My living room appleTV froze on YouTube (seriously, terrible app) and just wouldn't unfreeze. It took the whole tvOS down with it, so I held the back and home buttons on the remote until it forced a reboot. The apple logo appeared on the TV and I saw the blinking LED on the front but it wasn't the same blinking the entire time. It looked like after blinking evenly for a few seconds, it would do some kind of morse code, then resume the even blinking.
After a few minutes, the Home Screen appeared, but then immediately disappeared and it went back to a black screen and the flashing morse code LED again. After a several minutes of this, I unplugged everything and plugged it all back in. It just would not come back.
So I took it to the Apple Store and they were at first confused that there was no recovery USB port, then eventually told me it just wasn't fixable and I would have to buy a new one, which I reluctantly did. But I still dont think this is completely dead. The way its repeating that morse code LED flash tells me there's something in there still working and I really think refreshing it would fix it but I just can't find a way to flash this thing without that USB port. Has anybody torn down and hacked these things?
After a few minutes, the Home Screen appeared, but then immediately disappeared and it went back to a black screen and the flashing morse code LED again. After a several minutes of this, I unplugged everything and plugged it all back in. It just would not come back.
So I took it to the Apple Store and they were at first confused that there was no recovery USB port, then eventually told me it just wasn't fixable and I would have to buy a new one, which I reluctantly did. But I still dont think this is completely dead. The way its repeating that morse code LED flash tells me there's something in there still working and I really think refreshing it would fix it but I just can't find a way to flash this thing without that USB port. Has anybody torn down and hacked these things?
