How to Jailbreak Apple TV 2G with PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac

The iPhone Dev Team has released the all new PwnageTool 4.1 for all idevices with iOS 4.1 & iOS 3.2.2. This jailbreak tool supports iPhone 4/ 3GS /3G and iPod Touch 4G / 3G and iPad and also the Apple TV 2G.

PwnageTool lets you jailbreak the 2nd generation Apple TV which in future will allow you to install third party apps from Cydia.

From the official blog:

AppleTV 2G users:  Welcome to the JB family!  Right now, about all you can do is command-line stuff via ssh.  You also have afc2 available, so you can use tools like ifunbox to move files around.  These are the *very* early days of AppleTV 2G jailbreaking, so it’ll take some time for JB app developers to come up with methods to use your AppleTV 2G from the remote, versus the command line.  PS: Your ssh password is “alpine”…please change it when you can

For iPhone, iPad, iPod touch jailbreak on iOS 4.1 using PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac follow the complete instructions posted here.

To jailbreak Apple TV 2G, download the below PwnageTool for Mac and iOS 4.1 firmware and save them to your desktop.

Download PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac
Download iOS 4.1 for Apple TV 2G

Follow the below instructions to jailbreak Apple TV 2G running on iOS 4.1 with PwnageTool 4.1.

Jailbreak Apple TV 2G running on iOS 4.1 with PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac

1. Start PwnageTool 4.1 and select Apple TV 2G model as shown in the screenshot below.

2. PwnageTool will now automatically detect the correct firmware for your Apple TV.

3. Click on Yes when you see any pop-up message.

4. Now PwnageTool will create the custom IPSW file for your Apple TV 2G which will be jailbroken.

5. Now its time to put the Apple TV into DFU mode. follow the steps to enter DFU mode:

• Connect your Apple TV with your Computer via microUSB.
• Now reboot your Apple TV by holding down Menu + Down buttons together for around 6 seconds.
• After reboot, immediately hold Menu + Play until you see the message in iTunes saying that Apple TV in recovery mode is detected.

6. Once your Apple TV 2G in DFU mode, next step is to restore your Apple TV 2G to the custom firmware 4.1 file.

7. Start iTunes, Hold down Option/Alt key on keyboard and click the Restore button in iTunes.

8. Now, go to the location for your custom firmware 4.1 file, Select the custom .ipsw file and click on Open.

9. Now sit back and just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 4.1 on your Apple TV 2G. After the installation is done, your Apple TV 2G will restart automatically.

Than you should now have a jailbroken Apple TV with full root access, running on iOS 4.1.