Downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6

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iQuant Author

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Downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6

Hi Apple Community,

After few month of testing, I want to downgrade my iPhone 4 from iOS 7 to iOS 6 again.

The reasons are:

significantly lower battery live time
increadibly slow access to nearly all Apps (even opening Safari takes nearly 30 seconds)
continuing crashes of the most simplest (but well coded) Apps
unpracticle clean design
increadibly slow "feel" of the entire system

To my surprise I found out that Apple does not allow a downgrade to iOS 6. Is this true?

Regards,

Mario.

iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jan 24, 2014 3:50 AM

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wjosten

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Jan 24, 2014 3:52 AM in response to iQuant

iQuant wrote:

Is this true?

Regards,

Mario.

Yep. There's no supported way to downgrade the iOS.

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iQuant Author

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Feb 10, 2014 7:30 AM in response to wjosten

OK, then this was the very last time that I bought an iPhone/iPad !!

I was deep and convinced fan for more than 6 years now, but no one needs devices without having at least the choice between the operating system versions.

I recognized that this sad story even goes further. In case of the new MacBook Pro it is not even possible to exchange the hard drive or the RAM storage. So I decided to keep my old MacBook as long as I can and I will have to have a look on comparable devices from other manufacturers, when I have to buy a new laptop once. By the way, just because of my experiences with iOS 7, I also decided not to upgrade to Mac OS Mavericks.

I cannot imagine that such a customer behaviour lies in the interest of Apple.

So change again, quickly!

Cheers,

An angry customer.

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