Is it Better to downgrade to IOS 5.1.1?

I want to know whether it is better to downgrade to IOS 5 so that many of the problems that caused due to upgrade can be solved by downgrade .

There is no legit way to downgrade at all.
Most have no issue with any update.  What problems are you having?  Have you tried the basics: restart, reseet, restore

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