Apple Stops Signing iOS 10.1 and iOS 10.1.1

[MacRumors]

Now that iOS 10.2 has been available for over a week, Apple has stopped signing earlier versions of iOS 10, including iOS 10.1 and iOS 10.1.1.

Customers who have upgraded to iOS 10.2 will no longer be able to downgrade their iOS devices to iOS 10.1.1, the previous version of iOS.

Apple routinely stops signing older versions of software updates after new releases come out to encourage customers to stay up to date. iOS 10.2 is the only version of iOS 10 that can be installed on iOS devices, though developers and public beta testers can download iOS 10.2.1, a future update that is currently in a beta testing phase.

Released to the public on December 12, iOS 10.2 introduced major new features like the dedicated TV app, new emoji, and a range of bug fixes. Apple has also stopped signing tvOS 10.0.1 for the fourth-generation Apple TV.

Article Link: Apple Stops Signing iOS 10.1 and iOS 10.1.1

 

[now i see it]

Mine's up to date.

 

[thadoggfather]

I literally restored hours ago to 10.1.1

I went OTA from 10.0.2, to 10.1.1 to upgrade 10.1.1, to set up as new for peace of mind

 

[andyyardley]

I just wish apple would let developers sign any old version for testing purposes.

 

[Junipr]

Love that Apple has kept the iPod graphic on the ipsw icon. Nice way to honor their last era of great products, and a hat tip farewell as the company descends into irrelevance.

 

[Europa13]

I just wish apple would let developers sign any old version for testing purposes.

Part of it is to make the jailbreaks available to fewer people and the other part is to tout the high numbers of people who are up to date when they do their Keynotes. Also, security updates. If they made them available to developers, lots of people who updated/can't restore/got new phones and want to jailbreak would get developer accounts simply so they could jailbreak, so that's not going to happen. There is a new type of SHSHs that should allow us to restore to unsigned firmware again. You have to be proactive, though. I got my 10.1.1 blobs saved two days ago while it was still being signed.

 

[MGcam]

It's just a shame the 10.2 has lost the location from most of my calendar entries. It's only recent entries that have retained locations. Everything entered earlier has now gone.

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

Just went to .1.1 yesterday

 

[twocents]

Love that Apple has kept the iPod graphic on the ipsw icon. Nice way to honor their last era of great products, and a hat tip farewell as the company descends into irrelevance.

I wish I could disagree with you, but that ship has unfortunately sailed with Tim at the helm

 

[andyyardley]

Part of it is to make the jailbreaks available to fewer people and the other part is to tout the high numbers of people who are up to date when they do their Keynotes. Also, security updates. If they made them available to developers, lots of people who updated/can't restore/got new phones and want to jailbreak would get developer accounts simply so they could jailbreak, so that's not going to happen. There is a new type of SHSHs that should allow us to restore to unsigned firmware again. You have to be proactive, though. I got my 10.1.1 blobs saved two days ago while it was still being signed.

I understand the reasons, but i'd be very surprised if the number of people wanting to downgrade had any effect on the numbers presented by Apple as they shift over 200million iOS devices a year now.

The jailbreak issue is also easy to get around by Apple only offering supporting for devices on the latest version of the software and developers can downgrade at their own risk.

I've got 3 devices on iOS8 and 2 on iOS9 for testing, but if any of those get broken they're almost impossible to replace.

 

[bice]

I just wish apple would let developers sign any old version for testing purposes.

Sure, me too.
But why would they ever do that? They need developers to only be able to use the latest version, so they in turn force their users to only use latest version 'cause nothing else is supported. It is a part of the planned obsolence.

 

[Brien]

Part of a larger trend. Companies have moved past the carrot and stick and now most just plain force you to keep up to date. I don't agree with it, but I get why they do it.

 

[iOSFangirl6001]

Part of it is to make the jailbreaks available to fewer people and the other part is to tout the high numbers of people who are up to date when they do their Keynotes. Also, security updates. If they made them available to developers, lots of people who updated/can't restore/got new phones and want to jailbreak would get developer accounts simply so they could jailbreak, so that's not going to happen. There is a new type of SHSHs that should allow us to restore to unsigned firmware again. You have to be proactive, though. I got my 10.1.1 blobs saved two days ago while it was still being signed.

Given that Dev accounts cost $100 a year doubt that as many people as you think would lineup solely for that reason + if they did at least extra $$$ for Apple which wouldn't hurt

 

[mi7chy]

Jailbreak beta for 10.1.1 is out which is why Apple decided to stop signing it so early.