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Apple TV 4K unresponsive and stuck in recovery loop

I awoke yesterday morning to find that both on my AppleTV 4K units were unresponsive and flashing white LED.

They both showed an icon on screen with an iPhone and an AppleTV with a Bluetooth logo.

In attempting to perform a System Restore (according to my iPhone 17 Pro Max) the unit just rebooted and returned to the iPhone/TV logo.

In attempting to "Restart without Restore", the unit just rebooted and returned to the iPhone/TV logo.


It looks like no matter what I do, the 2 x AppleTV units are stuck in a recovery loop and I can't restore them.


The next Apple appointment is over a week away, and I'm stuck without TV services...

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