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Nicholas_C on April 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs

Is it possible to downgrade the OS on an iPhone? Is that a viable option if the newer OS is very slow on an older phone?

jdhawk on April 27, 2016 [–]

No, apple stops signing the iOS images a few weeks after a new release.

There is a method to go back to iOS6 if you have a jailbroken device, but its complex.

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