Sunday 1 January 2012

Untethered jailbreak for Apple TV uptil 4.4.4 !

You heard that right!Wev'e done our looking around and this is what we found.Experience the untethered carnal pleasure of jailbreaking untethered as the team of Doctor Blake finds the untethered jailbreak link and creates a simple user guide.Seas0nPass came up the untethered jailbreak.We're giving you the details

First make sure you have these to use Seas0nPass:

1.A second generation Apple TV
2.A micro USB Cable{This will probably be in your local electronic store or in your TV kit}
3.A working computer with either Mac OS 10.6 and above or Microsoft XP or later

That's good.If you have been a seasoned Apple user,you would probably want to know what's new in 4.4 release

1.AirPlay Mirroring – wirelessly stream what’s on your iPad 2 to your HDTV.

2.Photo Stream – view photos recently taken on your iOS device and pushed to your photo stream in iCloud.

3.Trailers – A whole new way to browse and view hundreds of the latest movie trailers (region specific).

4.National Hockey League – watch live games. View highlights, scores and more.

5.Wall Street Journal Live – watch up to date news, business commentary and financial analysis.

If you are planning on updating your Apple TV to the latest build of iOS in order to use Seas0nPass to achieve an untethered jailbreak, it is worth noting that the Plex plugin is currently not supported.

So far,so good?Well,there's better.The guide to jailbreak your Apple TV on 4.4.4 is below.Just pay $3.20 on this website and then you will be able to access it.Of course you'll have to pay an additional fee of $2.20 for the last step.

Ok,I'm just prolonging it.Here you go

Step 1: Download the latest version of Seas0npass for either Mac or Windows depending on your operating system. When downloaded, unzip the ‘Seas0npass.zip‘ file and launch Seas0nPass

Step 2: As mentioned above, Seas0npass is based around a restore based jailbreak and therefore requires a custom built IPSW. Select the ‘Create IPSW‘ option to begin the process

Step 3: The latest Apple TV firmware (4.4.4) will be downloaded and Seas0nPass will use this file to create a custom jailbroken file.


Step 4: When prompted by the tool, connect your Apple TV device to your Mac/PC using the Micro USB cable. Do not have the power cable connected at this time. The light on the front of the Apple TV will begin to flash rapidly, it is now time to point the remote at the device and hold both the MENU and PLAY/PAUSE buttons for seven seconds.


Step 5: After the seven seconds has elapsed, release the buttons. iTunes will automatically open and begin the restore process. Don’t be alarmed by the windows that you see opening on the screen.


Step 6: After the process is complete, iTunes will confirm the successful restore. Your Apple TV is now jailbroken. You can check this by connecting the device to your television and viewing the interface. In the bottom right hand corner you should see a temporary ‘FC’ logo which confirms a successful restore.

If you have any previous experience of an iOS device, you will find the above process very similar to creating a custom firmware using PwnageTool or Sn0wbreeze. One fundamental difference comes when the jailbreak process is complete.

You will notice upon inspection that Cydia is no where to be found, this is because Cydia is not installed as part of the process and will not be used on an Apple TV. With that said, with a little on line investigation you will find many useful and handy add ons for the device which definitely make it a worthwhile venture.

-Doctor Blake aka Jeffrey Morgan Blake
Doctor Blake team

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