Apple Stops Signing iOS 13.7 After Releasing iOS 14, Downgrading No Longer Possible

[MacRumors]

Following the release of iOS 14 last Wednesday, Apple has stopped signing iOS 13.7, which means downgrading to iOS 13 after upgrading to iOS 14 is no longer possible.

Apple routinely stops signing older versions of software updates after new releases come out in order to encourage customers to keep their operating systems up to date.

As of Monday, iOS 14 was installed on approximately 26 percent of active iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices, and earlier today, the first jailbreak for iOS 14 devices was released. The jailbreak only works with devices that have an A9 chip and earlier because of new security mitigations put in place by Apple.

iOS 14 is the current publicly available version of iOS that people can download, but there's also a version of iOS 14.2 that has been provided to developers and public beta testers. iOS 14.2 introduces a new Shazam Music Recognition feature for the Control Center, while also bringing some other Apple Music-related Control Center tweaks.

Article Link: Apple Stops Signing iOS 13.7 After Releasing iOS 14, Downgrading No Longer Possible

 

[Sasparilla]

Farewell iOS 13....

 

[saudor]

wow that was fast. usually major updates remain open for a couple weeks

 

[now i see it]

I knew the bomb was going to drop in Sept. Glad I got my devices on 13.7. They'll be staying there until Spring

 

[C DM]

wow that was fast. usually major updates remain open for a couple weeks

Yeah, seems like this was fast in general, and definitely fast when it comes to major updates.

 

[coffeeplease]

I wanted to test iOS 14 for a bit and see if it’d be better to revert to iOS 13 until a later release, but I guess that’s out the window now.

 

[aleni]

Hot damn! Apple is so confident on iOS 14. But so far it’s been stable and fine though. One of the best iOS release for years. It’s even stable on beta.

 

[janil]

The inability to install of run older versions of ios (for software incompatibility, etc) is one of the worst parts about ios/ipados

I am afraid that macos is going to go the same way after the ARM / apple silicon transition.

 

[Anony-mouse]

From my experience 13.7 was really bad, quick battery drain, unexpected UI freezes, etc. on both iPhone and iPad.

14 was buttery smooth in comparison. So for those planning on staying on iOS 13, I hope you're on 13.6.x and not 13.7.

 

[katbel]

This is very bad : so many issues still to fix, but I guess someone didn't like
they only had 25% of people jumping in!

 

[katbel]

I knew the bomb was going to drop in Sept. Glad I got my devices on 13.7. They'll be staying there until Spring

yeah... this was my plan too but then there are apps not working well anymore sigh

 

[JosephAW]

What took Apple so long?

 

[izyreal]

I’m having a lot of trouble with iOS 14. My health app doesn’t work, I can’t delete apps, and it’s just really buggy. I wish I could roll back to 13

 

[BaltimoreMediaBlog]

I still think that stopping downgrading should be stopped. It cost me over 40 apps as Apple forced me away from IOS 10.
This is something there should be a lawsuit about.

 

[Emanuel Rodriguez]

Oh well... iOS 14 is really good though. I'm happy to stay here.

 

[saudor]

Oh well... iOS 14 is really good though. I'm happy to stay here.

Yeah my app rarely crash on 14 (it crashed like hell on 13 no matter how many clean installs and resets i've done)

 

[dogslobber]

Upgraded my Air 2 to 13.7 at the weekend. My 6S refuses to upgrade to that version from 13.6.1. I will skip 14 I think as I don't have courage.

 

[Shirasaki]

wow that was fast. usually major updates remain open for a couple weeks

Next time, they will stop signing the old version at the same day new major version releases.

 

[pete480]

I wanted to test iOS 14 for a bit and see if it’d be better to revert to iOS 13 until a later release, but I guess that’s out the window now.

I have it on my iPhone XS and it’s ok. But I just made the cutoff to downgrade my iPad mini...it was really buggy.

 

[IlluminatedSage]

it really is annoying when apple stops signing older IOS.

they don't give a way to turn off notifications. so most people give in to updating their iOS. which many times has problems.

 

[Shirasaki]

it really is annoying when apple stops signing older IOS.

they don't give a way to turn off notifications. so most people give in to updating their iOS. which many times has problems.

In corporate environment, upgrading software blindly is asking for trouble. I wish Apple had options to at least defer upgrades for a while.
Now with that new “auto download” toggle, let me see how it pans out.

 

[EdT]

In corporate environment, upgrading software blindly is asking for trouble. I wish Apple had options to at least defer upgrades for a while.
Now with that new “auto download” toggle, let me see how it pans out.

I only charge my iPad when I am at home and awake. The OS won't update if the iPad isn't plugged in, and it notifies me when it is going to update so I can put the download off and not plug it in. Lots of hoops to jump through to stop something from happening but I want to know that the system is stable before I commit to something I can't reverse.

 

[az431]

I only charge my iPad when I am at home and awake. The OS won't update if the iPad isn't plugged in, and it notifies me when it is going to update so I can put the download off and not plug it in. Lots of hoops to jump through to stop something from happening but I want to know that the system is stable before I commit to something I can't reverse.

or you can just flip the toggle to disable automatic updates...
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wow that was fast. usually major updates remain open for a couple weeks

not true

 

[onlyremainingname]

To those that have upgraded, what are your thoughts on iOS 14? I have the second gen SE on iOS 13.7. I have almost never done a major iOS upgrade on an iPhone in the year it is announced. Are there any features ditched in iOS 14? Any major bug issues?

 

[duanepatrick]

I knew the bomb was going to drop in Sept. Glad I got my devices on 13.7. They'll be staying there until Spring

Same here. Predictable move from Apple.