Iphone3gs and ios5?

[SatSearching]

Anyone else here with a 3gs upgraded to ios5 to find it is like stiring a cup of treacle with a spade?

I was on ios3 and was happy, but some of my fav apps forced updates that wouldn't run under ios3.

Long story, but I intended to upgrade to ios4 a few weeks ago, but timing meant I updated to ios5 without knowing (It happened 10 mins after ios5 was released).

My iphone is running like crap now.

Is it possible to downgrade to ios4, considering I jumped this stage?

[localhero]

if it was jailbroken then yes if you saved shsh, using tiny umbrella you can restore it to the ios you have saved but if not then no!!!!

[SatSearching]

Yes, under ios3, I jailbroke it and saved my blobs.

But I jumped from ios3 to ios5 (never had ios4).

Unless Apple can make ios5 run decent, I am looking at dropping to ios4 if this is possible?

if it was jailbroken then yes if you saved shsh, using tiny umbrella you can restore it to the ios you have saved but if not then no!!!!

[TUISTERa]

Without shsh's from version 4 there is no joy for you mate - and don't believe anyone saying opposite...

[frankharrison]

Have you tried resetting it? My non-unlocked Iphone 3GS was sluggish but is a lot better now.

[digilox]

Yup mine was getting slower and slower after going to 5 but I read elsewhere that a restore (as a new device) might help ... and it did.

I would say it perhaps not as fast as it was once upon a time but it certainly better than it was a couple of weeks back.

[iphonic]

If you have you shsh blobs saved either on cydias server or on ur computer you can downgrade also try using snowbreeze it will make a custom firmware for you providing your shsh was saved on cydia or on ur pc. Also check out the new release of a software called iFaith it just got released and it can save all ur shshs from 3.0 - 5.0.1 but not the beta versions and u dont need to be jailbroken Check on utube. I downgraded 5.0 back to 4.3.3 awhile ago on my iphone4 because ios5 was crap without a jailbreak so i sued snowbreeze but my shsh was saved on cydia. Also you will need to edit the host file so it contacts cydias server and not apples when you downgrade.