How to go back to iOS 6 from iOS 7

downgrade ios 7

Actualización: this tutorial was useful only for iOS 7 betas, now that the final version is available you should use this new tutorial (you can see it) by clicking here.

Yesterday we told you how install iOS 7 to be able to try it now, the normal method is to register as a developer (or have someone register you), although under specific conditions you can keep your activation of iOS 6 e install iOS 7 without registering your UDID, completely free, everything is explained here.

Now many of you ask us how to go back from iOS 7 to iOS 6 for various reasons, the most normal is because the trick to register it for free has not worked for you and you have the iPhone locked, it is also possible that iOS 7 does not convince you or simply that you have realized that consumes more battery (normal, it is a beta) and it does not last a full day. Anyway we tell you how to go back to iOS 6.x, the latest available iOS, 6.1.3 for most devices and iOS 6.1.4 for the iPhone. You cannot go to iOS 6.1.2 to jailbreak except on the iPhone 4, in the rest you have to go to the latest version available, there is no other option.

Tutorial:

1 First download the iOS 6 of your iPhone here.

2.- Open iTunes

3.- Put your iPhone in DFU

To do this, connect to the computer, turn it off and press Home + Power for 10 seconds, then release the Power button but leave Home pressed, your screen will go black and a warning will appear in iTunes.

Note: if you don't know how to put it in DFU, look for a video on YouTube

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4.- You will see that iTunes only gives you the option to restore:

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5.- Press Shift + Restore (Alt + restore on Mac) and a window will open for you to select your iOS:

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Select iOS 6 that you downloaded at the beginning, make sure it is the last one available for your iPhone.

6.- The process may take up to 10-15 minutes, your iPhone will be restored with iOS 6 again.

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Remember that you can load a backup that you have saved from iOS 6 but you cannot load a copy of iOS 7

More information - Tutorial: how to install iOS 7 beta

 Source - iClarified


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  1.   sitanglo said

    I have already done it mainly because this beta is very stable and that but the battery eats it doubled and the WhatsApp in my case does not stop and I can not be like that. But I recognize that apple has done a great job. the final version will be scary.

  2.   JOSE ANDRES said

    yesterday I did a simpler method, just put it in dfu mode and press restore (all from iTunes), it asked me to download the latest update (on the iphone 5 614) and that's it

    1.    Fanatic_iOS said

      Indeed the simplest is the most effective

    2.    Johnny said

      It is what I have done.

      After seeing how the battery goes down, that the Wi-Fi has been disconnected and there has been no human way to reconnect it, apps and games crashes, unexpected reboots, etc., I go back to IOS6. If I wanted all that, I would have bought an Android.

      It still has a lot of polishing to do, but it looks fantastic.

      All the best

      1.    Pedro said

        You do not know what the world of android is, much worse than IOS, I tell you from experience, every time you install a new rom you have to install everything again, unless you make a backup with titanium backup and you it goes well, because it gives problems, and fat, android has many good things we must admit, but at the level of security comfort, battery life, stability, complementation between teams, I don't know I was a year with android and you end up crazy from so much change, and after the room fails you something, IT IS A BETA, when the software is implemented 100% you will tell me, I would like to see a galaxy S with Jelly bean to see how it behaves and what it does, I had an S2 and a Wonderful, but it is like windows, after all a full one, a lot of nonsense that does not give you productivity, IOS is highly optimized and with jailbreak it far exceeds android.

        1.    Gaston San Juan said

          Question what is android? that there is something else besides IOS? ……

        2.    android developers said

          hahaha friend you are very wrong android is wonderful look I tell you need wifi to activate your android cell? do not
          The battery lasts a good time in my s3 it lasts 2 days playing
          Obviously the roms that have some bugs depending on what it is, because the factory ones are stable, I have never crashed in any app or game because of its powerful quad-core processor, and I had an iPhone 4 and there are many problems because you can't do anything without itunes so hahaha your comments make me laugh
          ios is good but it is very minimalist it is always the same nothing changes = (

      2.    fernando said

        How can I make my iPhone 4 go from IOS 7 to IOS 6 is that I do not like it and what can I do?

      3.    Internet and Tourism said

        The disconnected wifi thing happens to me. It is impossible to connect it to any network.

  3.   Pere Sanchis Avalos said

    Does anyone know how music is valued in iOS 7 because I can't find the stars because of
    nowhere…

  4.   b0rJa46 said

    I present my case to you. iPhone 5 with iOS 7 Currently.

    It may interest me to go back, to ios 6.1.4 my latest backups are made in that OS. So if I restore with the method you indicate, will I be able to load my backup from iCloud?

    Some tell me no, only the ones I have on my team.

    1.    Fanatic_iOS said

      As you make a backup in iOS 7, you are screwed, it will tell you that the version is too old

  5.   martin jackson said

    jltino Well, I posted earlier in this comments thread and came back because I wanted you all to know how I did! I lost 10 lbs (4.5 kg / 0.7 stone) of belly fat in only 6 days and am keeping it off. The results speak for themselves. This diet product is life-changing - thank you. mgvqne http://www.tripletta.info

  6.   martin jackson said

    jltino Well, I posted earlier in this comments thread and came back because I wanted you all to know how I did! I lost 10 lbs (4.5 kg / 0.7 stone) of belly fat in only 6 days and am keeping it off. The results speak for themselves. This diet product is life-changing - thank you. mgvqne http://www.tripletta.info

  7.   martin jackson said

    jltino Well, I posted earlier in this comments thread and came back because I wanted you all to know how I did! I lost 10 lbs (4.5 kg / 0.7 stone) of belly fat in only 6 days and am keeping it off. The results speak for themselves. This diet product is life-changing - thank you. mgvqne http://www.tripletta.info

  8.   Tick__Tock said

    One question, if I want to update to ios 6.1.4 and I have 6.1.3 with Jailbrake.
    What steps should I follow?
    Factory restore?

    1.    Angie macor said

      yep, restore factory with itunes. if possible make a backup before

  9.   santiagoc said

    Hi, I've been looking for the Share Widget section to have Twitter and Facebook in the notification center but I can't find it, do you know anything about this? it's something I miss a lot from iOS 6

    1.    christianc said

      It seems that in this version because it is beta it is not included we will have to wait for the next beta

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  11.   manolin said

    Thank you very much for making things easier for us every day and everything is well explained..go on like this..the newbies come in handy with all the tutorials they put on. Thank you

  12.   Migueludo said

    I have it on, and the truth is that it is wonderful, the battery is good, it does not restart, and all the apps work for me. However I thought that connecting it to itunes and giving it to restore could go back to ios 6 …… ..

  13.   kyokuruben said

    If I have iOS 6.1., Can I install 7 and come back? Has anyone done it?

    1.    kyokuruben said

      (I have an iPhone 4)

    2.    Gaston San Juan said

      If you have the jail, you lose it, but if not if it is a factory unlock, or if it is from an operator and you use the same if you can, you only upload the basband unless you save it

  14.   Migueludo said

    One doubt, that I download ios, I have an iphone 5 and when I have to put the model on the ios download website (the link you have put) I get one that is gsm and another that says global. How can I know which is mine? It is an iphone 5 16GB movistar.
    regards

    1.    Ricky Garcia said

      It will be gsm if you use sim

    2.    Esteban said

      On the back cover of the iPhone, it says the model. Anyway, if it is Movistar, it will be the A1429.
      regards

  15.   Migueludo said

    And can't shift and restore without putting it in dfu?

  16.   samusoco said

    Hi, I'm a developer and I can register UDID so that you install iOS 7 legally, so If you want to try iOS 7 I can offer it to you for only 2,95 euros, I have fewer and fewer holes to register UDID, if you update and you don't like it too You can restore to iOS 6 and continue as you were before, and you will also have the right to the next betas that come out of iOS 7 that are more stable, if you want to try it I give you my link:
    http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151062530129

  17.   Ricardo said

    Hello I would like to know if this works if my iPhone restored it from it and when it restarted it crashed knowing that it was not a developer I need your help Thank you very much

  18.   Luis R said

    The battery lasts longer now, I don't know why they say it lasts less, it lasts much longer for me, before it lasted 24 hours and now it lasts for 36 hours, I don't use whats up, I just browse, call, videos, other apps, etc, This ios battery lasts longer, if it lasts less for some it will be because they use apps that are not yet adapted for the system

  19.   josechal said

    I'm going to go back to iOS 6, basically because of the problem with WhatsApp, the time doesn't make it right for me, unexpected restarts, etc.
    I'll see in the second beta if they fix these things

  20.   healthy said

    is the link to the iOS 6 version in this post reliable? I mean, will it be manipulated? If I make an md5 of the file, would it match the original apple?

  21.   Jot said

    Hello, it tells me that there is a problem because the firmware does not match: ((

    Do you have any idea what I can do?

    1.    SteenKstiyo said

      Surely you have to have an iPhone 4x and that is why it fails you, you will have tried like me to install the ios 6.1.3 but first you have to check which version of ios 6 works on your iPhone

  22.   dx said

    Hi, I'm trying to put it in DFU mode and it won't let me. I connect it to itunes. I turn it off. Then I simultaneously press home + the off button for 10 s, I press the off button and hold down the home button for another 10 s. But I can not. The problem. If I connect the iPhone to iTunes and having it connected I turn it off, it automatically turns on again. Does anyone know what to do?

  23.   Miguel Poza Grilles said

    If I have ios 7, and I give itunes to restore factory settings, will I go back to ios 6.1.3 with my 4s?

    I'm sure I'll go back to iOS6 tomorrow because of the battery issue and because I had an error yesterday that wouldn't let me turn off the phone in the usual way by pressing the button above and then swiping off (it was as if when I wanted to slide turn off that appears on the screen, the touch of the screen will not work and that is why it is as if you were not sliding turn off, when if you gave it) if not I had to turn it off after more than 1 minute the two buttons at the same time pressed without releasing, for the rest if I liked it a lot and I say that I liked it a lot because I do not count those small bugs that may appear (apart from the battery, that I do) because this is a beta and the betas already we know that it has flaws that in its final version the vast majority of them almost all or all will disappear
    I think that ios7 in its final version will be much better and much more stable and will like it more in general than ios 6 will be a matter of getting used to

    It happened to me when they deleted the native YouTube App on iPhone, I thought it was a big mistake that they removed it and I thought that I would miss it a lot, even for a moment I even doubted whether to update for that reason, but then I realized that I do not miss it at all and I find it almost the same after a couple of days of using it

  24.   FABIAN said

    THANK YOU HELP ME TOO MUCH !! EXCELLENT PUBLICATION!

  25.   Jaime Rueda said

    is there any way to enter dfu mode without having to press the power button, i have it damaged and i want to send it to maintenance but i can't with ios 7 on my iphone 5

  26.   nachogarzon said

    I can't restore it because it tells me the following: (copy and paste)

    »ITunes cannot restore the iPhone“ Nacho's iPhone ”because“ Find my iPhone ”is activated.»

    I have gone to Settings and I did not find my iPhone, so I directly deleted my app and it still continues to tell me. Any solution?

  27.   Mark said

    You saved me from the blockade! Thanks a lot!

  28.   Tino said

    I have already done it in the same way but later the iPhone 4 appears in the iTunes drawing and mine is an iPhone 4s, why is it?

  29.   Oscarious said

    I just restored it to IOS 6 I did it not because IOS 7 I did not like it there, on the contrary the beta 6 is very stable the icons are simpler it is easier the handling safari is very cool also it is very compatible with mac and the cloud The tabs that I have on my mac or on my iphone I can see them on both devices and everything works perfectly except Freemy apps and with this app I have already claimed several iTunes cards with which I am going to buy OS X Mavericks for which want to try the app here I leave the link

    http://m.freemyapps.com/share/email/926156e2

  30.   blogitecno.com said

    quite interesting the post

  31.   Ana said

    Hello, I downloaded it but I did not install it and my sister has it but I did not like it and how can I remove it from the settings? Xfavoy tell me!

  32.   fer said

    What is the restore key if I don't have a mac?

  33.   Marie said

    Hello to me personally, I did not like IOS.7 I would like to return to IOS.6 and I do not know how also my fear is that if I restore it, everything will be erased, someone can tell me how to do it and that nothing from it will be erased. cell HELP !!!!!

  34.   karlitoz drado said

    I have my iPhone 4s in 5.1.1 and it has a jailbreak that I can do to upload it to ios 7 but that I can return to 6. × in case ios7 gives me a problem that I have to do to do things right and not crazy and you They know a lot and they don't let anyone get caught or without orienting them I have seen it in what I do and my computer is Windows who helps me to do very well or the best I can thanks Karlitoz Drado

  35.   DianaMar said

    Hello if you can restore from iOS 7 to iOS 6 I have an Iphone 4? Help me, please follow the steps explained in the article above or how?

  36.   kataline said

    Press Shift + Restore (Alt + restore on Mac) and a window will open for you to select your iOS:

    NOTHING APPEARS TO ME WHEN PRICING !!! HELP PPORFAVOOOOOORRR!

  37.   Ash2112 said

    the music and photos are deleted from my iphone?

  38.   Stalin will see said

    I wanted to put the ios 6.1.3 but nothing comes out unknown error help me what would be the problem

  39.   Standard said

    No, it did not work for me, it is an iphone 4s and IOS 6.1.3 does not accept me