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Apple shipped iOS 26.5 to all users last week<\/a>, and now in the last 24 hours, the company has stopped signing iOS 26.4.2\u2014thus preventing downgrades to a prior update.<\/p>\n iOS 26.4.2 no longer being signed by Apple, blocking downgrades from iOS 26.5<\/p>\n If you updated to iOS 26.5 in the past week, there\u2019s no longer an option available to revert to the prior software release.<\/p>\n Apple typically offers a window of time following each new software update when it\u2019s possible to downgrade if you encounter issues.<\/p>\n However, usually after that initial period of waiting to see if any major issues crop up, Apple then stops signing its previous update\u2014thus blocking downgrades.<\/p>\n It\u2019s standard practice, and that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s just happened for iOS 26.5 users. <\/p>\n As spotted by Aaron Zollo<\/a>, Apple stopped signing the prior iOS 26.4.2 update some time yesterday.<\/p>\n Anecdotally, iOS 26.5 seems to be a relatively solid release in terms of performance and stability. That\u2019s usually true at this point in Apple\u2019s software year, with a major new OS version around the corner.<\/p>\n Unless Apple has a bug fix release like iOS 26.5.1 in the works, we\u2019re unlikely to see any new software updates before WWDC next month<\/a>. That\u2019s when iOS 27 will be unveiled and ship in beta<\/a>, and we\u2019ll likely get an iOS 26.6 beta around that time too.<\/p>\n Do you ever downgrade your iPhone to a prior software update? What\u2019s that process been like for you? Let us know in the comments. <\/p>\n Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n
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