Help with Putty needed

jd2157 Wrote:Generally the best way to test is by ssh'ing to the ATV2. If the connection is refused then the ssh daemon isn't running which typically means it's not jailbroken.

As for Seas0npass not working, there's a good chance you have some incorrect entries in your hosts file... likely left there by Tiny Umbrella. You can edit the hosts file directly (can't recall it's exact location, windows/system32/drivers/etc maybe) or there's an option in TU to leave the hosts file alone.

Another option is to manually download the latest IPSW file from iclarified.com and Shift-click the Create IPSW so it'll let you manually select the IPSW file (i.e. SP won't have to download itself).

The JB faq has all the common jailbreak mistakes listed... try to rule them all out... haven't found a case yet where folks couldn't get SP to work eventually.

We're getting a little off-topic so I'll move the thread for now... we can continue over in the other forum though until you get jailbroken.

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Thanks a million. greenpois0n had indeed failed to jailbreak my device. seas0npass worked with the IPSW from iclarified and I've now ssh'd into my ATV and got XBMC on it (now I just have to figure out how to populate my library/sources). If only the guys at FireCore had told me to simply download the IPSW manually. Would have saved me a day of headscratching. Thanks a lot for the advice, it's greatly appreciated.

Glad to hear it worked out. Ran into the Tiny Umbrella issue today on my brother's ATV2. Couldn't believe it but the fact that TU was configured to "Set Hosts to Cydia..." was preventing him from putting the ATV2 into DFU mode.

Once I changed the setting he was able to put it into DFU no problem.