![]() ![]() Unlocking / jailbreaking your iPhone / iPod touch / iPad / Apple TV may violate your warranty or the EULA with Apple and / or your cellular-service provider. If you choose to download and install jailbreak tools, you will do so at your own risk. Using hacks may render your device unusable, or may reduce the quality of your experience employing the respective device. Seas0nPass 0.9.7 has been released that lets you jailbreak Apple TV 2 on the latest firmware version, which is 6.2.1. On Mac OS X Mountain Lion, because of the new Gatekeeper software, there is also a trick to running Seas0nPass. Create a new 'Test Account' and open Mail: In. If you are running Seas0nPass on Windows you will need to ensure you grant it administrative privileges by right clicking it and selecting the run as administrator option. Reboot back into 'regular mode,' problems with Mail return. In my regular account, reboot into 'Safe Mode' (restart with S key down) and Mail works fine. This article has a purely informational purpose and doesn't, in any way, suggest that you should hack your Apple device. I have run all software updaters including the recent 10.6.7 combo updater to make sure I have the current versions of everything installed. A Windows version is under development, according to those familiar with the developers’ plans. OS X Daily thoughtfully points out that those using the Seas0nPass to jailbreak an Apple TV that hasn’t been tampered with will not need to download the iOS 4.2.1 IPSW, as Seas0nPass will do this on its own, in order to create the custom firmware.Īlso worth noting is that Seas0nPass is currently available for Mac OS X only. Step 1: Extract the content from the Seas0nPass zip you just downloaded and launch Seas0nPass tool Step 2: Select create IPSW button to initiate the jailbreak process Step 3: You should now get. The jailbreak tool, however, is said to support the latest version of the Apple TV firmware - namely iOS 4.1.1 (or iOS 4.2.1, as referenced by Apple in the IPSW file designation). Unfortunately, fireCore does not specify which version of Apple’s desktop operating system is supported by Seas0nPass. skullmonkey March 27, 2013, 11:19am 6 Hi all, I’m trying to downgrade my second AppleTV 2 to 5.0.2 (9B830). Try temporarily disabling any of those before using seas0npass, and see if the error persists. Users will need a micro USB cable to perform the jailbreak using a Macintosh computer. Essentially seas0npass will have conflicts if any other program is monitoring ports or anything you plug into the PC. ![]() Since the very reliable PwnageTool already supports jailbreaking the Apple TV, Seas0nPass arrives as a mere alternative, for those who feel that its interface and commands are easier to follow.Īdditionally, Seas0nPass offers the option to perform a one-click tethered boot. This way I can steam ANY format data to my TV without any hassle at all.Hosted at fireCore with an Open Source label, Seas0nPass is a jailbreak tool for Apple TV 2G which can create a custom Apple TV IPSW and restore to the jailbroken provided that the user tethers the set-top box to a Macintosh computer.īuilt exclusively for Apple’s second-generation TV gadget, Seas0nPass makes it very easy to jailbreak the set-top box by creating custom IPSW much like the iPhone Dev Team’s PwnageTool does. ![]() You are probably wondering what to to with your newly “freed” device… What I primarily use this for is Plex and XBMC. You will now see a small “FC ” Logo in the bottom left of your Apple TV home screen to confirm that you have a Jailbroken Device. Step 5: iTunes will now launch and automatically restore your Apple TV with the Jailbroken IPSW Step 4: Seas0nPass will see DFU mode and ask you “Would you like iTunes to restore the firmware automatically?” click “YES” (THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE WITH THE SILVER APPLE TV REMOTE) Hold down the MENU and PLAY/PAUSE buttons at the same time for 7 seconds and then release. Step 3: Once done, Seas0nPass will ask you to put your Apple TV into DFU mode.ĭFU Mode: Connect your Apple TV to your computer with ONLY the Micro USB plugged in. (Time to do this depends on the power of your computer) Step 2: Click “Create IPSW” and wait Seas0nPass to build your IPSW. Step 1: Download, unzip, and launch Seas0nPass Latest version of Seas0nPass ( Download)īefore you start… Make sure your Apple TV is up to date with software version 4.4.4 and you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your computer.Micro-USB Cable (To connect to your computer).Apple TV Second Gen (The small black one).Previous version for Apple TV 4.3 and earlier. This entire tutorial was done using Windows 7. Added support for untethered 5.3 (Big thanks to iH8sn0w, winocm, and SquiffyPwn). This is a simple guide on how to Jailbreak your Apple TV with firmware 4.4.4 using Seas0nPass. ![]()
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