Apple Stops Signing iOS 9.0.2, Downgrading From iOS 9.1 No Longer Possible

[MacRumors]

As of today, Apple has stopped signing iOS 9.0.2 for compatible iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models, meaning users can no longer upgrade or downgrade to that version of iOS using iTunes. Apple is now signing iOS 9.1 and later only.

With Apple no longer signing iOS 9.0.2, those who wish to downgrade to jailbreak their devices are not able to do so. iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users with jailbroken devices will need to refrain from updating beyond iOS 9.0.2 as the iOS 9.1 update fixes the exploits used for the jailbreak.

The untethered iOS 9 jailbreak was released for iOS devices just two weeks ago on October 14 by Pangu. It works for iOS 9, iOS 9.0.1, and iOS 9.0.2.

Article Link: Apple Stops Signing iOS 9.0.2, Downgrading From iOS 9.1 No Longer Possible

 

[bvsel]

holy i literally just downgraded like 6 mins ago. good timing eh

 

[Tamagotchi]

Classic Apple. Keeping users in the planned obsolescence track.

 

[Xenomorph]

"Downgrading" is the wrong term.

A user cannot upgrade to 9.0.2, either.

Upgrade/downgrade is irrelevant. The installation is simply not allowed.

 

[Bako-MacAddict]

Literally was about to this right now . Checked the status and it was greyed out ! Damn it

 

[RobertD63]

Well this sucks. I was just about to update and jailbreak my iPad tonight.

 

[MhzDoesMatter]

What kills me is no longer being able to restore to the same version I'm on.

 

[Shirasaki]

Always like that.

Totally cannot understand why they allow users to do Internet recovery to downgrade to older version of Mac OS X while prohibit users to do the same on iOS.

 

[Paradoxally]

What kills me is no longer being able to restore to the same version I'm on.

You will be able to, as soon as Cydia Impactor gets updated.

Always like that.

Totally cannot understand why they allow users to do Internet recovery to downgrade to older version of Mac OS X while prohibit users to do the same on iOS.

Well, mobile security has to be taken way more seriously than on a Mac. You barely have anyone exploiting vulnerabilities there, but on iOS, Apple has to deal with jailbreakers (jailbreaking is a bunch of vulns that are exploited to gain root access, in very simple terms), black hat hackers with shady agendas, etc...not to mention that the amount of people who use iOS is a lot larger.

If Apple were lax about their mobile OS security, they'd just be like Google, and Android is basically insecure as hell unless you're running the latest version. Which you're likely not.

 

[braddick]

Nooooooooooo!

Oh. 9.1 is better than 9.0.2? Ah, okay then.

 

[MJedi]

So glad I upgraded my iPad mini 2 to 9.0.2, and jailbroke it, a few days ago.

Now, excuse me as this fat nerd goes back to doing nothing.

 

[dannyyankou]

Keeping the jailbreak on my iPad, but don’t care so much about jailbreaking my phone.

 

[Shirasaki]

not to mention that the amount of people who use iOS is a lot larger.

I think this is the real point: user base.
Mac OS X user base is way smaller than Windows user base.

 

[rgarjr]

Classic Apple. Keeping users in the planned obsolescence track.

Yeah why force users on installing only the latest current version.

 

[KALLT]

Always like that.

Totally cannot understand why they allow users to do Internet recovery to downgrade to older version of Mac OS X while prohibit users to do the same on iOS.

I'm sure they would do it if the situation would be the same. But contrary to iOS, Apple actually does provide security updates for previous versions of OS X as well as extended support. Also given the much higher prices of software and compatibility issues, I'm sure that the criticism would outweigh the desire to do this. iOS has flexibility and disposability where OS X does not.

 

[Rocketman]

I am waiting for OS 9.1.1 to do anything. 9.1 is a bug. Stop force-upgrading people to known buggy OS's. Please? Not a genius? Never upgrade till an OS has been live for a month, without negative feedback. Be a trailing edge adopter.

Turn auto-update off!!

RM

 

[cdm283813]

Not missing jail breaking on 9.0.2 one bit. Made my 6S very unreliable. This past Monday it went into safe mode for no obvious reason. I had to sit in a restaurant trying to figure out which app was the culprit. And a few days before that the phone was soft bricked; couldn't even boot into safe mode.
I didn't switch from the Samsung S6 to have a unreliable phone and to stay on old updates. I'm planning on getting a Nexus 6P as my mini-tablet to support my fix. My iPad Air 2 is still on 9.0.2 but I really don't see a need to mess with it.

 

[Shirasaki]

I'm sure they would do it if the situation would be the same. But contrary to iOS, Apple actually does provide security updates for previous versions of OS X as well as extended support. Also given the much higher prices of software and compatibility issues, I'm sure that the criticism would outweigh the desire to do this. iOS has flexibility and disposability where OS X does not.

Flexibility? Disposability? Uh, I don't understand these two.
The first thing I admit is the user base of iOS is way larger than Mac OS X.

 

[pat500000]

Keeping the jailbreak on my iPad, but don’t care so much about jailbreaking my phone.

exactly..me 2. I have use for jailbraking on iPad air 2...but I don't find any use in iPhone.

 

[JosephAW]

Wow. I'm glad I was forced by Apple to stay on iOS 8.

 

[EM2013]

Cue the "can I still downgrade from iOS 9.1 to 9.0.2 threads"

 

[Benjamin Frost]

On 8.3, so this is all academic to me.

 

[Shirasaki]

If I want to jailbreak iPad, I probably cannot upgrade it to iOS 9.2 beta 1. Oh, no. iPad was already updated to iOS 9.1! No hope.

 

[Arminnn89]

one minutes of silence for JailBreak, Rest in Peace JB

 

[Aston441]

What's left besides

Torrents
Theming
Tethering

That people still bother to jailbreak for?

Apple pretty much sucked up and baked into iOS everything useful already I thought?