IPhone 4S - IOS 8.x unable to restore back to IOS 7.x

I backed up my phone prior to upgrading to IOS 8.x, however i'm unable to restore back to IOS 7.x.
I've done a phone reset and restore but IOS 8.x is still present.
How can I restore back to IOS 7.x?
NB: Apple should not have allowed upgrades to IOS 8.x on this hardware. The iPhone 4S is seriously lacking in horsepower when it comes to running IOS 8.x

Apple does not support the downgrading of iOS. You can retrieve your data from your backup but not the outdated iOS7. You phone's firmware was updated so you cannot go backwards to iOS7. iPhones have always been this way.
Pete

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