How to Jailbreak Your Apple TV Running tvOS Using LiberTV (Mac)

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your Apple TV running tvOS using liberTV.

This jailbreak currently supports any fourth generation Apple TV running tvOS 9.1 to 10.1. Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, or RSS for updates.


Step One
Download the latest liberTV jailbreak IPA from here and Cydia Impactor from here and save them to a folder on your Mac.




Step Two
Double click to open the Impactor dmg.


Step Three
Drag and drop the Impactor app onto the Applications folder shortcut.


Step Four
Launch Impactor from your Applications folder. Click Open if asked to confirm.


Step Five
Plug in the power cable and connect your Apple TV to your computer via USB.

Drag and drop the liberTV IPA downloaded earlier into the Cydia Impactor app.


Step Six
You will be asked to enter your Apple ID and password. This is only used to sign the IPA, letting it run on your device.




Step Seven
Cydia Impactor will sign the IPA and install the new liberTV jailbreak app on your device.


Step Eight
Disconnect the Apple TV from your computer and connect it to your TV using HDMI then launch the liberTV app.


Step Nine
Scroll down and click the Do it! button. Advanced users may customize the jailbreak options by toggling each item.


Step Ten
The KERN PROC and slide will be shown. Click OK to continue.


Step Eleven
You'll be notified that the jailbreak may not succeed on the first attempt. Click the Live Dangerously button.


Step Twelve
LiberTV will attempt to jailbreak your device. If it fails you'll be kicked back to the main menu to try the process again.


Step Thirteen
After many attempts, it took us at least 10, your device will be jailbroken!


Step Fourteen
You can now SSH into your device using its IP address, the user 'root', and the password 'alpine'. Once logged it, you should change the root password.




A big thanks to Jonathan Levin, Luca Todesco, Marco Grassi and everyone else who had a hand in creating this jailbreak.

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