Apple Stops Signing iOS 8.3, Downgrades and Restores No Longer Possible

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Posted July 7, 2015 at 5:29pm by Shalom Levytam

Apple has stopped signing iOS 8.3, making restores and downgrades to the firmware no longer possible.

If you want to stay on iOS 8.3 take care that you do not accidentally update to iOS 8.4 because you won't be able to get back to iOS 8.3. However, since there is a jailbreak of iOS 8.4 you aren't at risk of losing your jailbreak after an update.

Also, you may want to save the SHSH Blobs off your device if you haven't already.

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Comments (7)

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wsq - July 10, 2015 at 2:52pm

Apple just being an Apple, they keep stop signing FW for no good reasons.

gamerscul9870 - July 10, 2015 at 3:47pm

Apple being Apple looking for jb problems that means patching the jailbreaks before a bad case happens. They know people love jb

hey - July 8, 2015 at 5:55am

Guys who cares, you have another 2 months till ios 9..

LKai - July 7, 2015 at 6:45pm

My 5s was running on 8.4 JB and the battery life was poor. So I downgraded to 8.3 JB and now I'm very happy with the battery life. I was hoping 8.3 was still open until the iOS 9 release.

gamerscul9870 - July 7, 2015 at 6:24pm

I happen to like 8.4 just fine. Nothing wrong with not downgrading anymore.

stevenlacross - July 7, 2015 at 5:38pm

My 8.4 is working fine, maybe your battery performance is just aging.

xDreaminq - July 7, 2015 at 5:35pm

iOS 8.4 is still new and has battery problems. We want 8.3, what's with that?

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