My Rollback to iOS 18

[Crowlover0815]

Hi everyone

Yesterday i wrote in another thread, i will sell my iPhone 15 PM and buy a new iPhone 15 PM with iOS 18 installed. Today i received the new iPhone and AW 10 and i thought, it's a good idea to set up it completely from new without any backup from previous iOS 18.

For me definitve the better iPhone experience with iOS 18.



I realized, that one app already have this ugly iOS 26 borders around the app icon under iOS 18. So there will more an more icons get this borders with updates in the future, when the iOS 26 "optimizations" are implemented.

I'm using iPhones since 2009 and i updated every year to the newest iOS version, but iOS 26 is for me the badest release for me.
I usually get used to changes quickly, but this time after a month with iOS 26 i have to go this step and hope, Apple will let the user decide, how much liquid glass we "need", or a option to turn this effects completely off.

I wonder if anyone else has taken this step back? 🙃

 

[FeliApple]

Hi everyone

Yesterday i wrote in another thread, i will sell my iPhone 15 PM and buy a new iPhone 15 PM with iOS 18 installed. Today i received the new iPhone and AW 10 and i thought, it's a good idea to set up it completely from new without any backup from previous iOS 18.

For me definitve the better iPhone experience with iOS 18.

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I realized, that one app already have this ugly iOS 26 borders around the app icon under iOS 18. So there will more an more icons get this borders with updates in the future, when the iOS 26 "optimizations" are implemented.

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I'm using iPhones since 2009 and i updated every year to the newest iOS version, but iOS 26 is for me the badest release for me.
I usually get used to changes quickly, but this time after a month with iOS 26 i have to go this step and hope, Apple will let the user decide, how much liquid glass we "need", or a option to turn this effects completely off.

I wonder if anyone else has taken this step back? 🙃

I unwittingly had automatic app updates enabled and I barely managed to avoid the iOS 26 borders for now.

I never update iOS so I’m still running iOS 18 on my 16 Plus, but I reckon app updates are eventually inevitable. Unlike iOS updates, which experience shows I can run original iOS versions for years on end, apps typically break far faster, so I reckon that it won’t be long until all apps have the borders.

Nothing I can do about it, so I will enjoy my iOS 18 apps without borders while they last.

Selling the device and repurchasing one on the previous version, especially as somebody who updates every year, is quite extreme. You really disliked iOS 26, didn’t you?

That said, you aren’t the first one to mention doing something like that. iOS 26 has been quite controversial. I knew I disliked it from day one. The only aspect I like is the camera app icon, but the translucency is hideous, at least for me.

Apple is my way or nothing, so they either stick to Liquid Glass for years on end and eventually force us all or they allow some kind of rollback. They changed every OS, so it doesn’t seem like that will be the case.

Well, let’s enjoy iOS (and iPadOS in my case) 18 while it lasts.

 

[UliBaer]

Even on iOS 17.7.2 the icons start to get 26tified:

It is the icon for "hide.me VPN". Since the latest update it has this border.

 

[Crowlover0815]

I bought the latest iPhone every year for years, but I haven't upgraded since the iPhone 15 PM.
Now I'm selling the iPhone with iOS 26 and enjoying a fresh iPhone 15 PM.

I'll also skip the iPhone 17 PM, as the iPhone 15 PM is more than good enough.

Let's see where Apple's Liquid Glass takes us.

I don't like the animations, the battery doesn't last as long, and the iPhone sometimes gets noticeably warm with the same usage.

Apple probably wanted the new iPhones to feel newer and better by making major changes to iOS and thus boosting sales.

 

[tomtattoo]

Let´s not forget about these companies which still refuse to offer a proper dark icon for dark mode.
So you have three! different styles on iOS18: no dark icon, iOS 18 icon, iOS26 icon.

And they are talking about "unifying the design all over devices"
It is ridicolous.

 

[Isamilis]

Hi everyone

Yesterday i wrote in another thread, i will sell my iPhone 15 PM and buy a new iPhone 15 PM with iOS 18 installed. Today i received the new iPhone and AW 10 and i thought, it's a good idea to set up it completely from new without any backup from previous iOS 18.

For me definitve the better iPhone experience with iOS 18.

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I realized, that one app already have this ugly iOS 26 borders around the app icon under iOS 18. So there will more an more icons get this borders with updates in the future, when the iOS 26 "optimizations" are implemented.

View attachment 2568226

I'm using iPhones since 2009 and i updated every year to the newest iOS version, but iOS 26 is for me the badest release for me.
I usually get used to changes quickly, but this time after a month with iOS 26 i have to go this step and hope, Apple will let the user decide, how much liquid glass we "need", or a option to turn this effects completely off.

I wonder if anyone else has taken this step back? 🙃

I actually like the iOS 26’ border style. But I stay in 18 due to its impact on performance, battery and visual clarity.

 

[winxmac]

You should have bought an iPhone 16 Pro Max since that is the iPhone model with iOS 18.x in mind. Since you look happy with going back to iOS 18.x and still use an iPhone 15 Pro Max, I guess that works as well.

As an owner of an iPhone 11 Pro Max, I don't have any choice but to upgrade to iOS 26.x once apps no longer update on iOS 18.x and maybe by that time, whatever current iOS release we have will either be back to iOS 6 stability and look or iOS 18 and earlier.

Does anyone here think that iOS 27.x will be a minor update but major in terms of aesthetics?