Is there any way to revert back to iOS3 on a 3GS phone

Does anybody know how to remove ios4 and reinstall 3 in a 3GS? IOS 4 absolutely stinks!! It won't push calendar events to my Outlook calender nor sync contacts. the software engineers should be hung by their thumbs for not fully testing this 'upgrade'.

Are you sure that's true?
I wasn't aware that there was any restriction on installing a software file released by Apple onto one of their phones.
Without wishing to break any rules here, I believed you could download the correct ipsw file and, by holding the shift key when you select Restore in iTunes, specify which file you wish to load onto your phone.
I don't think you need to hack thephone in any way so all warranty should remain intact
Of course, if you keep a backup of all the software levels you use, there isn't even a need to download them from the Internet, so everything must be legal and above board.
In fact, the first thing I'll do when I get home is make a backup of my 4.0 software in case I need to revert to it in the future.

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