I figured it out. All I had to do was to put the phone in recovery mode and 8.4 downloaded automatically. I didn't have to do anything witha a psw file. I did have to set it up as a new phone and all that jazz though. You're right. It taught me a lesson, too.
Jenn and Kumi > On Jul 11, 2015, at 11:02 AM, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone > <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > This got me interested ... > > Can you say a little more about how you installed a previous backup and the > problems encountered as a result. > > Just interested, and hope it will help me in understanding the process ... > > Carol P > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 4:59 PM > Subject: RE: iOS9 Beta > > > Hi Jenny, > > You would have to go on a site like http://ipswdownloader.com and download > the full iOS firmware for your specific device. I haven't checked if 8.4 is > up there yet, but I assume by now it would be. Then you have to connect your > phone to iTunes, put it in recovery mode, press shift+restore and select the > downloaded .IPSW file. If you use Windows, the file most likely will download > as a file with a .zip extension, you have to enable showing file extension > and rename it with .ipsw. Hopefully this will downgrade you and if you have > archived an 8.4 backup you can restore from it. All of this is explained at > beta.apple.com along with the appropriate warnings for using beta software. I > had a pretty hard time downgrading and since my backup was from 8.3 and I > went straight to 8.4 right after its public release, I couldn't restore my > backup and had to start from scratch, set up as a new phone, setup all my > email accounts again, reinstall apps and all that fun stuff. It took me hours > and I learned a pretty good lesson regarding archiving backups from various > versions, not to try and restore a backup from a previous version to a newer > version and in general about the risks involved with using early-stage beta > software. I ran iOS 8 from Beta 1 last year, but while I had all the usual > bugs I think all in all my 5S was actually more stabil than it was with iOS 9 > Beta 1 and 2. > > I may try iOS 9 agan before the public release in mid September, but probably > I'll let another 2 or 3 betas go by and look into it again in early or mid > August. > > > Good luck, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Jennie Facer > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:38 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: iOS9 Beta > > How do I downgrade to 8.4? > > Thank you so much! > > Jenn > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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