Is it still impossible to downgrade an iOS device?
I accidentally upgraded my iPad 3 and unfortunately – as I expected – iOS 9 is more or less unusable on the device.
For me this is similar to a physical destruction of the device. And there was no warning that this could happen.
Is there another way other then suing? What can I do?
DVD Studio Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
i do have the same issue..there is other way of downgrading the ios 9 to 8 but apple didnt signed the firmware instead they have only one the ios 9.3.5. i regret to update my ios version. even apple support cannot help me with this. they should have an option if there's a customer don't want the updated version they can downgrade ios. :-(
christo747 wrote:
Is it still impossible to downgrade an iOS device?
- Yes. Downgrading is not supported.
Is there another way other then suing? What can I do?
If you post the specific issue you are having you may get some helpful responses. Lots of people have updated their devices without issues.
Buy up the majority of stock in Apple and make changes.
Too late to go back. I'm running 9.2 on my iPad 3 and it is working fine. Perhaps you need to restore it from your backup.
Hope you have tons of money for a great firm of lawyers.
You cannot downgrade iOS. That option is not available, Apple does not support it. Problems with your device, you need to troubleshoot it. User troubleshooting includes restart, reset, restore from backup, restore to factory. Suing is not an option. Upgrading of iOS requires user intervention, so it cannot be done accidently.
Apple offers no support nor path or instruction for downgrading/reverting to a previous iOS version.
Here is my own variation on the normal restore procedure that has already worked, successfully, for a few iPad 2/3 users, so far!
I have done this and my iPad 2 and 3 are working like new, " out of the box" units!
This does NOT change the iOS version your iPad is currently running.
First, connect your iPad to USB and sync and backup your iPad to iTunes (make sure your iTunes is up to date).
Then disconnect/eject your iPad from the computer.
From just the iPad, in the Settings App under the General setting, look in the right column for Reset option, choose the Erase All Contents to erase and reset your iPad to factory, "in the box" configuration.
Again, from the iPad, set it up as a new iPad and follow all of the instructions.
Then reconnect your iPad to the computer and make sure to cancel the syncing, by tapping the small X to the left in the top center iTunes display box.
iTunes should detect your iPad. If iTunes begins to try and sync, again, cancel the sync.
Then, select Restore from Backup instead and pick your last backup to restore back to your iPad.
Once the restore is complete, finish setting up the iPad and let it sync back to iTunes you can either cancel the sync, again or let it backup, again.
Then disconnect the iPad.
Do one hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.
Once your iPad is back to the Home screen,
In the Settings App under the General tab, to the right under Spotlight sesrch, try disabling the search under apps that really do not need a search, like some games, remotes, apps that really do not need to be searched, etc., to reduce the list for Spotlight to search.
Try turning on Reduced Motion.
This is found in the Settings App in the General tab the left panel.
In the right panel look under Accessibility, the look for Reduce Motion and turn this feature "On".
You should see an appreciable performance increase on all iPad 2, 3 and 4 models.
In the Settings App under the General Tab, in the right column, look for Background App Refresh and turn this setting to "off".
If you purchased any music from iTunes, you will need to redownload that content back to your iPad for playing directly from your iPad and not from Apple Music servers.
Also, if your iPad contained a lot of images in the Photos app, these will take time to regenerate the original AND thumbnail images themselves inside of the Photos app when you first launch it.
Sorry, and thanks so far.
Yes, my problem is the extreeeeeeemly slow speed of things. Everything is too slow to be usable. Even iTunes-HD-Movies are stuttering a bit.
I can try resetting but I don't believe this really helps because Apple is not MS (I also never do clean install on Mac OS because it's not necassary).
And, another sorry, suing is always an option because if they offer the update the device should be usable afterwards.
I am an absolute Apple-Fan. But about once a year I get really angry when Apple shows they in fact are not better than others.
Hey, in fact I would be just the right person at Apple. Believe it or not.
But I don't have the money to buy them and I am to old to be hired by them.
Still, I liked your suggestion.
So, I have tried to reset and then restore but there where a ton of problems. I took forever and a lot of apps wouldn't load onto the device.
So out of frustration I killed it again and then started it new (fresh).
It definitely/surprisingly is a better. Still a shame that reverting is not possible. To be able to go one generation of iOS back should be easy to do by Apple. They just don't want to.
Apple does allow rolling back and maintains a signed ipsw file for 5 to 7 days after the release of a new version, this is primarily for developers. It would be easy to do but is not part of Apple's security design for iOS devices and causes other complications. Mr. Jobs did not make a decision to make it harder for christo747 just because he didn't want to allow rolling back.
I don't agree to that opinion. There is a solution for everything and it is definitely not for security reasons.
But also I don't want to be discussing this any further because it is a waste of time.
That isn't opinion and Apple isn't looking for a "solution" as it is by design and not a problem. Of course you don't.
You writing about Mr Jobs can only be an opinion because as he is dead you cannot be him and even if you were Mr Cook you can never know another person a 100%.
I just don't get what you are arguing about. This forum is supposed to be a way to help people - at least that's what I thought.
An old device with a too demanding software can be a problem. On iOS lots of people are having this problem, so it is a problem, at least for them.
As I wrote, it works for Apple but it's not most elegant way. Some people just have less money to spend. Even if I wrote a 100 pages, either people (you) know what I mean or you just don't.
All the best.
Downgrade iOs 9 to 8
