When Apple updates their operating system it throws the jailbreaking community into chaos temporarily. This is thanks to a large percentage of owners of handsets updating their iPhones and then finding that they cannot go back and the jailbreak doesn’t work anymore. Then they are left waiting for a jailbreak to arrive for their handset.
We have seen this happen with owners who updated to iOS 7.1 Beta and then found that the jailbreak they had wouldn’t work anymore. However if you have iTunes then you can go back. But take note, this only works for the Beta version, not the full update.
Owners are now able to downgrade to iOS 7.0.4 by way of firmware that can be downloaded from numerous websites. If you want to go ahead and downgrade your OS then check out the information below.
1. Connect your device (iPhone 4,4S,5,5s,5c) to the computer and launch iTunes (latest version)
2. Boot the device into DFU mode by pressing the Power and Home button simultaneously for about 10seconds. After that, release the Power button only and iTunes will read that the phone is in recovery mode.
3. Hold the shift key on your keyboard and select restore on iTunes. (Alt/Option key for Mac).
4. Select the files downloaded earlier and the installation should commence and complete accordingly.
If you have mistakenly updated your iPhone and found out that you cannot jailbreak it this is the only way you can go back. At the moment the jailbreakers have been warning people that if they want to keep the jailbreak they should not update to iOS 7.1.
