Is it still possible to go back to ios 8.whatever without a jailbroken phone?
Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 17, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interestingly enough iOS 8.4.1 has been out for several weeks and my usual > source for IPSW files, http://IPSWDownloader.com, stops at version 8.3, > version 12F70. > I’m sure other websites have it, but I wonder why this one doesn’t. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How does one go back to iOS 8 from iOS 9 > > Hi Neal, this won't be possible for very much longer. So if you're going to > do it, you'll want to do it without any delay. If Apple follows its usual > practice, they will soon stop signing iOS 8.4.1, so with the exception of a > pretty complex process in jailbroken devices, it won't be an option. > The short answer to your question is that during this window, if you can find > the file with a .IPSW extension for iOS 8.4.1 for your specific iPhone model, > you can install it by pressing shift+Space-bar on the "restore" button in > iTunes. Navigate to that file, run it, wait, and eventually you'll have 8.4.1 > back. Hopefully you have kept an encrypted backup in iTunes of your phone in > its 8.4.1 state and you can restore from that. If you have not, an iCloud > restore should be a much lengthier but feasible restore. > But I can't stress enough, if Apple sticks to its usual behaviour, these > instructions will stop working real soon. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > On 18/09/2015, at 3:34 AM, Neal Ewers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, I don’t think I need to do this, but just to make sure, I searched for > things on the web and saw articles about how to down grade a beta version > back to version 8. Is it the same path to take when downgrading from the > released version? Are there any simple listing of steps that anyone has found > that may be more easy to contemplate than some of the ones I have found? > > Thanks for all help. > > Neal > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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