How to jailbreak tvOS 26.1 with palera1n

tvos-tso-jbg.txt

THIS WILL NOT WORK ON 26.2 -- apple changed the kernel so you'll have to wait till pongoOS is updated.

I tried on a freshly formatted 26.2 tv and the kernel panicked every time. It was a 32GB Apple TV 4th generation

You will need standard build tools installed on your mac, or linux computer
The things inside the ` ` is what you need to run, dont run the quotes themselves

I then tried on another 26.1 64gb 4th generation and had success the following way

reset everything on your apple tv before hand. if you will use apple configurator it will do it automatically. otherwise fakefs may fill the drive and you will have to recover somehow, it will take around 10 minutes to boot

run `git clone https://github.com/palera1n/PongoOS.git`

run `git checkout ee8ad2d` -- this is a special commit to the apple tv branch to fix 26.1
then run `git pul`

run `make all`

download the latest release of palera1n from the releases tab for your pc, rename it to just palera1n
move it to your pongo os folder after it's built and run `sudo chmod +x palera1n` 

do this next part only if you've already reset all settings
run `./palera1n -f --force-revert` and put into dfu mode... if you will get stuck on 'booting pongoOS' use ctrl-c and run the same command again

thanks to @m-rot for figuring this next part out

once you've set up your apple tv we can begin the jailbreak

`./palera1n --override-pongo build/Pongo.bin --override-kpf build/checkra1n-kpf-pongo --fakefs --setup-fakefs`

again, if it gets stuck on booting pongoOS, use ctrl-c and re run
now BE PATEINT. if you reset the tv before, it shouldnt get stuck, and will reboot to recovery in my expereince in 8 minutes

if it does get stuck, like for more than 20 minutes, unplug your apple tv and plug it back in, fake fs failed
hopefully you will still be able to get back to the homescreen, i was atleast

you will now be back at the warning symbol (recovery screen)
from now on you will only have to run this command to boot your apple tv to a jailbroken state, you dont have to recreate fs every time

run `./palera1n --override-pongo build/Pongo.bin --override-kpf build/checkra1n-kpf-pongo --fakefs`

you might have to use the ctrl-c trick again (i always do every time because i use a c-to-c cable, they have this issue)

you should now boot to jailbroken mode and be in the homescreen with the palera1n launcher, open it and install purepkg
(optional) install trollstore lite from purepkg if you want to, idk, play minecraft on your apple tv

(optional) if you did use apple configurator to supervise, install the delay ota profile for 26.1 this will lock your devices firmware version until March 11 2026
(optional) minecraft is available at https://tinyurl.com/mcatvdlp -- you can use trollstore 'istall from link' to install it