This comes as a breather for Apple TV users especially for ATV 3rd gen users. The motley crew of iOS hackers Baa, roidy and f00b4r have developed a clever hack that goes by the name of PlexConnect, which simply allows you to run Plex media center on your Apple TV without having to jailbreak your device. Since there has been no working jailbreak solution for the ATV3 since the last year, the hack will be immensely useful for many of you. Hit the jump for the installation instructions of the hack.
The Firecore Dev Team, the developers of the flagship Apple TV jailbreak tool Seas0npass have updated it to version 0.9.2 beta with an in-built iFaith SHSH blobs dumping feature. Now, you can save your SHSH blobs from Apple TV 2nd generation and use them to restore to an older firmware as and when required. This feature really comes in handy whenever Apple stops signing a previous firmware version. So, what are you waiting for, hit the jump and download the latest version.
All those who have updated to their Apple TV to 5.2.1 firmware have a reason to rejoice as Firecore Dev Team have updated seas0npass tool to jailbreak the Apple TV tethered. As we told you earlier, Apple TV 5.2.1 firmware killed and completely patched all the security exploits used by evasi0n that were required to jailbreak the Apple TV untethered. This comes in handy if you are a regular user of the new Hulu Plus app. Hit the jump to download latest version of seas0npass below.
Apple has released the new iOS 5.2.1 firmware version for the Apple TV for Apple TV 2G and 3G. The changelog includes security patches, improved performance and support for the redesigned Hulu Plus app. The Apple TV 5.2.1 firmware patches the security exploits used by the seas0npass untethered jailbreak which was based on the evasi0n jailbreak. So if you have a jailbroken Apple TV just keep your hands off of this update else you will lose your jailbreak for sure. Read more to take a sneak peek of the Hulu Plus app.
Two days ago, we told you that the new tweaked Apple TV 3,2 comes with a die-shrunk A5 chip instead of an A5X chip. Chipworks has examined the new Apple TV 3,2 and confirmed that the smaller A5 chip has been manufactured by Samsung. This chip measures just 6mm by 6mm and is reportedly being used by Apple as a test for its new low-cost iPhone. See the pictures of the new die-shrunk A5 chip after the jump.
Much intel was leaked about a whole new device marked as AppleTV3,2 when the firmware update for the Apple TV (5.2) was rolled out by Apple. Surprisingly, this revamped device is now released and selling on every Apple Store as well. Our friends over at MacRumors have already got their hands on one of the new Apple TV 3,2 device and have found that it actually contains a die-shrunk A5 chip instead of an A5X processor. Hit the jump for the photo of this new tweaked Apple TV third-generation.
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