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 > > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
