I lost my remote, can I connect to the control app on my phone?

Is the ATV already setup on the same network as the iPhone? I saw one thread where someone had lost their hardware remote but managed to connect the iPhone remote and get things setup by physically plugging the ATV onto their LAN with a cable…

This article, Set up the Apple TV Remote on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, suggests you’ll need to have the hardware remote to enter a passcode with an operational 3rd-gen ATV, but hopefully you can get around that.

best of luck.

I have a generation 3 Apple TV

The Apple TV (3rd generation) needs a functional remote to set up the Apple TV Remote widget in Control Center.

For the Apple TV (3rd generation), your options are:

• buy a replacement Apple Remote (aluminum);
• temporarily borrow an Apple Remote (aluminum) to help set up the software remote;
• restore the Apple TV and connect a wireless keyboard to help set up the software remote;
• restore the Apple TV and connect the CiderTV Mac app to help set up the software remote.

Given the right ATV device and iPhone running current OS versions, yes. You should be able to.

Since you weren’t specific about what you do have… it’s hard to say.