The iOS 5 Thread

Marky · 1 Aug 2011 at 23:45

ethos said:
For those saying it's easy to go from iOS 5 beta4 back to iOS4 could you please explain how you're doing it?

I've reinstalled the current iTunes, putting in both recovery/DFU mode both of which fail the restore.

I've also tried a bunch of other methods which haven't been successful.

As far as I am aware, I thought you just had to reinstall the latest stable version of iTunes, put your iPhone into DFU mode (Which isn't the same as recovery mode), hold alt and click restore and select the latest iOS 4 release.

ethos · 1 Aug 2011 at 23:53

I've tried that, with both 4.3.3 and 4.3.5.

Marky · 1 Aug 2011 at 23:54

ethos said:
I've tried that, with both 4.3.3 and 4.3.5.

Actually, thinking about it I don't think you have to alt+click restore as it will restore to the latest version by downloading off the Apple servers.

It'll definitely have to be 4.3.5. I would try just clicking restore and downloading the version from the servers.

ethos · 2 Aug 2011 at 00:02

Marky said:
Actually, thinking about it I don't think you have to alt+click restore as it will restore to the latest version by downloading off the Apple servers.

It'll definitely have to be 4.3.5. I would try just clicking restore and downloading the version from the servers.

I tried that method as well, in fact that was how I got the 4.3.5 ISPW in the first place.

Marky · 2 Aug 2011 at 00:19

ethos said:
I tried that method as well, in fact that was how I got the 4.3.5 ISPW in the first place.

Hmm strange... I can't think of why it wouldn't work...

I'll let you know if I think of something

McDaniel · 2 Aug 2011 at 02:10

Interesting that a lot of the things i JB'd my iPhone 4 for are now standard... shame the actual customisation is still poor... look forward to the iOS 5 JB!

Marky · 2 Aug 2011 at 08:37

McDaniel said:
Interesting that a lot of the things i JB'd my iPhone 4 for are now standard... shame the actual customisation is still poor... look forward to the iOS 5 JB!

The main thing in jailbreak that I miss (and I don't think it's available yet) is the SBSettings. Being able to turn off Wifi and others in the notification bar is a must! I'm pretty surprised Apple didn't include this as a notification centre widget...

Alex_L · 2 Aug 2011 at 09:40

without the jailbreak my iphone 4 battery has got markedly better since i'm no longer running things like notified pro, lockinfo etc. However, I do really really really miss SBSettings as it was so good being able to turn things on/off with one or two touches of the screen.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Aug 2011 at 11:12

ethos said:
For those saying it's easy to go from iOS 5 beta4 back to iOS4 could you please explain how you're doing it?

I've reinstalled the current iTunes, put the phone in both recovery/DFU mode, both of which fail the restore to 4.3.3 or 4.3.5.

I've also tried a bunch of other methods which haven't been successful.

Make sure your host file isn't pointing to cydia. This is one reason it will fail.

ethos · 2 Aug 2011 at 20:05

iDroid84 said:
Make sure your host file isn't pointing to cydia. This is one reason it will fail.

I tried both, thanks for the suggestion though.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Aug 2011 at 20:30

@ethos has the baseband been upgraded to the iPad baseband by any chance?

ethos · 2 Aug 2011 at 22:11

iDroid84 said:
@ethos has the baseband been upgraded to the iPad baseband by any chance?

It's running 04.11.06-ICE_2_13 which I believe is correct.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Aug 2011 at 22:13

@ethos

Give another PC/Mac a try.

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ethos · 2 Aug 2011 at 22:30

iDroid84 said:
@ethos

Give another PC/Mac a try.

Yeah, this did cross my mind. I'll give another PC a go tomorrow... I'll let you know how I get on.

Deleted member 77746 · 3 Aug 2011 at 12:03

ethos said:
Yeah, this did cross my mind. I'll give another PC a go tomorrow... I'll let you know how I get on.

Let us know how it goes, you shouldn't have no problems at all from what you have mentioned since the baseband is stock, and the host file is correct.

Dewotter · 3 Aug 2011 at 16:48

Can an iPad 2 be reverted from 5 beta 4 back to iOS 4 again?

oli356 · 3 Aug 2011 at 17:01

RKO said:
Can an iPad 2 be reverted from 5 beta 4 back to iOS 4 again?

Wouldn't an iTunes restore just do the trick? Or does that just try put you back onto the beta..?

Robbo · 3 Aug 2011 at 17:04

I don't think the iPad 2 can, the iPhone 4 can though.

JonnyGLC · 3 Aug 2011 at 22:19

Robbo said:
I don't think the iPad 2 can, the iPhone 4 can though.

It can, just not the GSM version.

Maccy · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:50

I'll register 3 more UDIDs. First 3 to email me with their UDID will get their device registered.

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