How to downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3 on your iPhone 4

How to downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3 on your iPhone 4 using iFaith

If you’ve an iPhone 4 and have saved SHSH blobs for iOS 6.1.3, then it is possible to downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3 or earlier using iFaith.

We had briefly mentioned this a days back, but we finally managed to successfully downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3, so we thought of sharing the step-by-step instructions for those interested in downgrading.

Some important points before we proceed (please read them carefully before proceeding):

• iFaith developed by iH8sn0w is only available for Windows.

• You can downgrade only if you’ve iOS 6.1.3 SHSH blobs. This method should also work if you’ve SHSH blobs for iOS software updates released before iOS 6.1.3 such as iOS 6.1.2 etc.

• This method currently works only on iPhone 4. It is not possible to downgrade any of the other iOS 7 compatible devices like the iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad mini and iPod touch 5G.

• If you’re still on iOS 6.1.3 then you should save the SHSH blobs using iFaith.

How to downgrade from iOS 7 beta to iOS 6

If you had upgraded your iOS device to iOS 7 beta to check it out and want to downgrade back to iOS 6, then the good news is that you can downgrade. This is despite Apple’s warning which states that you cannot downgrade back to earlier versions of iOS.

Important points to note:

• You will be able to downgrade back only to the latest iOS 6.x.x version (which is iOS 6.1.4 for iPhone 5 and iOS 6.1.3 for the remaining iOS devices).
• Please take a backup of your iOS device to iCloud or using iTunes.
• Please note that when you downgrade back to iOS 6.x.x, you will be able to restore back to iOS 6.x.x compatible backup and not the iOS 7 backup to avoid compatibility issues.

Please follow these simple instructions to downgrade to iOS 6:

• Download the appropriate iOS 6.x.x firmware file for your device from the below links:
  • iOS fimrware file for iPhone
  • iOS fimrware file for iPod touch