Power off the apple tv 1 and insert the usb drive patchstick. power on your apple tv 1 while holding the minus (down) key on the remote (not always required, but will force the atv to check usb) and wait for the picture of a penguin (tux) sitting on an apple tv 1.. Download and unzip. enclosed are a two batch files with associated disk images that are 7-zipped and a set of tools. these batch file can be used to create appletv patchstick disk images. the minimum usb flash drive supported is 256mb.. Does the new "gui-based apple tv patchstick creator 3.0 for windows [all 2.x and 3.x atv updates]" item available in the downloads section imply that there is also a new patchstick image for latest appletv firmware (3.0 and later)?.
Jailbreak apple tv original (1g) – atvusb-creator. create a folder called patchstick on your desktop, download atv-win from here, and place it into the folder. double click to open the atv-win-3.0.zip archive and drag the atv-win executable into the patchstick folder.. How to create a patchstick 3.0 from patchstick.ca for apple tv 2.4 and lower.. Hi. new to this, been asked to jailbreak an apple tv 1g. created the patchstick ok, took a few tries .. followed instructions to load patchstick on atv. it goes through the motions i.e you see all the code being inputted and it finishes . i assume it does not reboot of its own accord.. i then remove usb stick..