How to Restore Your iPhone Without Updating

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your computer.

   Do so by plugging the USB end of your iPhone into the computer's USB port, then plugging the charger side into your iPhone's charging port at the bottom of the phone. , It's a white app with a multicolored musical note on its icon.
   
   In cases where you have auto-sync enabled for iTunes, it will open automatically when you plug in your phone.
   
   If iTunes is already open when you connect your iPhone, close it and re-open it. , It's an iPhone-shaped icon in the upper-left side of the iTunes window., It's beneath the "Manually Backup and Restore" heading in the "Backups" section.
   
   This process will take a few minutes. , To do so, hold down the Lock button on the right side of the phone's casing, then slide the slide to power down switch at the top of the screen right., At the end of the three seconds, do not let go of the Lock button., You'll hold the Volume Down button and the Home button for the next ten seconds.
   
   You hold the lock button for thirteen seconds total during this process. , You'll need to keep holding down the Volume Down button until you see a window pop up in iTunes telling you that it has detected a device in recovery mode., It should pop up as an option window in the iTunes window on your computer.
   
   Doing so will prompt you to pick a restore date., This option will appear in a pop-up window.
   
   You'll see a few of your most recent backups, including the one you performed today, listed in a drop-down menu., Doing so will restore your iPhone without updating it to the latest iOS version.
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   Step 2: Open iTunes.

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   Step 3: Click the device icon.

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   Step 4: Click Backup Now.

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   Step 5: Turn off your iPhone.

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   Step 6: Press and hold the Lock button for three seconds.

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   Step 7: Begin pressing the Volume Down button as well.

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   Step 8: Release the Lock button at the end of ten seconds.

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   Step 9: Click Restore iPhone on your computer.

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    Step 10: Click the box next to "iPhone Name".

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    Step 11: Click a backup

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    Step 12: then click Restore.

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