How to Downgrade IOS 8 or IOS 7
I tried, without success, to downgrade IOS 7 not long after it came out. It did not work because as I am sure you all know Apple stopped this practice.
I did some digging around and think that I may have found a way to get past this.
I am still wading through the process as it is a bit complicated but I believe it works.
Here are the instructions.
Disclaimer
If this does not work or if it messes anything up then it is not my fault and you do this at your own risk.
I have not attempted this as at present moment I am happy with IOS 8 so do not need to downgrade.
Step 1
Download IOS 6 or whatever IOS version you want.
(make sure it is compatible with your Iphone)
Step 2
Download IOS 8 and using an editor such as Plist editor etc go into the file itself (it is just an archive so I am sure you know how to do that on mac). You want the actual IOS file itself which will be the biggest file there.
Step 3
Rename the file to something else and move it to a safe place on your hard drive
Step 4
take the same file from IOS 6 or the IOS you wish to downgrade to and put it in the place of the file that you just moved.
Step 5
you may need to rename the new older iOS file to the same name as the newer IOS file you moved.
Then using Itunes go through the downgrade process and it should work.
Reasons why is because the signature file of the newer IOS file such as IOS 8 will pass the checks that Apple do through itunes but the actual file itself will be of the older IOS that does not have as far as I know, any signature file etc and is just the code that makes up the OS.
As I say i have not tried it so do not know if it would work but if it does let me know
good luck
I tried, without success, to downgrade IOS 7 not long after it came out. It did not work because as I am sure you all know Apple stopped this practice.
I did some digging around and think that I may have found a way to get past this.
I am still wading through the process as it is a bit complicated but I believe it works.
Here are the instructions.
Disclaimer
If this does not work or if it messes anything up then it is not my fault and you do this at your own risk.
I have not attempted this as at present moment I am happy with IOS 8 so do not need to downgrade.
Step 1
Download IOS 6 or whatever IOS version you want.
(make sure it is compatible with your Iphone)
Step 2
Download IOS 8 and using an editor such as Plist editor etc go into the file itself (it is just an archive so I am sure you know how to do that on mac). You want the actual IOS file itself which will be the biggest file there.
Step 3
Rename the file to something else and move it to a safe place on your hard drive
Step 4
take the same file from IOS 6 or the IOS you wish to downgrade to and put it in the place of the file that you just moved.
Step 5
you may need to rename the new older iOS file to the same name as the newer IOS file you moved.
Then using Itunes go through the downgrade process and it should work.
Reasons why is because the signature file of the newer IOS file such as IOS 8 will pass the checks that Apple do through itunes but the actual file itself will be of the older IOS that does not have as far as I know, any signature file etc and is just the code that makes up the OS.
As I say i have not tried it so do not know if it would work but if it does let me know
good luck
