It seems Apple has miserably failed to beef up the security for its flagship iOS 7 firmware update as even non-developer users are easily and successfully able to update to iOS 7 without any issues. Now to make matters worse for Apple, you can easily downgrade 7 to 6.1.3/4 despite Apple stating in its changelog that this firmware can not be restored to previous firmware versions. 





The main advantage of this method is does n ’t require saved SHSH blobs as in the case of earlier firmwares and everything is very straight forward and simple. 

Stuff needed
  • iTunes 11.0.4 
  • 6.1.3/6.1.4 firmware
  • Computer running Windows or Mac OS X
  • iDevice 
  • USB cable
How To Downgrade iOS 7 To iOS 6.1.3 

Step 1: Download the iOS 6.1.3 from here or 6.1.4 (only for iPhone 5) from here.   

Step 2: Now, connect your idevice running 7 beta 1 firmware to your computer. 

Step 3: Place your idevice in DFU Mode using these instructions below...  
  • Press Home+Sleep buttons  
  • After 10-12 seconds release the Sleep button dfu mode
  • Keep holding Home button till iTunes detects your device in recovery mode
Step 4: Select OK  and then choose your desired device in iTunes. Hold down the Alt/Option key (for Mac OS X) or Shift (for Windows) and select the Restore button. 


Step 5: Point it to the ipsw firmware file you downloaded in Step 1 
Step 6: Let the process run. It should 15-20 minutes depending on your computer's processing power. 

After this, your device will be successfully downgraded and restored to 6.1.3/6.1.4. For a more in-depth overview of this tutorial, follow this video...


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