Downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.4 - 6.1.3 - 6.1.2 - 6.1.1 - 6.1 - 6 - 5.1.1

How To Downgrade From iOS 7 to IOS 6.1.4 – 6.1.3 – 6.1.2 – 6.1.1 – 6.1 – 6.0.1 – 6 – 5.1.1

How To Downgrade From iOS 7 beta To iOS 6.x and IOS 5.x

Step 1) – Download firmware 6.x or 5.x to download IOS page

Step 2) - Now connect your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to your computer via the Lightning connector.

Step 3) - Launch iTunes and go into the device summery tab. Now Option click on Mac or Shift click on Windows the Restore button and then select the iOS 6.1.3 or iOS 6.1.4firmware.

Step 4) - You will now simply need to watch your iOS device be restored back to iOS 6.x. If you experience an error simply place your device into DFU mode and then repeat the process from step 3.

Unfortunately it isn’t possible to downgrade from iOS 7 to a Jailbreakable firmware like iOS 6.1.2 even with saved SHSH blobs. The only devices that can downgrade back to iOS 6.1.2 with saved SHSH blobs is A4 devices like the iPhone 4.

How to Downgrade iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.4 or iOS 6.1.3 via iTunes

How to Downgrade iOS 7 GM to iOS 6.1.4 

or iOS 6.1.3 via iTunes 

How to Downgrade iOS 7 GM to iOS 6.1.4 or iOS 6.1.3

 via iTunes [VIDEO GUIDE]

Downgrade iOS 7 Gold Master or Final release to iOS 6 in five simple steps 

How to Downgrade iOS 7 GM to iOS 6.1.4 or iOS 6.1.3 via iTunes

Apple rolled out iOS 7 Gold Master (GM) to its registered developers via iOS Developer Center (Dev Center) as part of its developer programme, following its big iPhone event on 10 September. The iOS 7 GM is the final developer release (click here to see our tutorial) with build number 11A465 that brings a few notable bug-fixes and feature enhancements over previous beta releases.

However, iOS 7 still lacks a working jailbreak, so those who want to retain their existing jailbreak apps and tweaks should downgrade their iDevice to older versions of iOS 6.

IBTimes UK brings a step-by-step guide to help users restore their devices from iOS 7 GM to stable versions of iOS 6 (iOS 6.1.4 or iOS 6.1.3) via iTunes Backup and Restore function.

Pre-Requisites

•  Download iOS 6.1.4 for iPhone 5
•  Download iOS 6.1.3 for iPhone 4/4S, iPad and iPod Touch 5.
•  Install latest version of iTunes on your PC or Mac.
•  A lightning cable for iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5 or a 30-pin connector for iPhone 4/4S is required for this downgrade.

NOTE: It is not possible to downgrade the firmware from iOS 7 GM or final release to iOS 6.1.2 on iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPod touch 5. However, iPhone 4 users can still downgrade to iOS 6.1.2 if they have the required SHSH blobs and APTickets saved for 6.1.2 or lower firmware version.

How to Downgrade iOS 7 GM or Final Release to iOS 6.1.4 on iPhone 5 or iOS 6.1.3 on iPhone 4/4S, iPad and iPod Touch 5

Step 1: Connect the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 7 GM or final release to your computer (PC or Mac) via USB cable. Then launch iTunes and place the phone into DFU mode (Hold the Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds, then release the Power, but continue holding Home button for 10 to 30 more seconds to boot the device into DFU mode).

Step 2: Choose your device from the left pane or click the iPhone button on the top right hand corner of iTunes.

Step 3: In the main iTunes screen, two buttons namely: Check for Update and Restore iPhone are visible. If running Windows OS then hold the Shift key (Alt Key for Mac) and click Restore iPhone.

Step 4: A new pop-up window should appear. Browse and select the IPSW file downloaded earlier for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and click Restore.

Step 5: iTunes will validate the IPSW firmware file with Apple and then the restore process will begin. This process may take some time to complete. So, please be patient and do not interrupt the process. Once the process completes, your device will be running iOS 6.1.3 or 6.1.4.

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How to downgrade from iOS 7 beta to iOS 6

If you had upgraded your iOS device to iOS 7 beta to check it out and want to downgrade back to iOS 6, then the good news is that you can downgrade. This is despite Apple’s warning which states that you cannot downgrade back to earlier versions of iOS.

Important points to note:

• You will be able to downgrade back only to the latest iOS 6.x.x version (which is iOS 6.1.4 for iPhone 5 and iOS 6.1.3 for the remaining iOS devices).
• Please take a backup of your iOS device to iCloud or using iTunes.
• Please note that when you downgrade back to iOS 6.x.x, you will be able to restore back to iOS 6.x.x compatible backup and not the iOS 7 backup to avoid compatibility issues.

Please follow these simple instructions to downgrade to iOS 6:

• Download the appropriate iOS 6.x.x firmware file for your device from the below links:
  • iOS fimrware file for iPhone
  • iOS fimrware file for iPod touch
• Connect the device running iOS 7 beta to your computer.
• Launch iTunes and select the iOS device from the top right corner, to the left of the iTunes Store button.
• Hold the Alt/Option key (Shift Key in Windows) on your keyboard and click on the Restore iPhone/iPod touch button in iTunes. Note: If you’ve Find My iPhone enabled then it will prompt you to turn it off before restoring your iPhone (it’s one of the features of iOS 7).

• Select the ipsw file you had downloaded earlier.
• iTunes will inform that it will erase and restore your iOS device to iOS 6.x.x and will verify the restore with Apple.

• Click Restore.
• iTunes should now restore your iOS device to iOS 6.x.x.
• After a restore, the iOS device will restart. You should then see ”Slide to set up”. Follow the steps in the iOS Setup Assistant.
• You can then restore your device from a backup if required.

That’s it. Please don’t forget to let us know how it goes in the comments and drop us a line if you hit any issues.

How to downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3 on your iPhone 4

How to downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3 on your iPhone 4 using iFaith

If you’ve an iPhone 4 and have saved SHSH blobs for iOS 6.1.3, then it is possible to downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3 or earlier using iFaith.

We had briefly mentioned this a days back, but we finally managed to successfully downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3, so we thought of sharing the step-by-step instructions for those interested in downgrading.

Some important points before we proceed (please read them carefully before proceeding):

• iFaith developed by iH8sn0w is only available for Windows.

• You can downgrade only if you’ve iOS 6.1.3 SHSH blobs. This method should also work if you’ve SHSH blobs for iOS software updates released before iOS 6.1.3 such as iOS 6.1.2 etc.

• This method currently works only on iPhone 4. It is not possible to downgrade any of the other iOS 7 compatible devices like the iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad mini and iPod touch 5G.

• If you’re still on iOS 6.1.3 then you should save the SHSH blobs using iFaith.

• This process involves restoring your device with custom iOS firmware file, so restoring it from back up could be a time consuming process. So do this when you have time on your hand.

• After you’ve downgraded to iOS 6.1.3, you will be able to restore from only an iOS 6.1.3 compatible backup. You won’t be able to restore from the iOS 7 backup, so it may be a good idea to take a backup of your photos and videos. There are several third-party solutions likeDropbox (iTunes link) and Google+ (iTunes link) that auto-upload your photo library to the cloud, so you can recover your life moments if something goes horribly wrong, and also to recover the photos and videos you had taken after upgrading to iOS 7.

• Even though the iOS 7 backup may not be useful once you downgrade, it is a good idea to take a backup using iTunes or iCloud so you can recover the data if you realize, you’ve lost something critical during the downgrade process.

Follow these instructions to downgrade your iPhone 4 from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3.

• Download iFaith from this link, and unzip the file.

• Download iOS 6.1.3 firmware file for iPhone 4 from this link.

• You need iTunes 11.0.5 or lower for this to work. It won’t work with iTunes 11.1 or iTunes 11.1.1. So uninstall iTunes 11.1 or later, and download and install iTunes 11.0 from the links provided below:
  • iTunes 11.0 for Windows (32-bit)
  • iTunes 11.0 for Windows (64-bit)

• Connect your iPhone to your computer.

• Double click on the iFaith icon, and click on the “Ok” button.

• Then click on ”Show Available SHSH Caches on Server.”

• It will prompt you, if you want to use your newly connected device. Click “Yes” to continue.

• Here you will will show 3 options. Click on the the 3rd option, “Show list of available SHSH blobs on TSS server(s).”

• This will download all the SHSH blobs from Cydia servers and iFaith if you had saved them locally.

• Select the blob from Cydia or iFaith for iOS 6.1.3 and click on “Download selected blob(s).” It will prompt you to save the blob locally, select the location, preferably Desktop and click “Ok.”

• It will inform you when it has finished downloading the SHSH blob for iOS 6.1.3, click “Ok.” It will also inform you that it has successfully verified the apt tickets for iOS 6.1.3, click “Ok.”

• It will again prompt you if want to use the newly connected device, click “No” to exit iFaith.

• Double click on the iFaith icon to launch it again, then click “Ok” to continue.

• Now you need to click on the “Build signed IPSW w/ blobs” option.

• Click “Browse for blobs” and point it to the SHSH blob you had downloaded earlier (the file has .shsh extension).

• It will inform you that “the provided apticket looks valid,” click “Ok” to continue.

• Now click on the “Browse for the IPSW” button and point it to iOS firmware file you had downloaded earlier, or you can ask iFaith to download it for you by clicking on the “Download it for me” option.

• It will verify the IPSW. If it is the correct one, it will give you an option to “Build IPSW,” click on it to continue.

• iFaith will now build the custom IPSW file using the iOS firmware file and SHSH blobs. It can take a while, so please be patient.

• After it is done, it will inform you that it has “finished creating your custom “signed” IPSW.” Note the filename. Click on the “Ok” button to continue.

• You now need to put your device in pwned DFU state. Turn off your iPhone and click on the “Start” button and follow the on-screen instructions to put it in pwned DFU state.
  • Prepare to press and hold Power and Home button in 5 seconds.
  • Press and hold Power and home button for 10 seconds and prepare to release Power button.
  • Release the Power button and Continue holding the Home button for 30 seconds.

• After it has detected the device is in DFU mode, it will run iREB and inform you that your device is successfully in pwned DFU state. Click on the “Ok” button, and “Ok” again to exit iFaith.

• Now launch iTunes 11.0. It should prompt you that iTunes has detected in recovery mode. Click “Ok” to continue.

• Hold down on the Shift key and click the “Restore iPhone…” button in the Summary pane. Browse to the custom .ipsw file (has the words “iFaith” and “signed” in the file name) and select it.

• iTunes will take sometime to restore your iPhone with the custom firmware file. Do not disconnect your device until the restore has finished.

• After the restore is successful, follow the onscreen instructions on your iPhone to set it up. You may restore from the backup.

That’s it, you’ve successfully downgraded your iPhone 4 from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3.  

Check the video to watch the walkthrough of the entire process:Click here to watch