011 at 11:33

greenp0ison should do it, unless you can get seas0npass for winblows.

Jimmy1983 · 22 Jun 2011 at 19:20

Iam trying to upgrade my ATV2 to the latest build, 4.3.0 (Build 8F305): AppleTV2,1_4.3_8F305_Restore.ipsw but each time I plug into iTunes and restore it downloads the .ispw but then pops up with this message...

the software for the apple tv was corrupted during download

and the processing bar hangs until I press ok.

Ive tried shift, restore but then iTunes is saying the firmware isnt completable, can anyone help?

Running win7.

Malc · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:24

Jailbreak
http://support.firecore.com/entries/387605-jailbreaking-101-seas0npass

Use seas0npass as it gets rid of a potential audio issue in XBMC which the other jailbreaks don't.

You need to update to the firmware that you'll be jailbreaking. So update in itunes then navigate to the folder that contains the firmware file and use Seas0npass on that. For windows 7 it's C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPod Software Updates

Or just search your C drive for a .ipsw file

If you still can't find it or you want to update from a file the below link contains links to all iOS firmwares.
http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Firmware

Also note as it took me a while to work this out. When plugging the ATV2 into your PC/Mac via Micro USB cable, don't plug the power cable in. It gets power from the USB.

Install Nito TV (like Cydia)
http://thetechjournal.com/electronics/how-to-install-nitotv.xhtml

XBMC

On iOS 4.3 you need to install the nightly builds to get rid of some issues

Use this guide
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=97246

You need to install the official build first however. It's all included in the link.

To SSH on windows, download Putty and type the IP address of the ATV2 on the network. Default login details are User: root, Password: alpine.

Jimmy1983 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:50

Thanks Malc...good info there.

Only problem is iam stuck on iOS 4.1.1 and cant update via iTunes at the moment

Malc · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:02

Have you tried updating the ATV2 manually as described in the below link?
http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/how-to-update-ios-4-3-itunes-manually.html

This link has a direct download to the Apple TV Firmwares.
http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Firmware#Apple_TV_.282nd_generation.29

Jimmy1983 · 23 Jun 2011 at 20:28

I tried holding the shift key while hitting restore and pointing to the ipsw file on my desktop. Unfortunately, that file was downloaded from the same Apple server and comes back as corrupted when trying to load.