In other words: assuming e hasn't backed up his blobs which he probably hasn't, no downgrading for him.
Cheers, Ben. On 9/25/12, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > It most likely means apple isn't signing the previous version of iOS, > unfortunately. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Mária Orovcíková > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:38 PM > To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Mária Orovcíková >> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 4:22 AM >> To: [email protected] >> 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<[email protected]> 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/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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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