Downgrade iOS 10 Beta to iOS 9.3.3

You can upgrade from iOS 10 beta to iOS 9 fairly easily, but you have to take a special step during the restore process or your downgrade to iOS 9 will fail.

Using this guide, the developer can downgrade from the iOS 10 beta from iOS 10 to iOS 9.3.3 and should be working on downgrading from the public iOS 10 beta to iOS9 later this year.

The public iOS 10 beta, like any beta, is somewhat problematic on a variety of devices. This is one of the reasons regular users stay away from the iOS 10 beta until the next beta, which is further in the development process.

Here’s what you need to know to upgrade from iOS 10 beta to iOS 9 on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

Preparing to Downgrade from iOS 10 to iOS 9

The process will wipe your device, so make sure you have a backup of when you were on iOS 9. In the past, you couldn’t restore a backup made on a new iOS beta to a device running an older beta.

The next thing you need to do is make sure you have enough time to process it. Downgrade takes 10 to 30 minutes and then you need to restore from iCloud or an iTunes backup.

You don’t need to find an iOS 9.3.3 download for this to work. You will need your computer, iTunes, and a Lightning cable to connect to the computer.

How to Downgrade iOS 10 to iOS 9

If you want to go to the current version of iOS, iOS 9.3.3, downgrading from iOS 10 to iOS 9 is simple.

This action will erase your iPhone or iPad, and you cannot use the device for calls or any other feature during this time.

To start . This works with Mac or Windows devices as long as they have iTunes installed.

With your iPhone or iPad connected, press and .

When you are ready, you will see this iTunes message.

This will put the iPhone into DFU mode which allows iTunes to restore it to the current normal version of iOS.

You’ll know you’re ready to upgrade to iOS 9 when iTunes shows a popup stating that the iPhone is in recovery mode and then. When the recovery mode logo appears on the iPhone and the popup pops up on your computer, press the home button but do not unplug the iPhone.

See the Recovery Mode information and then click Restore iPhone to downgrade from iOS 10 beta.

In iTunes, find the page that shows your iPhone by clicking the little device icon in the top left, and then clicking .

For most users, this is the last big step. iTunes should find iOS 9.3.3 and start downloading it for you. After this process is complete, the iPhone will reboot and you can set it up on iOS 9.3.3 like a new phone. Part of this process will let you choose a restore option via iCloud or iTunes.

If you run into any issues here, you may need to perform a downgrade by downloading the iOS 9.3.3 ipsw file for their device. If you need to do this, you have to hold down Option and click Restore on Mac or Shift and Restore on Windows. Locate the ipsw file you downloaded from here and then click Open and Restore.

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