{"id":248176,"date":"2025-09-23T05:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/248176\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T05:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:58:11","slug":"apple-stops-signing-ios-18-6-2-blocking-downgrades-from-ios-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/248176\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple stops signing iOS 18.6.2, blocking downgrades from iOS 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ios-18.6.2.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been unhappy with iOS 26, and had been thinking about downgrading, you missed your chance. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly one week after releasing iOS 26, Apple has stopped signing (which in essence means validating) installs of iOS 18.6.2.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aaronp613\/status\/1970256151427346459\" rel=\"nofollow\">noted<\/a> by Aaron Perris on X, this means that it is now impossible to downgrade from iOS 26:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can no longer downgrade from iOS 26 as Apple has just stopped signing iOS 18.6.2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron (@aaronp613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronp613\/status\/1970256151427346459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked about what this means for iOS 18.7, which Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/15\/apple-releases-ios-18-7-for-iphone-heres-whats-new\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also released last Monday<\/a> as an alternative to the iOS 26 release, Perris <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aaronp613\/status\/1970256439147942215\" rel=\"nofollow\">noted<\/a> that Apple is still signing it, but there are \u201cno IPSW files for those that can update to 26.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple stops signing (which, in essence, means validating) previous iOS versions when, upon releasing a new version, it discloses bugs and security fixes from previous versions. 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