How to Downgrade Your iPhone 4 From iOS 6.x to iOS 5.x (Windows)
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Posted October 15, 2012 at 3:34am by iClarified
These are instructions on how to downgrade your iPhone 4 from iOS 6.x to iOS 5.x using saved SHSH blobs and Redsn0w for Windows.
Step One Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage
Download the latest version of RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the firmware you would like to restore to and the firmware you are current on from here and place it/them in the Pwnage folder.
Extract the RedSn0w zip file to the Pwnage folder.
Step Two Right click or control-click the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier and choose Run as administrator from the popup menu that appears.
Step Three Click Extras from the main menu.
Step Four Click Even More from the Extras menu.
Step Five Click Restore from the Even More menu.
Step Six Click IPSW from the Restore menu, choose the IPSW you would like to restore to from the window that appears, and click Open.
Step Seven Redsn0w will ask you if you would like to prevent the baseband from being updated. Click Yes.
Step Eight Redsn0w will inform you that Pwned DFU mode is needed to restore. Click the OK button.
Step Nine Connect your device, turn it off, and then click the Next button
Step Ten RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here.
Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.
Step Eleven Your iPhone will now be exploited with limera1n.
Step Twelve RedSn0w will check Cydia to see if you have the correct blobs saved.
If RedSn0w is unable to find your blobs automatically you can try to click the Remote button to try again or you can click the Local button to search for blobs on your computer.
Step Thirteen RedSn0w will now prepare a system restore image.
Step Fourteen You device will then be restored to the new firmware.
Step Fifteen You'll be informed when your restore has completed successfully.
ANSWERS: If you need help with this tutorial please post a question in the comments or submit a question to the iClarified community using our Answers section.
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Please help. I ran up to step 13 and then error 2624 popped up. Any advice please?
I got iphone 4 and was stuck with restore from ios 6.0 to 5.1.1. I have valid shsh file.
Chaoyin
I haven't SHSH blobs... pls any one pls help me to how to downgrade my iphone 4..nw my IOS is 6.0.1.i wont to downgrade to IOS 5.0.1..my firmware update..plz help me...thank.. this is my mobile no +94759143148
My name is Mohomed Nusri
Alex Arturo Turcios Menjivar - January 8, 2013 at 8:24pm
Help!! I want to know if its possible to downgrade from a non-jailbroken 6.0 firmware to a 5.1.1 jailbroken firmware. I tried to, but since my iPhone4 has never been jailbroken, I dont have the proper iOS5.x SHSH blobs. When I try to jailbreak via Sn0wbreeze or Redsn0w, I stumble upon error 11 or it says I dont have the proper SHSHs... What do I do???
I have an iPhone4 iOS6.0 Official Firmware.
I already saved my SHSH blob from this iPhone/Firmware and still doesnt work.
Hi i am having jailbreak iphone 4, IOS 4.1 02.10.04. Trying to upgrade or restore to 5.11 or 5.11b but stop at step 14 (iploading iBSS). From pdwed DFU restoring mode but now prompting me tht I am not on "recovery mode".
Which is the actual steps for this requirement (4.1 -> 5.11) ?
I had tried tiny umbrella , itunes shift restore method and doesnt work.
Initial started with redsnow -stich method and failed.
pls advice
I have the same problem. iphone 4. ios 5.1.1. i want to restore my iphone on the same ios and baseband. tried the followed the instructions but can not proceed after step 11 as it says that your phone is in dfu mode not in recovery mode.
please help.
I have similar issue. when I restore to 5.1.1, it stops with error 2601. when I tried to get out of recovery loop, it ends up with 'missing keys.plist' error. Please help!
Hey @KrayzieKelz4ya,
You need to extract the zip file to get the ipsw file. If you go to your download folder and click on the zip file you should see an "extract" option at the top of the window. Alternatively, you can right click the file and look for the same option. Alternatively, you can double click on the file and it should open. You should then see an option to extract the file at the top of the window.
Once extracted you can delete the zip file, and you should see the ipsw under the new folder of the same name as the original zip.
HELP Needed!!!!!
My Iphone 4 is on 04.12.02, 6.0.1 (10A523) and i cant access my mails, calender and cydia!
Please i want to downgrade to 5x and is there anything or info as regards to why i cant access my emails, safari, calender, cydia etc???
I am running bunkers already!!!
Just to update info, devteam says:
Update #2 (Nov 1, 2012): Version 0.9.15b3 fixes the redsn0w “error 2601” that Windows users were seeing using the Restore button. It also fixes a related Windows iTunes error 14 for stitched files. Note that if you have a baseband, you should probably avoid stitching and simply use redsn0w’s native Restore (not iTunes).
Also I have a question- is downgrading a destructive process (that is, will it wipe the phone's apps/content), aka a fresh restore?
I assume so, but only question this because of the ability to do an upgrade and restore using ram disk in DFU mode without wiping the phone; I question since this uses DFU mode as well, is it possible to do a non-destructive DOWNGRADE from 6.0 to 5.1.1 or is that just wishful thinking?
Not that i know of iPhone4S due to the fact that the iPhone 4S is not suseptible to the same Limerain exploit as the iPhone 4 or earlier but I have been trying for days now to get some way to work around this. My phone accidentally upgrading when I was doing a fresh re restore and now i cant get stupid IOS 6 off and back to my 5.1.1 jailbreak. Also when I try this, I get some sort of "Cannot Restore" Error message. Any ideas?
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