Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Why and When should I Downgrade my iOS?

It is perfectly normal to expect better things from a new version of the same operating system. But , what you need to understand is that that newer version does have fair chances to prove detrimental to your phone in certain ways like:
1. Constant crashing of apps in spite of rebooting.
2. Slow Processing Speed
3.Apps not being shut down properly and running in the background.
4.Not being able to utilize the functionality of a certain app.
The list goes on.
I, for example, have an iPod 4 Touch (32GB). I upgraded my operating system to 6.1.3 and noticed that my iPod wasn't running fine for quite sometime now. And I was facing the problems listed above. Now, generally the 4th generation apple devices are quite capable of handling the features and functions of 6.1.3.
But when it comes to a 3rd generation device, the processor and RAM are not quite satisfactory.
It is very normal for an 3rd generation device to not function properly when upgraded to 6.1.3 or 6.1.5, iOS 7 is out of scope anyway.

So, if you have a 3rd generation device that doesn't respond properly to the current OS you're using (which is probably a 6),then you need to downgrade you iOS.
Before you go there, try rebooting your device a number of times (via Redsnow).
It is a widespread misconception that Redsnow will damage your iDevice's software, Redsnow can serve as a problem ONLY if you Jailbreak you iOS with it and that too is unlikely. It (Redsnow), provides you various options like the ones shown:


  For  a normal boot (which as mentioned you can do without using Redsnow too)
You can go for the just boot option.
If your iDevice doesn't function properly even after doing that multiple times, you might wanna downgradeyour iOS.
 I am not suggesting that this is the only option. But , this option definitely worked in my case
(using iPhone 3GS (32 GB)).

Please leave your valuable comments and/or suggestions and feel free to point out a mistake if any.
Watch out for my upcoming Blogpost on 'How to Jailbreak you iDevice: A handy guide'.


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