Tuesday, September 28, 2010

AppleTV Runs iOS, Already Jailbroken


Soon, thanks to the tireless efforts of the iPhone Dev Team, you will be able to install apps on your AppleTV. An upcoming Jailbreak tool, called SHAtter, has already been used to unlock the new Apple TV’s firmware.
SHAtter was used to jailbreak the newest iPod Touch shortly after its launch, and thanks to its iOS roots, the AppleTV is also susceptible to its power. The hack was carried out on the firmware restore download just been posted by Apple. This file, which contains the entire OS of the Apple TV, is an IPSW file, the file-extension for iPhone and iPad OS files.
So what’s inside? According to the Dev Team member Will Strafach, “the new AppleTV OS seems to be a mashup of the old AppleTV OS and iOS.” This, he says, means that existing AppleTV hacks (or “frappliances”) may already work. Frappliances are the plugins that add functionality to the original AppleTV. Also, all of the iOS software frameworks are present, which could allow hacks to enable video-conferencing, for example (if you could figure out how to hook up a camera) or even let you install the iPad Hulu app.
I suspect that Apple will add apps to the AppleTV in the form of channels, just like the Netflix “channel” that is there already. A jailbroken AppleTV, though, could theoretically run anything that will run on the iPhone or iPad. A final word from Strafach: “The most interesting thing about the new AppleTV OS is that all binaries are marked iPad-compatible. I do wonder what Apple is planning…”
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Illustration: Charlie Sorrel


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30 comments:

  1. Is there anything that Apple won't try to get a large marketshare of? AppleTV just..seems wrong. Great post.

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  2. isn't anything apple easy to jailbreak?

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  3. quite sceptic about AppleTV, isn't a jailbroken iPhone just the same :S

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  4. quite funny how everything gets jailbroken this fast

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  5. i bet apple and steve jobs dont think too highly about this.

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  6. I hate how Apple 'jails' everything they make to such a degree that it prompts hackers to jailbreak them.

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  7. Hah! I would'nt count on Apple :P I'm looking forward for open source android and google!

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  8. hahaha. I think AppleTV will be another stupid idea like the iPad. God I hate apple. I'm glad everything is jailbroken so quickly and easily.

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  9. i bet apple is regretting that it happened this fast

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  10. The only thing that apple tv was missing was a hulu app, but since jailbreaking may allow for you to put the hulu app on it I'm sold!

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  11. Hahaha Apple! Take that for trying to create something so full-proof that an idiot can't play with it! It's understandable that Apple creates consumer products for the average user, but don't spend your time making it so locked down. It's gonna get hacked anyways. Why not spend that time creating a better product that people want, so that there's no NEED to jailbreak it!

    Idiots...

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  12. wow that's crazy. i bet apple hates DEV TEAM so mch right now

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  13. this is one of my more favorite blog posts from you :)

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  14. Let's make it unhackable they said.

    It'll be invincible they said.

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  15. hmm interesting, wonder what apple's gonna do

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  16. Apples and Windows fail too hard at protecting their shit. Sony wins.

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  17. heard of apple tv before, just never sure what it was/did.. might have to check it out - especially if its gunna be gettin' some homebrew

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  18. xD Didn't know anyone uses Apple TV

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  19. This is awesome!

    I wish I had one.

    Cool post!

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  20. It seems that no matter how hard Apple tries, there's always crafty individuals who bypass these restrictions.

    And of course, it's legal to jailbreak your devices now. Dem apples.

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  21. Lol, jailbreaking is so easy nowadays...

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  22. Applefail
    who needs the apple tv ? lol

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