I bought an Apple TV gen 3 the other day not knowing a thing about it. Come to find there is no App Store, more importantly no YouTube. Is there any way to jail break an Apple TV gen 3 in 2023?
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So I was trying to jailbreak my Apple TV 3rd gen with 7.9 with Blackb0x but it wont work because I have to put it in dfu mode then I wait 10 minutes + 30 seconds then I plug it back into my tv with Hdmi and try to look for kodi (Apple TV Package manager i guess??) and no fucking sight of it AT ALL… my dad checks on a website about the jailbreak but it says you have to put both the hdmi cable and micro usb cable and my dad checks another website about that but what IT SAYS THERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUCKING IN THERE AT THE SAME FUCKING TIME BRUH?!?!?! COULD SOMEONE PLEASE FUCKING HELP ME PLEASE?
Hey everyone,
I'm running into a wall here trying to jailbreak an old apple tv. I see dozens of these at my local goodwill and wanted to mess arround with it. I've been going with the blackbox method and got the installer from github. After the installer does it's buisness it says it time to plug it into a tv and let it reboot. After plugging into the TV it (the apple tv on the tv screen) shows the apple tv and instructs me to go to Support apple/ recover or somthing like that. And it never boots into Kodi. Am I missing an install file or something?
Here is guide on how to jailbreak your ATV 3 (thanks to @tihmstar) and how to successfully install XBMC build 12.2-0.
You must have Apple TV 3,2 model A1469, this is an updated guide as I’ve spent whole day troubleshooting and successfully installed XBMC 3 times on 3 fresh restore/jailbreaks.
I’ve tried installing Kodi builds but Apple TV throws up not enough storage error. If anyone manages to install Kodi please share thank you.
Step 1 jailbreaking your Apple TV 3
Do fresh jailbreak of your Apple TV 3. To do this:
Go to settings and network click on your WiFi name until you get to the Wi-Fi configuration page and manual change your DNS to 046.166.144.059
Next go to ‘Send Data to Apple’ and press the play button on your remote.
Click Add Profile and add http://trailers.apple.com/trailers.cer
Next go to trailer app on your home screen and click #etason and it will jailbreak your Apple TV, once it reboots you’ll see computer and settings go into settings AND change your DNS settings back to original from manual to automatic.
Installing XBMC
Ssh into your jailbroken Apple TV 3 with whichever terminal you use.
Type these commands: ssh root@(your IP address) Enter Password (default is alpine)
EDIT: once you have ssh access to your ATV run the following command to get untethered jailbreak:
dpkg -i untether.deb
So far can’t do much with XBMC but will update if manage to get anywhere. Jailbreak allows ssh access to your Apple TV 3 follow developers like tihmstar or developer of NitoTv to see what they’ve managed to achieve with this jailbreak.
Update! Follow my new guide to get Kodi 14.2 installed onto user disk space of ATV 3 ! https://reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/eyp8hu/tutorial_apple_tv_3_kodi_142_install_guide_to/
Next you want to ensure you type the commands exactly as written making sure to press enter after each line (see image if get any error on any of command as needs to be written exactly as command I’ve given)
apt-get update
apt-get install wget
wget -O- http://apt.awkwardtv.org/awkwardtv.pub | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://apt.awkwardtv.org/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/awkwardtv.list
apt-get update
wget http://mirrors.kodi.tv/apt/atv2/deb/old/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_12.2-0_iphoneos-arm.deb
wget http://mirrors.kodi.tv/apt/atv2/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-seatbeltunlock_1.0-5_iphoneos-arm.deb
*dpkg -i xbmc.deb (IMPORTANT: add another star after the word xmbc, it should have star infront of and at the end of the word xbmc ,, posting from mobile so formats it to italic)
People are getting confused at the above command,, so should be:
dpkg -i space star xbmc star dot deb
Now you need to run:
apt-get -f install
Your Apple TV should reboot and you’ll see XBMC on your home screen, setup XBMC however you like.
Enjoy ! Don’t forget to smash like and subscribe, joking this isn’t YouTube lol.
Holy fuck!!!! I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for this day!!!
My model number checks out. So I will report finding - really want Kodi, although builds usually add even more data. However I’m hoping this means there’s a way to delete everything except Netflix and xbmc, or kodi ideally.
Update: it’s been running stage 2 exploit for a good 5 min. Hopefully it’s not hung up. Not sure how long it’s supposed to take. I’ve gone into screensaver mode thrice. I think it’s hung up. Gonna reboot and try again.
Update 2: keeps hanging on stage 2.
Q: Can anyone say how long a successful attempt takes?
A : bout 10 minutes - just browse reddit to pass the time
Q: when I press play button at “send data to apple” nothing happens. Is that normal? The setting was off, and remains off, after pressing play.
A: yes normal. It does nothing, but I guess it does and it’s required. I guess.
Update 3: Mother Fucking Success!! Logged in as root!
Will keep updating as I try to install xbmc and kodi.
Update 4: haven't tried installing xbmc, but found the official Kodi/ATV2 instructions. So I'm trying that... its 146M... hoping I don't get any errors...
XMBC lol.
How does one restore atv3?