Apple No Longer Signing iOS 8.4.1 and iOS 9

Apple today stopped signing iOS 8.4.1 and the first version of iOS 9 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, meaning users can no longer upgrade or downgrade to those versions of iOS using iTunes. Apple is now signing iOS 9.0.1 and iOS 9.0.2 only.

Users who have upgraded to iOS 9 are now unable to downgrade back to the last version of iOS 8, iOS 8.4.1. Released in August, iOS 8.4.1 was a minor update that included bug fixes and Apple Music improvements. iOS 8.4.1 also broke the iOS 8.4 untethered jailbreak.

iOS 9 was first released to the public on September 16, and there have been two additional updates since that time. iOS 9.0.1 was released on September 23 and iOS 9.0.2 was released on September 30.

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AFEPPL

144 months ago

Apple should just allow users to make their own minds up..
if as a consumer you want to run iOS7 - why not?

Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)

dmx

144 months ago

Apple should just allow users to make their own minds up..
if as a consumer you want to run iOS7 - why not?

The best reason I can think of is security. There are security flaws fixed from time to time, and allowing people to run or downgrade to old software would increase the incentive for people to use those holes maliciously. And no matter what, even if they chose to run that old insecure software, Apple would be blamed for not fixing it.

Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Tamagotchi

144 months ago

RIP to the best version of iOS since iOS 6.

PS: To the expected replies from Apple Apologists: I don't care about your opinion.

Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

vertsix

144 months ago

Noooooooooooo!

Now people are forced to stick with laggy, unstable software that is iOS 9 for now!

Come at me. It's the truth.

Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

east85

144 months ago

So glad I moved my A5 devices to 8.4.1 from iOS 9 when Apple was still signing. Hopefully iOS 9 is optimized over time and performs better on these devices, but if it doesn't, I won't be all that surprised.

Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

SevLucas

144 months ago

Glad I rolled both my iPhone 6 and iPad Air back to iOS 8 while I could.. The slightly improved battery life and new features didn't outweigh the choppiness and lag that plagued both devices, especially on my iPad Air.

Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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