How do I remove 4.2.1?

Doesn't an iTunes update wipe out the ~/Library/iTunes folder contents? It did when I went from iTunes 9.2.1 to iTunes 10.1

Perhaps the "Previous ..." folders should be in your ~/Documents folder with an alias in the ~/Library/iTunes/iPad (iPhone) Software Updates folders.

I currently have 3.2 loaded on my iPad, but want to try out 4.2. I looked for the 3.2.2 ipsw on my PC but all I can find is the 4.2 one that I downloaded but didn't run yet. It is not in my recycle bin. With my iPad connected I right mouse clicked it and told it to back up (didn't seem to take long). If I look at preferences on the device tab I see that it was backed up today. If I perform the update can I go back to 3.2 by using that backup by shift clicking the restore button? Where can I find that backup file to copy to another location as a backup to my backup?

Hi gecko .....not judging. Others have shown you how to revert to iOS 3.2.2, but before you do....did you try a restore to factory settings? Other users on this forum have reported that a restore solves the problems they are having with the new OS.

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David M Brewer wrote:
Think for a minute...

What if... the switch was a mute switch to start with and Apple changed it to a screen orientation lock switch.
OH THE HORROR!!!

Ah, David, it WAS that way in January 2010. Later, Apple rightly realized that the iPad was not a phone and didn't need a mute switch, re-purposing it to the much more usable orientation lock. I've submitted feedback suggesting that the switch use setting be an option in Settings.

I like the new iOS. 1) Folders, needs no explanation. 2) The App Doc, now I can load the app doc with apps that I use daily. 3) I can import Flip videos using the Camera Connection Kit. The previous iOS didn't allow this. 4) Find a word on a web page and more... The new iOS brings more functions to the iPad that I didn't expect.

Funny, iOS 4.2 BROKE my CCK.

perhaps...but it's just that I want convience (spelling error).

+"Can anyone please provide me a way to download 3.2.2? I'm begging."+

Don't beg. Search the forum.

Can one assume that the backup files are not created until starting the upgrade process?

Thanks for this, its a very useful thread. That's me back on iOS 3.2.2 and the iPad is immediately back to its fast and responsive self that it was before 4.x.

Nice to have the screen orientation lock button back too 🙂

help is any one else having a problem with audiobooks playing on their IPAD....it starts to play and than u don't hear nothing....