Hi Jennifer,
Theoretically you should be able to downgrade by connecting to iTunes and use the “Check for Updates” option. You would first need to find an iOS 8.4.1 IPSW file for your device and download it, then open iTunes with your device connected, go to your device area and tab to the Check for Updates button and press Shift+Enter, browse to your downloaded iPS W file and your iPhone should be downgraded without the need for a rstore of a backup. I am saying “should” because not always do things go smoothly and you may have to end up putting your iPhne into recovery mode and to do a restore and then of course youwould need to restore from a backup. Now, since you have to to this via iTunes anyways, why not make an encrypted backup or at least a normal iTunes backup, this will backup all text messages. Here is a link for a website where you can find your phone’s IPSW file: http://www.iphonehacks.com/download-iphone-ios-firmware The following link was posted by Richard a couple of days ago and it describes 2 methodes you can downgrade, what I described above is method 2 which is not the recommended method, but which the author wrote worked for them and it has worked for me in the past: http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/09/how-to-downgrade-ios-9.html Good luck, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 12:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How does one go back to iOS 8 from iOS 9 Will I lose all of my text messages if I go back? They're the only thing that icloud won't back ups. Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2015, at 2:05 PM, christopher hallsworth <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I haven't heard Apple has pulled it yet, but they soon will. So be quick before they stop signing it or pull it. On 20 Sep 2015, at 09:04, Jenifer Barr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: 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 < <mailto:[email protected]> [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/> 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: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 8:47 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [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/> http://Mosen.org On 18/09/2015, at 3:34 AM, Neal Ewers < <mailto:[email protected]> [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. 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