Thanks Hunter and LuKreme. Yeah, Apple has never supplied a graceful way to 
roll back updates, and I guess this is in line with that. Oh well. To infinity 
- er, iOS 5, and beyond! 

On Oct 31, 2011, at 9:55 PM, LuKreme wrote:

> 
> On 31 Oct 2011, at 18:03 , Nathan Sims wrote:
> 
>> How does one restore an iPhone running iOS 5 to a previous version, say 
>> 4.3.5? iTunes only lets me reinstall iOS 5 again…
> 
> It might still be possible, but it will only be possible as long as Apple 
> continues to ‘sign’ the 4.3.5 version.
> 
> You have to put the iPhone into DFU mode, which is tricky. The easiest thing 
> to do is google for it and read the steps.
> 
> Oh, and you will need to have the previous .ipsw file for the version you 
> want since I do not think it is possible to download anything but 5.0 from 
> Apple. If Apple is not signing that version then it becomes a lot harder. A 
> *lot* harder.
> 
> I strongly recommend against it though. iOS 5 has changed a lot of things, 
> including the baseband. Reinstalling 4.3.x will leave you with a device 
> running 4.3.x on a iOS 5 baseband, and that will probably lead to problems.
> 
> The best thing to do if you are having problems with iOS 5 is use DFU to 
> reinstall a fresh iOS 5 and then restore from your iCloud backup.
> 
> -- 
> I gotta straighten my face This mellow-thighed chick just put my spine
> out of place
> 
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