How do I restore from an older iCloud backup?

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how to restore from an older icloud backup

iOS8 broke my iphone 5 i got it replaced with an iphone 5s and now I want to restore the phone from an iOS 7.1.2 backup

 

[nikkisharif]

Re: how to restore from an older icloud backup

It can't be done. Once you have iOS 8, you're stuck with it.