Plz very confused. Can we still jailbreak Apple TV 2. 5.2.1 ?
ONLY if you have the blobs saved.
I was successful YESTERDAY by specifically following the jailbreak directions here using Seasonpass 0.9.2: http://is.gd/UjLx5g
And for what it’s worth, this was a unit that I had purchased and was connecting to my MAC for the very first time.
Thx lot
I used a mac as well to do it this morning. UNFORTUANTELY to my lucky stars, it didn’t work. I’ve been online for 7 hours wasting my time trying to figure this out. I QUIT!!
I want to get a sledge hammer and reign &#@# on this little device
Where did the process fail? And you followed the instructions to dump your blobs as your first step?
no you cant, this is a wrong information. You can Jailbreak devices only to 5.2! right now not higher
With all due respect, nostre, I DID successfully jailbreak a 5.2.1 two days ago.
So it CAN be done – although I don’t understand the circumstances that allowed me to do it, but prevents others from having the same success. One of the resident experts, dknight, itimpi, or others could better explain the variables…
Again, this was a unit that I just bought and plugged into my computer for the first time.
esay question:
how did you get tethered boot option activated on seasonpass?
It might make sense to reprint an answer that dknight recently provided to me which proved helpful:
1. you can only install firmwares that are signed with a key specific to your device 2. Apple usually only signs the latest version of the firmware which at this moment is 5.3 3. if you're apple tv is on an firmware version older than 5.3 then you can still jailbreak it because you can dump/extract the shsh blob of the apple tv's current firmware and use it to manually sign a jailbroken firmware then write it back to your apple tv. 4. the reason why some people are able to use the beta seas0npass to jailbroken their device even after upgrading to 5.3 is that their device was jailbroken prior and the jailbroken software periodically saved their old firmware shsh blob automatically to the cydia server. So when they use Seas0npass to downgrade the software search to see if a shsh blob for their specific device was save for that version and it builds and signs the custom firmware automatically.
So what does this all mean for you? it means if your apple tv is currently on 5.3 and it's never been jailbroken before then it 99.9% chance that you can't get an older shsh blob for your device. But all hope is not lost. the custom 4.4.2 firmware that is talked about in the thread that I posted works on all apple tv 2 devices no matter if their shsh blob were saved or not.
sorry thats not working and confirmed 99% of the users, but you are welcome if you can Jailbreak 5.2.1 …
I understand your skepticism… and after buying the unit before hearing about the 5.3 release and issues with jailbreaking 5.2.1, I feared that I had made a mistake. I was encouraged by dknight’s response and a post from another user who found success jailbreaking 5.2.1 – and I went with it.
In specific response to your question, the beta version of seasonpass successfully completed the jailbreaking process for 5.2.1 in the same exact manner it did for untethered versions 5.2 and 5.1.1 – versions that I jailbroke in the hour previous to trying 5.2.1.
After getting the “Restored to Factory Settings” message in iTunes (the signal that your efforts have been successful), I remained unconvinced and immediately connected the ATV to my flatscreen. As I hoped, the normal Apple desktop did NOT appear – only the Apple logo – the confirmation that the unit was jailbroken and waiting to be tethered. I went back to seasonpass and was able to choose the “Boot Tethered” option – which was available. And voila!
I am thankful that the process worked for me – and feel badly for those who still seem stuck. It’s confusing because if I read dknight’s post as gospel, it would seem that EVERY owner of a 5.2.1 – using the beta version of seasonpass – should be able to jailbreak 5.2.1 since the necessary firmware is on the ATV.
But that is obviously not the case given the number of people who still sound stymied in their efforts to jailbreak that version.
A more educated mind than mine would have to explain the varied results to the same jailbreaking process on the same firmware.
I am getting the error unable to save signatures for this apple tv running 5.2.1 should I be getting this error?
Got it to work, excellent instructions!!! I just performed this on 3 different 5.2.1 devices.
Things I had problems with
1 - ignore the picture on the screen of Seasonpass beta that show you to connect the power cord when entering DFU mode during Step 6
2 - Even though I doubt this had anything to do with it I updated my iTunes and everything worked exactly like the instructions said!!
3 - apparently iTunes needs to be opened when you initially begin this whole process (shrugs shoulders) If your Apple TV fails to open iTunes when you connect it to your PC open it manually
Let me answer this for you and others. Even though you plugged it into you computer for the very first time, the owner previous to you had it plugged in and he/she saved those blobs to the ifaith server. Your device connected to that server and allowed you to jailbreak.
*NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY USE BLOBS THAT WERE SAVED FROM YOUR OWN DEVICE, OTHER UNITS BLOBS CAN NOT BE USED ON YOURS.
I have no way to disprove what you are saying Carpenter940. But this was a previously non-jailbroken unit… What is the liklihood that users who don’t jailbreak their units are going through the process of saving their blobs?
Or is saving the blobs a passive event that didn’t require the previous owner to initiate the process?
I LOVE you guy for keep up this thread a life . i m using new computer try to download seasonpass ipsw to activate the tethered it does not take me no where . does not download the ipsw. stright tro connect your device . tethered box is inactive. is it just the computer missing some update like framework? ect ??? thx
I LOVE you guy for keep up this thread a life . i m using new computer try to download seasonpass ipsw to activate the tethered it does not take me no where . does not download the ipsw. stright tro connect your device . tethered box is inactive. is it just the computer missing some update like framework? ect ??? thx
I’m a raw novice and can only share my own experience… but if you are not going to the “HELP MENU” first in Mac (are you?) and choosing to dump your blobs, downloading the IPSW will yield an error every time. I can verify that.
This process DID work for me… and for another recent poster in this thread. If you have followed the steps precisely and are still getting errors, I will hope that a more knowledgable contributor can help.