Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Developer account expired
- Thread starter silvetti
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I think once your account is expired, its done - you cannot update and as you know iOS8 itself will expire.
Kryckter
macrumors 6502
Thats a tricky one. I would guess you are stuck, but then again would apple leave someone stuck like that since you should not be able to downgrade. OTA updates may trick the system, just hope you dont hit the expire date.
Let us know how this goes please.
You can downgrade back to IOS 7.1.1 easily. Or if you want you can pay 5-7 dollars and get your UDID activated again.
Menel
Suspended
TouchMint.com
macrumors 68000
Kryckter
macrumors 6502
True, just basing my earlier comment on the fact that Apple states you can not downgrade 😉
Menel
Suspended
Where do they state that?
bug riddled not for production iOS8 is not by definition a downgrade back to stable iOS7.
You absolutely can downgrade, with the following provisios:
1) Apple is still signing the older release (this will be the case until mid-September)
2) You won't be able to restore any backups taken on iOS 8.
1) Apple is still signing the older release (this will be the case until mid-September)
2) You won't be able to restore any backups taken on iOS 8.
Kryckter
macrumors 6502
He was referring to the developer and if you let your account expire, any developer apps that you had published on the store will be taken down. Not the apps on the phone that he downloaded 😉
OP might be a "developer" like myself. Never listed any apps on the store as I'm not good enough, but do like to play around with apps on my actual phone instead of the simulator 😛
Kryckter
macrumors 6502
I would like to know this as well. My dev accounts are expiring in 15 days and was wondering what would happen if I didn't renew.
Kryckter
macrumors 6502
charlituna
macrumors G3
Once it goes public you can't. But during the DP period you totally can to go back to ios7. You just lose access to data that is in iOS 8 backups and you can't downgrade to a lower version of iOS 8, well not without some workarounds
In the read me file for the beta OS it says:
Again, remember that the beta OS isn't designed to be used on your main device. It should be used on a development device for testing the apps you're developing. This isn't to say that people don't use it on their main device and clearly it is possible to go back to IOS 7.1.1, but apple doesn't support it.
Beta 1 required activation via Apple's servers after every reboot.
Beta 2 doesn't.
If Activation gets implemented again in one of the future betas you might find yourself locked out or forced to downgrade.
C. Robert
macrumors 68000
I emailed apple and they said I was fine. I just can't register any new devices or download from their developer site. I will get all updates.
luckydcxx
macrumors 65816
Interesting. Mine expires somewhere between the 4th and 5th beta i think because last year they patched up the loop whole after the 3 beta i remember, that's when i had to register for a dev account. But if you say i will continues getting updates than that's cool. Unless I misunderstood.