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Hello everybody,
I'm working in a plant in France and to use an internal application I need to downgrade my iPad because the application doesn't support the newest version of IOS. Do you know a clean way to do it?
I tried to download a IOS file and restore it form iTunes but a error message appears telling me that the restore failed. Maybe it is my file which is wrong? Do you know were I can have a good one?
Regards
ipad197
iPad, iPadOS 14
It is not possible to restore an earlier version of iOS/iPadOS.
All versions are digitally signed by Apple; digital signatures of old versions of System Software are revoked by Apple soon after release of an updated version of the Operating System. As all digital signatures are verified as valid prior to installation, older versions cannot be (re)installed.
If you are reliant upon software that does not work with the currently installed version of iOS/iPadOS, you are totally dependent upon the Developer updating/fixing their App.
It is not possible to restore an earlier version of iOS/iPadOS.
All versions are digitally signed by Apple; digital signatures of old versions of System Software are revoked by Apple soon after release of an updated version of the Operating System. As all digital signatures are verified as valid prior to installation, older versions cannot be (re)installed.
If you are reliant upon software that does not work with the currently installed version of iOS/iPadOS, you are totally dependent upon the Developer updating/fixing their App.
There isn't. iTunes won't allow an older version to be put onto it; if one's somehow force-installed, the iPad won't activate.
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This has never been possible.
Sorry.
Thank you a lot for your help and all your responses!
I've contacted the app developers and it will work with iPadOS 14.0.1.
So even if it is OS14, it is impossible to downgrade?
Correct. You cannot downgrade your iPad to an earlier version of iOS/iPadOS.
DOWNGRADE to iPadOS 13.2
