Apple Stops Signing iOS 17.5, Downgrading No Longer an Option

[MacRumors]

Apple today stopped signing iOS 17.5, preventing iPhone users from downgrading to that version of iOS. The update is no longer being signed after the May 20 release of iOS 17.5.1.

It is not unusual for Apple to stop signing an older version of iOS, and it typically happens a week or two after a new version of iOS comes out. When an update is no longer signed, it means it is no longer able to be installed on an iPhone per a server side software verification check.

Apple prevents users from installing older versions of iOS to encourage customers to keep their operating systems up to date with the latest security improvements.

iOS 17.5.1 addressed a corruption bug that could cause deleted photos to reappear on an iPhone. The update is now the only publicly released version of iOS available.

Article Link: Apple Stops Signing iOS 17.5, Downgrading No Longer an Option

 

[Jay Bly]

Hello where is 17.6 today?

 

[Populus]

Wow, that was fast! I guess I won’t be able to test the resurrecting photos’ bug by myself…

 

[Jay Bly]

Wow, that was fast! I guess I won’t be able to test the resurrecting photos’ bug by myself…

Well moving right along. I thought when they did that they would release 17.6 maybe tomorrow.

 

[Samu25]

Good riddance! I doubt anyone would wanna downgrade to that disaster of an update!

 

[minik]

Well moving right along. I thought when they did that they would release 17.6 maybe tomorrow.

Is 17.6 in the pipeline? What sort of things need to be addressed?

 

[Paddle1]

Wow, that was fast! I guess I won’t be able to test the resurrecting photos’ bug by myself…

I wanted to do the same, I figured they might un-sign it at any moment once they got back into the office from the long weekend so I installed it yesterday on a secondary device. Fortunately/unfortunately nothing seems to have happened so far.

 

[Paddle1]

Is 17.6 in the pipeline? What sort of things need to be addressed?

They should fix the voice message bug, though that probably doesn't call for a full 17.6.

 

[phenste]

since nobody seems capable of saying it in a non-irritating way- good on Apple to stop signing this so quickly, the .1 update was more-than-necessary. glad they were able to provide a thorough explanation of what caused the bug and, most importantly, fix it in a relatively timely manner.

 

[Populus]

I wanted to do the same, I figured they might un-sign it at any moment once they got back into the office from the long weekend so I installed it yesterday on a secondary device. Fortunately/unfortunately nothing seems to have happened so far.

Thank you, I was expecting no anomalies either, as I usually restore the device through my Mac… but I guess that wouldn’t have been confirmation of anything.

 

[Alp3r]

I don’t understand why they stop signing certificates, what a insecure company.

 

[lkrupp]

I wanted to do the same, I figured they might un-sign it at any moment once they got back into the office from the long weekend so I installed it yesterday on a secondary device. Fortunately/unfortunately nothing seems to have happened so far.

Well then maybe you should believe Apple when they say the bug is extremely rare and affected a very small number of people. Why is it always Reddit that MacRumors gleans its reports from? I spend a lot of time on the Apple Support Communities forums and this issue was reported by maybe two or three users there. No big surge of outrage or hundreds of me-too posts like some issues, mostly crickets on this subject.

And then there’s the undisputed fact that the internet amplifies everything negative. All it takes is two or three people commiserating their similar issues to start the ball rolling, along with counting Google hits. Bingo, you have another -gate making the rounds.

 

[!!!]

I don’t understand why they stop signing certificates, what an insecure company.

It's quite curious, you can downgrade macOS, so why not iOS? What's so wrong about an older version of iOS while older macOS versions are fine?

 

[No5tromo]

I'm still on 17.4.1 and I've yet to receive a notification to update, I guess after the mega fiasco of 17.5 they decided to leave as many devices as possible to the older version. Just as well, I'm in absolutely no rush to update, in fact I'm never rushing to install any major update again, who knows what bug might come next, forward your deleted iMessages to all of your contacts?