⟐ Answered November 09, 2025 at 11:39 MST

Just a question, have apple fully taken down the Apple TV 3 (I have A1469) activation servers down? I have reset my ATV many times and it always says activation failed in Settings-General-About. This also removes AirPlay which is the only reason I need the Apple TV. I’ve seen many other people with this issue but I still don’t know if it is a one time problem that is hard to fix and they are repairing it or if they are fully down forever.

So, could anyone tell me if it is a bug (and how to fix it) or if it is fully down.

Thanks

⟐ Commented July 15, 2024 at 4:52 MST

My Apple TV 3rd gen had started displaying message:

'warning' 'apple tv is overheating and will shut down , this message will disappear when apple tv is ready' or something very similar. The unit is in a well ventilated area and has never been abused, and is less then 3 years old. Ive updated the software( it barely let me do that before failing) and ive tried resets etc. but it isn't possible to even turn the unit off now , only by unplugging the power lead.

Any help tips or advice would be most appreciated

Regards

Mark

York UK

⟐ Commented June 21, 2023 at 16:12 MST

I need to figure out what the pinnout of the PSU connector is. The unit itself can be bought, but there are no documents. Also board diagrams are impossible to find.

S/N: ADP-6BF S/ OT9031

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/100500341...

thank you for any help.

⟐ Commented April 17, 2023 at 9:06 MST

Perhaps related, perhaps not - our 10 year old Samsung LED flat screen there was also found dead - I was able to repair with a new main board, while the power supply and T-Con board were fine. There had been some heavy weather in the month before - possible lightning strike?

Anyway, I've taken the bottom off the ATV, and see nothing obvious. No sign of life when plugged into Mac via USB. I hate to just throw away, but don't have any info regarding troubleshooting/diagnostics.

Any suggestions?

⟐ Answer accepted August 18, 2022 at 15:20 MST

BYW I hooked up my other identical Apple TV 3rd gen to my set up and it works fine.

@entendu Dom, I could not find the Apple TV in the device directory. It might really help if you could search for a device by name.

⟐ Answer deleted April 20, 2021 at 20:42 MST

⟐ Answer accepted March 24, 2021 at 0:47 MST

Noticed the select button starting to not work (had to really press hard to get any function) but the menu and play buttons worked fine. 48 hours later, the remote is completely dead. Is there a way to fix this? Could not find a teardown or guide for any Apple Remote.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

⟐ Answered December 02, 2020 at 20:46 MST

I also noticed as I went to watch the WWDC event that my APP to get those events disappeared just today!

⟐ Answer edited June 22, 2020 at 15:19 MST

I bought two days ago an Apple TV (third gen) without the original remote controller. I have two other remote controllers at home an OEM one and an aftermarket one. The problem is that after the reset and before the reset the Apple TV can't handle the remote controllers. And this is the problem with the remote controller application on my every apple device that have of course newer OS then the iOS 7. The remote controller application can’t find the Apple TV that was on the same internet connection with my other Apple device with the remote controller app.

⟐ Commented March 03, 2020 at 6:46 MST

you can hear the audio of the media you selected but are unable to see it.

the only way to stop it is to wait for it to eventually crash or to unplug it to restart.

i cannot even restore it to factory settings as it freezes up.

⟐ Answer edited December 22, 2019 at 6:11 MST

Is the ATV dead?

⟐ Edited September 09, 2019 at 20:01 MST

i have a Apple TV G3 A1427

i would like to know is there any way of replacing the board or upgrading to Apple Tv G4 4K

⟐ Answered January 18, 2019 at 14:06 MST

⟐ Answered October 03, 2018 at 12:32 MST

⟐ Answer accepted December 29, 2017 at 9:49 MST

What would be the best way to handle this in a car? It seems like all the powers converses are powers via a micro USB port... that wouldn’t work for tapping I. To a cars power.

1) does the micro USB port on the back of the Apple TV output power? Could I use that to power the converter?

2) Are Any on the non-powered hdmi converters known to work with Apple TV

I mostly just use this to airplay video to my car... with wireless carplay, and wireless charging... it will be a great way to play video without cables.

⟐ Commented October 20, 2017 at 13:09 MST

Apple TV Gen 3

Many thanks, J

⟐ Answered October 06, 2017 at 12:20 MST

⟐ Commented April 04, 2017 at 9:24 MST

Did not get anything. Moved back to previous location hooked it up as it was, and the screen is blank. Restored on iTunes to original factory setting, connected again and.. The screen is blank. What to do now?

⟐ Commented March 13, 2017 at 13:57 MST