Is there a jailbreak out for the Apple Tv 3rd Gen? On v5 software?

Can't seem to get anywhere on Google - probably down to the fact it's not called Apple TV 3 or anything lol

 

Not yet there isn't. Keep an eye out here. aTV Flash needs a JB for it to actually be useful, so they too are waiting for one to come out.

I have seen that the new iPad(3) / iOS 5.1 has had some progress made in being jailbroken, so hopefully that will aid things on the ATV front.

 

Is it right jb apple tv unreliable service??

 

Cannot comment on ATV2 or ATV3, but I have an ATV1 and have been running it for two years jailbroken and not had a problem with it. I used patchstick to JB it and then copied XBMC and NitoTV onto it, and they have been great.

Worst case, do a factory restore on the device and it'll be back to normal, same kind of thing you would do with an iPhone to get it back to it's non-JB'd state.

I have an AppleTV3 on order, so I'm hoping the JB will be available soon as I really don't want to use iTunes to manage things.

 

thanks Markus

Felt like splashing out as I went past the Bull Ring Apple shop - ended up buying the Apple TV 3rd gen. I asked if they had the 2nd gen and but apparently they get sent back once a new model is released.

At least I can use Netflix on it until I can find a jailbreak. Want to ultimately install Plex on it - have Plex Media Server running on the Microserver in the house and it is a great bit of kit (streams to my ipad2, iphone etc).

 

So whats the difference between ATV2 and 3 ? Apart from 1080P playback which I thought could have been achieved with ATV2 with a software up date .

I have ATV2 non JB'd and very happy with it , Would be nice to have 1080P though

 

Faster processor to handle 1080p that's it. Loving mine.

 

I agree.... waiting for a jailbreak as there is no excuse for lack of support for DNLA streaming these days. #disappointed

 

So can a JB'n ATV2 handle 1080P ?

 

Not totally sure. No jb probably not. I did a quick search and found this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-f20ResjTY

Seems it is 1080, but it gets scaled down to 720

 

Bored of my Apple TV already! Need to put Plex on it

How do I add more 'channels' on it?

 

Channels? What exactly do you want to do?

Oh, and it seems a teardown shows that the ATV3 has 512MB RAM instead of 256 of the ATV2, still has 8GB flash for onboard storage. Seems it has a second antenna as well.

 

You need to add xBMC and IceFilms on your jailbroken Apple TV. Seas0npass is what I use to jailbreak it at 4.4. It is a bit more hit and miss than jailbreaking an iPhone in that I had to do it several times for it to work.

You cannot Jailbreak OS5 yet though ...

 

If you go the aTV flash route and need silver and black versions, try this promo code: COMBO and you will get a discount (17 ish dollars)