If you have a jailbroken Apple TV, the rule is you never, ever, preform an over-the-air (OTA) update directly on the device. We didn't need @nitoTV to tell us that is a guaranteed recipe for 'bricking' your device, but Kevin Bradley--also known as nitoTV, the developer behind the nitoTV frontend for … [Read more...]
How To: Control Your Apple TV With The Power Of Your Voice
Ever since Siri was released it had been rumored that it would come to the Apple TV. Unfortunately this hasn't been the case yet, and it means that it is up to the homebrew community to make it happen. It has been awhile since we have covered an Apple TV hack of sorts, and thus when we discovered it … [Read more...]
How To: Jailbreak Apple TV 2G On iOS 6 (5.1 Build 10A406e) Tethered With RedSn0w 0.9.15b1 [Mac OS X / Windows]
The iPhone Dev-Team's recently released RedSn0w v0.9.15b1 tool actually allows you to Jailbreak your second generation Apple TV running the iOS 6 (5.1 Build 10A406e) firmware. Although the FireCore Dev-Team will likely update Seas0nPass with support for Jailbreaking the Apple TV 2G running iOS 6, it … [Read more...]
FireCore Dev-Team Release aTV Flash (black) v2.0.1 With A Lot Of Much Needed Bug Fixes
In September the FireCore Dev-Team released aTV Flash (black) 2.0 with a whole whack-load of new features. The biggest change in aTV Flash (black) 2.0 was the interface, but Last.fm scrobbling and better filtering/searching was also implemented. Like any major software refresh there were some … [Read more...]
NitoTV Talks About The 1080p Apple TV Jailbreak At JailbreakCon 2012
NitoTV walked off the stage not too long ago at JailbreakCon 2012 and for those who have not been following along with our liveblog, we want to bring to your attention some updates with the status of the 1080p Apple TV 3 Jailbreak. Unfortunately, just like the iOS 6 and iPhone 5, no Jailbreak was … [Read more...]
FireCore Releases aTV Flash (black) 2.0 For 2nd Gen Apple TV, Work On 3rd Gen Apple TV “Ongoing”
We've seen screenshots from the beta but we weren't aware of the full extent of the new feature list added to aTV Flash (black) 2.0 until now. aTV Flash is a paid overhaul for the Apple TV which adds new features such as a web browser, LastFM stations, media streaming, metadata/cover art automation, … [Read more...]
FireCore Teases aTV Flash (Black) 2.0 Beta: New Menu, Integrated Search, Categories, And More
aTV Flash is a userfriendly mod to the first and second generation Apple TVs. The commercial software package adds powerful features to Apple's set-top box, within Apple's excellent GUI. These features include additional formats, lastFM integration, a web browser, and automatic cover art and … [Read more...]
Third-Generation 1080p Apple TV Deemed Not Impossible To Jailbreak By P0sixninja
Near the end of July we told you about what seemed like a conspiracy theory involving P0sixninja and a "former" Apple employee to destroy an exploit to had the potential to Jailbreak all iOS devices on the iOS 6 firmware untethered. This whole ordeal stemmed from P0sixninja tweeting he was no longer … [Read more...]
Download Nito Installer To Easily Install NitoTV, XBMC And XBMC Addons On Your Jailbroken Apple TV
If you have a jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad then you know first hand how easy it is to install various tweaks to your iOS device. The reason it is so easy to install tweaks to your iOS device is because of the package manager and installer - Cydia. Essentially Cydia is the unofficial version … [Read more...]
FireCore Updates aTV Flash To Version 4.5 For The First-Gen Apple TV
Unlike the iPhone and iPad, the original Apple TV wasn't an iOS device. It was a lightweight x86 computer, with a 1GHz Pentium M processor, an Nvidia Geforce Go 7300, and a quarter-gig of ram. The hardware wasn't impressive, but the $300 set-top box could be persuaded to run a full copy of OS X … [Read more...]