How To Downgrade From iOS 8 Beta To iOS 7.1.1 (Guide)

Those of you who have installed iOS 8 beta 1 on their iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are not happy with it; I have a solution for you. The solution comes in the form of an iOS 8 downgrade. Here is how you can downgrade iOS 8 beta 1 to iOS 7.1.1 on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Downgrade iOS 8 To iOS 7.1.1

Apple pulled off the curtains from iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite; both of which have brought incredible changes to Apple’s mobile and desktop operating systems. iOS 8 brings a whole new level of interactivity and new native apps, paving the way for Apple to unveil incredible products this year. Apple has ventured in to the health category by introduced new Healthkit app.

You can read the entire iOS 8 review and enjoy the new features but for whatever reason you are not happy with it, or simply wish to return to iOS 7.1.1 (maybe facing some issues?) there is always a way to downgrade from iOS 8 to iOS 7.1.1.

The process to downgrade is very simply. Just follow the step-by-step guide below. Before you attempt this make sure you back up your data for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Step 1: Open iTunes.

Step 2: Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, the one on you want to downgrade to your computer.

Step 3: Now simply click the “restore” button.

Note: Do not that restoring deletes everything and returns stock iOS to your device.

Step 4: Once the process is completed, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will be downgraded from iOS 8 to iOS 7.1.1.

Step 5: Now simply restore the back up and you are good to go.

Note: You can also chose to “restore from backup”. You can pick any method you like.

If you have followed the steps correctly (wasn’t that hard), you will have successfully downgraded from iOS 8 to iOS 7.1.1.

If you have any question about how to downgrade iOS 8 to iOS 7.1.1, then leave a comment below.