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Nobody's broken the AppleTV v3 yet, despite v2s going for well above original sale price on Ebay due to their hackability. Sometimes the difficulty/payoff ratio

by mjg59 14y ago

Nobody's broken the AppleTV v3 yet, despite v2s going for well above original sale price on Ebay due to their hackability. Sometimes the difficulty/payoff ratio isn't sufficient for anyone to find a flaw. (Or maybe everyone who could produce a jailbreak for the v3s is engaged in a lucrative business selling v2s on Ebay)

akavlie 14y ago
Thanks for letting us know! They're going for $164+ on Amazon.com (my selling venue of choice -- eBay is too much trouble). Looks like I'll get an upgrade and extra cash for my v2, as I'm not interested in hacking.
Xuzz 14y ago
The reason the Apple TV 3 hasn't been jailbroken is because it provides a tiny attack surface. There's no web browser to exploit, and there's no iTunes syncing. So even when exploits have been found in various parts of iOS, most of those parts either don't exist or inaccessible on the Apple TV.
- killahpriest 14y ago
  As chpwn, are you still involved in the jailbreak community? (btw sent from the news:yc app).
jmspring 14y ago
I understand the desire to hack and tweak. That said, for my household, AppleTV is about the wife and I being able to watch Netflix, homeshare pictures and (more important) movies with minimal hassle. Hadn't realized AppleTV v2 had a market. Tempted to upgrade and make some cash.
- zatara 14y ago
  Jailbreak, install XBMC and use your iPhone/iPad as a remote. You can thank me later.
  - Arelius 14y ago
    So, for a very long time, I had an XBMC box setup on my projector, got a AppleTV, pretty quickly stopped using the XBMC machine, and now I've since repurposed the machine as a Steam Big Picture box, (Which sadly won't run on an XBMC Apple TV) Out of curiosity, what functionality in XBMC do you find particularly worthwhile?
    - AndrewDucker 14y ago
      Wider format compatibility - ATV doesn't support AVI, and won't play direct from either UPNP or SMB.
      - Arelius 14y ago
        That's a fine reason.
    - nodata 14y ago
      mkv?
haberman 14y ago
A shame too, because AppleTV 3 is a beautiful piece of hardware. Would be the ideal tiny ARM server if only I could get Linux to run on it.

by mjg59 14y ago

akavlie 14y ago

Thanks for letting us know! They're going for $164+ on Amazon.com (my selling venue of choice -- eBay is too much trouble). Looks like I'll get an upgrade and extra cash for my v2, as I'm not interested in hacking.

Xuzz 14y ago

The reason the Apple TV 3 hasn't been jailbroken is because it provides a tiny attack surface. There's no web browser to exploit, and there's no iTunes syncing. So even when exploits have been found in various parts of iOS, most of those parts either don't exist or inaccessible on the Apple TV.

killahpriest 14y ago
As chpwn, are you still involved in the jailbreak community? (btw sent from the news:yc app).

jmspring 14y ago

I understand the desire to hack and tweak. That said, for my household, AppleTV is about the wife and I being able to watch Netflix, homeshare pictures and (more important) movies with minimal hassle. Hadn't realized AppleTV v2 had a market. Tempted to upgrade and make some cash.

zatara 14y ago
Jailbreak, install XBMC and use your iPhone/iPad as a remote. You can thank me later.
- Arelius 14y ago
  So, for a very long time, I had an XBMC box setup on my projector, got a AppleTV, pretty quickly stopped using the XBMC machine, and now I've since repurposed the machine as a Steam Big Picture box, (Which sadly won't run on an XBMC Apple TV) Out of curiosity, what functionality in XBMC do you find particularly worthwhile?
  - AndrewDucker 14y ago
    Wider format compatibility - ATV doesn't support AVI, and won't play direct from either UPNP or SMB.
    - Arelius 14y ago
      That's a fine reason.
  - nodata 14y ago
    mkv?

haberman 14y ago

A shame too, because AppleTV 3 is a beautiful piece of hardware. Would be the ideal tiny ARM server if only I could get Linux to run on it.