iOS 9.1 Download Released For iPhone, iPad And iPod touch

Apple’s continued testing of its latest and supposedly greatest version of iOS rolls on. Two weeks after introducing the initial iOS 9.1 beta to registered developers, Apple has today flicked the switch on yet another release that sees the second pre-release seed of iOS 9.1 falls into the hands of testers. It’s immediately evident from the firm’s release schedule that the Cupertino-based company is passionate and extremely keen to eradicate any bugs that have made it into the public domain with iOS 9.

Jailbreak iOS9.1 – 9.0

How to Download and Install iOS 9.1 Beta 2

If you are part of Apple’s public beta program you can download it now by checking the Settings menu>General> Software Updates.

Apple has a release notes link to iOS 9.1 beta 2, but the link doesn’t actually go anywhere. As such, there’s not much information as to what all the update includes, although we’ve heard that iOS 9.1 will be what ships when the iPad Pro launches later this year. The 9.1 update also supports Unicode 8, and features new emoji characters.

iOS 9.1 supported devices

We’ve already hinted that Apple may discard old devices from getting iOS 9 or iOS 9.1 update. The devices that are supposed to support iOS 9.1 will reportedly be

• iPad 3
• iPad 4
• iPad Air
• iPad Air 2
• iPad Air 3
• iPad Pro
• iPad mini 2
• iPad mini 3,
• iPad mini 4
• iPhone 5
• iPhone 5C
• iPhone 5S
• iPhone 6
• iPhone 6+
• iPhone 7
• iPod touch (fifth generation)

Four devices in the list, iPad Air 3, iPad Pro, iPad Mini 4 and iPhone 7 are yet to release. In all likelihood, those devices will hit the stores by fall-2015. So the list appears credible.

iOS 9.1 Review

It’s not possible for us to review the OS at this moment because it hasn’t launched yet. As soon as it puts in appearance, we’ll review it and share with our readers all its features, strength and weaknesses.

How to downgrade from iOS 9 back to iOS 8.4

How to downgrade iOS 9 back to iOS 8.4 - This is all great if the upgrade works perfectly. But if the experience of iOS 8 is anything to go by, this is not always the case. In September 2014 a proportion of iPhone and iPad users upgraded in haste and then was forced to repent at their leisure. Until Apple fixed it, some people felt that the iOS 8 code caused problems with their iPhones, and there was some demand to be able to roll back to an older version of iOS. Not unreasonably Apple didn't encourage this, but it is possible. And, indeed, it is possible to go back from iOS 9 to iOS 8. As long as Apple's servers will still 'sign' the older OS.

downgrade iOS 9

Downgrading an iPhone or iPad with iOS 9 Beta Back to iOS 8

You’ll probably want to back up your iOS device before beginning this process; otherwise you may lose data that you find important. You cannot restore an iOS 9 back up to iOS 8 however, so keep that in mind.

• On the iOS 9 device, open Settings and go to iCloud, and turn off “Find My iPhone”, then turn off the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch by holding down the Power button
• Launch iTunes and connect the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch to the computer using the USB cable, then immediately start holding down the Power and Home button together for 10 seconds, then release the Power button but continue holding the Home button
• When a message in iTunes pops up saying a device in recovery mode has been detected, you are successfully in DFU mode and the hardware is ready for the downgrade
• In iTunes, select the device under the “Summary” tab, look for the “Restore” button – on a Mac, OPTION click that button, on a Windows PC, SHIFT click that button, then navigate to the iOS 8 IPSW file you downloaded earlier
• Let the downgrade process complete, when finished the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will reboot into a fresh iOS 8 install, at this point you can go through the typical setup process and restore from an iCloud or iTunes backup, or set it up as new

There are a number of reasons why you would want to do this. First and foremost is because iOS 9 is still a beta and months away from final release. It may still have bugs, performance issues, battery draining problem etc. And secondly, it is of course not jailbreakable. So whether you want to go back to iOS 8.4 for stability or jailbreak, you can because it’s the latest public release and obviously still being signed by Apple.

 iOS 8.4 is still being signed by Apple and avid jailbreakers should make the most of this opportunity by using the downgrade option now. This will help preserve all installed jailbreak tweaks and apps on the iDevice that are exclusively compatible with iOS 8.4 jailbreak.