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Pain in Eyes: Can I revert the color scheme from iOS 7 to iOS 6?

Dear Support Community,


My mom has several eye problems and the iPad allowed her to once again to read, easily take notes, do research on the internet and keep in touch by e-mail.


However, after the update to iOS 7, she has started to feel nausea and major discomfort with her eyes. Two of her most used apps are "Notes" and "Calendar", where the "Notes" color scheme from iOS6 was much softer on the eyes with the light yellowish background paper color and guiding lines.

We have tried to download several different notepad apps, but none offer the same simplicity as the previous "Notes" app from iOS6. We also played with the contrast and letter size, but it doesn't come close to the previous experience.


Up to now, I have only found articles stating that it is not possible to directly revert back to iOS7. However, does anyone know if there is a link somewhere allowing to upgrade to iOS6? We would therefore do a factory reset and reupdate to the 6.


Thank you in advance for your support.

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Sep 29, 2013 3:55 AM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2013 4:10 AM

Downgrading iOS is not possible.

The nausea and other eye problems are real: it has to do with motion and display in iOS7.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/27/ios-7-motion-sickness-nausea

You can get it better but not 100% away. Maybe there will be an iOS update after the 7.02 of a few days back. Here is what you can do at the moment:

http://www.macworld.com/article/2049249/make-ios-7-less-nausea-inducing.html

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Sep 29, 2013 4:10 AM in response to ty4support

Downgrading iOS is not possible.

The nausea and other eye problems are real: it has to do with motion and display in iOS7.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/27/ios-7-motion-sickness-nausea

You can get it better but not 100% away. Maybe there will be an iOS update after the 7.02 of a few days back. Here is what you can do at the moment:

http://www.macworld.com/article/2049249/make-ios-7-less-nausea-inducing.html

Pain in Eyes: Can I revert the color scheme from iOS 7 to iOS 6?

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