Someone tried to do downgrade iOS8 to iOS7? I tried it, unfortunately I somehow fail, iTunes, I get the error message: https://www.dropbox.com/s/28ayctqbmcuvlx5/01.png while I have the latest version of iTunes, iPhone in my dev. program, the hosts file is not an apple that would result in blocking if it was there, so really do not know anymore.
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Downgrade from iOS 8 to iOS 7 not work
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I was download iOS 7.1 from developer center, I do not know kow version is there, I try download 7.1.1..
Ohh on developer page is date sometimes in march, and I read that 7.1.1 was out in april, so on developer page is 7.1 and I was think that its 7.1.1, I now try download 7.1.1....
Ohh on developer page is date sometimes in march, and I read that 7.1.1 was out in april, so on developer page is 7.1 and I was think that its 7.1.1, I now try download 7.1.1....
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Why do people download the .ipsw manually when they restore? Just DFU it and plug it into iTunes.
Because once you've installed a beta, iTunes can not always detect which is the proper ipsw needed. Even after DFU.
If you want fewer headaches grab the proper ipsw in advance.
I've been running betas for YEARS and I've not once had this problem. Maybe I'm lucky.
I've encountered this problem, and I would recommend exactly this - although for those with slow broadband I feel your pain!
So I did not know that under the DFU restore it works.
So I downloaded 7.1.1 and restore successful
Great! Glad to hear it worked!
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I manually d/l ipsw cause most of time it's a faster download than thru Apple/iTunes
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And this as well.
true, it can be a faster download. I hadn't considered that. But since there are lots of people upgrading to the beta without the proper knowledge of how to do so, the iTunes method would be my recommendation, unless you have the ipsw already downloaded
I've done it several times in the past and just yesterday and I've never ran into any issues where iTunes didn't automatically choose the correct ispw.
Actually, it works fine. You're not updating, you're DFU restoring - which means iTunes will install the latest publicly available firmware, no matter what you currently have installed. If the correct IPSW isn't already in the right directory, it will automagically download it.
Use iTunes to download it. It seems if you download outside of iTunes you get an error. I ran into this last night and this morning I decided to use iTunes and it worked like a charm.
Yup, that's basically recovery mode. Just put the phone into that (which is even simpler than DFU mode) and it will do it. While DFU is generally more when you have IPSW downloaded already and want to use that particular file vs. iTunes downloading the appropriate one itself. Recovery mode generally does the trick fairly well.
This is what has worked for me.
Downloaded firmware 7.1.1 (iPhone6,1_7.1.1_11D201_Restore.IPSW)
Put iPhone in DFU mode and hit alt and restore.
http://youtu.be/33jvMpMHW7E
Downloaded firmware 7.1.1 (iPhone6,1_7.1.1_11D201_Restore.IPSW)
Put iPhone in DFU mode and hit alt and restore.
http://youtu.be/33jvMpMHW7E
I had this issue earlier last night. LOL I completely forgot about DFU mode, i kept nagging myself to keep on trying until I figured it out and retraced my own steps of what i did when I was using the IOS7 betas and wanting to go back onto iOS6.
The DFU mode was what i needed! Now phone is back on ioS7.1.1!
The DFU mode was what i needed! Now phone is back on ioS7.1.1!
Recovery mode should easily do the trick pretty much all on its own for most: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Also, Apple still has 7.1 posted on the Dev Center. I have been waiting for them to upload 7.1.1 forever...looks like it's not gonna happen