So I’m an idiot who finally caved and updated to iOS 11 yesterday. It’s not bad and I can see myself enjoying it once the kinks are worked out, but the battery life isn’t quite there yet and I’ve noticed some stuttering, amongst other hiccups. I want to revert back to iOS 10.3.3 but apparently I didn’t have the backup saved in the cloud as I had assumed I did and so now I need to get to a desktop and go the iTunes route via an IPSW download. The process is simple and I know how to do all that, but is it safe to download and install files from places like ipsw.me? My warranty on this 6s is expired anyways, so that’s not a worry. Or does anyone know any tricks to revert back to 10.3.3 with no backup and a computer not currently present?
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IPSW 10.3.3 file safe to download and install?
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ipsw.me links directly to Apple's servers so the files are authentic. In any case, the files are "signed" and ones that have been tampered with won't install in the first place.
iSayBoourns
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Yes it’s safe. IPSW files won’t do anything without getting verified. So there’s no way you could install a tampered with file.
One more question. How long do you think Apple will continue to sign off on iOS 10.3.3? The end of the week? A month?
Mlrollin91
macrumors G5
I highly doubt it will last through the end of the week, now that 11/11.0.1/11.0.2 have been released. Normally as one is released, the older one is dropped.
The only other time they've continued to sign the previous major version this long is with iOS 9 last year which they signed until October 19th. Hard to know when they'll stop.
newellj
macrumors G3
^^^ What they said. If you want to downgrade, I'd do it ASAP. At this point I think Apple will stop signing 10.3.3 any day now. I put both of my iPads back onto 10.3.3, one of them last night. Apple doesn't publicly announce when then will stop signing a prior iOS version.
Took care of it this morning as I had some time to kill. Thanks for all the replies.
Mlrollin91
macrumors G5
iOS 9.3.3 is the only other time they continued signing into October since switching to September releases. Seems it's only really a safe guess right after initial release.
They had it open until releasing 10.0.3 on October 17th, then they stopped signing 9.3.3 on the 19th. The update says it fixed the iPhone 7 dropping calls. Seems like they try to fix some serious issues first.
