Jonathan Levin has released LiberTV, a jailbreak for the Apple TV 4 and tvOS based on yalu by Luca Todesco.
The jailbreak works on tvOS 9.1 through 10.1 but does not work on tvOS 10.1.1. It provides a full set of kernel patches which allow running unsigned code and injecting arbitrary libraries into any tvOS process.
There is no Cydia. The 64-bit version of Mobile Substrate should work but was not included. Saurik could release Cydia for tvOS at some point but no word on whether that will happen yet.
Similar to yalu, the jailbreak comes in the form of an IPA that needs to be signed. It is semi-tethered. The IPA includes a modified 64-bit only bootstrap.tar, containing /bin/sh -> /bin/bash, some tools (in /usr/local/bin), dropbear (a free standing ssh daemon, with its keys in /etc/dropbear), and a few select binaries.
Levin repeatedly warns that after jailbreak you should take great care not to overwrite any system binaries as you could brick your device.
We'll be posting instructions on how to jailbreak shortly. A FAQ can be found here. Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, or RSS for updates.
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Marrio2411 - March 4, 2017 at 8:12pm
I have atv 9.2 i want to someone told me if it supported for the jb please thx guys
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Elbori73 - March 4, 2017 at 12:22am
It is great to see progress on the Apple TV jailbreak scene. We should appreciate the developers who dedicate their time to these releases for the community.
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D4xM4Nx - March 4, 2017 at 7:54am
Anonymity empowers them to be aggressive and entitled to expect the world moving around themselves... It'll be great to, say, install Kodi while having support for Airplay or compatible apps, hope this jailbreak reaches a fully useful tool Cydia support.
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Inspector - March 3, 2017 at 7:02pm
What are the benefits if the jailbreak for the Apple TV ? Are they many apps different form the stock ones ?
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Chris - March 5, 2017 at 4:19am
This jailbreak is for developers and is the first jailbreak for this Apple TV. Who knows what benefits we will see? On the older Apple tvs without an App Store, you could jailbreak it to add more apps like XBMC.
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Chris - March 5, 2017 at 4:20am
I have a feeling we'll see more customization than apps from developers.
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