Apple TV keeps turning itself on after being put to sleep

I have figured out why this is happening ! Im using a program called NetAdmin Pro and it "sniffs" my local subnetwork for devices. Once it finds a device it will try to see what ports are available on the device... As soon as it discovers the Apple TV, it starts testing the ports that its "listening on" and the following come up as active...DAAP ( airplay ) 3689/tcp, RAOP (airplay - remote audio output protocol) 7000/tcp, Mediaremotetv 7000/tcp and 53716/tcp, Iphone Sync 62078/tcp, and Sleep Proxy server 53058/udp...

So my guess is it is definitely one of these ports that is being "ping'd" and the response is to "wake up" from the Apple TV... So if this is happening to you, either you have some device on your home network that is aware of the apple tv and is trying to wake it up so it can connect to it, or, you have some type of malware on a machine on your network, or lastly , your wifi network has been breached and whom ever it is, is sniffing around using a tool like I have to root around looking for something to "play with"

Hope this helps someone....

Found out that removing the tv remote from Apple Watch removes the problem.

Really took me ages to find this was the reason with 3 iPads, 2 phones and a mac book pro.

Apple should get this conflict closed asap.

There is no conflict with the remote app on the watch, there are 3 of us in our house with the remote app on our watches. If removing the app has helped as you think it has, then you must have been activating the app in some way yourself, such as accidently touching the screen or pressing the buttons when you bend your hand back or with clothing.

This just started happening to me this week.

I'll leave the room with my 46" Samsung tv connected to my Mac Mini (VGA), when I return my Apple TV is on and attached to the TV instead of my Mac Mini. I get up in the middle of the night and find my ATV & TV are on lighting up the living room.

Some buggy software.

"Something on your network", right. If it is something on a network, then Apple should be able to tell from a device log files what "something on your network" woke up that Apple TV. It is not like wizard of Oz waved a magic wand and the device turned itself on. No, it is not. There are well defined protocols for waking stuff up, and it is Apple's job to keep track of what's going on. Apparently Apple couldn't give a rat's rear end about supporting their products in a meaningful way. Their answer is to wipe out and reset Apple TV, when they should have picked log files and say: a device with this MAC address sent a specific WoL packet to wake your Apple TV up. Yeah, Apple support is one genius lined up next to another.

And you sound like some geek (in the computer sense that is) that thinks the TV should be as difficult to use as a computer. People like my 87 year mother are quite capable of using her Apple TV, but start putting messages like that on it and she'll soon not want to use it.

In my case it appears that 'AirPlay' may be the root cause.

While working on email, using my MacMini and 46" display, the TV was switched to ATV and showed me a message saying AirPlay needed to be a certain version to work.

I turned off AirPlay on the ATV box and it has not come back on on its own since.

I understand your point. Who cares if the device doesn't work correctly, right? I doubt your 87 years old mother would be forced to use a small PC based diagnostic utility, but whatever you say. You're the smart guy here.

I Had this problem too. The tech at the Apple Store told me to go into Settings >> System >>Reset and then choose reset and update. Problem solved but I did have to reinstall all my apps.

leadbewj wrote:

I Had this problem too. The tech at the Apple Store told me to go into Settings >> System >>Reset and then choose reset and update. Problem solved but I did have to reinstall all my apps.

thought i'd try this... but to no avail 😢

Reset and Update and the very first thing I tried once the ATV was operational was the SLEEP command.

Sadly it comes back ON before the TV has had chance to go off.

Also tried the AIRPLAY OFF suggestion floating about, which made no difference either.

...10.2.1 PLEASE APPLE ⚠

Hi havinabubble. First, it is clear that tvOS 10.2 has changed how Apple TV responds to external stimuli. But since these are not universal issues, it's not clear that Apple will choose to fix them. So affected users may need to find their own work-arounds. Second, do you have WiFi that Apple TV could connect to? Removing the ethernet cable causes it to try connecting to WiFi. Finally, if your problem is actually caused by the HDMI link, have you tried any steps to change that? Try a different HDMI port on the TV. Turn off HDMI-CEC on the TV and on Apple TV.

Diana.McCall wrote:

Hi havinabubble. First, it is clear that tvOS 10.2 has changed how Apple TV responds to external stimuli. But since these are not universal issues, it's not clear that Apple will choose to fix them. So affected users may need to find their own work-arounds. Second, do you have WiFi that Apple TV could connect to? Removing the ethernet cable causes it to try connecting to WiFi. Finally, if your problem is actually caused by the HDMI link, have you tried any steps to change that? Try a different HDMI port on the TV. Turn off HDMI-CEC on the TV and on Apple TV.

WiFi is currently not configured since I tried the RESET trick.

however I will look into the HDMI-CEC side of things, as I know at least two insomnia ATVs i'm involved with, are LG TV connected.

TIA

your initial response seemed to overlook the fact I didn't have the problem BEFORE i upgraded to 10.2.

I was aware it is new behaviour before I posted, but whilst the new software may let your TV turn on the Apple TV, it remains your TV that triggers the turning on (assuming that you have properly ruled out ethernet, wifi, BT and IR).

Just raising my hand, I'm having the same problem. "Apple TV v4, keeps waking from sleep after a random amount of time and going to screen saver." This isn't happening on my Apple TV v3.

Oddity to note, My Apple TV v4, one time when it woke up I found a message related to me having to re-login with my apple id. How did it lose my apple id password? I don't know if this situation is related. Maybe it's waking and checking for updates?

Thoughts?

I tend to agree.

I have three Apple TV 4 - one on a Vizio, one on a Sony and the last on a Samsung UHD. Prior to the Samsung, I had a Vizio (which died). Until adding the Samsung to the mix, all three Apple TVs worked just fine. Things changed with the Samsung. Now, when turning off the TV and sleeping the Apple TV using the Samsung universal remote, the TV turns off but the Apple TV sleeps for a few seconds and then wakes up forever. If I use the Apple remote to turn both off, the Apple TV does the same stunt but the Samsung TV also wakes back up.

Pretty obvious that the issue is with the TV.