How to Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9 [iOS 9.1, iOS 9.2, iOS 9.3]
If you’re stuck on iOS 9 and waiting for jailbreak iOS 9, then there is no hope. You should downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9 and jailbreak 9…
Downgrade iOS 9 to 8.4 & Restore iOS 8.4 and Jailbreak 8.4 Again
Hurry, downgrade iOS 9 back to 8.4 and restore iOS 8.4, you can jailbreak iOS 8.4 again…
There are countless and even more iPhone users who are stuck on iOS 9 after upgrading to new firmware released by Apple. Perhaps, you also wanna downgrade iOS 9 back to iOS 8.4 or wanna jailbreak 8.4 so you’re looking to restore iOS 8.4 back from iOS 9, right?
You’re lucky that you’re at right page! You need to take immediate action to restore 8.4 back from iOS 9, otherwise the mac developer company would close the signing window for iOS 8.4.
The iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad users who curiously upgraded their iOS 8.4 firmware to iOS 9 and lost their jailbreak, this is the right time for them to restore iOS 8.4 again back from iOS 9 by downgrading iOS 9, the latest firmware.
We can understand your frustration, the new firmware is slow, may have bugs, battery life issues and a lot more app not working cases. Large number of Cydia users wanna jailbreak iOS 9 and the jailbreak 9 is not available yet. This is the most genuine reason for them to downgrade iOS 9 by restoring iOS 8.4 again.
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Okay, okay. But, before you start downgrading iOS 9, you need to understand one thing. Apple closes signing window for old versions after certain time period after new firmware release. Apple may close iOS 8.4.1 signing window anytime, so if you’re sure to downgrade iOS 9 and restore iOS 8.4.1, this is the absolutely right time for you.
Look, after restoring iOS 8.4.1 or downgrading iOS 9, you won’t able to retrieve your backup data of iOS 9 through iTunes. In some cases, iCloud backup works, but there is no guarantee about success. Most probably, you would lose iOS 9 data after restoring iOS 8.4.1 from iOS 9.
One more thing, do you have downloaded iOS 8.4.1 IPSW? You need to download iOS 8.4.1 IPSW or iOS 8.4 IPSW before starting downgrade iOS 9. Make sure and take a backup iOS 9 data from iTunes.
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How to Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 8.4 Jailbreak With TinyUmbrella or iFaith
How to Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 8.4 Jailbreak With TinyUmbrella or iFaith
Apple Watch released with iOS 9, but the most supported firmware is iOS 8.4 which is released recently by Apple. iOS 9.1 is currently on beta stage and may have many bugs including issues related to WiFi, Safari web browser and FaceTime not working properly.
In other hand, iOS 8.4 jailbreak is available and it also supports Apple Watch. If you downgrade to iOS 8.4 from iOS 9, you can enjoy jailbreak iOS 8.4 + it works for Apple Watch too.
As per various tests, many iOS 8.4 users are getting 10 hours of WiFI usage and 10 days of standby time. Personally, we’ve tested these matrix on a iPhone 5 using iOS 8.4 firmware where we got exactly same result mentioned above. That’s really decent battery life.
So, if you’ve upgraded to iOS 9.0.2 beta or final public version, this is the right time to downgrade iOS 9 to 8.4 using TinyUmbrella or iFaith.
Update: TinyUmbrella Download Links Available for iOS 8.x that supports downgrading too.
If you’re one who is not satisfied with iOS 9 and downgrading iOS 9 to iOS 8.4 back, let share your thoughts what you have used and what you have done to downgrade iOS 9 to 8.4 and which iOS device you have used.
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How to Restore iOS 8.4 or iOS 9.0.2 From iOS 9 Using iPhone/iPad
Tips on How to Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 8.4 and Restore iOS 8.4 or iOS 9.0.2 easily. Many users have downgraded their iPhone from iOS 9 to iOS 8.4, the same thing applies here to restore iOS 8.4 or iOS 9.0.2 successfully…
As always, newer firmware has many bugs, no jailbreak ability and more battery drain issues. Most of the iDevice users upgrade their iPhone and iPad in the first place and then try to go back and downgrade.
Apple released iOS 9 to the developers and to the public for testing and they have happily upgrade their jailbroken firmware first. Suppose, you’re one of them and wanna downgrade your firmware back to iOS 8.4, try your luck right now.
Currently, all iDevice can downgrade their firmware such as iPhone, iPad Air, iPad Mini and iPod Touch. There isn’t any restriction for downgrading process.
How to Restore iOS 8.4 From 9
Suppose, you have iPhone 4S and you wanna downgrade iOS 9, you need to restore iOS 8.4 or any older firmware. To do so, you need following things…
- Saved SHSH Blobs (If you wanna restore iOS 8.4, you need iOS 8.4 SHSH blobs or iOS iOS 9.0.2 blobs, if you wanna restore iOS 9.0.2)
- Download iFaith latest version that supports iOS iOS 9
- iTunes latest version
How to Restore iOS 8.4 without Losing Your Jailbreak
Suppose, you are facing any boot loop error that is forcing you to upgrade iOS 9 or any other new firmware, then only restore iOS 8.4 Or iOS 9.0.2 using Semi Restore iOS 8.4 software without losing jailbreak.
If you are getting any other issue, let us know via comments…
How to Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9.0.2 [17 Steps] using iFaith or iH8sn0w
If you are boring with iOS 9 and looking for downgrade to iOS 9, then here is the steps and iH8snOw iFaith tool to get iOS 9 once again on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch then jailbreak…
Apple is more concern about their iOS security. To prevent jailbreaking and tweaking, they have stopped signing iOS 9 after introducing iOS 9. Now there are no luck for you, if you have iPhone and or any iDevice which runs on iOS 9 or further new release in this series.
But, there is some interesting news for iPhone users, who have saved SHSH blobs for iOS 9. The news is, if you have iPhone or iPad and if you have saved SHSH blobs, you can still able to Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9 or older firmware with the help of iFaith.
We were getting a bunch of request to publish the solution or fix to downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9, so we put hands on couple of device that run on iOS 9 and as always there is no luck for us too, but when we tried iPhone 4s to downgrade for some devices that have SHSH blobs backup, those iDevices can still downgrade.
Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS iOS 9
So, here is what you wanted to get back your favorite jailbroken iOS 9 once again step by step. But, there is a few instructions which you need to understand and follow. I have mention all of them below.
- iH8sn0w made iFaith tool that downgrade iPhone 4S iOS 9 to iOS 9.
Compatible iDevices: Only iPhone and iPad users can downgrade iOS 9, if they have saved iOS 9 ‘s SHSH blobs. This is clear that iPhone 6, 5S, 5C, 4S users can’t downgrade whether they have iOS 9 blobs or not, because they are fully capable to run iOS 9. And we would like to recommend you that please take a backup, before starting downgrading procedure and full charge your iPhone battery.
One more thing; iFaith only available for Windows operating systems, so if you have Mac OS, then avoid downgrading on Mac OS and install iFaith on Windows operating system. Detailed steps provided below…
1 iFaith works only Windows operating system, So, Download iFaith v1.5.9 using your Windows PC.
2 You will need to have iOS 9 firmware, so download it. Google for it. You will easily find iOS 9 firmware on the web.
3 Downgrading is possible only with iTunes 11, if you have new version such as iTunes 11.1 or 11.0.5 then uninstall it, download and install iTunes 11.
4 Connect your iPhone 4s with windows PC. Make sure that you have fully charged your iPhone 4s battery before starting downgrading procedure. Downgrade process may consume a lot of battery power, so, its advisable to have fully charged battery.
5 Now launch iFaith application from your windows. iFaith application interface will be open. Click on OK button to proceed to the next step.
6 There will be four options in this window. Choose “Show Available SHSH Caches on Server” option.
7 iFaith will ask you whether you want to use newly connected device (That’s your iPhone 4s)? Hit “Yes” and continue to the next step.
8 This window will show you three option line by line. Choose third option “Show list of available SHSH blobs on TSS server(s)”. In the next screen, iFaith will show you all the available iPhone 4s SHSH blobs on server to download.
Note: This is very important step to downgrade your iOS 9 to iOS 9 successfully. So, choose correct iOS 9 SHSH blobs correctly.
9 Select iOS 9 blob from Cydia only and press “Download selected blob(s)” option. It will ask to save it. Choose desktop and press OK. iFaith will show you the estimated time, when it will finish downloading iOS 9 SHSH blob from Cydia. Press OK. Then, It will again ask you to choose newly connected device? Press “No”. iFaith will be exit.
10 Now again open iFaith application and press OK. This time, again it will show you four options, choose first option “Build signed IPSW w/ blobs”. In the next screen, it will ask you to browse iOS 9 blobs from your computer. Browse it and press OK. iFaith will inform you that your apticket is valid, hit OK.
11 iFaith again ask you to browse iOS 9 IPSW. If you have downloaded it earlier, browse and submit or press download it first.
12 iFaith verify the IPSW and if it is the correct file, it will ask you to Build IPSW. Press on it.
Note: iFaith will build custom IPSW file using your firmware and iOS 9 blobs that you have selected in above procedure. When it finished building IPSW file, a inform message will come up, click OK and continue.
13 Put your iPhone 4s into DFU mode. (I think you know what is DFU mode)
14 Open iTunes that you have installed in earlier steps. It will be open in “Recovery Mode” Click on OK to continue.
15 Now hold down “Shift Key” and Click on Restore iPhone button from pane. Browse Custom IPSW that you have build using iFaith iH8snOw tool.
16 iTunes will now restore your iPhone 4s using that custom IPSW file. Remember one thing that don’t disconnect your iPhone 4s from iTunes during the restore procedure.
17 Once iOS 9 downgrading and iOS 9 restore will be finish, follow on screen instruction to set up your iPhone.
Note: Congratulations! You have successfully downgraded your iPhone 4s from iOS 9 to iOS 9.
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Its a long procedure, it may take enough time, so downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9 when you have enough time for it to do. Tutorial looks too long, but when you will downgrade iOS 9, it will not be too long as appears.
If you are feeling nervous, above video might help you in downgrading your iPhone 4s. Please make sure that iH8snOw iFaith tool only works for iPhone 4s and for Windows operating systems.
Just make a comment, if you are facing any error.
Download TinyUmbrella iOS 9: Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9, iOS 8.1.3
Download TinyUmbrella iOS 9: Downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9, iOS 8.1.3
Apple released a great firmware with iOS 9 which has numerous improvements over a few older firmwares. Now, iOS 9 has great battery performance capability along with Apple Watch support and most discussed Apple Pay also included to iOS 9.
However, the large number of users are reporting, specially iPhone 4S and older iPad users, that their device stuck numerous times using iOS 9. They are claiming that iOS 9 is worst update for ever.
So, there is a good news at least now that the popular jailbreak tool, TinyUmbrella is gonna release soon. The download links for TinyUmbrella would be available on the developer website.
The developer, Semphore who is also known as @notcom on Twitter, rewritten whole Tiny Umbrella iOS 9 tool to make it even more easy to use for saving SHSH blobs and a lot more thing on iPhone, iPad Mini, iPad Air and iPod Touch.
Yeah, a new TinyUmbrella iOS 9 would support even Apple Watch, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Mini, iPad Air and iPod Touch along with all older iOS devices such as iPhone 4S to make it easy to downgrade iOS 9 or iOS 9.0.2 to iOS 9 or iOS 8.1.3 firmware.
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However, it depends on signing availability by Apple. If Apple stops signing iOS 9 or iOS 8.1.3, you can’t downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 9 or iOS 9.0.2 to iOS 9 even with TinyUmbrella or iFaith tool.
Tiny Umbrella iOS 9 is still on beta stage and the final release may come to nearer time in the future. But, the good news is, TinyUmbrella iOS 9 is coming soon.
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Downgrade iOS 8.1.3 to 9 Before Apple Stop Signing iOS 9 IPSW
Downgrade iOS 8.1.3 to 9 Before Apple Stop Signing iOS 9 IPSW
Downgrade iOS 8.1.3 to 9 before its too late. Apple gonna stop signing iOS 9 firmware as soon as they would ready for iOS 9 release.
As always Apple stops sign older firmware when they are ready for future firmware release. This can be a last chance for users who wanna jailbreak older firmware.
Suppose, you’re one of them who have upgrade your iOS 9 to iOS 8.1.3 firmware and now missing your beloved jailbreak 9, then this is the right time for you to downgrade 8.1.3 right now.
Once Apple would stop signing iOS 9, you would no longer able to downgrade iOS 8.1.3 to iOS 9 back at any cost.
We have posted a detailed step by step article on Downgrading iOS 8.1.3 to 9 that can help you…
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How to Downgrade iOS 8.1.3 to iOS 9 & Restore iOS 9 Jailbreak
How to Downgrade iOS 8.1.3 to iOS 9 & Restore iOS 9 Jailbreak
Apple released iOS 8.1.3 with a lot of bug fixes, improvements in battery life, storage and stability. But, it kills TaiG, PanGu and PPJailbreak exploits and vulnerabilities.
The jailbreak users should away from iOS 8.1.3 upgrade. You would loss jailbreak 9 and all the tweaks that you have installed on your jailbroken iPhone, iPad Air, iPad Mini and iPod Touch.
As, iOS 8.1.3 has minor updates and improvements that includes multitasking gesture, Spotlight search feature and storage related features. So, if you’re not addressing such issues on your iOS 9, then don’t need to upgrade to iOS 8.1.3. Enjoy your jailbreak and wait for iOS 9.
We’re getting a bunch comments that they have upgraded iOS 9 to iOS 8.1.3 and now they are missing their jailbreak apps, so they ask help to downgrade iOS 8.1.3 and restore iOS 9.
Since, Apple still signing iOS 9, you can downgrade to iOS 9 easily without any issue from iOS 8.1.3. Follow step by step guide below…
Note: To prevent any uncommon error or issues, backup your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch before starting up downgrading to iOS 9
Step 1: First of all Download iOS 9 IPSW for your iDevice whether it is iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Step 2: Once, you have completed download iOS 9, connect your iPhone or iPad to Mac OS X or Windows Computer and open iTunes. Head to device summary section and press and hold down “Option/Alt” key using your keyboard, if you’re using Windows computer, then press Ctr+Shift key.
Step 3: Browse iOS 9 IPSW file that you’ve downloaded in above step 1. iTunes will straight forward start to restoring iOS 9 from iOS 8.1.3.
Note: the downgrading iOS 8.1.3 to 9 process should start at this point of time. Wait till the process finished.
Done. Once the process finished, your iPhone, iPad Air, iPad Mini or iPod Touch would run iOS 9 successfully.
Note: To get your iOS 9 jailbreak back, you must jailbreak 9 using TaiG if you’re on Windows PC and PPJailbreak, if you’re on Mac OS X.
Facing error, or need any help, comment below and ask help…