How To Downgrade iOS 18 to iOS 17 Without Losing Any Data

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How To Downgrade iOS 18 to iOS 17 Without Losing Any Data

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zollotech

Күн бұрын

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@zollotech Ай бұрын

iOS 18 Public Beta is now out along with developer betas. Did you downgrade? Thanks for watching, it is always appreciated.

@jingles7127 Ай бұрын

Did not downgrade on my daily driver. I just didn’t find any bugs that particularly bother me. Very good beta.

@lautarooomartinez1117 Ай бұрын

@@jingles7127device?

@alexlovelace614 Ай бұрын

Yea, too many bugs on my 15 pro max

@AllOSes1234 Ай бұрын

I’m actually still on 17.0

@prathameshwankhede7783 Ай бұрын

except for battery i dont see any problem so will not downgrade

@JaspinderTheKid Ай бұрын

I updated to iOS 18 thinking that I will be able to rollback and now I am cooked🤦🏻‍♂️

@mm2clips792 Ай бұрын

Same my iphone 15 turned into an iphone 4 in performance. And the battery still dies fast even on 17.5. That’s why I tried 18

@XeZrunner Ай бұрын

@@mm2clips792 It may be worth doing a factory reset and not transferring a backup during setup, in case some internal software misconfiguration is causing your issues. Of course, make sure to back up stuff elsewhere beforehand.

@BabeiIlie Ай бұрын

@@mm2clips792try on a old device, then on ur primary device

@shivmohankaushik5809 Ай бұрын

Me 2 i wanna try eye tracking feature, now I can’t use my teams and company related apps 😢

@prasanthchaitu5622 Ай бұрын

@@shivmohankaushik5809 same exactly bro. Let me know if you found a solution to go back to iOS 17

@wmayerr Ай бұрын

Love you so much oh my god. Never trying one of these beta updates again. Saved my life thank you!!

@faramboles 24 күн бұрын

Hahahaha

@SARAV0003 11 күн бұрын

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@Robocal Ай бұрын

It’s safe to say I won’t be using a beta again bc there literally no point

@xdswampyx 17 күн бұрын

@@Robocal same

@PeteSkeet781 10 күн бұрын

Same here. This last beta update erased and froze my messages app.

@Babu-iu6ut 2 күн бұрын

It literally drained my battery 97% to 92%

@jaysohal6920 Ай бұрын

My battery life has become so bad

@sergeydanko1999 19 күн бұрын

same here

@ScaryTerry_16 19 күн бұрын

Same daddy

@peytonstephenson2678 14 күн бұрын

@@ScaryTerry_16💀

@sentaituber 4 күн бұрын

@@ScaryTerry_16 tf

@prathit23 Күн бұрын

Same tf

@VBGaming Ай бұрын

IOS 18 Beta literally made my iphone unusable thank god for this

@thomash2604 Ай бұрын

Nice one Aaron! Personally don't need this video for myself but would recommend to others who may require a tutorial for this! Keep it up.

@manuarias Ай бұрын

I made a backup using iOS 17. 1 hour later using iOS 18 I wanted to go back and there was a backup for iOS 18 that wiped out my old backup! Now I’m stucked here

@donoban19 Ай бұрын

IM on the same, did you fix it?

@slbandre 23 күн бұрын

Was there any fix to this? I'm having the same issue🥲

@slbandre 23 күн бұрын

@@donoban19 Did you manage to fix it?

@abuticky311 23 күн бұрын

Same bro idk how to go back now

@manuarias 22 күн бұрын

@@donoban19 i fix it yes. Your iCloud account has an iOS17 backup saved. You just need to downgrade using your computer and then restoring the backup you made before iOS18

@prav1976 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service! I tried iOS public beta for the first time ever and it will be the last time I do this....rather wait for the official release. Nothing too compelling in iOS 18 tbh

@michaelandrade3321 11 күн бұрын

iOS 18 beta has been the worst beta experience ever for me. My phone just indexes itself (black screen with circle) every 10-20minutes and it drives me nuts

@Daniela-2208 Ай бұрын

Favourite tech channel BY FAR! It’s like you’re a mind reader. My daughter has an iPhone XS and she begged me to get iOS 18 once she seen my iPhone 15 customizations and I did it but knew it would slow down and of course.. it has been lagging and slow, so I’m downgrading her lol

@Adam_np16 26 күн бұрын

I was having issues with Messages since I updated to iOS 18, so thankfully I made a backup before hand. This guide really helped.

@JustAPersonWhoComments Ай бұрын

Very detailed and helpful! Thank you Aaron!

@Orion-TG 27 күн бұрын

Always backup your device before upgrading to iOS 18. This will allow you to easily restore your device to its previous state (iOS 17) if necessary. Backups created after upgrading to iOS 18 won't work for restoring to iOS 17.

@TechlikeLeon Ай бұрын

Great. I am not using iOS 18 and I’ll upgrade to it in September. Keep it up😊

@Paulwhitacre Ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m a little more inclined to try out the new public beta now with these instructions, knowing I can go back if it’s not working out

@SIT3737 27 күн бұрын

How was your experience with the beta?

@Paulwhitacre 27 күн бұрын

@@SIT3737 I updated shortly after watching Aaron's video. I'm still running the public beta, and it is definitely usable. However, it is also definitely glitchy. I have not noticed a major problem with the battery life or the device heating up. However, control panel keeps losing icons that I add to it. Mail app seems to randomly stop fetching new emails-works for a while and then it doesn't. A few other glitches like that that I've reported to Apple. However, it has some good features that are exciting to use like the new calendar reminders integration, and the changes to the Notes app are especially useful. Once they get the control panel and mail app fixed. It's going to be great 🙂

@cj-7_d496 18 күн бұрын

@@SIT3737horrible my camera don’t work anymore and neither does my flashlight

@eastyyysefu1 12 күн бұрын

@@SIT3737 bad

@mateonavarro7443 5 күн бұрын

I was having a few minor bugs here and there. But the one that tipped me over the edge was my flashlight haptic button thingy on Lock Screen disappearing and no matter how many times I readded it, it kept disappearing. And the other was all my control center controls also vanished today. I’m cooked I don’t have a MacBook. Never getting a beta again after this. I am very hard-headed but when I learn my lesson, I learn it well.

@RonanACNH Ай бұрын

needed this! thanks

@chrislappe Ай бұрын

Thank you! I was about to download some janky software from who knows where to get this accomplished. Thanks again for all your informative videos!!!

@rigobertosalazar58 Ай бұрын

thank you for explaining it step by step i was so confused.

@zollotech Ай бұрын

Glad I could help

@CiscoPaisans 27 күн бұрын

@@zollotechwhat will happen to eSIM? I have 2 eSIM will I lose them If I rollback?

@osamakhalil2134 Ай бұрын

I love your content keep up the good work ❤

@zollotech Ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@burtechino 16 күн бұрын

i was doubting that it will work or not. But that really worked. thanks a lot.

@vela_nova7651 7 күн бұрын

Thanks for this my phone has been so warm that I can’t touch it without my hand sweating. Coming from a 14 pro Apple has some work to do.

@Murkwiththemouth Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Aaron it worked. This was my first ever public beta I installed on my iPhone 13 Pro Max, which is my main phone. It worked pretty well barely any stutter however, the battery was a bit much for me so I reverted back. Thanks again.

@zehrahminal8629 Ай бұрын

did the battery get better after reverting? im on the iphone 13 and my battery life's reallyy getting impacted (the battery health is still the same at 100% tho), should i revert back?

@Murkwiththemouth Ай бұрын

@@zehrahminal8629 idk your scenario but mine goes as follows. My battery went back to the way it was after reverting. My capacity as it is, is 84%. It’s basically functioning how it was before I tried the beta. So yes I don’t regret going back to 17.6, cause iOS 18 public beta was draining my battery a lot faster.

@zehrahminal8629 Ай бұрын

@@Murkwiththemouth so basically ur battery health remained the same before and after the revert, but ur battery life increased?

@imranfarooq6753 Ай бұрын

Finally, someone made a actual video. thank you.

@kima0009 12 күн бұрын

one day on 18 my phone got stuck on a boot loop now i am having a terrible time

@zeolul 6 күн бұрын

Great because of a bug making system data max out your storage I’m stuck with a $1200 paper weight

@domin1k_. Ай бұрын

i've tried to do this but the problem is that it won't let me transfer my icloud backup unless i upgrade back to the beta

@zollotech Ай бұрын

you can use a previous backup or if you have everything sync'd already all of the same things sync even if setup as new.

@domin1k_. Ай бұрын

@@zollotech thank you

@Tectosaurus Ай бұрын

@@zollotechnot true… nothing synced back on my phone. It told me that everything would be lost unless I went back to IOS 18.

@Doctor_White75 16 күн бұрын

I upgraded my iphone 13 pro max from 17 to 18 and my ohone screen got damaged and na i can filk the creen touching but jot working

@jeffhale1189 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Blessings

@nielsmit6482 4 күн бұрын

My phone just leaves recovery mode after like 10 minutes… it was at like 6.5gb out of the 8 it needed to downloaded

@owaisbhat44 Ай бұрын

Hey, I did what you said, but when I tried to restore my MacBook data to my iOS 17 device, it said that the backup was made on iOS 18 and couldn't be restored. Now I can't access any of my data. Can you help me out with this?

@xdswampyx 17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much it really helped out!

@hamzachaouki3195 14 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! Your step-by-step guide worked perfectly and helped me safely downgrade from iOS 18 to iOS 17 without losing any data. I was a bit nervous about the process, but your clear instructions made it easy. Really appreciate you taking the time to share this!

@hardwarepiece 27 күн бұрын

TAHNKS U SAVED MY RIDE TO APPLE AND ALL THE STRESS

@lerex1685 5 күн бұрын

my savior god im NEVER getting a beta EVER AGAIN

@sn0wboardfreak Ай бұрын

I did this about a month ago. I actually had to send my watch into apple to be downgraded to connect again. my Mac wasn't too bad to downgrade, however I decided to trade in and upgrade to an M3 MacBook Pro instead

@mikes7070 Ай бұрын

33K photos? Wow. I downloaded all my photos to an SSD and quit paying for cloud storage. Just easier for me.

@JacobFrodsham Ай бұрын

I back up to a server that my Wife and I use so both of our pictures are able to be viewed by either of us.

@ke6mt Ай бұрын

Thank you! This worked nicely.

@kanhampujar Ай бұрын

Did you put your iCloud photos settings as "Optimise iPhone Storage" or "Download and keep originals", I did not back up my iOS 17 software so I'm pretty screwed and want to retain my photos in any way possible. Also, how do you download the photos back onto your phone, I swear this is such a pain in the ass but deserved because I didn't back it up

@Michael12689 27 күн бұрын

I’m confused I can I get my eSIM back if I don’t have another phone?

@D3st1nY19850 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your help. It worked!

@phuntsoktashi3280 23 сағат бұрын

I’m on iOS 18 and still i can’t download apps for safari 😢

@rayplay9069 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial

@devashishpatwardhan3 8 күн бұрын

Helped a lot! Thanks. iOS 18 public beta wasn’t particularly buggy for me but the new OS just wasn’t that much better than ios 17 so I just wanted to not use a public beta for almost no additional useful feature. Note: for me, it took some time for my phone to find WhatsApp backup from iCloud. It was quite scary for some time when it said that there were no backups on iCloud (WhatsApp). For the rest of the apps, I had to set up my phone from scratch. Only settings, contacts, photos & important data was retrieved. However, apps were not there. Maybe I did something wrong but I didn’t mind downloading the apps again.

@IOSGodZyzz 20 күн бұрын

This video was very helpfull, I just downgraded My device from IOS 18.1 beta back to IOS 17.6 and its day and night difference :)

@bearpookie1313 7 күн бұрын

This worked! Thanku sm ❤❤❤❤

@besinytx8093 9 күн бұрын

THANKS SO MUCH

@jakesalman 27 күн бұрын

big help, hated the beta version.

@jakeysnakey5300 Ай бұрын

Thanks bro, that helped alot. I updated my phone to ios 18 and for the most part it was pretty stable, but anytime i opened messages it would get really hot and really laggy. and my phone would die really quick. i finally got tired of the randm bugs and the overheating ane battery loss, so this video helped. thanks :)

@Officially_Tee 20 күн бұрын

omggg thank youu!!!!

@xuuu.i 21 күн бұрын

thank u so much bro

@sherwinromero1323 Ай бұрын

why is mine is showing apple beta program and needs to install ios 18 beta after restore

@kobestuartdelrosario1293 7 күн бұрын

Hello bro! Tried doing this but it says the phone could not be restured because the firmware file was corrupt

@PghNerd412 Ай бұрын

Its the carplay issues for me thats why im going back to ios 17

@sauravmisraz Ай бұрын

Massive thanks. You know why😉

@delaniebrewer 11 күн бұрын

NEVER using a beta again, it was just minor bugs a first and then things went south QUICKLY. I wasn't even receiving important work calls and texts because my phone apparently regressed to dial up lmfao

@julianvillarreal1450 Ай бұрын

Nice video.

@AbMU007 19 күн бұрын

The worst mistake that I ever made didn't back up for ios 17 and only did it for ios 18 beta so I'm stuck now 😑

@sportnation8885 28 күн бұрын

Why they make it so difficult 😞

@alexsadventures123 Ай бұрын

ios 18 public beta, in the tips app the siri icon has been updated.

@Vicxp__ Ай бұрын

Thank you , upgraded to IOS18 and my iMessage keeps crashing when using

@nielsmit2947 4 күн бұрын

Can someone please help, I downloaded public beta 5 and want to go back to iOS 17. I followed every step but if I select to download my phones data back from iCloud it says that I have to update to iOS 18 again

@luiscorvalan3408 Ай бұрын

Thanks! I want that blue wallpaper!

@zollotech Ай бұрын

It’s always Linked in the description

@qmanable5927 Ай бұрын

Can we get that wall paper off your other iPhone that was keeping time?

@kobestuartdelrosario1293 9 күн бұрын

Is it possible to revert back from ios18 to ios 17 without the back up? I don’t really about my data, i just want it to be restored to ios 17 again. Thanks for answer

@Marcin_D04 23 күн бұрын

Thank you Aron - I an doing now :)

@kristybeer7371 Ай бұрын

Two hours later and nope. I keep getting an error stating “software not available”. Never had an issue before - that will teach me for downloading a beta when I swore I wouldn’t ever again. Now I’m stuck with this god awful iOS and the rubbish dark icons.

@zollotech Ай бұрын

Make sure your Mac is up-to-date as well

@kristybeer7371 Ай бұрын

@@zollotechthanks. It was. Turns out that I had to remove my account from the Beta Program before the computer would let it do it. Once I removed my account the computer did it and I’m back on iOS 17. Not sure how I’m going to go when iOS18 is released as the main OS. I really didn’t like those dark icons (made the phone look like a toy or Chinese knock off) yet I prefer dark mode as my standard. Urgh. Apple.

@TheApqleGuy Ай бұрын

I didn’t backup my phone but I love iOS 18 and it’s running smoothly for me so I don’t need to

@Adrian_Astro Ай бұрын

I had updated to ios 18, didnt have a backup to ios 17. now im stuck. can anyone help?

@Anime_Xcrazy 14 күн бұрын

I am having battery health issues after ios 18 update it turns from 100 to 96 in a 2 weeks

@whitewolf8884 20 күн бұрын

Do I run the risk of losing data if I wait for the next public release of iOS 17?

@SoftTYRESP1 17 күн бұрын

After doing this now I can’t back up my iPhone. Do I have to wait now untill 18 is released to public?

@mattnuevo22 Ай бұрын

Yea I’m never upgrading from 17 until I buy a phone that come with it

@Grt1n 26 күн бұрын

So because I have no iOS 17 backup I’m screwed and stuck on 18… damn. 😔

@ebotwaldstein6724 Ай бұрын

Upgraded to 18 beta. And 3days later my phone shows battery not recognized. Whereas the phone has never been opened!!!🤦🏿‍♂️

@thatdudedez6751 Ай бұрын

between this video and the comments section i think i can wait 2 months for the public release lol

@qmanable5927 Ай бұрын

So I have a question. I have done this and when I try to restore to icloud it is asking me to update back to IOS 18 to complete the icloud backup. Any ides to get around this?

@pisyikonik9813 Ай бұрын

i had the same issue.

@santiagoante1175 28 күн бұрын

it blocks all my kid app games

@Vishes_Global 14 күн бұрын

Hey! Just wanted to know, will a local backup from iOS 18 be able to restore on iOS 17?

@maryamshafiee8680 Ай бұрын

I am trying to downgrade, but right in the middle of the download my phone starts automatically. It happened 3 times. It's wasting my internet and won't go through. Please Help.

@Kevin_gaming940 4 сағат бұрын

How can I do it on iPad 9th generation

@Jonathannetworkspeedtester 3 күн бұрын

😅I'm using a Windows pc with Windows 11. idk if it will work in a similar way 🤔

@Jonathannetworkspeedtester 3 күн бұрын

It actually worked on windows 11

@jesse045 12 күн бұрын

I literally did what you did, but i can't back up my new data from the iOS 18 backup while not upgrading to beta again. Im really pissed on apple since i made a backup before installing the beta software, and they somehow removed that Never downloading beta again

@cna1234 25 күн бұрын

After going through the whole process, it said that this phone could not be restored. What should I do?

@Niewiemcorobic 11 күн бұрын

And what when I backed up on iOS 18?

@DivyLalwani 18 күн бұрын

My iPhone 13 pro max is not charging after update. What’s solution?

@jperih 20 күн бұрын

You can also OPTION+Click the Restore Button in Devices, select the ipsw, and restore easily that way, without the power-off-and-press-and-hold shenanigans.

@compaq4810 24 күн бұрын

When I wanted to downgrade to 17 from 18 beta it did not allow me to restore the backup from either iCloud or from iTunes . How do you fix that ?

@D1N0NUGGIE3 27 күн бұрын

When I am in the process of setting up my iPhone it give me the option to update to ios 18 beta but there is no ignore or not now button

@issacman1870 Ай бұрын

Just a forewarning. If you have an Apple Watch on watchOS 11, you cannot downgrade it by yourself

@zollotech Ай бұрын

Correct. I also mentioned that in a separate video.

@issacman1870 Ай бұрын

@@zollotech just for people that didn’t see that video

@abuSAN544 Ай бұрын

works for me. many thanks!!

@TanvirChowdhuryy 29 күн бұрын

Okay I’m gonna doing it

@_daviiiid__ 25 күн бұрын

@@TanvirChowdhuryywork ???

@TanvirChowdhuryy 25 күн бұрын

@@_daviiiid__ haven’t done yet

@claytongiron4541 Ай бұрын

IOS 18 doesn’t let me extend my screen time on apps where I put limits so insta and twitter are permanently blocked

@iPhoneOS_ 17 күн бұрын

What happens if i updated to iOS 17 in finder instead of restoring. Will the data or at least partial data be preserved?

@oscardaniel282 13 күн бұрын

My iPad Air M2 is stuck on recovery mode plus I'm getting error "(2009)" so is useless right now

@Raja995mh33 12 күн бұрын

This doesn't work for me. I tried it exactly like this but every time my Mac reaches about 1GB download it just stops and my iPhone reboots like nothing happened (but every time it's running extremely hot). I tried this 6 times now and it's always the same. Now my Mac just says "Your Mac is currently downloading software for the iPhone" but I have no indication whatsoever and my iPhone also isn't in recovery mode or whatever but just normally turned on...

@fredchacha3355 10 күн бұрын

i am having the same problem, the software would download up to a certain point then the phone would reboot instead of finishing and restoring

@harshithareddy2003 Ай бұрын

should we restore while keeping the phone on recovery mode?

@Kbv1.0 Ай бұрын

tried iOS18 out for a day, love it but my phone is getting waaaaaay to hot, so I'm downgrading.

@sadmoneypenny. Ай бұрын

i did downgrade to ios 17.5.1 and now i cant backup from icloud cuz it says ios 18 is required for this bruhhhhhhh

@user-uu8mw3oe5u 25 күн бұрын

I got a new iPhone 15, and my old phone was on iOS 18 beta. It forced me to put my 15 into the beta as well. Is there any way I can downgrade without making my new 15 into the beta since it's draining my battery?