What the heck, why isn't my jailbreak working? *SOLVED*

Legacy Seas0nPass
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Hi!

 

Today I decided to update my ATV 2 from 4.4.4 untheterd jailbreak to a 5.0.2 untheterd jailbreak in order to get airplay streaming to work from my mac.

 

So I first tried to update from the menu on the Apple tv (knowing that this would break my current jailbreak). But i didn’t work. So then I plugged the ATV 2 into my mac, but iTunes could not find and restore it. So then I had to manually download and install the 5.0.2 firmware. It worked.

 

I downloaded seasonpass and let it create a new ipsw-file for me. Then I put the ATV 2 into DFU mode and followed all the instructions. When it tried to restore in iTunes i got a error message in Seasonpass that said “Itunes restore script failed” and then I got to select the newly created ipsw file in finder. Then nothing happens, so I had to “option”-click on the restore button in iTunes in order to get it to restore. And everything goes well after this.

 

But when I plug the ATV 2 into my tv I dont get the FC logo in the corner, thereby I am not jailbroken.

 

What is happening?

 

I am doing everything as the guide says!

 

Help me!

 

EDIT

 

Now I have tried to do a complete restore and do the entire process again. But it still doesn’t work.

 

Every time i use seasonpass i get the itunes error, and everytime i have to manually choose the ipsw file. Is seasonpass supposed to do anything after the restore-process? Because it just stops after i have pressed “ok”

This solved my problem:

After many atempts i realized that I used the wrong ipsw file. Seasonpass put my jailbreaked ipsw file in the library-folder, which is hidden in Lion and Mountain Lion. When I tried to option-restore in Itunes i used the tethered ipsw file which was located in my documents folder.

When I realized this, I sucessfully restored my atv 2 with the seasonpass ipsw file located in the library folder!

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I have the exact same problem. I’ve tried it twice with the same result??

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The device needs to be in PWNed DFU mode to flash the jailbroken IPSW. This can be achieved by using iREB on Windows. Unfortunately there isn’t a MAC equivalent that I am aware of.

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Okay, i’m able to run Windows virtually via Parallells, although, it does not seem to work, iREB just tells me that I’m not able to enter DFU mode…
When i jailbreaked this ATV before, on 4.4.4 this wasn’t needed, so why now? What’s wrong?

 

EDIT

 

Oh, maybe I should also say that I have itunes 11, is it maybe what’s causing the trouble?

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So I have done it serveral more times, and this is how it goes:

 

Step 1: Open seasonpass 0.8.6

Step 2: Create IPSW file of 5.0.2

Step 3: Put ATV 2 in DFU mode; it is detected by seasonpass and some file is uploaded

Step 4: Seasonpass opens Itunes 11 for a restore; error message “Itunes restore script failed” in Seasonpass

Step 5: Finder pops up and i get to chose the newly created IPSW; then nothing happens

Step 6: In Itunes i alt-click on the restore button and once again choses the newly created IPSW file

Step 7: Itunes sucessfully restores from that file

Step 8: I plug it into my tv, and it is not jailbroken…

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Please see here for a workaround. http://forum.firecore.com/topic/9283