Wont restore back to 6.1.4

Why don't you try redownloading 6.1.4.

Google ios 6.1.4 ipsw and you should find some sites. Then hold option when you click restore, and select the new file.

It's possible the old ipsw was corrupted.

 

you can find 6.1.3 here

www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/‎

6.1.4 is iPhone 5 only, maybe that's why its failing?

 

On the iOS 7 Dev Center page, it says:
This is a pre-release version of iOS 7 beta for iPhone and iPod touch. Devices updated to iOS 7 beta can not be restored to earlier versions of iOS.

 

But you can go back- I did.

I'm on a 4S, non developer. All I did was DFU, and then click on 'restore' in iTunes when prompted. (I didn't option-click and manually select firmware.)

 

this would interest me as well. for iOS 6 it also said it couldn't be restored to iOS 5, but I went back and forth all the time on my dev phone.
can somebody try this please?

 

I restored mine back to v6.1.4 quite easily. I didn't know iTunes automatically downloaded the software for you. Very swift indeed.

 

Just out of interest, when you've downgraded back to 6.1.4, has your baseband version gone back to 3.04.25, or stayed at the 4.x version that ships with IOS7?

 

I went back to 6.1.4 half an hour ago, no problems.

 

what baseband/modem firmware version is showing in the about page?

 

I've gone back to 7 now so its showing 4.14.01

I didn't check it when I was on 6.1.4

 

Sorry I didn't check the specifics when posting, it's an iPhone 5 (UK).

 

I did install iOS 7 beta and downgrade yesterday on my iPhone 5. Baseband is now back to 3.04.25.

 

I followed this until step 5 where, instead of downloading the file and selecting it in Finder, iTunes automatically downloaded it for me.

 

On my GSM 4S, I am at 3.4.03 now (back on 6.1.3)

 

Hmmm...I might have thought that the iTunes downloaded firmware was corrupt, but you've tried it a few times with manually downloaded firmware too right?

Really strange. I dot think there should be any reason it shouldn't work. Downgrading firmware is not a problem as long as apple is still signing the 'old' firmware. People here have done it with both 4S and 5 models too.

 

And with all tries you did DFU first? You're sure you did the DFU correctly right? (Stupid question, but just to be sure.)

Right now are you able to kick your phone out of DFU and boot into ios 7?

 

downgraded mine successfully 4s (1.3) and 5 (1.4).

I didn't do the DFU mode, just plug iphone -> alt/option + restore -> select the .ipsw (download from iClarified)

nice to be back to IOS6, as expected the beta was too bugy and drains battery.

 

I didnt have a problem restoring back to iOS 6. The issue I had was the iOS 6 was not reading the back up.

When I had iOS 7 i backed up all my information, then restored back to iOS 6. That forced me to set up the phone as new and when i went to back up the back up was not available.

I had to reinstall 7 to get my phone current again (the back up file appeared for 7 not 6). The iOS 6 i guess was unable to recognize the back up made iOS 7.

Any one have this issue or know a way around it?