AppleTV 2 (black) (solved) stuck on date setting after shortage

sprazzi · 2012-05-06 20:47

After a power blackout my ATV2 is now stuck at the initial date/hour setting, with the spinning asterisk...
Anyone experienced the same? Any solution?
thanks

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apparently is a bug in ios firmare (in 4.3 at least)
I found a solution, keep it in mind if it should happen to you:

"Press Menu and the Back arrow at the same time until a broken chain icon appears on the top left of the screen.

Let them go....

Press Menu and Right arrow (forward arrow) until a "fixed" or "whole" chain appears.

This enabled my apple tv to once again respond and get off the "setting time and date" "

cheers.

**Memphiz** · 2012-05-06 23:52

hitting menu once also skips that time screen - its a know issue on ios that it sometimes get stuck there...

sprazzi · 2012-05-07 13:11

(2012-05-06 23:52)Memphiz Wrote: hitting menu once also skips that time screen - its a know issue on ios that it sometimes get stuck there...

yes and no on my side... actually pressing MENU could skip that sceen but the remote wasn't working...
I shall add that I had to set my date-time via SSH (date -s HH:MM date -s YYYY/MM/DD) to fully restore it.

By the way: now I miss the Youtube icon in Video home ?!?

deanmv · 2012-05-07 15:09

Check our location settings are correct in frontrow settings and YouTube might come back.

sprazzi · 2012-05-07 17:29

(2012-05-07 15:09)deanmv Wrote: Check our location settings are correct in frontrow settings and YouTube might come back.

dont know how to do that?!?

deanmv · 2012-05-07 17:44

Settings > General > store? I think. I'll check when at home as that's off the top of my head.

sprazzi · 2012-05-07 17:45

(2012-05-07 17:44)deanmv Wrote: Settings > General > store? I think. I'll check when at home as that's off the top of my head.

shall I repair settings as well?
like in :"Repair settings

Shortcuts: #Settings, #repair_settings

Settings or sources not stored and updates are failing? This can happen when the setting xml files are manipulated outside XBMC. Connect to your iPad/ATV2 as root using an ssh client and repair file permissions.

Run the following SSH command on the iPad/ATV2:

chown -R mobile:mobile /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/"

mjgillen · 2013-02-20 06:14

"Press Menu and the Back arrow at the same time until a broken chain icon appears on the top left of the screen. "

Fixed my issue just now with ATV2 running 4.4.4 (3330)

Kinda funny to see that old UI again. Looks so naked.

alvin7982 · 2013-03-23 00:36

:)awesome write up...had this problem today,took only a minute to get back up and running,thanks Sprazzi

Memphiz Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 7,665 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 91 Location: germany	2012-05-06 23:52 Post: #2 hitting menu once also skips that time screen - its a know issue on ios that it sometimes get stuck there... AppleTV2/iPhone/iPod: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much: click here HowTo setup NFS for XBMC: Wiki NFS HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf): Wiki Avahi READ THE IOS FAQ!: iOS FAQ
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deanmv Posting Freak Posts: 922 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 10 Location: UK	2012-05-07 15:09 Post: #4 Check our location settings are correct in frontrow settings and YouTube might come back. Set Up Raspberry Pi running Raspbmc - XBMC 12.2 40" Samsung ES6800 LED Smart 3D 1080P TV Onkyo HTS3405 5.1 DD True HD and DTS-HD Surround Sound ReadyNAS Duo with 4TB (2 x 2TB X-RAID) Western Digital Caviar Green using NFS
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sprazzi Junior Member Posts: 44 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-05-07 17:29 Post: #5 (2012-05-07 15:09)deanmv Wrote: Check our location settings are correct in frontrow settings and YouTube might come back. dont know how to do that?!?
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deanmv Posting Freak Posts: 922 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 10 Location: UK	2012-05-07 17:44 Post: #6 Settings > General > store? I think. I'll check when at home as that's off the top of my head. Set Up Raspberry Pi running Raspbmc - XBMC 12.2 40" Samsung ES6800 LED Smart 3D 1080P TV Onkyo HTS3405 5.1 DD True HD and DTS-HD Surround Sound ReadyNAS Duo with 4TB (2 x 2TB X-RAID) Western Digital Caviar Green using NFS
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mjgillen Junior Member Posts: 20 Joined: Feb 2013 Reputation: 0	2013-02-20 06:14 Post: #8 "Press Menu and the Back arrow at the same time until a broken chain icon appears on the top left of the screen. " Fixed my issue just now with ATV2 running 4.4.4 (3330) Kinda funny to see that old UI again. Looks so naked.
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alvin7982 Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: Mar 2013 Reputation: 0	2013-03-23 00:36 Post: #9 :)awesome write up...had this problem today,took only a minute to get back up and running,thanks Sprazzi
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