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How to downgrade
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iCloud might pull your data down (photos), but for anything system related I imagine you're out of luck as while downgrading the OS is sometimes possible (put your device in DFU mode), you can't restore from a backup on a newer firmware version.
The way I see it, you really have nothing to lose. Do a backup; to be safe I recommend backing up to your PC/Mac. Restore to 5.1.1 (while technically this is downgrading, Apple is still signing this, so you will have no issues). You may have to shift/command click the 5.1.1 ipsw to get it going. From there, set it up from the back up ans see if your data transfers over. If it didn't, you still don't need to stress. You can always upgrade back to iOS 6.0 (same method as above with the correct ipsw) and restore your data from there.
yes I see what you are saying. but i do not believe an ios6 backup will work with ios 5. see no harm to try though
FWIW, app settings that back up to iCloud (the app has to support this; not all apps do) should restore just fine.
like i said, you cannot restore an ios6 backup to an ios5 device. your mac simply will not recognize the backup as a valid backup. believe me, i've gone through the process. when you tell your mac to restore from a backup, it will only select any existing ios5 backups. the same will happen with an icloud backup.
Read this post...
then read this one...short answer: you can't. ios6 backups cannot be restored to an ios5 device.
[sarcasm] if you were a developer, you would know this[/sarcasm]
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