[edwingoh]

I read on the ATV2 FAQ that iOS 4.4 is needed for Eden, true?

I have always been apprehensive on upgrading the iOS in case of breaking compatibility with XBMC.

[Jester]

I read on the ATV2 FAQ that iOS 4.4 is needed for Eden, true?

I have always been apprehensive on upgrading the iOS in case of breaking compatibility with XBMC.

thats wrong, where did you read that as thats NOT in the FAQ

Apple TV 2 specific requirements

Shortcuts: #ATV2_requirements, #Requirements

To install XBMC for iOS you must have a jailbroken Apple TV 2 with software version 4.1 to 4.4. See here to find out what version you are currently running.

[canadave]

thats wrong, where did you read that as thats NOT in the FAQ

Actually, that "To install XBMC for iOS you must have a jailbroken Apple TV 2 with software version 4.1 to 4.4" phrase is a bit unclear from an English standpoint. "Software version", singular, followed by numbers, implies there's one particular version that will work. Since 4.4 is the highest number, some people might assume that's the only correct version (and that the "4.1 and" is some kind of leftover typo).

Slightly clearer might be to phrase it this way:
"To install XBMC for iOS, you must have a jailbroken Apple TV 2 that's running any Apple software version between 4.1 and 4.4."

[Ned Scott]

It's a wiki. If you can improve it then edit it.

[Jester]

Done

To install XBMC for iOS you must have a jailbroken Apple TV 2 that is running any iOS between versions 4.1 and 4.4.4

[bdee1]

I tried following the directions from the wiki (here). It always gets stuck on get 7 of the apt-get update.

Here is the putty session:

Code:

login as: root
[email protected]'s password:
Apple-TV:~ root# apt-get update
Get:1 http://dl.firecore.com  Release.gpg [287B]
Get:2 http://dl.firecore.com  Release [109B]
Get:3 http://cydia.zodttd.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Get:4 http://apt.thebigboss.org stable Release.gpg [197B]
Ign http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Release.gpg
Get:5 http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58 Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://nitosoft.com  Release.gpg
Get:6 http://apt.thebigboss.org stable Release [384B]
Get:7 http://cydia.zodttd.com stable Release [1616B]
Get:8 http://apt.modmyi.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://dl.firecore.com  Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://apt.awkwardtv.org stable Release.gpg
Get:9 http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58 Release [622B]
Hit http://nitosoft.com  Release
Ign http://apt.thebigboss.org stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:10 http://cydia.zodttd.com stable/main Packages/DiffIndex [3756B]
Hit http://apt.awkwardtv.org stable Release
Ign http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:11 http://dl.firecore.com  Packages [3209B]
Ign http://nitosoft.com  Packages/DiffIndex
Get:12 http://apt.thebigboss.org stable/main Packages [852kB]
Get:13 http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58/main Packages [24.2kB]
Get:14 http://cydia.zodttd.com stable/main Packages [1327kB]
Hit http://nitosoft.com  Packages
Hit http://apt.awkwardtv.org stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Release
Ign http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Packages/DiffIndex
Get:15 http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Packages [527B]
Ign http://apt.modmyi.com stable Release
Get:16 http://apt.modmyi.com stable/main Packages/DiffIndex [3777B]
Get:17 http://apt.modmyi.com stable/main Packages [1806kB]
99% [12 Packages bzip2 0B]
99% [12 Packages bzip2 0B]^[[C
99% [12 Packages bzip2 0B]ls
99% [12 Packages bzip2 0B]^C
Apple-TV:~ root# apt-get update
Hit http://apt.thebigboss.org stable Release.gpg
Hit http://apt.awkwardtv.org stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.firecore.com  Release.gpg
Hit http://apt.thebigboss.org stable Release
Hit http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58 Release.gpg
Ign http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Release.gpg
Hit http://apt.awkwardtv.org stable Release
Hit http://dl.firecore.com  Release
Hit http://cydia.zodttd.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://nitosoft.com  Release.gpg
Ign http://apt.thebigboss.org stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58 Release
Ign http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Release
Ign http://dl.firecore.com  Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://apt.awkwardtv.org stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://cydia.zodttd.com stable Release
Hit http://nitosoft.com  Release
Ign http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://dl.firecore.com  Packages
Get:1 http://apt.saurik.com ios/550.58/main Packages [24.2kB]
Ign http://nitosoft.com  Packages/DiffIndex
Get:2 http://mirrors.xbmc.org ./ Packages [527B]
Hit http://cydia.zodttd.com stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://nitosoft.com  Packages
Get:3 http://cydia.zodttd.com stable/main Packages [1327kB]
Get:4 http://apt.thebigboss.org stable/main Packages [852kB]
Get:5 http://apt.modmyi.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Get:6 http://apt.modmyi.com stable Release [1331B]
Hit http://apt.modmyi.com stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:7 http://apt.modmyi.com stable/main Packages [1806kB]
99% [4 Packages bzip2 0B]

It always gets to this same point and then just hangs. It has been sitting at this spot for almost 12 hours. am I doing something wrong?

[bfly]

FWIW, I am having the same issue(s). I bought a new ATV yesterday for a friend and ran into the same issue. I started from scratch many times in an attempt to see where the problem lay. If I installed XBMC from Cydia I got a 'Frontrow app md5sum is unknown, not patching' error and wound up with no XBMC button. The last attempt was as follows:

1) Clean Seas0nPass install
2) apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
3) Installed NitoTV
4) Installed XBMC from NitoTV
<at this point everything worked>
5) apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
<no Lowtide/AppleTV>

On my ATV, which works fine and is running Eden, there are two updates available:

mobilesubstrate
uikittools

I am reluctant to upgrade them in case they are the one responsible for the failure of Lowtide/AppleTV to launch after a reboot.

[Anastrophe]

same here...oh, hang on, it looks like it will update anyway....

Code:

Get:1 [url]http://apt.modmyi.com[/url] stable Release.gpg [189B]
Err [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com[/url] stable Release.gpg
  Host Unreachable
Ign [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com[/url] stable Release
Ign [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com[/url] stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com[/url] stable/main Packages
Ign [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com[/url] stable/main Packages
Err [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com[/url] stable/main Packages
  Cached Failure
Ign [url]http://apt.modmyi.com[/url] stable Release
Ign [url]http://apt.modmyi.com[/url] stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign [url]http://apt.modmyi.com[/url] stable/main Packages
Ign [url]http://apt.modmyi.com[/url] stable/main Packages
Err [url]http://apt.modmyi.com[/url] stable/main Packages
  Cached Failure
Fetched 189B in 3min 28s (1B/s)
W: Failed to fetch [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com/repo/cydia/dists/stable/Release.gpg[/url]  Host Unreachable

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://cydia.zodttd.com/repo/cydia/dists/stable/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/Packages.gz[/url]  Cached Failure

W: Failed to fetch [url]http://apt.modmyi.com/dists/stable/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/Packages.gz[/url]  Cached Failure

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Apple-TV:~ root# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  com.nito.nitotv cydia
The following packages will be upgraded:
  mobilesubstrate org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 uikittools
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 41.2MB of archives.
After this operation, 16.4kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 [url]http://mirrors.xbmc.org[/url] ./ org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 11.0-0~b1 [41.1MB]
Get:2 [url]http://apt.saurik.com[/url] tangelo-3.7/main uikittools 1.1.3 [14.3kB]
Get:3 [url]http://apt.saurik.com[/url] tangelo-3.7/main mobilesubstrate 0.9.3993 [82.7kB]
Fetched 41.2MB in 1min 49s (375kB/s)
(Reading database ... 4413 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace uikittools 1.1.0 (using .../uikittools_1.1.3_iphoneos-arm.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement uikittools ...
Setting up uikittools (1.1.3) ...
(Reading database ... 4414 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mobilesubstrate 0.9.3901 (using .../mobilesubstrate_0.9.3993_iphoneos-arm.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mobilesubstrate ...
Preparing to replace org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 10.0-9 (using .../org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-0~b1_iphoneos-arm.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 ...
Setting up mobilesubstrate (0.9.3993) ...
Setting up org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 (11.0-0~b1) ...

..scrap that - I noticed some updates were being held back so did a..

Code:

The following packages have been kept back:
  com.nito.nitotv cydia
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Apple-TV:~ root# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bigboss cydia-sources modmyifone zodttd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cydia-lproj debianutils org.thebigboss.repo.icons
The following packages will be upgraded:
  com.nito.nitotv cydia
2 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

now upon reboot all I get is an apple logo and then my screen keeps reporting HDMI1 and then 720p/50Hz before going blank and starting all over again.

[BluFoot]

I'm having the exact same problem, have re-jailbreaked 5 times already! Somebody please help!

[edwingoh]

thats wrong, where did you read that as thats NOT in the FAQ

Ah, "To install XBMC for iOS you must have a jailbroken Apple TV 2 with software version 4.1 to 4.4. See here to find out what version you are currently running."

I think the word "between" should be inserted before "4.1" then. Either that, we can rephrase the wiki to "software version of at least 4.1". Thanks Jester.

[edwingoh]

Ah, "To install XBMC for iOS you must have a jailbroken Apple TV 2 with software version 4.1 to 4.4. See here to find out what version you are currently running."

I think the word "between" should be inserted before "4.1" then. Either that, we can rephrase the wiki to "software version of at least 4.1". Thanks Jester.

Ignore my previous post, I realized my news is dated by the later posts.

[mailforkev]

Same problem here, updated to Eden last night and now XBMC is missing.

Tried reinstalling it there but no joy.

I notice a few errors in the Terminal text during upgrading, linked to below.

http://pastebin.com/4jEXFFvV

Any help much appreciated.

[maxsql]

Since its being discussed in somewhat way: is iOS 5 (4.4 and so on still experimental in Eden?)
In know for a fact that XBMC works great in iOS 4

But the iOS 5 jailbreak is around the corner...
I'd love to finally also use the AirPlay mirroring

[RW2112]

NVM - I found my screwup, helps to type the correct line in...LOL

[noodlenoggan]

I updated mine via nitotv by simply removing then reinstalling xbmc.