Nothing about the many users whose ATVs were bricked by the last update?

Originally Posted by PJL500

Nothing about the many users whose ATVs were bricked by the last update?

I just had my 3rd generation Apple TV replaced at my local Apple Store due to the last update effectively killing the WiFi connectivity and reducing even direct ethernet connection to a crawl when streaming anything. I even backed up to the previous update which at least allowed me to connect via ethernet, but without any meaningful streaming speed. The Apple Rep updated my Apple TV back to the latest update as of last Sunday and confirmed no WiFi capability and then replaced it with the only one they had in the store. It's working fine now but I am really leary of updating it and killing it again.:\

Originally Posted by gmsquires


...The Apple Rep updated my Apple TV back to the latest update as of last Sunday and confirmed no WiFi capability and then replaced it with the only one they had in the store. It's working fine now but I am really leary of updating it and killing it again.:\

Well I can confirm that the 5.1.1 update works perfectly on my Apple TV 2nd gen (black brick). I had to revert to 5.0.2 previously after updating to 5.1 which killed access to Netflix and Hulu Plus on my unit. (Here is an Apple Forum thread on how to downgrade: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4372428?tstart=0 ). However with 5.1.1 installed I can get Hulu Plus and Netflix as well as stream music, movies, etc off iCloud via AirPort WiFi. Of course, YMMV...but at least that thread will show you how to downgrade to the stable 5.0.2!