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Hi,
I have read the "sticky" tutorial on Apple TV2, and I'd like to get such a device from Amazon, the question is: if I buy a new one, how likely is it that I receive one with a firmware that cannot be jailbreaked untethered? Or can all current versions be downgraded or flashed to an untethered jailbreak?
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There's really no possible way anyone can know that without working at Amazon.
A tethered jailbreak for the ATV2 isn't bad. Originally that's all we had and it was still very usable, and that was back when we had a lot more crashes. We'll get an untethered jailbreak for the newer iOS/ATV2 software eventually.
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DejaVu
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If it comes with 4.4.x, which to be honest is unlikely since 4.4.x is quite a new release and chances are you will get a 4.3 as I did seeing as Amazon are more likely to sell older stock first.
Worst case scenario is to borrow a laptop/netbook from someone for 20 minutes if you do not own one to tether JB.
4.4.x will be JB'd soon enough anyway.
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There's really no possible way anyone can know that without working at Amazon.
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davilla
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Which version you have on the atv2 when shipped is irrelevant, you still have to pull shsh blobs to jailbreak and you can only pull them if Apple is still signing them.
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U can only downgrade if apple are still signing iOS 4.3. After iOS 4 came out I upgraded to test out the airplay mirroring but was still able to downgrade and jailbreak a week later. Check firecore forums to see if you can still downgrade
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Can you downgrade from 4.4 to 4.3 using seasonpass? Anyone know 100%? Thanks
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Thanks for the info. So we wont be able to jailbreak untethered when apple stop signing 4.3?
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Save your SHSH blobs today with Tiny Umbrella and you'll always be able to go back to 4.3 on your current device. Once Apple stops signing 4.3 we'll have to wait for an untethered 4.4.x jailbreak to be released.
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Save blobs for each device or just once? Im getting 3 devices.
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You need to save SHSH blobs for each iOS device you have that you want to be able to jailbreak.
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So you save blobs before I downgrade?