XBMC is an award winning free and open source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. On the Apple TV it can seriously extend its functionality, can be themed and much more. If you have been longing to install XBMC on your Jailbroken Apple TV running the 5.2 firmware, you will be [...]
Posted on October 14, 2012 by Jaden Ellett
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Apple recently released the iOS 6 firmware generation for the Apple TV under the branding of 5.1 Build 10A406e. Up until this point it has not been possible to Jailbreak the Apple TV 2G running the iOS 6 firmware because the FireCore Dev-Team have not had a chance to update Seas0nPass yet. This is for [...]
Posted on October 14, 2012 by Jaden Ellett
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The iPhone Dev-Team’s recently released RedSn0w v0.9.15b1 tool actually allows you to Jailbreak your second generation Apple TV running the iOS 6 (5.1 Build 10A406e) firmware. Although the FireCore Dev-Team will likely update Seas0nPass with support for Jailbreaking the Apple TV 2G running iOS 6, it will take some time as they will want to also make [...]
Posted on June 27, 2012 by Mitch Bowman
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A tipster over at Brazilian tech site macmagazine.com.br has noticed that iOS 6 changes the button functions of the Apple TV remote. Holding the center button will now allow you to rearrange icons, rather than turning the device off as it did in previous OS versions. Check out the video confirmation after the jump. Have you [...]
The FireCore Dev-Team have recently updated their Seas0nPass Jailbreaking tool to support Jailbreaking the Apple TV iOS 5.0.2 (iOS 5.1.2 Build 9B830) firmware Untethered. Although an official changelog for the iOS 5.0.2 firmware is still not available, there is nothing holding you back from updating if you wish to do so. This is because Apple did [...]
With still no changelog released for the iOS 5.0.2 Build 9B830 Apple TV firmware many are wondering if they should update or not. Considering you can still Jailbreak the iOS 5.0.2 Apple TV firmware Untethered, by taking advantage of Pod2G’s previous Untethered exploit there is nothing holding you back if you feel compelled to do so. As [...]
Posted on June 6, 2012 by Jaden Ellett
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Yesterday we told you that Apple released the iOS 5.0.2 Build 9B830 firmware for the Apple TV 2G and 1080p Apple TV 3G. Shortly after bringing you this news we also confirmed that Apple did not patch Pod2G’s untethered exploit used to Jailbreak the Apple TV 2G Untethered. The only thing left unknown about the iOS [...]
Posted on June 5, 2012 by Jaden Ellett
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Earlier today we told you that Apple pushed a firmware update for the Apple TV 2G and 1080p Apple TV 3G. Although there is still no official changelog available to see what has been added/changed, we do have some news relating to whether iOS 5.0.2 Build 9B830 is Jailbreak safe or not. You see, recently @NitoTV tweeted [...]
Apple has just pushed another iOS firmware update for both the Apple TV 2G and new 1080p Apple TV 3G. This firmware update brings the Apple TV to version 5.0.2 Build 9B830, which is essentially the iOS 5.1.2 firmware. At this time the changes or added functionality in the iOS 5.0.2 Build 9B830 firmware are not known, but [...]
Posted on May 26, 2012 by Jaden Ellett
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The FireCore Dev-Team released an update for Seas0nPass yesterday that integrated Pod2G’s Untethered iOS 5.1.1 exploit to Jailbreak the Apple TV 2G Untethered on the iOS 5.0.1 (iOS 5.1.1 Build 9B206f) firmware. There is no support for the new 1080p Apple TV (Apple TV 3G), but the FireCore Dev-Team have mentioned they are actively looking into [...]