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harleymhs

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I think I know the answer but I wanted to ask anyway.. I just updated my Iphone 5s to the 7.1.1 .. I want to go back to the last ios.. Is there ANY way to go back or once you update you are DONE? Thanks!!!!
 
Generally you cannot downgrade. There are a few exceptions to this, but not with the iPhone 4s/5/5c/5s.
 
I figured you cant go back.. I liked the colors and layout better with the old ios.. Thanks Guys!
 
Its going to be real hard to go that low and will need many hacking tools and old firmware and itunes versions.
I think the lowest some where able to get their original iphone 2G was 1.1.4

whats the lowest I can go that is the easiest?
 
I believe its 1.1.4 but I haven't tried it myself.
Search in the hacks section, there's a few threads with people want to downgrade and what programs and what you will need to do to go down as early ios version as possible.
 
Applejuiced is correct. 1.1.4 is the easiest to get to. But others have been able to get to 1.1.1 with lots of work. Those were the good old days, the iOS 1 days...
 
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