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How To Downgrade your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch from iOS 9 Final to iOS 8.4.1

Apple has released the latest version of iOS for iPhone, iPad si iPod Touch. iOS 9 comes with a number of news in Apple applications and Battery performance improvements, but there may be users who got along better with the operating system iOS 8.4.1, iOS version prior to iOS 9.

iOS 9 to iOS 8.4.1 downgrade tutorial for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

*The tutorial is made with iPhone 6 / iOS 9 and MacBook Pro / OS X Yosemite.

First make sure you have a backup of the device's current status. You can do this via iCloud Backup or via iTunes. The new version of iTunes and it must be installed on the operating system and data cable (USB Lightning Cable) at hand.

Download iOS 8.4.1 IPSW Firmware for all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models that support iOS 8.4.1

Download iOS 8.4.1 IPSW archives directly from Apple servers. Click on the device model and download.

Put your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch in DFU Mode. Device Firmware Update.

Step 1: Connect iPhone to Mac or PC and open iTunes.
Step 2: Shut down iPhone completely. Press and hold the sleep button and then slide to close. Slide to power off.
Step 3: Hold button simultaneously sleep / power button and Home for 10 seconds, After which Power button LEFT BLANKbut keep pressing the HOME button.
It will appear on the iPhone screen sign connection iTunes, and in iTunes the screen appears that informs you that the iPhone has entered "Recovery Mode" iPhone Recovery Mode.

iPhone Recovery Mode

Step 4: Click Okthen press and hold Options (Mac) or Shift (Windows) and click the button Restore iPhone.
Step 5: In Finder or Windows Explorer search and select the archive IPSW of the iOS 8.4.1 operating system. For iPhone 6 the file has the name iPhone7,2_8.4.1_12H321_Restore.ipsw.

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Step 6: Click on Restore in the box that informs you that all data will be deleted from the iPhone and will install iOS 8.4.1. "iTunes will erase and restore your iPhone to iOS 8.4.1 and will verify the restore with Apple. "

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Wait for the restore process to complete, and at the end your iPhone will have iOS 8.4.1 installed.

This is the only way to downgrade from iOS 9 to iOS 8.4.1. Do not try with backup from backup. Apple no longer normally allows the downgrade from iOS 9 to iOS 8.4.1, and after the restore you will find that you have only one option. Slide to upgrade. Although you have a backup of iOS 8.4.1, after the restore you will be forced to switch to iOS 9.

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We do not recommend moving from iOS 9 to iOS 8.4.1 unless you have a good reason. iOS 9 comes with several new applications and functions that are helpful for Apple device owners.

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