Version History, item won't restore

I am trying to restore a master page that isn't currently running as the master page in SharePoint 2010. I made a change and it got corrupted somehow and the system crashed. I then went to Site Settings and changed the masterpage to an older
master. Now I can move around the site again, but when I go to Version history of the original masterpage and try to go back to the previous version, it doesn't work.
I click on Version History (after checking it out). Then I click on the date and I get the drop down for
View, Restore, or Delete. I hit Restore and it clicks, blinks away, then comes back as if I hadn't changed anything. The current file is still selected as the current published major version.
I also tried View and then tried to restore from that window without success.

Hi,
From your description, I know when you restore master page it seems nothing happen.
I wonder if you check in your master page after you make some changes at the first time.
To produce your issue, I made some changes in master page(such as add code “<script>alert(1);</script>” in the <head></head> section).If I checked in the master page. When I refreshed the page, windows shown message “1”. Then I followed
the steps in your case, everything was OK, I could restore master page even though major version was still current published major version. But if I did not check in the master page, your issue occured.
Also, you can test your issue via using SharePoint Designer. You can check the master page changed or not in SharePoint Designer after restoring master page.
Best Regards
Vincent Han
TechNet Community Support

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