Published 12:34 IST, September 22nd 2020
How to Downgrade from iOS 14? Learn how you can go back to iOS 13
Learn how to downgrade from iOS 14 and go back to iOS 13. Follow the step-by-step guide and refer to the prerequisites to carry out this process.
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iOS 14 has been live w for a few days. A vast majority of iPhone users have upgraded to this version of iOS. iOS 14 brings a lot of changes to design and user experience of iPhone. addition of widgets has been a never-expected, shocking new feature update for latest version of iOS and it has been widely accepted by fans and users.
Sometimes upgrades to a new iOS can be a little buggy, as Apple hasn’t worked out all problems for every iPhone yet. As it is a new feature update it can cause some crashes and bugs in previous iPhones and sometimes newer ones too. This is a common issue with new feature updates and is also faced by Android updates too. In such situations, users should eir hold out on upgrade or opt to downgrade from iOS 14.
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How to Downgrade from iOS 14?
Downgrading is t always easiest option. Users consider downgrading as an option when y experience issues with existing iOS version, or y want to jailbreak ir iPhone and latest iOS version doesn’t support that. Keep in mind that re are some prerequisites to perform this action, most important of all being that Apple does t stop digitally signing previous iOS versions. If Apple stops digital signing, n downgrading to that version would be close to impossible. Here are prerequisites and steps on how to downgrade from iOS 14:
System Requirements
- Apple signing version to be downgraded to is of utmost importance. IPSW for iOS 13 should be available. IPSW should also match iPhone device in use.
- Users should have a backup of ir data before performing this action as this risks chances of users facing data loss.
- Users will also need a backup already in place for version y are downgrading to, or ir iPhones will be formatted. If a user is downgrading from iOS 14 to iOS 13, y will need a backup of data in iOS 13 version already in place to carry over ir data during downgrade process.
- computer y are using for this process should be updated with latest version of iTunes to perform downgrade
- user should have a stable and fast internet connection
Steps on How to downgrade from iOS 14 to iOS 13
- Connect iPhone to computer
- Open iTunes for Windows and Finder for Mac
- Click on iPhone icon
- w select Restore iPhone option and simultaneously keep left option key on Mac or left shift key on Windows pressed.
- Users will be asked to which version y want to restore ir iPhone too. Users will have to select iOS 13.7 IPSW file as that’s only iOS 13 version that is still being digitally signed by Apple.
- And that’s about it. w, user has to just wait for ir device to carry out this process. This can take up some time so user needs that have some patience as well.
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12:34 IST, September 22nd 2020