Remove IOS9. Restore IOS8. 30 September 2015 at 11:03PM in Techie Stuff 6 replies 1.6K views

pennypincher3562

Hi

I want to get IOS 9 off my iPad Mini (version 1.) I've spotted few benefits from the 'upgrade.'

More importantly, the battery seems to be going a lot faster (might be my imagination.)

Is there anyway to get a version of IOS 8 from Apple servers? I don't want to download a copy of IOS 8 from a third party server, as I don't think it can be trusted.

Thanks
PennyPincher3562

Chris_M_3

http://ios.e-lite.org/

The downloads *are* from Apples servers, hover your mouse over the download link to see.

poppy10_2

You can't downgrade to iOS 8. Apple stop signing the older software versions when they release a new version, so even if you could somehow manage to download a dodgy copy of an older version, it would not install.

The site posted above hasn't been updated since June - the guy died of brain cancer.

Fightsback

poppy10 wrote: »

The site posted above hasn't been updated since June - the guy died of brain cancer.

Poor guy, RIP.

pennypincher3562

Thanks. I've decided to just keep iOS9.

I've managed to get the battery life back to an acceptable standard by monitoring which apps were draining the most power, and removing them.

I've also turned 4G off.

Cheers
PennyPincher3562

AndyPix

Better idea - Uninstall Apple, upgrade to Android

pennypincher3562

AndyPix wrote: »

Better idea - Uninstall Apple, upgrade to Android

eh, no thanks!