Any way to downgrade to iOS 4.3.3?

[mikelegacy]

Im on Beta 1 right now, just wanna downgrade because im done testing all my stuff out.

Anyone else downgrade? I know they are still signing 4.3.3 but i get an error when trying to do a restore. Am i gonna have to download the 4.3.3 IPSW file and then Option+Click Restore?

 

[ri0ku]

Im on Beta 1 right now, just wanna downgrade because im done testing all my stuff out.

Anyone else downgrade? I know they are still signing 4.3.3 but i get an error when trying to do a restore. Am i gonna have to download the 4.3.3 IPSW file and then Option+Click Restore?

I dont think you can downgrade :S

 

[mikelegacy]

yeah, i've heard both sides of the story on this. This sucks, because i was testing stuff on both devices I own, and now i need to downgrade to use a couple of apps that don't work on iOS 5 (such as Square Card Reader) and now i cant

 

[ri0ku]

yeah, i've heard both sides of the story on this. This sucks, because i was testing stuff on both devices I own, and now i need to downgrade to use a couple of apps that don't work on iOS 5 (such as Square Card Reader) and now i cant

That sucks man, its one of the reasons I wont try out ios 5 because I dont want to be stuck on it. Not until its officially released anyway..

 

[TW95]

Downgrade

Yes you can, but you will need to download iOS 4.3.3 for your device from an unofficial source, a simple Google search will do the trick.

Then you hold down 'Alt' and click restore (On a Mac) or 'Shift' on Windows and click on the .ISPW file.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP YOUR DEVICE BEFORE DOING THIS AND PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL METHOD.

I have actually done this myself as I didn't want the Beta on my iPad so I can confirm it works.

Hope this helps you!

 

[thunderbunny]

My upgrade to beta 2 from beta 1 went wrong (didn't read instructions properly), and I ended up in recovery mode and then was able to restore to a 4.3.3 backup, so is possible despite what Apple have said.

 

[ergun71]

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I have downgraded my iPad 1 from iOS 5 beta 1. I just downloaded the 4.3.3 ipsw file from Apple and did a alt+restore in iTunes.

 

[Travisimo]

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I have downgraded my iPad 1 from iOS 5 beta 1. I just downloaded the 4.3.3 ipsw file from Apple and did a alt+restore in iTunes.

Where did you find the ipsw file at Apple? I have a dev account, but do not see any iOS 4 ipsw downloads in the Downloads section.

 

[steadysignal]

yeah, i've heard both sides of the story on this. This sucks, because i was testing stuff on both devices I own, and now i need to downgrade to use a couple of apps that don't work on iOS 5 (such as Square Card Reader) and now i cant

that is exactly why i held off. there are two apps i needed to have work and they wont yet on 5.

must be so much stuff at the kernel level changed that a rollback is not possible...

 

[Phil A.]

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I downgraded both my iPad and iPhone simply by putting them into recovery mode and then selecting restore from iTunes. No drama, no problems: they just downgraded without a hitch

 

[Cha]

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I downgraded both my iPad and iPhone simply by putting them into recovery mode and then selecting restore from iTunes. No drama, no problems: they just downgraded without a hitch

I think any models can be downgraded, except for iPad 2 GSM (3G) versions.

 

[ergun71]

Where did you find the ipsw file at Apple? I have a dev account, but do not see any iOS 4 ipsw downloads in the Downloads section.

http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-1010.20110503.ScEp3/iPad1,1_4.3.3_8J3_Restore.ipsw