Confused about versions and updates....

Legacy 2nd gen Apple TV
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Sorry about the newbie question. I have been reading posts and trying to figure out if I can jailbreak two aplle tv 2’s I have. The previous owners did online updates on them, if I go to the about screen it lists…

Apple TV Software=6.1(6698.99.16)

Can I jailbreak this?

Do I have to get a copy of an older version and have itunes do a restore?

Having a hard time with the version numbers and all this signing stuff, tried using seas0n pass to jailbreak, but got an error when backing up the firmware. Not sure if I did something wrong, or the version on them is compatible.

Any help would be appreciated…

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No need to backup firmware first since you are on the latest.

You can jailbreak those ATV’s you have to the latest jailbreakable version (5.3) (see here for a list of the jailbreaks: Apple TV Version Info (updated 10/23/15) - Seas0nPass - Firecore)
Just get the latest seasonpass, right click create ipsw, choose 5.3, wait till done.

iTunes id no longer opened to jailbreak, so don’t be concerned when it doesn’t open.