Is there any way to downgrade from version iOS 18?

Here’s a thought, give the people options. Like the old versions, allow users to toggle “old” and “new” for apps that have been thoroughly changed. Me? I don’t like widgets and different sized thumbnails and such, I like same sized icons and folders.

So, as an example, photos has now become a disaster of random widgets and is now a sloppy mess lacking proper organization and symmetry. The former version was symmetrical, had same sized folders and icons, and you could CHOOSE (at the bottom) to look at photos chronologically, by year, month, day… or then scroll right and see by date added to library, and all the folders organized in a different section. All the folders were grouped together by default, and not separated by mismatched plops of ADHD inspired idiotic widgets making the now mindnumb user so frustrated they trade for an Android. Somewhere I read a comment saying iOS 18 photos was almost as good as Google. Well might I enlighten Apple. Maybe people used iPhones and Apple photos because they DON’T like Google??? Bring back a previous version option for those of us with over 178000 photos in iCloud, as I liked the way I had it organized. Honestly, I really hate the new photos app. This is Apple’s Cybertruck. Technologically brilliant, new and more modern in every way, designed with newer generations in mind, and ultimately an absolute failure to use in the real world.

I am having many niggles. Many of my Apps will no longer open - they just flip staright back to a thumbnail when you open them. I have deleted and reinstalled some of them.

I can no longer sync all my music from itunes library on my PC to the phone - it randomly just syncs some. However when I look at my device settings on Itunes it says all the music is on the device - but the Music app is not listing it.

I can no longer play my music from the Music app through my car stereo. I do this with a lead into an aux socket since my car is too old for bluetooth.

I am struggling to drag and drop photos from the phone to PC

This is all so frustrating - wish I had not done the update

masonb1 wrote:

I have a 13 Pro Max with 95% BH. This is by far the worst update in the 3 years i’ve owned this phone. The phone is slow and glitchy, and it stutters, battery life is abysmal and it just runs so poorly overall, ios 17 ran flawlessly. I regret updating.

When iOS 17 came out, there were people who said the same thing about it.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

PhilippaMH wrote:

I am having many niggles. Many of my Apps will no longer open - they just flip staright back to a thumbnail when you open them. I have deleted and reinstalled some of them.

How many of them were Facebook/Meta apps?

I can no longer play my music from the Music app through my car stereo. I do this with a lead into an aux socket since my car is too old for bluetooth.

I'm not seeing that problem. I also have a car without BT and use the AUX jack. How are you connecting your phone? Is there an adapter involved? They tend to be a weak point in that sort of set up.

7dingus wrote:

Good for you. Most people are very displeased. The photos ui downgrade is a disgrace.

Some people are displeased. Where do you get your statistics that it's "most" people? How many is "most"?

And have you submitted your feedback to Apple?

Product Feedback - Apple

I love the new Photos app.

Here's just one nice simple thing. If I start to search for an app that starts with the letter "s", I can't. I put an "s" into the search box and it immediately closes. What am I, some sort of beta tester? No - this is iOS18.0, a supposedly fit to release product.

timbellina wrote:

Here's just one nice simple thing. If I start to search for an app that starts with the letter "s", I can't. I put an "s" into the search box and it immediately closes. What am I, some sort of beta tester? No - this is iOS18.0, a supposedly fit to release product.

I can't replicate that problem and I also haven't seen very many (any?) other complaints about that. Search works just fine for me.

Have you restarted your phone since you updated? If not, do that.

timbellina wrote:

Here's just one nice simple thing. If I start to search for an app that starts with the letter "s", I can't. I put an "s" into the search box and it immediately closes. What am I, some sort of beta tester? No - this is iOS18.0, a supposedly fit to release product.

I just tried doing a search using S on two iPhone's running iOS 18 and it's working without any issue on either phone.

I am truly disappointed in Apple, I have the iPhone 14pro for over a year now. Since I installed the new IOS18 on my phone, my phone keeps lagging is slower than before and affects my battery life. Additionally, my phone overheats... This is the worst update ever, the controls center, camera roll got super complicated I do not have a clear overview anymore. Why creating an IOS update if it makes the life of apple user more complicated??!

An update should be there to make everything more efficient and easier... truly disappointed. As everyone else here I am sharing the same struggles and wish there was a way to get back to IOS17!!!

I wanna downgrade from this disastrous 18 version, my phone is just so complicated to use!

I hope Apple sees this and takes action!

Of course I did - countless times. Fortunately, that particular issue got fixed in the 18.01 update; and uninstalling and reinstalling various apps resolved most of the other glitches.

Uninstalling and reinstalling - two things I should not have needed to do. I'm not happy - I've changed my settings so that my operating system can't be updated without my approval - it may be a year before iOS 19 comes along, but I won't be touching it with a bargepole until 19.01 at the very earliest.

timbellina wrote:

Of course I did - countless times.

Did what? I suggested a number of things.

Uninstalling and reinstalling - two things I should not have needed to do. I'm not happy - I've changed my settings so that my operating system can't be updated without my approval - it may be a year before iOS 19 comes along, but I won't be touching it with a bargepole until 19.01 at the very earliest.

You should absolutely use the strategy that works best for you.

> Did what? I suggested a number of things.

But you only suggested one thing to me - restarting the 'phone. And I had done so - countless times :-)

18.01 resolved one issue, but my "go-to" weather app still wouldn't open. That started working again just before 18.1 came out, so probably fixed by the developer (but they shouldn't have had to - I still see that as an Apple problem).

So now I'm all fixed. Until 19, and as I said, I won't be installing that off the bat.

timbellina wrote:

18.01 resolved one issue, but my "go-to" weather app still wouldn't open. That started working again just before 18.1 came out, so probably fixed by the developer (but they shouldn't have had to - I still see that as an Apple problem).

Yep that is a developer problem. The developers get pre-release version of the software before it is released to update their apps. They also get advance warning when they use a command in their program that will not work in the future. It is called a deprecated API and sometimes that notice is a year or more in advance. It is their responsibility to provide the updates, Apple cannot do it for them.

timbellina wrote:

> Did what? I suggested a number of things.

But you only suggested one thing to me - restarting the 'phone. And I had done so - countless times :-)

I suggested you spend some time learning how to use the new features. I suggested that you check your battery health. I suggested that you leave feedback. Oh, and I suggested you restart your phone.