As mentioned earlier, yesterday Apple TV 4 received a new jailbreak version featuring the semi-untethered liberTV jailbreak, which is quite noteworthy in the realm of Apple hardware hacking. The jailbreak works seamlessly for all Apple TV 4 devices running tvOS 10.0 to 10.1, focusing more on developers than regular users. This marks a significant milestone and lays the groundwork embraced by those genuinely needing to jailbreak Apple TV.
Currently, Apple TV still remains relatively unfamiliar to many users. However, for those utilizing Apple TV products, jailbreaking is as crucial as jailbreaking other iOS devices. Therefore, today Mytour will introduce and guide you on successfully liberTV jailbreaking Apple TV 4 with simple steps.
Requirements:
- Apple TV 4 running tvOS 10.0-10.1 (version for tvOS 9.1 will be updated later, tvOS 10.1.1 currently cannot be jailbroken).
- A USB Type-C cable.
- A TV set.
- A computer running Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system.
- Jailbreak liberTV and Cydia Impactor applications.
Step-by-step guide to successfully jailbreak Apple TV 4 with liberTV 100%.
Step 1: Connect your Apple TV 4 to your computer via a USB Type-C cable.
Step 6: Cydia Impactor will now proceed to install the jailbreak app on your Apple TV 4. Once the installation process is complete, disconnect your Apple TV from the computer and connect it to your TV using an HDMI cable.
Step 7: The liberTV app should now be visible on your TV screen. Use the Remote or mouse click to launch the app.
Step 8: The app interface appears, choose the options you wish to use to Jailbreak your Apple TV. You can activate all features for full functionality or select the features that best suit your needs.
Step 9: Press Do it! after selecting your desired features, the app will attempt to jailbreak the device.
Step 10: At this point, there are 2 scenarios that may occur:
Scenario 1: Your device will indicate a failed jailbreak process and will restart on its own. If this happens, simply return to the liberTV app and restart the jailbreak process from the beginning.
Scenario 2: Your device will report a successful jailbreak. Now you can SSH into your device with Dropbear, sideload apps…
- Note
nitoTV is not updated and may cause serious issues. Please wait for an update before attempting to download and use it.Jailbreak is currently in a semi-untethered version, so you will need to reuse the liberTV apps after each usage cycle of your Apple TV.
So above is the entire process that Mytour guides you on how to successfully jailbreak Apple TV4 with liberTV easily. In addition, with other Apple devices like the iPhone being quite popular nowadays, upgrading the operating system is inevitable as more and more apps in the future will not be compatible with older versions. To upgrade to the latest iOS version, you can refer to the article on how to upgrade to iOS 10.2 quickly. Wish you all success.