If you regret installing the iOS 18 beta on your iPhone, we tell you how to easily revert to iOS 17
Apple introduced iOS 18 with many new features and improvements and surely many users decided to install iOS 18 beta on their iPhone to try them all. But since it’s a beta version, major issues may appear, like slowdowns, restarts, or apps not working well. Fortunately, you can revert to a stable version of iOS 17 from iOS 18 and we will explain to you how to do it.
We were able to test the iOS 18 beta on our iPhone and we don’t have too many problems in terms of performance or battery, but Each iPhone is different and it is likely that in some models this first beta version poses more problems
How to revert from iOS 18 to iOS 17
Updating to iOS 18 is really simple, but Going back to iOS 17 is not that simple and we will need a computer to do it, as well as the charging cable. Once you have everything, follow these steps:
- Go to iPhone Settings, tap your name, select Search > Find my iPhone and deactivate it.
- Enter now Settings > General > Software Update and press Beta updates and select No.
- If iCloud Photo Library is not enabled, we recommend first make a copy of all your photos.
- Connect iPhone to Mac or PC using the USB cable and press Trust.
- Now you will need to put your iPhone in recovery mode:
- Quickly press and release the volume up button. Quickly press and release the volume down button. Next, hold down the Side button until the Recovery Mode screen appears.
- Open Finder on Mac or iTunes on Windowsthe iPhone should appear on the computer.
- You will see a dialog box which indicates that the iPhone has a problem and needs to be restored.
- Click Restore to erase your device and install the latest version of iOS 17.
- When your iPhone restarts, install the last backup you made in iOS 17 from iCloud or from your computer.
You should keep in mind that your iPhone will return to the state it was in before updating to iOS 18. iOS 18 beta backups are not compatible with iOS 17
The new iPhone operating system has just been presented and it is to be expected that, As the betas progress over the weeks, everything works more optimally. Remember that this is a version intended for developers, the public betas of iOS 18 will not arrive for a few weeks, and that iOS 18 will not be released until September.
In iOS 18 we have many hidden secrets and it is normal that many users test the new operating system on their iPhone. But if things have gone wrong for you and you don’t like how it works, now you know how you can do it. Go back and install the latest version of iOS 17 on your device.
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