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Q: Is it possible to restore an older iPhone to an earlier version of its software than is installed?

I have an iPhone 4 that doesnt do well with the iOS 7 software and I want to restore iOS 6 so it works better and I like that version better anyways but when I try to use the .ips to restore it to iOS 6 it gives me an error that ways "iTunes can't restore your device because it is not eligible for that build" Any solutions or am I stuck with iOS 7?

iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Apr 28, 2016 9:12 AM

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