iOS 6 HATE IT

[ralgith]

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Sadly iOS backups are for the data only, so you're pretty much out of luck. And downgrading back to any 5.x release is virtually impossible because Apple, in all their fucktard wisdom, has iOS6 destroy the iOS5 files; including the blob files needed to even make the attempt to downgrade. So unless you used one of the jailbreaking tools to save your iOS5 blob files... you're pretty much fucked. To quote:

So why the big problem?

Apple reps have as yet to return calls for comment, but as Charlotte, NC tech pro Ant Pruitt points out, there’s no real mystery here. Apple iOS warriors in BYOD shops know and have known for awhile that Apple has pretty much locked up the ability to downgrade from Apple iOS 6 by deleting those key files and not “signing” the firmware inside.

It is however possible with a lot of work and jailbreaking your phone. See the second reference link, the one from MacLife.

References:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/mac/app...grade/2340
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/ho...back_ios_5