Downgrading from IOS 5 Beta 2 to 4.3.3.

[Daj27]

I realized that you can still downgrade from beta 2 to 4.3.3 by simply downgrading to beta 1 first. Then going to 4.3.3.

 

[mikelegacy]

Cool story bro.

 

[QuarterSwede]

You should've been able to go straight to 4.3.3 by simply restoring as Apple is still signing it.

 

[Nicolas4ever]

i downgraded 2 times by fault.it works without downgrading first to the beta 1

 

[Hoppesangen]

All you have to do is restore like normal.

 

[The Game 161]

Why would you want to

 

[blue43fan]

For whatever reason, I'm having difficulty downgrading from beta 2 to 4.3.3. It always says "This device is not eligible for the requested build." Any ideas?

 

[dmcwally]

Did u try putting the phone in dfu mode and restoring as a new phone ? I did that yesterday and now I'm back on 4.3.3

 

[backbraker25]

I would like to know the answer to this question as well.

 

[blue43fan]

Did u try putting the phone in dfu mode and restoring as a new phone ? I did that yesterday and now I'm back on 4.3.3

Yep. Didn't work.

 

[blue43fan]

Got it! Just in case anyone was wondering that runs into this problem, the issue is with the hosts file in /private/etc

Just add a # and a space before the gs.apple line (at the bottom), and you're good to go!