After a few days of testing it I realized that it has too many errors, and since the second one is still expected in about 10 days, I wanted to go back to iOS 17 Meanwhile, since there are bugs that prevent me from working with my iPhone normally, however, it is not that simple.
Can you go back to iOS 17 from a higher beta?
The answer to this question is very simple, yes, it can be done, the problem comes in how and the consequences of it. First of all, if you are one of me, and you have an Apple Watch, you will also have downloaded its beta, watchOS 11, and of course, this is a serious problem, since these devices need iOS 18 to work, therefore , If you downgrade your iPhone to a previous version, you will be left without a watchat least until it comes out officially or you reinstall a beta, that is, the whole summer in a drawer, something you don’t want.
On the other hand, and even if you don’t have Apple Watch or don’t care about this, if the phone has created a backup while you have iOS 18, something logical and normal, unless you have only tried it for a few minutes and want to uninstall it now, You have another problem, and that is that you will not be able to downgrade to a previous version if you do not have a copy of it, since, otherwise, although it will allow you to, you will lose all your data. If you don’t mind and want to clean up your iPhone, go ahead, otherwise you’ll have to manually make a backup of everything on your Mac.
There are apps and tools to change versions, being able to conserve data and without problems, however, if you were thinking that it was as simple as upgrading to iOS 18, sorry, that is not the case. You can find a tutorial for this, although we do not recommend that you do this, since it is never 100% sure that it will work well and you will not lose anything, the best thing, possibly, is wait for other betas and improvementsand, above all, think carefully the next time you want to update to an unreviewed version, without knowing the errors it has, and I include myself.
And you, have you tried iOS 18? If so, how is it working for you? Do you regret it? Otherwise, and although it is not the worst beta in history, I would not recommend it, at least until the second, where the most serious errors should be corrected. It is estimated that it will be released on Monday, June 24, 14 days after the first one, although it is not at all certain, let’s hope so, and those of us who risk the beta can have an update soon.
