How to Restore a Newer iOS Backup to an Older iOS Version

[@mexicanmamba]

IT WORKED!!! Went from 18.2 to 18.0.1

[@parttimedude5440]

Thank you so much, this was very healpful ! I was downgrading from IOS 18.0 Dev Beta to IOS 17.5.1

[@callmequockhanh]

does it work bro?

[@kfc4063]

@@callmequockhanh yess

[@AmarZ4373]

@@callmequockhanhyes very helpful

[@AidanSeanMor]

@@callmequockhanh Yes it does

[@thomasils616]

Nice tutorial. Just did an iPhone 13 running iOS 18 down to an iPhone 7 running iOS 15.8. Worked as a charm - Thnx !

[@prempathak7065]

Exact same situation. Been trying to restore a backup from iPhone 13 on ios 18 to an iPhone 7 running ios 15.8 but I keep getting "itunes could not restore the iphone because an error occurred" Help please?

[@AppleManiacYT]

@prempathak7065 something got changed in iOS 17, and restoring 17.x or 18.x backups to 16.x or lower fails. I haven’t found a solution yet either, but if/when I do I will make a new updated video

[@sawgiie]

@@AppleManiacYTApple greedy asf for patching this 💀💀

[@VoiceStory]

Thank you for this tip! Just restored a 17.5.1 backup to 15.8.2 by editing the plist value to 15.8 as suggested.

[@jestem4175]

hey bro, how can u did it work? i didnt can work it iphone 11 (17.2.1) to iphone 7 (15.8.2)

[@masa4680]

@@jestem4175 Have you tried: when you rewrite the plist file, remove the minor version, e.g. "15.8" rather than "15.8.2"

[@syytryy]

worked for me, restoring an iphone 11 ios 16.4.1 to iphone 13 pro ios 16.1.1 thank you!

[@cidsx]

I think I did this when going from iOS 12 to 11. Surprisingly it worked

[@peterdavies4122]

God send - cheers!

[@AnupKumar16]

Thank you! You are a lifesaver.

[@nhanpham2202]

Thank you so much, this was very healpful ! I was downgrading from IOS 18.0 Dev Beta to IOS 17.5.1, thank so much!!!!!!

[@ΝίκοςΖησιμόπουλος-ψ9υ]

you are THE man!!! thanks alot!!

[@BrendonMostert]

How would you make this process work if you no longer have access to the newer iPhone? Can you still access the p-file?

[@masa4680]

The plist file is on your PC, not on your phone.

[@somfaimark1359]

Yo Sick tutorial! I will try to figure out iOS 17-> 16, I’ll let you know how it goes :)

[@thomasdanter8168]

Any good ?

[@jachymkubis4370]

Hi, any updates on this?

[@TeacherTizzard]

Any fixes figured out going from iOS17 to 16?

[@EDream911]

OMG THANKS SO MUCH YOU HELPED ME SO MUCH OMG

[@Yazanmahdi]

It says cannot restore because an error has occurred

[@RobbieCupples]

Awesome video!!

[@TheAppleGuy.]

Will this work if I try and transfer data from iOS 17 to iOS 13.6?

[@FalconsGaming]

How to do this on a PC?

[@86rmb]

I cant find the '%appdata%/Apple/MobileSync/Backup' I type that into file explorer (windows 11 laptop) but nothing comes up

[@sawgiie]

Very late but you’ll have to go to your username folder

[@xSkipperr]

I tried going from 17.5 ti 15.5 and it didnt work. Tried going to 15.6 and 15.7 aswell but no succes. Gives the error that it cant restore it. Not because its and older version but just a random error. Also I tried changing the serienummer from the old restored phone to the initial device the backup goes to. So the serienumber on which the backup must go on but that did not help aswel. Any tips ?

[@kaansen5254]

same here..

[@frylock428]

Does this work when going from 9.3.5 to 6.1.3?

[@jeyson583]

I will try it

[@MateusHacker5048]

Finaly thanx you

[@jestem4175]

didnt work iphone 11 (17.2.1) to iphone 7 (15.8.2)

[@masa4680]

Have you tried: when you rewrite the plist file, remove the minor version, e.g. use "15.8" rather than "15.8.2" ?

[@manishkapoor9464]

Doesnt work anymore

[@aimanrulez7339]

Patched

[@Flopiphone8]

HEYYY ITS JAY FIRST