Apple TV (2nd Generation)
As the Apple TV (2nd generation) is the first to have operating system based on a version of iOS. Developers have applied iOS jailbreaking to install additional software on this model of Apple TV. This is accomplished by downloading the Apple TV's firmware from Apple's servers, then using a custom firmware application like Seas0nPass or PwnageTool to create a custom firmware. Users then connect their Apple TV to iTunes, place the Apple TV in DFU mode, and restore the custom firmware to the Apple TV. This custom firmware provides SSH support to the device where users may use APT to install software to the device, or a GUI version similar to Cydia called NitoTV which includes access to software drivers to enable the built-in Bluetooth functions. Currently there is a limited amount of Apple TV compatible software, however on January 20, 2011, the XBMC team released the first official version of XBMC Media Center for this second generation device. A recent limited thin client release of Plex Media Center has also been released. In February 2011, Greenpois0n RC6 brought full untethered jailbreak support for Apple TV (2nd generation) on iOS 4.2.1 with a simpler jailbreak method than Seas0nPass or PwnageTool.
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