Apple TV shows USB & iTunes icon.

[john1000000boy]

Hi there. Went to airplay Luther from iPad onto Apple TV last night and the screen displayed a white USB with the iTunes icon above it.

I understand that this means that it is needing reset and the the procedure to do it. (Providing i get it to work!!) I have the USB cable.

If I carry out this procedure will that mean I will not be able to jailbreak the Apple TV??. I am still planning on jail breaking just not got round to it yet.

Has anyone used any of the jail breaking services where you send your Apple TV away and it comes back with software installed??

thanks

john

 

[Paul.]

Jailbreaking is an absolute doddle on the ATV2, I wouldn't pay someone to do it. Since you need to hook up to a computer anyway, you may as well jailbreak now.

You are correct, you do need to stop iTunes from updating to the latest software. Do you know the software version of your Apple TV? 5.3 I think is the latest version that will jailbreak, but it has issues with Plex. XBMC is fine on 5.3.

 

[bigboss]

Is it Apple TV 2? If not, I don't think jail breaking is possible yet.

If it's Apple TV 2, check out firecore.com

 

[john1000000boy]

Thanks guys. Which software is best for streaming music from MacBook or a nas. Or has great general features??

 

[john1000000boy]

Apple TV 2 BB. Don't think the software has ever been updated... No surprise it's thrown a wobbly....

 

[Paul.]

Season pass to jailbreak...

http://support.firecore.com/entries/387605-Jailbreaking-101-Seas0nPass

Then use Nito TV to get XBMC

http://nito-installer.software.informer.com/1.0/

very easy and free

 

[john1000000boy]

Season pass to jailbreak...

http://support.firecore.com/entries/387605-Jailbreaking-101-Seas0nPass

Then use Nito TV to get XBMC

http://nito-installer.software.informer.com/1.0/

very easy and free

started installing firecore, took a while then came up with: failed with reason: file system patches failed.

 

[john1000000boy]

That was untethered. May try tethered. Downloaded latest iTunes on Mac as instructed too. The led didn't blink on front of Apple TV either.

Thanks

john

 

[Paul.]

There are a number of things to try in this thread

http://forum.firecore.com/topic/4010

i would avoid teathered jailbreak as it's lots of faff and it lowers the resale value of your atv

 

[john1000000boy]

Thanks Paul. Will have a look into that. I was carrying out the download from the download folder and not the hard disk. Whether that will resolve the issues. I am not good with computers/files/folders etc. if I ever want to do anything technical I need to google at length first.

Thanks

john