It most likely means apple isn't signing the previous version of iOS, unfortunately.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mária Orovcíková Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to downgrade to IOS 5.1.1 Hi list, I gave the download link to one of my friends and when he was about to instal previous version of IOS, he got 3194 error. His Iphone is not jailbroken. Please, does anyone know what causes this error? Thanks for your help. With regards Maria On 24.9.2012 12:08, Daniel Miller wrote: > Download it from the following: > http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750 > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Mária Orovcíková > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 4:22 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How to downgrade to IOS 5.1.1 > > Hi Sieghard and all, > Thank you very much for very detailed explanation about upgrading IOS6. > Please, where can I download IOS5.1.1 again? Should I google it? > With regards > Maria > > > Sent from IPhone > > Dňa 23.9.2012, o 21:56, Sieghard Weitzel<siegh...@live.ca> napísal: > >> Hi Mária, >> >> I only downgraded my iPhone 4 once and that was after I optained a >> beta copy of iOS 5 back last year in July. I was pretty excited about >> iOS 5 after the June announcement so I paid some guy on eBay 5 >> Dollars to register my UDID under his developer account. I then had >> to find a website to download the iOS 5 beta, but since it was only >> the first or second Beta it gave me so many problems that after a >> week or 2 I downloaded iOS 4.3 again from the same website. >> Basically, as long as Apple allows downgrading and provided you find >> a full copy of iOS >> 5.1.1 which will be somewhere in the neighbourhood of 700 or 800 >> Megabytes to ddownload, you just download it, then if you want to >> downgrade you hook your phone up to iTunes and instead of pressing >> Enter on "Restore" you press Shift+Enter. If you are using Windows >> this will open a standard Open File dialogue, you then browse to >> where you saved the iOS 5.1.1 file which has a .ipsw extention, >> select it and press "Open". From then on it's a standard restore procedure >> and if all goes well you will be back to 5.1.1 when it's done. >> >> Now, having said this, I don't think you have too much to worry about. >> iOS 6 seems to run very well on the iPhone 4 and in fact quite a few >> people here have reported it seems to be more responsive than iOS >> 5.1.1 was although there are a few exceptions where some people seem >> to have problems. As for features all works well except custom labels >> has a bug and there are a few other things which maybe you read about >> if you followed the list. Nothing I think is a deal breaker. >> >> If you do upgrade make sure you are plugged into power and back up >> before and even though some claim it makes no difference, do this >> after you backed up and before starting the update: >> >> Turn on Airplane Mode, then go into WiFi and turn WiFi back on still >> with Airplane mode enabled. >> This will turn off Bluetooth and the phone so at least your upgrade >> won't be interrupted by a phone call. >> >> Next, go to the app switcher and force quit all apps. >> >> Last, turn your iPhone off and turn it back on, basically this >> reboots the device. I would also plug it into a power outlet with the >> wall charger and not the computer, somebody mentioned yesterday that >> if you plug it into the computer you use to sync and have iTunes open >> it can cause the phone to go into DFU mode which you do not want to happen. >> >> Now you can go to "Settings", "General" and "Software Update" and >> start the update. Keep in mind that the download itself can take >> about half an hour or more and if it seems to be stuck at 96% don't >> panic and just let it sit, it will finish eventually. Also, the >> actual install with all reboots and so on can take another 30 minutes >> or even up to an hour, so unless Voiceover doesn't come on for about >> 2 hours, don't worry. If it doesn't come on after >> 2 hours or more, well, then do worry *smile*. >> >> I started the update via WiFi but got impatient when nothing happened >> for 5 minutes as it sat at 96% and I rebooted the phone. After that >> it kept telling me that my version 5.1.1 was the latest update so I >> just hooked it up to iTunes and did the update via iTunes. From all I >> heard from those who did the update on the phone via WiFi I think I >> preferred to do it via iTunes as I could always see what was >> happening, I heard the various sounds the computer made when the >> iPhone disconnected and reconnected during the update etc. If you >> want to do this via iTunes you have to be upgraded to the latest version >> which is 10.7. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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