For almost over a year now Apple has had their latest version of their small media player on the market and while still useful the extendability of it isn’t as good as their previous model thanks in large part to the hacking community. The ability alone to install XBMC on the ATV2 is what led me to it initially but since the latest version has hit the market an Apple TV 3 Jailbreak has been non existent. Having since moved onto Google TV I decided to take one last look into the ATV3 and seen some interesting news.
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The ATV3 Jailbreak
For all intents and purposes the ATV3 is a capable device of streaming media online and through your “Airplay”, with 1080 support and the ability to watch whatever on whichever iOS device you own it’s a nice bonus. Still having been a big supporter of XBMC over the last decade I missed having that software (or any for that matter) capable of being on my ATV3 device. When I searched the other day I was surprised to see all the top page rankings being dominated about the news of an Apple TV 3 Jailbreak.
My initial shock was to see dozens of sites reporting on the upcoming release for a jailbreak mentioning it’s about to be released around the start of February. Having been fairly surprised solely on the fact that a lot of the “experts” had said they’re doubtful it will happen I decided to dig a little deeper. Fortunately I found what I was looking after going to some more credible sources, that being that all these news sites mentioning an ATV3 jailbreak are reporting false news or at least news with no real confirmation one way or another.
With that said for all those people still endlessly hoping I will tell you this now (as of February 17th, 2013), NO JAILBREAK EXISTS.
It sucks I know, the good news though is there are a handful of different alternatives already available that are better designed on the Android platform. Do yourself a favour and purchase a Pivos Xios, Raspberry Pi, or tackle my list here.
Will We Ever See A ATV3 Jailbreak?
Good question. Truth be told it appears no one really knows for sure. Without getting to technical the basis of the Jailbreak needs an exploit to utilize the remaining absinthe exploits out there. Most other iOS devices have this capability and have an injection vector that gets onto the device with root access. That being said there are a few problems facing the ATV3 which is preventing it from getting Jailbroken.
The biggest problem which has been mentioned numerous times from guys like MuscleNerd is that the attacking surface on the Apple TV 3 is much smaller then other iOS devices. With iPhones and iPads we have more services and processes running then the AppleTV.
Then of course there is the man(woman) power problem. There isn’t a whole lot of people interested in trying to find an exploit for this device. That said from what I’ve read it doesn’t appear that anyone is even working on a jailbreak at the moment, most of the news you hear about it existing appear to be false.
That’s not to say it won’t happen in the future but if it ever does it’s going to take time and whole lot of it by the sounds of it.
Don’t Buy The Hype
Now a friendly warning. Don’t get scammed. There are a lot of people trying to make money off this by promising an Apple TV 3 Jailbreak. As is the case with a lot of these exploits you should always do your research. My first warning is never ever pay for jailbreak software. Stay away from websites like “AppleTV3Jailbreak dot com” and “DailyGossip dot org”, these are known scams and have already duped people out of their hard earned money.
Of course you can go to the regular sources like Firecore and jailbreakATV for more information or ask any questions on this website or the HSB Facebook page.
If you find yourself not interested in making the switch to a Pivos or Pi then you can always pick up an older Apple TV. Surprisingly you can still buy an ATV2 on Amazon.com for a much heftier price tag.
Ha ha! This is the only website on the ‘net that contains accurate information about the Apple TV 3 jailbreak!
A lot of scammers out there trying to steal an honest buck from people and it’s plugged up Google, hopefully this post has helped some people
I’d like to hear your impressions about Google TV. I have one and I can’t seem to justify the purchase. For one I take it XBMC is not obtainable on it right?
Susan, what type of Google box do you have? Most of the ones I’m familiar with are capable to have XBMC on it but there may be some I’m not aware of. A lot will depend on if a version of XBMC was made for it. Let me know and I can help you out a little more.
Thanks for the info, I am with you all the way. It’s so frustrating that the Internet is full of greedy leeches who have no honest way of earning a living so they steel off the people who don’t have the time to research their shit before being scammed
Amen to that Paul, I was one of those years ago who almost fell into the loop of buying software for the original iPhone jailbreak/unlock, not to say it wouldnt of worked but there was no need to spend money when pwnage was free.
Since then I’ve smartened up and realized research goes a long way. I’ve even seen people locally boasting about jailbreaks that aren’t available, there are a lot of slimy salesmen out there offline trying to make a buck as well. Hope people don’t fall for that as well, one guy was showcasing a video of the ATV3 jailbreak to customers with XBMC when it was clearly an ATV2.
Thanks for the accurate info. I will begin to look around for an alternative that works for me.
Cheers
Brian
No problem Brian,
Best bet is to try one of the solutions mentioned or buy yourself a cheap and small HTPC.
I hope that AppleTV gets a jailbreak
Really really hope
Thanks for the info.
No problem Arthur, hopefully some good news will come out with an actual Jailbreak soon
Thank you dear Walks for warning and info!
I have ATV3 and tried to streem a Russian program but wasn’t able. I downloaded XBMC but it didn’t work. I was suggested to get a
jailbreak, it seems impossible now.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Luba
There are ways you can use XBMC on your ATV3. It,s not the result I would use but you can use mirrorplay(or airplay) from another Apple device to your ATV.3.
You’ll either have to wait very patiently or go an alternative route. Check out some of the other devices I mentioned in this article, some of them will have you up and running in no time.
You are wrong there are people working in this and they are from appletv3jailbreak.com
It is no scam like you say maybe the website it self is after views but there a guy mike Davies that has gotten a lot of people working in this
He is genuine I know because he’s been helping me work on a few attacks he knows what he is doing so please don’t knock the only people working on this
Whether you want to believe it or not this is a quote from
Now, the fun part, the witch hunt! You should beware of anyone trying to sell any so called Apple TV 3 Jailbreak software. If you didn’t hear about it through JailbreakAppleTV.com, FireCore, or nitoTV on Twitter, it means that it is fake, so buyer beware! We’ve managed to identify a scammer by the name of John Colston from Denver, Colorado who has been setting up scam web sites intended to lure newbies into fake iOS jailbreaks for years, and it seems that he’s now moved onto fleecing the Apple TV jailbreaking community. Any sites you see such as “AppleTV3Jailbreak dot com” and “DailyGossip dot org” are fake and scams that should be avoided at all cost. There have been many reports of individuals duped by him and other scammers across the web.
At least he is trying instead of bad mouthing the ones that are trying no wonder no one works on it when there are accused of scamming he is also setting up a atv3 bounty like a reward system to get more interested hackers involved thing it’s a $500 bounty at the mo but growing