Not sure if this question has been asked yet or not but I think it's a good question/a great concern. Here it goes... Once someone updates to ios7 (when it's officially released) can they downgrade to ios6 by going into DFU mode after downloading the appropriate ipsw file from the Internet?
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Question about downgrading
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You can do a DFU downgrade until Apple stops signing the previous version. Normally very shortly after general release of the new os.
(non-jb devices obviously)
(non-jb devices obviously)
Once it goes public, no. Only reason one can even downgrade now is caus technically the latest public version is iOS 6.
Even if you download ios6 from a fairly trustworthy site that hosts ipsws and restore the phone in DFU mode?
You can only use firmware that is still being signed by apple. Once a new version is released, apple will continue signing the previous version for a few days at most. After that, you can only restore to the most current firmware, which will be iOS. 7.