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Restore iphone without updating to ios 9
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Not through iTunes.
You can Erase All Content and Settings though, from the phone itself. That's not a restore per se, but it will wipe the phone while keeping you on iOS 8.
Otherwise, you can only restore a phone to the version of iOS that Apple is currently signing. Right now that's iOS 9.2.
You can Erase All Content and Settings though, from the phone itself. That's not a restore per se, but it will wipe the phone while keeping you on iOS 8.
Otherwise, you can only restore a phone to the version of iOS that Apple is currently signing. Right now that's iOS 9.2.
Welcome to the walled garden of Apple, where choices and freedom are very restricted. Doing what Apple wants is something you'll get used to... Maybe
Yes, you didn't restore using iTunes. Your method won't address software issues though.
Did you mean to this ?
Settings > General >Reset > Erase All Content and Settings
thanks
I did that after backing up to I cloud. Than restored from cloud. Kept my 8.4 and didn't lose a thing. I'm very hesitant about iOS 9. My phone has been running perfect on 8
What you did is precisely the way to go about it if you want to stay on the same OS.
But Erase All Contents and Settings is not a restore even though they achieve much of the same result.
OP wanted to know how to restore without upgrading, but unless Apple is signing the version you are currently on, that isn't possible.
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Now you have me confused , lol. My mail was swallowing up a large amount of space, even with both account boxes all empty. It was using 6.9 g b. I did what I explained and it seems better now. What was accomplished the way I did it as to a iTunes restore ?
Erase all content and settings just erases the data from the iOS device. It does not perform a fresh install of the filesystem. If there are software issues, they can still exist and carry after doing an erase all content and settings and ios corruption of files may not be fixed.
iTunes restore completely erases the device. It removes all user data and it downloads and installs a fresh clean version of the OS. This is the real way to solve or isolate software issues. If, after a restore and setting the device up as new, the problem still exists, that is an indicator that there is a hardware problem and the device should be repaired or replaced by Apple or other repair facility.