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Apple Has Made It Impossible to Downgrade From iOS 26

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
MacRumors

You Can No Longer Downgrade to iOS 26.1

Apple has stopped signing iOS 26.1, meaning that iPhone users can no longer downgrade to that software version via Finder on macOS or the Apple Devices app on Windows. iOS 26.2 is now the minimum ...
MacRumors

Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.6.2, iOS 26 Downgrades Now Impossible

Apple has stopped signing iOS 18.6.2, which means that if you've upgraded to iOS 26, you're no longer able to downgrade to a version of iOS 18. Apple released iOS 26 a week ago. When software is ...
9to5Mac

You can no longer downgrade to iOS 26.2

Following last week’s release of iOS 26.2.1, Apple has now stopped signing iOS 26.2. Here’s what that means. Whenever Apple releases an iOS update with important security fixes, or decides a version ...