Yesterday was a big day starting from the iPhone 4S to the recently released iOS 5 GM for developers. Since iOS 5 GM is installable by everyone, you may have updated to iOS 5 by now. In case you didn’t like the tethered jailbreak, found a few problems on your iOS device or discovered some apps that were not supported, that you desperately needed… you’re in luck: you can downgrade iOS 5 to iOS 4.3.3, iOS 4.3.5 or older.
Apple has just released iOS 4.3.5 ipsw firmware for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G, iPad 2, 1 and Apple TV 2G. As most of you know that iOS 4.3.4 was released on July 15. iOS 4.3.5 firmware come to fix a security vulnerability with certificate validation.
Before you downgrade, please remember you can only downgrade your iDevice firmware if, and only if, you have saved your SHSH blobs somewhere safely, hopefully with Saurik’s Cydia server, or locally on your machine.
From now on, I will assume you have saved your blobs on Saurik’s Cydia server.
STEP 1: To start with, you need to make sure you have a copy of iOS 4.3.5 or whatever firmware you need to downgrade for your device which you can find and download from here.
STEP 2: Next, you need to make sure your hosts file is pointing to Saurik’s server, and not Apple’s. If you haven’t done this then please check this guide.
Alternatively, use TinyUmbrella to make iTunes look at Cydia’s Server in the Advanced options.
STEP 3: Now plug in your iOS device, and switch it off, but leave it plugged in.
STEP 4: Put your device into DFU mode, our guide here.
STEP 5: Select your firmware manually to restore to. (Shift on Windows, and option on a Mac)
It says that it will talk to Apple when really, it is talking to the Cydia servers.
Hey presto! Your device should now have downgraded without a hitch…But, should your phone should now have an error, such as error 1015, DO NOT PANIC! This is normal and has a quick fix. Just download anduse Recboot to kick it out of recovery mode –
Download iOS 4.3.5 firmware IPSW files (Direct Links) - Official from Apple:
- iPhone 3GS
- iPhone 4 (GSM)
- iPad
- iPad 2 (also iPad 2,2 and iPad 2,3)
- iPod touch 3rd gen
- iPod touch 4th gen
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