How can I downgrade my iPhone 3G from iOS 4.3 to iOS 3???
I've been searching for several hours, but I can't seem to find the solution that quite fits what I need and that I can completely understand.
Here's the backstory:
I have a rickety ol' iPhone 3G running the latest iOS as of this posting. I don't really have a problem with jailbreaking, but I jailbroke it about a year ago on iOS 4 I think, and just ran into problems. It might have had something to do with the fact that I've dropped the phone so many times
Anyhow, I firmly believe that with my particular phone's delicate constitution, it should ideally be running an iOS 3 rather than 4. It runs fine, but it's excruciatingly slow, and a bit buggy. Things are to the point now where I've put the sim in an old phone and I'm just using the iPhone as an iPod touch because I was having trouble getting calls on it. I would love do just buy a shiny new iPhone 4 and get a nice 2 inch thick case for it, but the budget hasn't really left room for cool stuff lately. I would really like to get back to using the phone part of my iPhone since I still have it.
I know there has got to be some way to get back to iOS 3. I jailbroke the phone on a computer I no longer have access to, so no SHSH available (whatever that is)
I tried the how-to on lifehacker, but I guess the IPSW file won't work anymore because of the signatures (again, I don't really understand that phenomenon).
Any quick and dirty ways you geniuses out there can think of to get me back down to iOS 3?
I've been out of the jailbreaking loop for almost a year now, so don't talk too fast
I've been searching for several hours, but I can't seem to find the solution that quite fits what I need and that I can completely understand.
Here's the backstory:
I have a rickety ol' iPhone 3G running the latest iOS as of this posting. I don't really have a problem with jailbreaking, but I jailbroke it about a year ago on iOS 4 I think, and just ran into problems. It might have had something to do with the fact that I've dropped the phone so many times
Anyhow, I firmly believe that with my particular phone's delicate constitution, it should ideally be running an iOS 3 rather than 4. It runs fine, but it's excruciatingly slow, and a bit buggy. Things are to the point now where I've put the sim in an old phone and I'm just using the iPhone as an iPod touch because I was having trouble getting calls on it. I would love do just buy a shiny new iPhone 4 and get a nice 2 inch thick case for it, but the budget hasn't really left room for cool stuff lately. I would really like to get back to using the phone part of my iPhone since I still have it.I know there has got to be some way to get back to iOS 3. I jailbroke the phone on a computer I no longer have access to, so no SHSH available (whatever that is
)I tried the how-to on lifehacker, but I guess the IPSW file won't work anymore because of the signatures (again, I don't really understand that phenomenon).
Any quick and dirty ways you geniuses out there can think of to get me back down to iOS 3?
I've been out of the jailbreaking loop for almost a year now, so don't talk too fast
