Downgrading apps?

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Downgrading apps?

All,

Everyone once in a while I upgrade an app and really regret the upgrade. Because I'm not upgrading to iOS 7, most times the app store will provide a notice that the new upgrade is not compatible w/the iOS 6.2.1 (which is all fine and well). Sometimes, though, that doesn't happen and the app will just crash and crash and crash. You contact the app support and they tell you to upgrade to the newest OS and everything will be fine... otherwise sol.

So when an app is upgraded, how can one go 'backwards' to the previous version? I could hunt for a .ipa and manually install, but what a pia - can't we simply roll back a version? I expect so I'm just not seeing the rollback feature?

-pr

iPhone 4S

Posted on Dec 30, 2013 7:35 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 30, 2013 7:37 AM in response to PixelRogue

You don't downgrade Apps. If the App doesn't work, and you've deleted it & reinstalled it, and it still doesn't work, and the app developer is no help, that's it.

Use a different app, and give feedback to the devloper.

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Answer 2

Dec 30, 2013 7:39 AM in response to PixelRogue

If you have an older app's .ipa file, you can install that via iTunes. Otherwise, there really isn't much of an option if the vendor is not adeqeuately supporting an older version of iOS. There isn't, and never has been, a "rollback feature". Frankly, sooner or later, you are going to need to update to iOS 7 to maintain a reasonable level of functionality on apps.

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Answer 3

Dec 30, 2013 7:41 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

Just like a lot of people with iPhone 3G have hardly any apps to use anymore from the App Store. Eventually, most apps will require iOS 7. It's just a matter of time.

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Answer 4

Dec 30, 2013 7:41 AM in response to PixelRogue

If the app was updated direct on your iPhone and has not been updated with iTunes on your computer and you haven't synced your iPhone with iTunes on your computer, you can delete the app on your iPhone followed by reinstalling the app wuth the old version via the iTunes sync process.

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Answer 5

PixelRogue Author

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Dec 30, 2013 7:47 AM in response to PixelRogue

Yes, a matter of time ...

1) iOS 7 will bring my slightly outdated iPhone to an unbearable speed,

2) though some features of iOS 7 are desired (ie air drop), find the UI of iOS 6 better and easier on the eye.

A number of apps have done this and really wish there was a way to know (in advance w/o having to become Sherlock Holmes to do deep research) what impacts will happen or, at best, to know it will AT LEAST WORK. Some apps would also pull a swicher-oo and suddenly you are required to create accounts or pay subscriptions on the upgrade, but there was not notice of that in advance.

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Answer 6

Dec 30, 2013 7:58 AM in response to PixelRogue

iPhone 4S works just fine with iOS 7. The vast majority of iPhone 4S & iOS 7 users experience no issues. My own iPhone 4 (not S), runs better on iOS 7 than iOS 6. Exactly WHY do you have this belief that iOS 7 will 'cripple' your iPhone 4S?

As far as the aesthetics preference, nothing to be done about that.

And as far as the Apps not providing details on what the update will change, that's, again, on the app developer. Nothing Apple can do there.

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Answer 7

Dec 30, 2013 7:56 AM in response to PixelRogue

PixelRogue wrote:

Yes, a matter of time ...

1) iOS 7 will bring my slightly outdated iPhone to an unbearable speed,

You are operating under a false assumption.

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