How To Jailbreak Apple TV 2 iOS 4.4.4 (Untethered Solution)

Have you yet heard of the Apple TV device? It is true that it is not (yet) quite as famous and well-known as all the iOS devices we are all familiar with, but it has gradually started to capture a lot of popularity among the iOS consumers’ community. This brings us to the concept of jailbreaking iOS devices. Yes, it applies to the before mentioned Apple TV device as well. If when even hearing about the jailbreaking your thoughts immediately jump to the so popular iOS devices of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, which generally represent the top devices at sell by the Cupertino company, let’s not fail to take the Apple TV into consideration too. How does the Apple TV have an iOS? Well, its portable streaming black box is equipped with a very different iOS version, which does not quite resemble the other iOS devices. But this doesn’t mean it is not an iOS, so the jailbreaking concept can be applied on it as well if you were wondering.

Having said all of these, this article is dedicated to taking you all the way through the process of  How to Jailbreak Apple TV 2 iOS 4.4.4 Untethered Using Seas0nPass 10.6, so let’s get it started.

The jailbreak process for the Apple TV is not any different than the one applied to any other iOS device. What we specifically mean by this is that you can follow the same steps of jailbreaking, and what the process does is that it inserts a bug into an allocated tool, thus having as a direct consequence the delivery of the jailbreak payload exactly into the Apple TV directly. Once the jailbreak process in place, new extra features will be able to be loaded on your Apple TV, so as you can see the final result is as any other’s jailbreaking attempts. Your Apple device will be effortlessly able to support additional features via a series of plugins, and we can take here as examples the BBC iPlayer, the local weather services and the list does not stop here.

Firecore’s SeasonPass is also the tool in making it all happen with the jailbreaking of the Apple TV. If you decide you want to go ahead with it, don’t be afraid. You can use this tool without any problems and very easily, as its user interface presents very smooth features making it very cool to use, so mind all of these steps and do give it a go.

Let’s revise the pre-requirements for a jailbreak of an Apple TV 2 to make sure we all clear to get on to it.

There are 4 conditions you need to fulfill, the first of which being to own a 2nd generation Apple TV to jailbreak. Secondly, you need a micro USB cable to start the process, and then, as a third precondition, you need a working computer. For a Mac for instance, what you need is to have a Mac OS X 10.6 or above it. For Windows – look for one that has Windows XP or later. The last step to take is to install the latest iTunes version, and then you are ready to start. Buckle up.

How to Jailbreak Apple TV 2 iOS 4.4.4 Untethered Using Seas0nPass 10.6

The first step is for you to download the latest version of the Seas0nPass jailbreak tool that is applicable to your Mac or Windows operating system.

You will need to extract the contents and also launch SeasonPass as soon as you have finished downloading the zipped file.

As the third step, you need to go to the main screen, and then just click on the Create IPSW button. Why do we need to create an IPSW? We need to have a custom IPSW created because the SeasonPass jailbreak solution is basically constructed on the restore process that is pretty much like the PwnageTool or Snowbreeze.

What shall now happen is that Seas0nPass will now automatically download the Apple TV firmware (4.4.4) . We will be using this firmware to afterwards create the custom IPSW file.

If you think you are going to be overwhelmed with all these steps – you couldn’t be much further from the truth, because Seas0nPass actually does pretty much everything for you. Just sit back while this step is performed, and I am positive that at the end of it (which might take a little while), you will conclude that it is indeed a very useful and easy to use tool.

Once the iOS 4.4.4 custom IPSW created, what you need to do next is to immediately connect your Apple TV to the computer via the micro US cable. But watch out here – you need to only connect the micro USB cable, and not connect the power cable as well, so be careful.

As soon as you have finalized with these actions, just place your device in DFU Mode (you can find instructions on how to succeed in this in the user interface). Then take your Apple’s TV remote in your hands because you need to make use of it, so just hold the MENU and PLAY / PAUSE together for approximatively 7 seconds.

To continue, once the Apple TV is successfully placed in DFU Mode, a few files will be updated by SeasonPass – and you will instantly be asked if if you would like the program to automatically restore to the custom firmware, so you need to click on the Yes option.

It is now that iTunes will be launched and the restore process shall be proceeded with, and the process will take a while overall, as it is pretty much similar to the restoring to a stock firmware. This final step indicates that you are now no longer restricted in what regards your apps and features on your Apple, so you have managed to release yourself.

We have now finished with showing you the process via which you can apply the iOS 4.4.4 untethered jailbreak iOS 4.4.4 untethered jailbreak process on your Apple TV 2. Although it is quite similar with any jailbreaking of an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, what it differrs in is that you can not see Cydia, as it will not be used by Apple TV, but the options’ universe is unlimited and you can therefore freely install plugins such as Couch Surfer, NitoTV, Remote HD, XMBC, RSS Feeds and Exposed VNC Server (and so on).