i had the firmware in my seasonpass folder, but was not getting the option to do a tethered boot on the new computer… until i put in the unique ipsw from the computer i orginally jailbroke it on
You can create seasonpass ipsw wthout any apple tv.
seasonpass folder has DOWNLOADS folder where original apple file is dowloaded. Another file with letters SP in the middle of the name is modified version of that, result of seasonpass process.
i tether jailbreak and install xbmc for a friend’s apple tv.
all I have to do is give them the “AppleTV2,1_5.0_9B179b_SP_Restore” & original “AppleTV2,1_5.0_9B179b_Restore” to put into the seasonpass folder?
or can they just download seasonpass, click create ipsw? do you need both or just the SP version or just the Original version?
when they click create ipsw, it will ask them to connect apple tv, because seasonpass will think it’s doing a jailbreak- if you press cancel (the ipsw will still be created?)
then they can just click tethered boot and carry on?
If it is a Windows computer you can put the Apple TV into DFU mode then download and run a program called iREB. This will put the device into PwnDFU. From there you can restore the SP version of the IPSW in iTunes by holding Shift and clicking Restore to select the IPSW file.
This folder will be in your Documents and Settings directory under your computers username, I am not at home to check exact location but I believe it is something like this C:\Documents and Settings\User\seasonpass\downloads
i want apple tv throughout my house and my parents house, and i’m not using aTV flash, just seasonpass to jailbreak. if one can only use it once to jailbreak, one… that’s sort of pointless… then again i don’t even know where the terms are??
i have 2 laptops and 2 tv, i don’t want to be carrying laptops around my house to boot the apple tv… i just want a setup where i can leave it where it is.
i want to set up the same in my parents house, they have 3 tvs, 2 laptops and a desktop … i just want it to be as easy as possible for them, since they aren’t as techno advanced.
all i want to know is, are unique ipsw made? if not, then i can just transfer the ipsw that was made to another computer and use that to boot the apple tv, as i outlined in my method, correct? I don’t have to be stuck with one jailbreak ipsw per computer… and i can just send my parents the apple tv and not actually go there to do all of the work … since they live in another state
if you don’t want to help because of your own selfish reasons, i understand. thank you for the advice so far. don’t have to take it so personally. we’re all on the same side here and its for the betterment and expansion of knowledge of everyone.
yes thank you for your help, this is just different than 4.4.4 untethered, and i now wish i had kept my old ipsw and not upgraded to the new 5.0 it was much easier to use