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Unless you need to downgrade any 3GS or iPhone 4 back to iOS6 firmware, there is no need to downgrade.

And how does one "accidentally" upgrade an app ?
 
i also did this. if you click software update and forget to uncheck iTunes, it updates it, then you're stuck
 
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