Downgrade to ios5

I desperately need to downgrade to iOS5 for a number of reasons.
1. Paid for apps are no longer working. Apple took their cut of the money I paid so they should help me use them by letting me go back to ios5.
2. Gmail no longer works in the mail app.
3. Maps are extremely vital to me and the UK ones are simply terrible. I was late for a football match yesterday as maps could not find the ground. Never had this issue with Google Maps. I could not even use the aerial view to try to find it as that area was in worse resolution than if it had been drawn by a four year old with a crayon.
4. Chrome no longer synchs with my desktop version.
5. Battery life means that getting the train to work leaves me with around 50% battery so now have to carry my charger everywhere.
Does anyone at Apple test these things in the real world? All the secrecy that they put into their releases means that they never get tested by real people in the real world. If I had tested it I would have found the above problems very quickly and pointed out that releasing in that state would annoy more people than being able to like apps on Facebook would please them. I bet the Facebook integration was tested heavily though!
I also see that an explanation for the shockingly bad maps is that it is still new and users can input it. That's fine Apple. You rake in millions, replace a good map system with an awful one and then ask us to improve it. Presumably for each update someone makes, we will get a cut of the profits? Do British Airways sell flight tickets on the basis that every passenger needs to help the pilot find the destination?
Final bit of my rant. Do not advertise as having location services in the UK. I tried 3 searches - my football team was placed in a row of shops in the wrong town, a request for my nearest pub showed ones 1.5, 1.8 and 2.6km away despite there being two within 100 yards that were ignored and the most prominent restaurants in my town do not exist.
I moved to Apple at the iPhone2 and have had all up to 4s. Unless I can downgrade to ios5, my next upgrade will have to be away from Apple.

As i Heard there is no any official way to downgrade any of the apple devices. so sorry for this.

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There is no 'legal' way to downgrade. It's not supported. I suppose you may be able to if you jailbreak your device, but once you do that you void your warranty. And if that's how it's being done, no one here can help you with it.

I'm really disappointed with iOS6. I want to downgrade to iOS5.1.1.

I'm really disappointed with iOS6. I want to downgrade to iOS5.1.1.

Hopefully it isn't too late for this but: before performing an update it is really best if you close all apps (double click the home button, click and hold on one of the apps that appears at the bottom of the phone until the red minus sign appears and then tap the minus sign until all apps are closed) and then turn the phone off by holding the standby button until the slider saying "slide to power off" appears and slide it to turn the phone off. Then turn the phone back on and hook it up to your computer to sync and perform the upgrade. This also helps if you do this before performing syncs too. I had problems with an iPod previously where it would fail to backup before sync most times, but have never had a problem with updates or syncs since I started performing this procedure. Unfortunately, your pre-update backup may have failed and the data in your apps might be gone, but you could try to restore your phone. If I remember correctly how to do this, you connect it to your computer and check for updates. It should say you're up to date, but have an option to restore the phone. If it does, I'd try that. It may also have a "restore from backup" option you could try.

How downgrade to ios5 due to ios6 is poor?

i have 4s and just upgraded to ios6 through wifi a couple days ago.
i found that ios6 is poor esspcial apple map. i've got lost today because i followed the map that it suggested to me. (~1mile far away)
Further more, i found that ios6 consumpts more resource rather than ios5 because sometimes i get lag in some application eg. App Store.
i'm feeling that ios6 is designed for iphone 5 but it's not a proper OS for 4s.
How can i downgrade to ios5?
(** i've been considiered to purchased iphone5 but i won't do that if there is no google map on iphone5)

I feel with you chatchaivm
I suggest giving Apple your feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
and call tech support as well here :
U.S. iPhone technical support:
(800) MY-IPHONE (800-694-7466)
International Technical Support Numbers
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
We are many who do think apple should open the doore so we could get 5.1.1 back. But I'm sure we wont, sadly

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Every day, for as long as I have an iPod, I have created a playlist in iTunes containing a mix of music and new episodes of podcasts that I subscribe to.
I sync that playlist to my iPod and listen to it while I'm on the road.
Yesterday I "upgraded" to iOS6. Now my playlist is synced but iTunes leaves out the podcast episodes.
I'm very disappointed in this step backwards. I expect Apple won't be solving this bug anytime soon. So I see only one option to downgrade back to iOS5.
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@uselessSABOTAGE: Thank you for your suggestion.
However, as far as I know the new Podcast app does not play music or playlists. So I have to disagree with you qualifying the app as "improved". It is new. Nothing has improved.
Apparently I did not make my case clear enough.
I used to listen to a playlist containing a *mix* of music and podcasts in my car.
The new podcast app is not an option for the following reasons:
1) It does not allow me to mix in music with the podcasts
2) It stops at the end of a podcast, requiring me to take my attention away from the traffic around me while I fiddle around with my iPod to start another song or a new podcast. I'm told that this is an unsafe activity and should be avoided.
In my opinion this was A Bad Idea™ by Apple
(Bad Idea™ is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation ;-)

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In the mean time you can use the iPhone version of YouTube or Jasmine
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/youtube/id544007664?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/jasmine-youtube-client/id554937050?mt=8

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I have restored Xcode 4.1, iTunes 10.4.1 to remove iOS5 from my mac. Now I'm stuck in the cycle: connect me to iTunes screen -> Preparing to restore -> Unknown error code 1604.
Will I get help at an Apple store? Or do I now just have an expensive door stop?

Please use the confidential forums created for this purpose:
iOS 5 beta

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It is forbidden by Apple to Downgrade iPhone 4. To Restore an iPhone 4 the iPhone must receive a special code (signing) specific to the iPhone to Restore, only Apple has the secret Algorithm. Apple only supplies the code for the Current Firmware. So Apple does not allow downgrade of iPhone 4. In addition iTunes is programmed to halt the Restore Process if it detects an attempt to downgrade the Firmware of iPhone 4. So in summary, Apple forbids the downgrade of iPhone 4.
Even the Head Apple Genius could not downgrade any new iPhone 4, or any new iPhone 3GS, or any new iPhone 4S. Because Apple forbids it.

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I will delay future iOS updates. Learned my lesson on this one!
However though thankfully, I withheld my iPad from the update.

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So far i have tried many things with no success.
P.S: Earlier it used to ask for international sms but now it doesnt.
Any help would be greatley appreciated.
Regards,
Riddhan

I bought this from BestBuy on full Payment however it is Locked phone.
I live in INDIA and even if i want to i cannot get my warranty which is available on in US for me.
Warranty is not voided yet as i can upgrade it but it wont work for me.
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Kindly help in mentioning how to dowbgrade from ios to ios 5.1.1 step by step and where do i download the older IOS and how to process
Thank you,
Tarek

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iOS 6 disapointed me and i wish to downgrade to iOS 5. I never thought to say this about apple software, but im really sad with this iOS.

All we can say in this Apple forum is that downgrading the iOS is not supported by Apple.
Try the following:
- A reset. Nothing is lost
Reset: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory settings/new iPhone

How can we downgrade to iOS5?

I upgraded my iphone 4 to iOS6 and it's slowed my phone completely. I'm told we cannot downgrade? I seriously regret pushing that button.

Apple and Google have always had a strained relationship since the release of Android.
Yes, at the moment the maps App is poor, but then I'll bet my life on that when Google Maps was released it wasn't much better.
There is an official YouTube app on the App Store and you can still use Google Maps via Safari, going to maps.google.com
This question keeps getting asked, over and over again. It appears that some just want to ***** and moan about it here instead of searching the community and seeing other suggestions to the problem.
You're right, this is a technical help user-lead forum. Other than suggestion the other options to the maps and YouTube issue there's nothing else that can be suggested, the iOS is working as it should. Apple removed the apps in favour of putting their own on.
And as for "I'm sure Apple guys read this" this is no way to say that they are, or that they haven't tried to help you with the issue. They'll be on here, however, as users and not Apple employees. I'm sure that they'd get a very big telling off, and possibly risk their job, if they identified themselves as Apple employees.
If you want to moan that iOS 6 has ruined your iPhone experience and you are contemplating moving to crappy Android then go to their feedback page so that they get the message.
As for the adds, these aren't added by Apple, these are added by the app developers. They probably get a nice sum of money from the advertisers and therefore can either offer their apps for free or at a reduced price. There are plenty of Android apps that are flooded with adverts!

Can I downgrade to ios5

Hi,
I use my iPad2 maps with street view quite frequently, and the upgrades from ios6 don't make up for the lack of maps functionality on the iPad2. Is there some way that I can downgrade. This should have been made clear to iPad2 users...maps are kind of important and the new Apple maps don't function properly. I can't even use Google maps in Safari with street view. What can I do to remedy this?
Thanks,
Kim

I am completely with you, and feel very frustrated that I can't revert to iOS 5 on my iPad. The new iOS 6 maps have one very clear disadvantage for me - the hugely inferior detail on the satellite maps. The view pixelates about 3-4 magnifications above Google's version, making it impossible to see any detail (I am in the UK, perhaps this is not the case in the US?). This was a function that I was using frequently to view land and properties for potential investment, something which made the iPad invaluable. I understand the Apple desire to distance themselves from Google, but in the end this is just like the spat with Adobe - something they should rise above in the name of their customers.

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