2011-07-28, 21:00
Yesterday I decided to try out the weather app so I can see my local weather from frontrow. It installed fine. I configured it to show my local weather fine. XBMC started fine. Everything was fine until I tried to exit from XBMC. That's when the shit hit the fan. I pressed and held the menu button to exit XBMC. The screen flashed and then nothing. ATV2 blinks for ~20 seconds, the TV flashes, then the ATV2 reboots. No apple logo on the screen, nothing.
I removed the power cord. Plugged the power back in and still no joy. Blink, screen flash, reboot. Did this a couple of times, but still no joy.
My next step is I'll just restore it. Re-jail break it and I'll be on my merry way. Grabbed my micro USB cable, plugged it into my laptop and nothing. In the past, iTunes would automatically launch but not this time. I manually launched iTunes, thinking someone changed the auto launch setting in iTunes. Launched iTunes and nothing. iTunes does not see the ATV2. Tried another micro USB cable. Nothing. Tried another computer, nothing. Tried putting into DFU mode. Nothing. Downloaded tinyumbrella thinking I could get in that way. Nothing. All I get is white light blinking, a screen flash, then reboot.
This thing is truly bricked. Aside from what I've done above, anyone got any other suggestions?
I removed the power cord. Plugged the power back in and still no joy. Blink, screen flash, reboot. Did this a couple of times, but still no joy.
My next step is I'll just restore it. Re-jail break it and I'll be on my merry way. Grabbed my micro USB cable, plugged it into my laptop and nothing. In the past, iTunes would automatically launch but not this time. I manually launched iTunes, thinking someone changed the auto launch setting in iTunes. Launched iTunes and nothing. iTunes does not see the ATV2. Tried another micro USB cable. Nothing. Tried another computer, nothing. Tried putting into DFU mode. Nothing. Downloaded tinyumbrella thinking I could get in that way. Nothing. All I get is white light blinking, a screen flash, then reboot.
This thing is truly bricked. Aside from what I've done above, anyone got any other suggestions?