Ios6 problem, help please.

paddedjohn

I know its probably been asked before but im going to ask anyway. My grandson got a new ipad for his birthday and his Mum has gone and updated it from ios5 to ios6, is there any way at all of reversing this and getting it back to ios5?

Ive also done this on my iphone and would like to revert back to ios5 with itunes and google maps.

CoolHotCold

http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

How to restore or update your iPod/iPhone/iPad:

After downloading the desired firmware below, you can shift-click (PC) or option-click (Mac) the Restore or Update buttons in iTunes. A file dialog will open and let you choose the downloaded ipsw-file.

Note: Your browser may change the ipsw-file into a zip-file. In that case, just rename it to end in .ipsw and iTunes will accept it.

paddedjohn

Thanks for your quick reply but is there an idiots guide in easy speak that i could follow?

TazR

Apple has stopped 'signing' IOS5 firmware, this basically means when itunes tries to authorise the 5.1.? firmware it will fail.

I am afraid you are stuck on IOS6

(Unless of course the ipad had been jailbroken in which case its another story)

PHARR

Is there a worthy reason why you want to go back to iOS 5? Most of the current Apps and iTunes will be running supporting the new iOS 6 so i assume soon you can't run away from it.