Bah, worst of all, I don't think ATV3 is anywhere near the top of the priority list of items to be jailbroken.
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Apple TV new Apple TV - Jailbrake?
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In a way, I guess it would be perfect.
Jailbreak comes out in about 6 - 8 months and right around the same time, more people begin to sell their used ATV3 at $60 - $80.
New ATV3 with jailbreak for 60% of the original cost, WHY NOT?!
Jailbreak comes out in about 6 - 8 months and right around the same time, more people begin to sell their used ATV3 at $60 - $80.
New ATV3 with jailbreak for 60% of the original cost, WHY NOT?!
General Question
I'm pretty new to jailbreaking, so I had a general question:
Assuming a jailbreak will come out for the iOS 5.1 on the Apple TV 2 (I don't have the new one), will all the instructions for installing XBMC, plugins, and all sorts of stuff on the ATV2 still work the same? Or do these OS updates wreck all the players/plugins that worked on the 4.x.x versions? Just trying to understand if the jailbreak process itself is just a way to get "in", and all the other instructions and capabilities that can be added remain the same? Or will we have to wait for a new jailbreak, then new guides on how to install everything that we could install easily on older versions of ATV2?
I'm pretty new to jailbreaking, so I had a general question:
Assuming a jailbreak will come out for the iOS 5.1 on the Apple TV 2 (I don't have the new one), will all the instructions for installing XBMC, plugins, and all sorts of stuff on the ATV2 still work the same? Or do these OS updates wreck all the players/plugins that worked on the 4.x.x versions? Just trying to understand if the jailbreak process itself is just a way to get "in", and all the other instructions and capabilities that can be added remain the same? Or will we have to wait for a new jailbreak, then new guides on how to install everything that we could install easily on older versions of ATV2?
I don't think it will be much of an issue as 5.1 isn't much of an update. Firmware 4.4.4 on ATV is actually iOS 5.0.1--so not a huge update. But at least 5.1 brings the ATV versioning inline with portable iOS devices.
Michael
I wouldn't get your hopes up. Here's what FireCore has to say:
http://blog.firecore.com/9104
It's been almost a year since the aTV3 was released. I'm doubting the likelihood of a jailbreak.
http://blog.firecore.com/9104
It's been almost a year since the aTV3 was released. I'm doubting the likelihood of a jailbreak.
Progress is being made, though slow and nothing to show for.
This was the subject of a talk at jailbreak con, by a respectable hacker.
I'm pretty sure that's exactly what they were saying in the spring. Like I said, don't get your hopes up. It'd be great if they are able to do it, but until something else happens, I'm going with the assumption that it's not going to come and hopefully end up pleasantly surprised.
Totally agree - unless the jailbreak magically adds a TV Tuner card there doesn't seem to be much point to me
