Seas0nPass

I've now used Seas0nPass twice. Once to jailbreak 5.0.2 using Mac OS X 10.5 on my eMac and now to jailbreak 5.3 using Windows 8.1. Both times it worked fine. My only quibble is that you do need to have a guide open at the same time since it's not entirely clear what's happening at each step. As for the post by someone else this month--on Windows 8.1 (at least) it worked just fine for me this time and my recollections of the process on the eMac were that they were painfully slow (of course, the eMac was probably 20 to 40 times slower than my i5 2.9 GHz Hackintosh/Windows machine ;-).

used to work in the past. But with this version I always get an Error at the End: "Process failed with reason: Filesystem patches failed!!" I deleted cache files - forced it to re-download the ipsw file - but always the same negative result. Now I logged in as an Admin on my Mac (OS X 10.6.8) and the installer hangs when it says it is unzipping the ipsw file. takes forever and does nothing! This piece of crap is broken. BTW, check their blog > release announcement and you will find other people with problems. They invest time in their iOS App "Infuse" and don't really care about hacking that old Apple TV 2nd Gen. (sad but true).

very cool soft for jailbreak ATV2

Worked like a charm, best not to have other USB devices connected when doing this process...

I have two Apple TV2 units. I downloaded this within hours of its appearance. It installed flawlessly, the first time, on both Apple TVs. (Previously, older editions would install on one but never the other.) I used the USB cable that came with my Harmony 650 remote, FWIW. XBMC, at least as of May 25, 2012, would install via apt-get from the repositories, but did not display in the interface. A bit of googling turned up a patched deb package that could be installed with dpkg -i, so now I have xbmc. I haven't had this version going long enough to detect stability problems, but previously, this would cause ATV2 to freeze up about once per week, requiring a reboot. It got to be a significant annoyance. It helps to be able to use the command-line to ssh into the box directly, install wget, and download things like xbmc add-ons directly to the box. Overall, considering what this is, and what you pay for it (it is free), it is a remarkable achievement. If you don't sort of enjoy software tinkering, however, this probably isn't going to impress you much. The modifications you can install are still quite limited. (I tried installing a VNC server. Although it works, it is so impossibly unresponsive, even with only 256 colors, that I decided to remove it. That's too bad, because I would really like a way to control my ATV2 from my laptop (one of mine is for music, and runs screen less).)

I have tried this software on 3 or 4 different occasions - each and every time has been a painful exercise in frustration. Not once have I been able to successfully complete the jailbreak process. After 3 attempts, all with different error message results - the last one being the most frustrating - the software it has just downloaded and patched was incompatible with the device - I have resorted to using other software to get the job done. I'm not a novice, I know my way around Macs & Apple products and have jailbroken a number of devices over the years without issue - except for when attempting with this software. I won't be wasting my time with this rubbish again.

Redsn0w is a similar tool, but funny it is not on MU-- why? See: http://blog.iphone-dev.org

Really not working at all. Why is it so hard for a hacker to understand that i don't have time te keep trying for 2 DAYS !!! and still not have a successfull Jailbreak. when Apple's iTunes installs new firmware it does NOT stop, it installs it, then reboots. Why the hell then do i need to try all kinds of crap because just with the micro-usb cable (A NEW!!! MICRO USB CABLE) it will NOT do the job ? It's utter BS. It is a fact. GO BACk AND TRY IT AGAIN !!!! Maybe when you understand a user's frustration about this you can make something that works his time.

Finally untethered again! ;) Worked like a charm, although it does not seem to enable Nito TV by default, like previous versions, which should be an option -- although still not hard to do, but maybe confusing for newbies. :(

Application works on AppleTV as described. Installation video is somewhat helpful, but on a Mac forum it might have been more appropriate to run the tethered boot install on a Mac as opposed to a PC. One word of caution on the current version (0.7.9). Losing power to the AppleTV for any reason will necessate a re-jailbreaking if you chose the tether boot process. Question: Apple today (12/15/11) released AppleTV 4.4.4. Any know or have direct experience with this update and Seas0npass?

I've run into one error after another trying get my iTV (new) to brake! Still no luck after 2 days of tring...

Why isn't Redsn0w listed on MU? It seems to be the replacement for Pwnagetool, and also does what Seas0nPass does, latest version is here: https://sites.google.com/a/iphone-dev.com/files/home/

Easy to use, well made, updates are put out fast. The best UI for a jailbreak I have ever seen

works great for me, I also tried PwnageTool and GreenPois0n which both failed to jailbreak my ATV2

So far, it is ONLY a tethered jailbreak. :-( http://blog.firecore.com/4209

MUCH better, with UNtethered booting!!! Let's hope this holds true for iOS 4.3 on ATV...

I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering what "jailbreaking" an AppleTV means and why would I want to do it? What does this software actually do? What does it allow me to do that I couldn't do before using it? Doesn't the "jailbreaking" of an Apple product void its warranty? You can't expect people to want to use a product if very few people know what it is or actually does.

Pretty easy to use and straightforward tool.