Can i restore my iPhone to a older iOS than the official ?

Hello. I have an iPhone 4S on iOS 5.1.1 and i want to update to 6.0.1 or 6.1 so my question is: Can i update the to an older iOS than the latest iOS? The problem is that i asked this question on a different forum and they all replied to me that this is not possible on iPhone 4S. They all said that i can only update to the latest iOS. So is there any way to update to 6.0.1 or 6.1??? Thank you.

That is correct only the latest.
Why?
Allan

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Hey Geigerfam4,
The following info covers restoring from earlier backups:
You can choose from up to three of the most recent backups associated with your iCloud account. Each backup shows the date and time the backup was created, as well as the name of the device that created the backup. Unless you want to restore an older backup, choose the most recent backup of the device you want to restore.
from: iCloud: Troubleshooting restoring an iCloud backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4036
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How can i restore my iPhone from an older back-up?

Hi there,
Recently, my iPhone 4 was restored by Apple. When I plugged my iPhone in to iTunes it automatically synced and did a back-up. It then restored my phone with the apps and music that were on my phone at the time of the last back-up, however not with the contacts or photos.
Is there any possible way to restore my iPhone with the photos and contacts that were on my phone at the time of the last back-up? Is there a way to restore your iPhone from an older back-up (not the latest one)? Please help!! PLEASE!!

Hi AnaMusic,
Thanks for your reply. I don't really understand your answer though. I plugged my iPhone into iTunes with the intention of restoring from my latest back-up as I have lost all my photos and contacts on my phone. However, when I plugged it in it automatically did a sync and a back-up. Now when I click restore from back-up it just restores to what I have on my iPhone now, because that was the latest back-up (it did it automatically). Do you understand what I mean?
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lol, nevermind. I came across an article that made it easy. For anyone else with this problem it's real simple.
Open itunes
File>Add Folder to Library
select 'itunes' and it will add your music to your library
Although it went through all my apps asking if I want to replace or don't replace with newer, when it finished all my music appeared in itunes just like I left it before reinstalling Win 7. Easy Peasy. I've seen others with same problem but nobody seemed to have this easy solution.
Now I can finally plug in my iphone and sync without losing all my music from my iphone.

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Sorry, maybe that was a bit unclear.
So again my urgent request:
How can I restore my iphone with an OLDER backup version from iCloud (2 weeks ago)
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1. Update iTunes - latest version is 10.4.1.
2. Disable ALL security apps (firewall, antivirus/spyware) running on your computer.
3. Don't try to downgrade the iOS version. This isn't supported
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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