Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 5 years, 9 months ago. Active 2 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 38k times. A few parameters: I don't have backups eg SHSH I would prefer to keep some data eg saved games Idiot proof instructions would be a huge plus I am prepared to jail break as part of the procedure but want to be left with an unbroken iPad Can anyone tell me a fool-proof and trustworthy way to downgrade?
Improve this question. Andrew Larsson 4, 4 4 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 60 60 bronze badges. Possible duplicate of Can I install any iOS version I wish by picking and choosing which firmware to restore? Tetsujin: I don't think that is a duplicate because there the answer to that general question is that it is no longer possible. I'm the downgrade info guy from the "possible duplicate" question.
Simple as that. Read my answer on that question for more information about OdysseusOTA. I would argue that this question is an exact duplicate of the other question since I already go over this information there. All tools that claim to be able to downgrade are simply forks of Odysseus. AndrewLarsson That comment really needs to be an answer proper to this. Great info and then linking back to the main post. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer.
Andrew Larsson Andrew Larsson 4, 4 4 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 60 60 bronze badges. Can I back up files eg saved games and then restore them, will that work? No, you cannot. The backups only work going forward in versions, not backwards. Even if you edit the backup to claim that it's for iOS 6. You are welcome to try this method , but there are absolutely no guarantees about any part of such process.
Remember to take into consideration the fact that many apps no longer support iOS 6. Difficulty Moderate. Steps 6. Time Required 10 - 20 minutes. Sections 1. Flags 2. In Progress This guide is a work in progress. Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. Introduction Now V2. Step 1 Enter kDFU mode. One comment. Add a comment. Add Comment Cancel. Step 2 Download custom firmware. Step 3 3uTools proflash. Step 4 Go "Flash".
Step 5 Wait till the process is finished. It should re-spring and install Cydia. You're now jailbroken and will just need to run Phoenix again every time you reboot your device. Phoenix failed a few times for me before jailbreaking successfully. If this happens for you just try again and it should eventually succeed. Before you're able to downgrade you'll just need to install one package from Cydia on your device: OpenSSH. This will allow us to install some files to the device from terminal and trigger DFU mode without iTunes.
This is only able to be done because Apple are still signing the 6. The package used to complete the downgrade is called odysseusOTA and is a collection of command line tools that can be executed from terminal on a Mac or Linux computer.
For the sake of brevity all the steps below are completed on a Mac but will be similar on Linux. You'll just need to use the linux64 directory instead. If you wish to copy the commands below you'll also need to rename the IPSW to unpatched. Open Terminal. It's extremely important you do not omit the -bbupdate flag or you will not be able to activate your device with Apple as a baseband will not be included.
Next, ensure the device you wish to downgrade is connected to your computer and run the following command. It's now time to copy files over to your device. The default password for the OpenSSH packaged is alpine so if you haven't changed it that's what it'll be. Use the following to connect to your device.
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