How-To: Downgrade iOS 10 beta to iOS 9 and keep most data

34 Comments on How-To: Downgrade iOS 10 beta to iOS 9 and keep most data

1. Except this breaks the music app.

2. Should I do it ? Plus I have my Apple Watch on beta os 3?

   • its hard because if you downgrade then the iWatch won’t pair. I had to
     downgrade because Facebook app closes on me and then the alarm wouldn’t
     shut off. I’ll wait for the public release.

3. I have an iPhone 5c on iOS 10 and I also have a Apple Watch that has
   watchOS 3 beta

   • You can’t downgrade the iWatch. You’re stuck with 3.0

4. In the tittle it says “keep MOST data” what data will I lose ?

   • +Theo Richomme I Describe in life N.L. In description. You’ll lose messages
     history, phone history, and may encounter other issues.

   • +9to5Mac ok thanks

   • +Theo Richomme you will lose your music!

5. I’ve heard that all data from the messages app will be removed after
   downgrading to iOS 9.3.2. Is that true?

6. after downloading the file and trying to update it to the phone i get error
   msg “firmware is not compatible”. any advice???? i selected my device and
   nothing

   • What browser did u use if u used IE it won’t work bc it changes it to .zip

   • And it also has to be 9.3.2 no earlier

   • U could probably downgrade to 9.3.3 beta tho

   • Im staying on iOS 10 personally hopefully beta 2 will be out soon

   • +RyanGames – partnered with FREEDOM! It already says .ipsw at the end

7. Super easy, thanks jeff, now I’m thinking about trying iOS 10.

8. No I love iOS 10

9. Will I lose health data

10. If I wait for the iOS 10 public beta to come out while I am on the
    developer beta of iOS 10, can I go from the developer beta to the public
    beta if I enroll my device?

11. please review android n.thank you.

12. why does the ispw take up 2GB of my computer data???

13. Finally I manage to downgraded my iphone 6s after several attempt like
    backup data, click button restore in itunes,somehow itunes not allow it
    keep saying firware not compatible. If you have same problem with me, just
    put your device into recovery mode until on iphone screen said need to
    connect with itunes. Let itunes download ios 9.3.2 and install it to your
    device. From ios10 to ios9.3.2 now. I am happy!

14. when i select ipsw file, dailouge box appears saying “the iphone could not
    be restored because the firmware file is not compatible.”
    Can you please help me?

    • Skip the IPSW download. Put your device in Recovery Mode. And then just
      select Update. iTunes will automatically download the file for you.

    • THAT WILL REMOVE YOUR DATA!!

    • +Jad No, if you select Update, not Restore this will keep your data.

    • +sha106b Update won’t be an option. It’ll be grayed out.

    • +Jad Only if your device is in DFU Mode, where it shows a black screen. You
      have to be in Recovery Mode, where it shows an iTunes Logo. Hold the Power
      and the Home button until it shows an iTunes Logo.

15. After downgrading I am not receiving any notifications from anything,
    including messages, is there anything I can do other than doing a fresh
    restart? PLEASE HELP!!

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17. its not working for me icri

18. on Saturday I’m doing it

19. The only thing you will lose is text messages and non-iCloud notes. But
    some people reported some issues with the Music app after the downgrade.