Apple TV os 2.3 and OpenELEC
#1
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Can I boot to OpenELEC from a USB key while my Apple TV still has os 2.3 installed?

I disabled auto-update on my Apple TV and don't know how to re-enable it. I didn't realize that would also disable the manual update. I have XBMC 11.0 installed, but I can't use it until I update the os. Thanks in advance.
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#2
Yes. You can also safely update the native ATV OS to the latest (I think it's 3.2) and then redo the patchstick (see ATV1 FAQ (wiki)).
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#3
Thanks. I asked because the wiki had that warning:

Quote: Warning Before installing a Linux-based OS, you will want to make sure that your ATV1 has been updated to the original ATV OS 3.0.2

BTW, actually I can't update the ATV os because in 2008 I did this:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=40744

If I can't figure out how to undo that, I'll try to figure out how to backup my user data and then reset the ATV and start from scratch.
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#4
Use the restore option, update, and then re-patchstick ("jailbreak") the ATV1
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#5
Thanks, Ned. I tried to re-enable updates using the gui first. It worked. So, the gui must disable updates the same way as the command line approach does, by editing the /etc/hosts file to point the ATV to look for updates in the wrong place. It's a lot easier to do in the gui than by doing the SSH tunnel and using nano in the command line.

Once I got the software update, but my XBMC launcher was gone, so I had to re-patchstick the ATV anyway. Oh, well, can't win them all...

Now, I am able to launch Eden, but it always quits on me when I'm in the main menu. The workaround is to quickly get a video started. I can usually get to a video if I'm fast enough, and it doesn't quit once the video starts. I guess this problem belongs in another thread. Meanwhile, I'm very glad that I can play videos again. Thanks for your help.

Neil
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#6
Weird
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#7
So, I take it that isn't a common problem?
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#8
Well, if it's crashing I would think it would crash if you started a video or not. So one it's odd that it's crashing, and two it's odd that playing a video stops it from crashing. Post a debug log (wiki). Even though it's Eden and there's not much we can do for Eden now, it might be something simple like a corrupt file that can be easily fixed.
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