How can I restore my iOS 9 beta back up on to my iOS 8.4 phone?

Tolulope Obe

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how can i restore my iOS 9 beta back up on to my iOS 8.4 phone

i downloaded the iOS 9 beta 1 yesterday and i didn't archive my iOS 8.4 back up so i overwrote my iOS 8 back up ti the iOS 9 beta - now i am done test running the beta version, and i can't restore the back up- is there a way to restore the iOS 9 beta back up on my present iOS 8 phone or i have to run iOS 9 beta till apple release the public iOS 9 version.
 

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Re: how can i restore my iOS 9 beta back up on to my iOS 8.4 phone

The only thing you can restore to a device running iOS9 betas is a backup made with the present iOS Beta version or a prior iOS9 beta backup. If you've restored the phone to iOS 8.4 - you can restore any backup made with iOS 8.4 or previous 8.x -- you CAN NOT restore an iOS9 beta backup to a device running iOS 8.whatever.
 

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If you have been backing up your device using iCloud or iTunes, then you can restore it from a backup, but I believe you need to do this through iTunes by connecting your device to your PC or Mac.
 

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i downloaded the iOS 9 beta 1 yesterday and i didn't archive my iOS 8.4 back up so i overwrote my iOS 8 back up ti the iOS 9 beta - now i am done test running the beta version, and i can't restore the back up- is there a way to restore the iOS 9 beta back up on my present iOS 8 phone or i have to run iOS 9 beta till apple release the public iOS 9 version.




Correct me if I am wrong , but I think what your wanting to do is go back to a previous iOS 8.4. Haven't tried it but it might be possible by using iTunes and putting your iPhone/iPad or whatever in recovery mode while connected to iTunes which will force a new iOS install to the device from Apple servers. Not sure if it would grab 8.4 or not though since it's technically an older iOS from the current one used.
 
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Re: how can i restore my iOS 9 beta back up on to my iOS 8.4 phone

Dfu mode hooked to iTunes will reinstall 8.4. I had to do that last night. No other restore or update would work. I went from 9 beta4 back to 8.4.
 

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