How to Jailbreak Your Apple TV 2G Using Seas0nPass (Mac) [5.2]

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Instructions on how to perform an untethered jailbreak of your second generation Apple TV using Seas0nPass.

Step One
Download the latest version of SeasonPass from here.

Step Two
Double click to extract the archive you downloaded. Then double click the extract application to launch it.

Step Three
You will be asked to sign in as an Administrator. Enter your username and password then click the OK button.

Step Four
You will be asked to enable UI Scripting. Click the Enable button.

Step Five
Click the Create IPSW button from the main screen.

Step Six
Seas0nPass will now download the latest Apple TV firmware file

Step Seven
Seas0nPass will create a custom IPSW file for you.

Step Eight
Once your custom IPSW file has been created, Seas0nPass will ask you to connect the Apple TV to your computer via a micro-USB cable and use the remote to put it into DFU mode by holding MENU and PLAY/PAUSE for 7 seconds. The power cable should be unplugged during this process. Tip: Press the buttons and insert the usb cable at the exact same time.

Step Nine
Once your Apple TV has been detected in DFU mode, Seas0nPass will upload some files, automatically launch iTunes, and beginning restoring to the new firmware.

Step Ten
That's it! Your Apple TV is jailbroken!

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ejatx - May 9, 2013 at 1:36am

So, everything was working like a charm right until the DFU mode step. I followed the instructions and got the "Found the device in DFU Mode" alert and then iTunes opened up and I got the "Restoring in Itunes Please wait while script is running" alert. Then it just stayed like that and iTunes showed no signs of working for at least ten minutes. I watched a video on what was supposed to pop up on the screen as it started installing in iTunes and nothing like that happened- the black apple in the top of the window just stayed that way. I eventually cancelled it and restored the Apple TV to normal. Any advice on what could've happened? I'm using latest versions of both iTunes and Seasonpass and Apple TV 2nd generation is running 5.2.1. Thanks.

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Beej - April 25, 2013 at 7:37pm

Can anyone help me? I was able to jailbreak the aptv2 last night and then this morning i saw this update that i didn't realize i already had and then it stopped working. now i restored that aptv2 back to factory settings and every time i try to run Seas0nPass again it looks like it is working and it says complete but itunes keeps running. and then itunes finally says that the aptv2 has been restored to factory settings and it won't even turn on past the apple logo I'm on yahoo IM at redsox_gator if someone can help me

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mattyj - April 29, 2013 at 5:33pm

your latest jailbreak is tethered, you need to run "boot tethered" through seas0npass

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John - March 22, 2013 at 9:31pm

Well this sucks, I have no problems getting my ATV2 into DFU mode or having Seas0nPass run the script, but after all is said and done, iTunes starts the update process and then I get an error message saying "This device isn't eligible for the requested build" I've tried rebooting and trying again but the same thing just keeps happening, any idea why?

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edrisi - March 23, 2013 at 11:15am

i have the same issue.. seems like apple have closed this fw!

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John - March 24, 2013 at 12:19am

Yea that sucks... I dont get it tho, isn't this the latest version of the ATV2 firmware?? So how could they stop signing the latest version? Or is there a newer version of the FW out that just hasn't been jailbroken yet? And so does this now mean we have to either wait for a new fw to come out and be jailbroken before we can update our ATVs and keep our JB?

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Edrisi - March 24, 2013 at 12:37am

Yes there is a new fw 5.2.1... I guss we have to waite until a new JB coms out. |:

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Marc - April 18, 2013 at 5:10am

There is 5.2.1 out, and Firecore (Seas0nPass) have a TETHERED jailbreak version (meaning you have to use your USB cable to correctly boot into the main screen each time the Apple TV powers up or restarts). It's ok if your Apple TV never powers off, or doesn't crash/restart itself. Waiting for Firecore to release an UNTETHERED version. regards,

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Edrisi - April 18, 2013 at 5:48am

Seems like apple TV with out the jialbreak dosent worth much :)

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Luis - March 20, 2013 at 5:24pm

Will this work on ATV2 as of today? (March 20) I read yesterday that Apple was about to stop signing software? Thx

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rp - March 10, 2013 at 4:39pm

after i Jailbreak my atv2 how do i get the free stuff?

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