iPhone Downgrade from iOS 6?

[omgitssum1]

Soon, I will get a secondhand, unjailbroken iPhone 4. The phone has already been updated to iOS 6. Is there ANY way to downgrade to 5.1.1, possibly through an iTunes firmware restore? Or would that brick my phone? Thank you.

 

[truehybridx]

Soon, I will get a secondhand, unjailbroken iPhone 4. The phone has already been updated to iOS 6. Is there ANY way to downgrade to 5.1.1, possibly through an iTunes firmware restore? Or would that brick my phone? Thank you.

If that phone does not have the appropriate blobs for 5.1.1 there is absolutely no way it can be restored to anything but 6+

 

[labman]

also it wouldn't brick it you just can't install 5.1.1 you can find more info about shsh blobs annd how to check it etc on Iclarified or a simple google search.

 

[Durvelle27]

i was able to downgrade from IOS 6 to IOS 5.1.1 on my iPhone 4 using redsn0w 0.9.15b2 restore option without the shsh.

 

[dhlizard]

i was able to downgrade from IOS 6 to IOS 5.1.1 on my iPhone 4 using redsn0w 0.9.15b2 restore option without the shsh.

You have to have had the shsh, perhaps you just didn't realize it.

 

[Sedrick]

You have to have had the shsh, perhaps you just didn't realize it.

I'd like this explained as well. I (like a 'tard) updated my iPad 2 to iOS 6 (on a whim) and forgot to save my blobs off. Now, it seems I'm stuck and I see no real advantage to 6 over 5 on the iPad and it certainly doesn't compare to the JB I gave up. *sniff

 

[TriJetHero]

Use redsn0w to see which SHSH's cydia saved.

 

[faroZ06]

I'd like this explained as well. I (like a 'tard) updated my iPad 2 to iOS 6 (on a whim) and forgot to save my blobs off. Now, it seems I'm stuck and I see no real advantage to 6 over 5 on the iPad and it certainly doesn't compare to the JB I gave up. *sniff

My iPhone 4 has a jailbreak available for it. U jelly?
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll have it working on the iPad 2 soon.

 

[TriJetHero]

My iPhone 4 has a jailbreak available for it. U jelly?
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll have it working on the iPad 2 soon.

No they won't, they are talking months.

 

[gngan]

i was able to downgrade from IOS 6 to IOS 5.1.1 on my iPhone 4 using redsn0w 0.9.15b2 restore option without the shsh.

Not possible.

 

[inselstudent]

yes, you probably used the option in the latest redsnow to fetch available shsh blobs from cydia servers. once you've jailbroken your iDevice once, cydia automatically saves shsh blobs on their servers, which makes the need to save them yourself virtually obsolete.

 

[Major General]

yes, you probably used the option in the latest redsnow to fetch available shsh blobs from cydia servers. once you've jailbroken your iDevice once, cydia automatically saves shsh blobs on their servers, which makes the need to save them yourself virtually obsolete.

this is true I just did this the other day