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Not sure if this is related, but my ATV2 is also rebooting in an endless loop when it is connected to the network (wired or wireless). I can stop it by blocking access to the internet. At first I thought it was XBMC (I had direct boot) but even after removing that, the ATV2 reboots to it's own menu every ~5 seconds.
I've confirmed that all upgrade blocks were installed correctly, so I'm not sure what else this could be. It just started happening in the last few days. I know this is the XMBC forum, and I'm pretty sure this is unrelated, but I'm not sure where else to look.
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syslog (140MB) is large - is there a portion that you want, or all of it? Grabbing others now.
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Cyp -
Yup - identical, with the same work around being effective. I agree that it's not a full reboot (thankfully, otherwise I wouldn't be able to SSH). Also, I can confirm this happens both wired or wireless, and started happening about 1wk ago.
Big problem with the work around is that none of the scrappers will work. Can't get the media info for new movies I put on, and also can't use Pandora/other streaming services.
I'm going to try the suggestion of starting from scratch today (clean JB), and I'll let you know how it goes. I don't like jumping to that as I'd like to know the cause, but if it works I'll be happy.
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One of my two ATV2's started doing that same thing the other day. Like y'all, it would start to boot, but never complete. Alternating between apple logo, hdmi screen, and black screen. The white light on the ATV2 DID still respond to clicks on the remote, but nothing showed on the screen. A Couple of times I saw just a FLASH of the ATV2 menu, but could never get to it. I also figured that it had to be some kind of issue in connecting with my network. I wound up rebooting my router, and doing a force restart of the ATV2. Maybe I just got lucky, but I was finally able to get the frontend menu, and it has been fine ever since.
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After a clean jailbreak, things are working fine again. I'm not sure the cause of the problem, but that did fix it...
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having the same problem, tried with and without xbmc boot,
the problem is the following, i use xbmc, then leave, 1 or 2 days, then whrn i use it again no xbmc image on the tv anymore,
BUT it seems XBMC is still active because i have Command Fusion Iviewer with XBMC plugin (on ipad) and i still can control XBMC, browse library, start a movie, ... everyting but no image on the tv. I do sometime have sound.
So concusion: XBMC is not crashed, but it doesn't output any image and mostly no sound.
what i have to do
Without XBMC booter, unplug ATV, replug, wait, frontrow loads, then start xbmc, and it is ok agai for some time
With XBMC booter, unplug ATV, replug, wait, some times XBMC boots sometime not, sultion unplug again until it works.
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any other people with this issue?
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2012-04-22, 16:53
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-22, 17:02 by allenbina.)
I also just started having this problem yesterday. I'm not sure if one of my room mates changed any settings, but it appears that its just coming from nowhere. I was using the wired internet, when I unplugged the restarting would stop. I thought it might be a grounding issue and tried connecting with wireless and now it won't stop at all unless my wireless router is unplugged. I'm going to try a reset and reply with the results.
edit: performed a reset from the atv2 in the general settings. plugged it back in and the same thing keeps happening. I am able to access it through ssh without interruption so I believe only the front end is restarting but I'm no expert. I'm going to try a full restore through itunes and see how it goes.
