Roll Back to 3.1.3 - OS 4.0 is for the BIRDS

I was able to make this downgrade today following these instructions:
http://www.ihackintosh.com/2010/06/downgrade-iphone-3g-3gs-ios-4-gm-to-os-3-1-3/

I downloaded the 3.1.3 version from here

http://www.techhail.com/iphone/direct-download-links-iphone-os-3-1-3-for-iphone- and-ipod-touch/3151

follow the instructions carefully. Note that you will need to have recboot already installed at the end.
It is great to have my iphone responsive again. it was terrible with os4

I see you've replied more than once rarmai... do you work for apple? The thing is, I've tried recboot. It does NOT work for me. It will not allow me to exit the "update mode" DFU mode, whatever you call it. Can anyone confirm??

I have to say... I finally found the solution. What I did was restore the iphone and choose, "set up as new iphone" instead of restoring my settings. Once I did that I had to manually re-setup all my apps and sync what I wanted. After I did this, my iphone 3G is functioning much better now even with the ios4. Still frustrated with apple about this, but when I'm wrong, I'm wrong. This did work for me. I hope it works for you! Tony

In the near future, this is all pointless as we will all have no choice but to use 4.0 s/w. Only a matter of time before all the apps require 4.0 to run.

At least the only ppl literally dead in the water are the 2G owners.

Tony - I am with you. I jumped on the iphone wagon when it came out. The headphone jacket got wet once and apple made me buy a brand new iphone for over $600 (since my contract was not up). The phone has always been USELESS. I can be standing IN an ATT store and it will drop calls. They have replaced it, but still doesn't work. I am in NYC and I cannot even use my phone in my apartment or on the street. If I am in a cab and drive through union square it drops the calls right away. PIECE OF CRAP. I have actually had real emergencies before and my phone can't make a call. I have actually had to use a PAY PHONE. How ridiculous. The main purpose of a cell phone is for emergencies. My fiance is a analyst on wall street and when people tell him they want to get ATT or an iphone he says "you want to see how great the service is?" he puts the speakerphone on and dials my number and it either drops the call right away or goes straight to voicemail. We are a total "apple family" and have multiple macbook pros, ipads, desktops, ipods, shuffles etc etc

ANYWAY ... pardon my rant. But I just upgraded as well. Now, not only does the phone work like crap, but the rest of the iphone is useless. It turn the iphone and it takes a good 10 seconds before the screen even switches. It takes a good ten seconds (if it works at all) to go into the ipod and open text messages. Anyway, I have had it. I took it into ATT and they just tell me to deal with it. Well FOCKER Out!

I'm following the live press conference online now.

Steve Jobs has not mentioned a singe word yet about the iOS4 Operating System & 3G issues we are all facing--just the antenna issue for iPhone 4. Why????

He has invited Apple execs, Tim Cook and Bob Mansfield, to join him on stage now for Q&A. So far, not one question from the press about how iOS4 has messed up the 3G. Why????

However, Jobs did say Apple is an engineering company and he "loves us" (customers). He also said that the Bloomberg article is "total ********." Connie G, whose name is on the byline of the Bloomberg article, Jobs referred to, then asked a question of the panel about the free iPhone 4 case offer after Jobs made this statement about her article, but said absolutely nothing about her article. I guess she either stands behind her story in silence or decided to "let it go."

Apple needs to show us their "love" by standing behind the 3G, just as the 3GS and iPhone 4, and engineering a true fix to their software negatively affecting their product (3G) or this "loved" customerI will let them go.

Well, even though the phone does work better since restoring it "as a new phone", it's still not quite right. It does respond much better now, but many apps still crash regularly. The browser, for example, crashes about 25% of the time. It's as if there are serious memory leaks in this OS. Apple has to do something here. I spent big money on this stuff, and I'm getting almost no help at all from ATT/Apple. Give me new software! or give me a new phone! I've had it. I'm ready for Android, getting closer day by day!!! ... Tony

there are solutions to rolling back to 3.1.3, just have to web search. I was able to do so without any difficulty. Can't post more info due to constraints from this discussion site.

NO...Apple cannot restore it to the previous 3.x operating system. I was just at the store in Naperville, IL yesterday, and was clearly told that they cannot do it, and that if I do it on my own, it will void the warranty. Yeah. Here I sit with yet another expensive paperweight. Ugh.

Fortunately, I had my 3G replaced yesterday at the Apple store in Miami, Florida with another 3G model in a sealed never-opened box which had Os 3.1.3 installed.

Until, Apple fixes this problem, I will stay with 3.1.3. In fact, as soon as I came home and synced with iTunes and it asked me if I wanted to download and install 4.0.1., I happily clicked "NO" and the box to never ask me again.

It all works great again and I wish you all the same success.

Message was edited by: RICKRACK305

Horrible. update. F'n clueless to let this update out in the wild.
Crash on almost every app esp apple apps. slooooooooooooooow.
craptastic

rageguy wrote:
It works every time but will void your warranty.

What warranty? Even with AppleCare, most iPhone 3G users will have run out of warranty awhile ago.

swatkins01 wrote:
..."why are people asking how to downgrade on an Apple.com forum? It's forbidden here, Apple doesn't support it. Apple doesn't even allow it because you have to use a third party tool."

Very simple: Because Apple NEEDS TO START SUPPORTING IT! My 3G is slow and won't even run several of my apps without quickly crashing. I'll bet the problem is the 3G's paltry 128 mb of RAM (compared to 256 and 512 for the 3GS and 4, respectively). Apple should have given us a warning; I never would have upgraded. Apple needs to start supporting rollback to 3.1.3. I'm willing to go the third-party route, but the last backup I have (pre-iOS 4) is almost 8 months old, and apparently you can't restore any settings, text msgs, etc., from a iOS 4 backup to a 3.1.3 installation.

^ This. We shouldn't have to go to the hackers to get our less-than-2yr-old product performing satisfactorily. That Apple doesn't support downgrading suggests that Apple wants to use the poor 3G performance on iOS4 to drive 3G owners to a new iPhone.

I considered looking into rolling back my 3G, but before I tried that I did a complete restore on my iPhone with iOS 4 on it. it seems to be far more responsive now I have done that.