Josh OngiPhone developer chpwn first noticed the firmware update and posted a link to it on Twitter. "AppleTV2,1_4.1_8M89_Restore.ipsw," a 242 MB download, is available from Apple's download site.
The iPhone Dev-Team subsequently announced that it had already successfully used SHAtter, an in-development iOS 4.1 exploit, to jailbreak the new Apple TV firmware, Maggadget reports .
"Even though the new AppleTV isn’t yet in people’s homes, the firmware is available on Apple’s normal public distribution servers and SHAtter has been used to decrypt its keys," wrote the iPhone Dev Team on their blog.
Apple began shipping the set-top box on Monday, in time for a September delivery date as promised.
Rumors leading up to the Apple TV's Sept. 1 announcement had suggested that a drastically redesigned Apple TV would run iOS and have access to the App Store. However, when the $99 streaming Apple TV was first revealed, it was unclear whether the device was running iOS.
References to a mysterious iProd device in the USB configuration list for iOS turned out to be for the Apple TV, suggesting that the device would use a modified version of iOS.
Although the new Apple TV isn't setup to run third party apps, a special Apple TV App Store may still be in the works. On Sept. 1, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told Bloomberg BusinessWeek that "when the time is right, Apple could open an App Store for the TV that could do for television sets what all those apps have done for the iPhone."
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76 Comments
Why on earth does AI put so much effort on reporting on these hacks? If I want that information I could go to the hacker paradise. I prefer to stay outside that world.
Why on earth does AI put so much effort on reporting on these hacks? If I want that information I could go to the hacker paradise. I prefer to stay outside that world.
Probably because hacks will be the only way to get apps into the Apple TV. If Apple hadn't been so conservative, they'd of done Apple TV properly and such hacks wouldn't be needed.
Google TV is going to eat Apple TV for breakfast.
Why on earth does AI put som much effort on reporting on these hacks? If I want that information I could go to the hacker paradise. I prefer to stay outside that world.
Because its awesome.
But seriously, hacking the apple tv to run unauthorized apps could have some very interesting results.
Not just games, but things like hulu, vlc, p2p, being able to sync to virtual storage, adding a camera feed with a linked iPhone, even adding flash (just kidding), screen sharing, hacking it to work with a wii remote, the list is endless....
Why on earth does AI put so much effort on reporting on these hacks? If I want that information I could go to the hacker paradise. I prefer to stay outside that world.
Just ignore the thread and go back to your cave.
Because its awesome.
But seriously, hacking the apple tv to run unauthorized apps could have some very interesting results.
Not just games, but things like hulu, vlc, p2p, being able to sync to virtual storage, adding a camera feed with a linked iPhone, even adding flash (just kidding), screen sharing, hacking it to work with a wii remote, the list is endless....
But Airplay will do this for you without the need for a hack. Run the app on your iphone/ipod, and airplay stream it. Done.