How to Downgrade iPadOS 16 to iPadOS 15 without Losing Data

How to Downgrade iPadOS 16 to iPadOS 15 without Losing Data

 

 

If you’ve installed iPadOS 16 through Apple’s developer program or the public beta now it’s been released, you may decide you want to downgrade due to usability or stability issues.I’m gonna tell you how to downgrad iPadOS 16 to iPadOS 15 without losing any data.So, let’s get start it!
 

 

Downgrade with iTunesThe first thing you need to do is the IPSW file for
the version of iPadOS that you intend to downgrade to.Go to ipsw.me. Click ipad.Choose your ipadmodel.Now you can the IPSW file.So we go ahead and click the buttons.Wait for the finished.
 

 

Then connect your ipad to the computer.Open itunes.Now we are going to back up the device to this computer.Click back up now.Wait for the backup process over.Then you can begin downgrade.We are gonna restore the ipad back to ios 15.Before that, we should turn off find my ipad in settings.This is a necessary step before restoring.Once done, back to itunes.Hold shift and click restore ipad at the same time.Choose the IPSW file that you just and let the process complete.
 

 

This final step can take a little while to complete so don’t worry too much if it’s taking what feels like a long time.Then your ipad should restart.Let’s check it out.Now your ipad is downgrade to ios 15.If it doesn’t work , reiboot will be a nice choice.Click on reset device on the interface.Then choose factory reset.Click import local firmware.Select the ios 15 ipsw file we . Then you cam start downgrading.
 

 

Well done, let’s go ahead and set it up.
Ok , now let’s go to settings and check it out.As you can see, your ipad is downgrade to ios 15 now.But we don’t have any data just yet.So now we are going to restore from the backup we made earlier today.Because your backup file version is ios 16.So you need to modify the backup first.Hold win+R,type%userprofile% in.Click apple computer.Seclect mobile sync. Click backup.Find the file you just back up and open it.Scroll down to the bottom.We can find the info.plist file. Open it in notepad way.Then hold ctrl+F, type product in.Click find next option three times.Below we can see ios 16.Change it to 15 then save it. And then let’s connect the ipad.And go to itunes to restore from the modified backup.Then you can get your data without any issues!Then here we go.
 

 

Congratulations!
All of your data has been restored.And the software version is still ios 15.That’ all for
today.Thanks for watching.I hope this video is useful to you.See you next time!