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Downgrade iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5 on iPhone

By Selena KomezUpdated on July 24, 2017


iOS 10 now is released around the world.However,even though iOS 10 bring many new features but it still not the perfect iOS system for some iOS device.Some iPhone users reported that their iPhone was get bricked after iOS 10 upgrade,some of them were complained that iPhone got something wrong for bugs after updating to iOS 10,others reflex that iPhone was not as useful as previous.So a part of iOS user need to downgrade their iOS device to iOS 9.3.5 from iOS 10.

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Officially Apple does not provide a way to downgrade iOS system,but there is easy ways to do this available for a short time.Apple closed the option to downgrade to iOS 9.3.5,however thanks to a security hole,you are able to downgrade iOS 10 iPhone to iOS 9.3.5.Here are the detail ways to downgrade iPhone from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5.I’m going to show you how to downgrade iPhone to iOS 9.3.5 from iOS 10.0.1 in the following tutorial.Check out the two methods and see how it work.

2 Ways to Downgrade iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5 on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

Part 1:Downgrade iPhone from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5 with iTunes(Free but data loss)

Before starting the iPhone system downgrade process,it is very important that you do a backup your iPhone before iOS 10 downgrade.In case someday to restore iPhone from a backup you created after losing data.

Step 1:Begin by downloading the iOS 9.3.5 IPSW file for your device.You can download it to click here:download iOS 9.3.5 IPSW file.Save this file on your computer.It is also important that you make sure the IPSW file matches the device model to avoid getting an error in iTunes.

Here,you can download iPhone iOS firmware file(iOS 8,iOS 9 and iOS 10.0.1)

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iOS firmware file for iPhone
iOS firmware file for iPad
iOS firmware file for iPod touch

Step 2:Now,run iTunes and then connect iPhone to your computer via USB cable. Select the device and then go to the Summary Page and hold the Option Button (Mac OS X) or Shift Key (Windows) and click the “Restore iPhone” button.

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Step 4:Next find the IPSW file that you had downloaded earlier and choose “Update”.This will erase the device and downgrade your device from iOS 10 beta to iOS 9.3.5.You can then restore from your backup once the downgrade is complete.

Please be attention:Downgrading iPhone with iTunes may wipe all data and settings on your iPhone,in order to protect your device data,I’m going to introduce to you another better method to downgrade iPhone to iOS 9.3.5 from iOS 10.Please keep on reading patiently.
(Tips:How to Restore Lost Data from iPhone after iOS 10 Downgrade)

Part 2:Downgrade iPhone from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5 by iOS 10 System Recovery(not data loss)

iOS 10 System Recovery,which is a wonderful iOS data manager tool to restore iOS 10 to iOS 9 on iPhone without any data loss,perfectly help to downgrade your iPhone /iPad from iOS 10 back to iOS 9.3.5 smoothly.iOS 10 System Recovery rolls out the feature “Fix iOS to normal” for restoring iPhone system to normal after downgrading iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5,making it easy for users to get iPhone,iPad out of white/black screen,recovery mode,Apple logo,connect to iTunes screen,etc;help to fix the issues on iOS device perform abnormally.

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Easy Steps to Restore iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5 on iPhone

Step 1.Run the iOS 10 System Recovery and Connect iPhone to PC/Mac
Download and install iOS 10 System Recovery(Windows&Mac) on computer.When the installation is complete,connect your iPhone to computer with USB cable and launch the program.

iOS 10 System Recovery

Step 2.Select “iOS System Recovery” Option
From the main window,please select “Fix iOS to Normal” located at the top right of the screen.Wait for iOS 10 System Recovery to detect your iPhone.Click “Start” once the device has been detected.

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Step 3.Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
1)First, disconnect the cable. Shut down the iPhone
2)After the shutdown, press the “HOME” button to remain intact, connect your iPhone to Mac or Windows PC and make sure iTunes is running.
3)Release the HOME button,and you can see the “Connect to iTunes screen” on the iPhone,it means you have enter iPhone to recovery mode successfully.

enter iphone into recovery mode

Tips: Run the iTunes software,at this point iTunes should display an alert saying it’s detected an iPhone in recovery mode, and will let you restore your iPhone device.

Other way enter recovery mode:If you are unable to set the iPhone,iPad into recovery mode,please learn as below tutorial to enter DFU mode.

enter iPhone into DFU mode

Step 4.Download the iOS 9.3.5 Firmware Package for iPhone
In this step,you need to confirm your iPhone model and select the iOS 9.3.5 firmware to download.
To downgrade iPhone from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5,iOS 10 System Recovery will offer the latest version of iOS firmware package for your selection.Choose “iOS 9.3.5”,then click “Download” and wait for the download to complete.

download iOS 9.3.5 Firmware to iPhone

Tips:Now,the program provides iOS 10.1.1 firmware package for users download,if you want to downgrade iOS 10 to iOS 9,like iOS 9.3.5,please download the iOS 9.3.5 package and save them on your computer at first,then select and install the .IPSW files on your iPhone via iOS 10 System Recovery(no data loss).
(Note: If you installing it via iTunes program,it will erase your contents.)

Free links to download the .IPSW files:

iOS firmware file for iPhone
iOS firmware file for iPad
iOS firmware file for iPod touch

How to check and comfirm your iPhone model?Please see as below:

check and comfirm iphone model

After downloading the iOS 9.3.5 IPSW files and saved on your computer,then click the “Select” button the import the files to the iOS 10 System Recovery and go to next step.

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Tips:If you want to install iOS 10.1.1 on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch,please select,download and install it on your iOS devices directly,during the installing process,it won’t cause data losing.

Locate the iOS 9.3.5 IPSW file you downloaded and select it:

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Step 5.Start to Restore iPhone to iOS 9.3.5 from iOS 10 and Return to Normal
As soon as the download completes,iOS 10 System Recovery will start begin the iOS downgrade process without any data loss and restore your iPhone to normal state.In less than 10 minutes,you will get a message prompt that your iOS device has restored to normal state,and it will reboot into iOS 9.3.5.

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Note: After finish restoring device via iOS 10 System Recovery,your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch will be updated/downgraded to the iOS version which you select. And if your iOS device is a jailbroken one, then it will be updated to non-jailbroken.

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Extra tips:iOS 10 System Recovery support to fix iPhone stuck issues and restore iPhone system to normal under various of unexpected circumstances,such as fix iPhone stuck in DFU Mode/Recovery Mode,fix iPhone stuck on Apple logo,fix iPhone stuck on black/white screen,etc,.What’s more,it also can help you recover deleted data from iPhone,iPad with iOS 10 update in three recovery modes:directly recover data from iOS 10 devices; restore lost data from iTunes or iCloud backups after iOS 10 updating.Don’t hesitate to share this powerful program with your dear friends after using it.

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By Selena KomezUpdated on November 21, 2016


Did you get caught up in all of the WWDC 2016 excitement and decided to upgrade your main iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to the newest iOS 10 beta?Many developers are currently enjoying iOS 10 on iOS device,and I suspect that not less than a few non-developers are enjoying it as well.But with the news that an iOS 9.3.4 jailbreak might soon be released,it may be time for some of you currently on iOS 10 to start thinking about downgrading.Here’s how you can downgrade iOS 10 beta back to iOS 9 public release on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch with easy steps below.

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Part 1: Guide on Downgrade from iOS 10 To iOS 9

Note:Before downgrade your iPhone 7/6S/6/6 Plus/SE/5S, iPad Pro, iPad Air/mini, iPod Touch 4 from iOS to to iOS 9,you must to make your iPhone/iPad data backup at first.

Step 1. Download the latest public iOS 9.x firmware file which Apple is still signing. At the time of writing it’s iOS 9.3.4/iOS 9.3.3. Also be sure to download the correct file that is tailored for your iOS device. Once the download is complete,save the file to your desktop for easier access later in the downgrade iOS 10 beta guide.
If you want to downgrade from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5,here downloading the iOS 9.3.5 IPSW file for your device.

iphone-Firmware-Files

iOS firmware file for iPad
iOS firmware file for iPod touch

Step 2. Download and install iTunes on your PC or Mac if you haven’t already. Go to apple.com/itunes to learn more.Once installed, launch it.

Step 3. Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch to your computer using an USB cable. Let your computer install the necessary drivers if prompted for them.

Step 4. You’ll see your iOS device pop up at the top left hand corner of iTunes, click on it.

Step 5.See that “Restore iPhone” button at the center of iTunes.Click on it while holding down the left “Option” key (Mac) or the left “Shift” key (Windows).

Step 6.A new pop-up box will come into view,asking you to select an IPSW firmware file.Simply double click on the iOS 9.x firmware file you saved on the desktop in step 1.

Please learn the detailed tutorial:2 Ways Downgrade iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.5

The downgrade iOS 10 beta process will now begin, and it will barely take a few minutes depending the speed of your Internet connection as well. Please make sure you do not touch your computer or iOS device when the downgrade iOS 10 beta process isn’t finish.You absolutely don’t want to mess around with anything at this point.

Once the downgrade iOS 10 beta process is complete you’ll boot straight into the fresh site of iOS 9.x. Also, it should be worth mentioning here that you will lose every single file and data on your iOS device once you downgrade. Lastly, you cannot restore a backup you made on iOS 10 beta on a device that’s running iOS 9.x.

iOS 10 beta is quite buggy at this point, and we will not give it a slight go ahead for use as a daily driver. If you’re planning to use it on a daily routine, then be vary of the issues that you might stumble across, with the top one being battery life.

We recommend iOS users to upgrade to iOS 10 beta once three or four builds are out, ensuring things are much more smoother for you compared to how they are today.

Part 2:Restore iPhone Lost Data after Downgrade from iOS 10 to iOS 9

As you know,downgrade iPhone from iOS 10 to iOS 9 may lead to data loss on iPhone,for rescuing iPhone data,you are suggest to try this iOS Data Recovery,which is a special data recovery for iOS,in order to help to complete the data recovery from iPhone/iPad/iPod after iOS downgrade,restore lost data from iPhone after iOS 10 downgrade,as well as restoring lost data on device after iOS upgrade even though have no a backup of device.All iOS models are supported:iPhone 7,iPhone SE,iPhone 6S(Plus),iPhone 6(Plus),iPhone 5S/5C/5,iPad Air,iPad Pro,iPod Touch 4,etc,.Just click to know more about recover data from iPhone after iOS downgrade.

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