It displays the Apple logo that you'd normally see during the boot process. After the light on the front of the device blinks 9 times, it seems to immediately reboot itself.

On just one occasion since this began, iTunes was able to see the Apple TV temporarily when I had connected it with a USB-C cable (with the intent to be to do a software restore on it, if possible).

I have tried two power cables (borrowed from another working Apple TV), two HDMI cables (not perceived to be an issue since we can see the boot logo on screen), different power outlets, and even different televisions.

There are articles on holding the TV and Menu buttons on the remote for 10 seconds to force it to restart. The Apple TV does seem to react to the remove (the light on the front will flash in response to it), but this did not permit a full boot.

Thoughts on what hardware components inside of this would be worth swapping out to get this working again?

⟐ Commented February 25, 2026 at 20:03 MST

⟐ Commented August 07, 2022 at 11:12 MST

Our Apple TV 4th Generation Siri Remote was accidentally submerged in water for about a minute. When it came out, we dried it out for several days in a bowl of rice. The Siri remote actually still works, but only when it is plugged in to a power source with the Lightning cable. Once it is unplugged, it disconnects and stops working completely.

This leads me to believe that it is a problem with the battery. Is it possible to find and install a replacement Lightning port/battery assembly as shown here:

Apple TV 4th Generation Teardown

Thanks!

⟐ Commented February 11, 2022 at 9:53 MST

⟐ Commented May 03, 2019 at 11:18 MST

My Apple TV4 is completely dead. No light when the power cord is plugged in or anything. I dismantled the thing so warranty is also gone, but what I saw when I checked the power supply is that it is working perfectly (outputting 12V). However, when the logic board is connected, the power supply goes down to 0V. After measuring the motherboard, I saw that there is a short between the positive and negative terminal of the motherboard.

Does anybody have any idea if this is a common fault, if or how to fix it, and were a spare logic board can perhaps be found?

⟐ Commented March 16, 2026 at 4:16 MST

My hope is in you, iFixit guys who actually took these gadgets apart. One opinion in the 9to5Mac comments says it doesn't work, the other says it works.

I would really like a Remote Loop for iPhone photography, as all normal cameras have such loops, even much cheaper point and shoots than the iPhone.

I guess the main reason Apple does not advertise any such loop for iPhone is because chief designer Jony Ive would found it ugly. But it's still much more acceptable than any third party case + lanyard combo.

⟐ Answered April 04, 2019 at 10:34 MST

In other countries, the Apple TV ships with an Apple TV Remote that does not include built-in Siri support and thus Siri cannot be activated using the remote. Instead, the microphone button on these remotes brings up the onscreen search app.

⟐ Commented January 24, 2017 at 13:18 MST

⟐ Answered August 14, 2016 at 19:26 MST

And a question for anyone who has disassembled the remote - do the microphones look easy to remove / unsolder / disable ? Has anyone tried ?

Thanks a lot !

My Apple TV is plugged via ethernet and cannot get activated without ethernet or wifi

⟐ Commented May 17, 2025 at 13:43 MST

My Apple TV 4 has a defective bluetooth/wifi chip. So I found one on eBay, a 339S00045 chip, which seems to be the same as in the ipad mini and pro. I took my apple tv apart, but the chip doesn’t seem to be that easy to replace. Is that something that is even possible at this point?

Regards,

Pieltre

⟐ Answered March 19, 2025 at 6:44 MST

⟐ Answer accepted September 28, 2016 at 4:24 MST

any other ideas guys?

⟐ Commented June 14, 2021 at 15:13 MST

Any help would be awesome.

⟐ Answered September 28, 2020 at 21:10 MST

Reset, factory reset, nothing allows me to connect over WiFi, Ethernet connection goes out sometimes every 5 seconds.

Not so bad on most apps but on Hulu every time the Ethernet goes out it pops up with a message that blocks out the whole screen.

⟐ Commented May 10, 2020 at 12:03 MST

⟐ Answered October 09, 2019 at 5:51 MST

⟐ Answer deleted July 05, 2019 at 8:02 MST

⟐ Answer accepted January 05, 2018 at 5:38 MST

⟐ Commented January 18, 2017 at 11:06 MST