{"id":1214,"date":"2012-10-29T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T17:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xctechs.com\/vlogs\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2012-10-29T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T17:26:18","slug":"change-the-application-icon-for-xbmc-on-the-apple-tv-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"Change the Application Icon for XBMC on the Apple TV 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1227\" title=\"title\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/title.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/title.png 626w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/title-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are You tired of the same old XBMC icon on your Apple TV home screen? Do you want to change it to something more seasonal or just switch things up? It\u2019s actually quite simple to change the application icon for XBMC on your Apple TV 2 and can be done in a few easy steps, we\u2019re now going to explain how. This is considered to be somewhat for advanced users only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW TO CHANGE THE APPLICATION ICON FOR XBMC O<\/strong><strong>N THE APPLE TV 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Requirements<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jailbroken Apple TV 2 with XBMC<\/li>\n<li>FTP Client Software<\/li>\n<li>New Icon PNG Image (187\u2006\u00d7\u2006108)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Create a new icon PNG image file and name it \u201cAppIcon.png\u201d without quotations. This will be the new icon for XBMC on your Apple TV. It should be a PNG file with a transparent background.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1.jpg 334w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Connect to your Apple TV by FTP, using username \u201croot\u201d and password \u201calpine\u201d without quotations, as usual.<\/p>\n<p>To Login to\u00a0AppleTV 2\u00a0via FTP use <a title=\"Download CyberDuck\" href=\"http:\/\/cyberduck.ch\/\">CyberDuck<\/a>\u00a0(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Windows<\/span>\/<span style=\"color: #008000;\">MA<\/span>C)<\/p>\n<p>a. Click On Open Connection<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1217\" title=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3.jpg 577w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While logging in, it will\u00a0prompt\u00a0you thumbprint if you allow or not just click on Allow<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1222\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2.jpg 530w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/2-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>b. Follow the steps<br \/>\n1. <strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">SFTP<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n2. <strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">SERVER:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0AppleTV 2\u00a0IP Address<br \/>\n3. <strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">PORT<\/span>:<\/em><\/strong> 22<br \/>\n4. <strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Username:<\/span><\/em><\/strong> root<br \/>\n5. <strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Password:<\/span><\/em><\/strong> Alpine ( i would really Suggest you change Password )<br \/>\n6. Click On <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Connect<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1218\" title=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/4.jpg 497w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/4-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Select the arrow up button and find the folder<br \/>\n\u201c\/private\/var\/stash\/Applications\/XBMC.frappliance\/\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1219\" title=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/5.jpg 577w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/5-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Replace the current \u201cAppIcon.png\u201d with your new image file. Choose to overwrite the file if prompted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"6\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/6.jpg 577w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/6-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Replace the icon with the one you have created<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1221\" title=\"7\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"73\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Onces its been moved, it will ask for\u00a0permission\u00a0Click on <em><strong>Allow<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/8.jpg 407w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/8-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will get a option for <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Overwrite<\/strong><\/span> click on <em><strong>Continue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"9\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/9.jpg 579w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/9-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then you&#8217;ll see on the screen <em><strong>Upload complete<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"10\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/10.jpg 510w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/10-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Reboot your Apple TV by holding both the \u201cMENU\u201d and \u201cDOWN\u201d buttons at the same time for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1228\" title=\"20121029132419\" src=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121029132419.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121029132419.png 476w, https:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/20121029132419-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now it changed Successfully Enjoy<\/p>\n<p>Since this has been requested here is the two logo we have created so you could change<\/p>\n<p>Our XBMC MIXED logos<br \/>\n<a title=\"XCtechs XBMC LOGO\" href=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/AppIcon1.png\">xctechs-xbmclogo<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"XBMCHUB XBMC LOGO\" href=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/AppIcon.png\">xbmchub-xbmclogo<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Old XBMC logo\" href=\"http:\/\/xctechs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/AppIcon2.png\">old XBMC logo<\/a><br \/>\n(if the name has numbers at the end make sure you rename it to <strong><em>AppIcon<\/em><\/strong> before uploading to your ATV2 )<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(original\u00a0info was taken from <a title=\"Jailbreakappletv.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jailbreakappletv.com\">jailbreakappletv.com<\/a> )<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are You tired of the same old XBMC icon on your Apple TV home screen? Do you want to change it to something more seasonal or just switch things up? It\u2019s actually quite simple to change the application icon for XBMC on your Apple TV 2 and can be done in a few easy steps, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[759,763,190,267,24,14,85,760],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","tag-appletv2","tag-blog","tag-change","tag-icon","tag-jailbreak","tag-tutorials","tag-everything","tag-xbmc-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}