Downgrade iPad Air 1 to iOS 7 - Tethered or Untethered?

[thecoolmalwaredatabase]

Hello Legacy iOS Kit community,

I am interested in downgrading my iPad Air 1 to iOS 7 so I can test performance and compatibility with older applications and games such as Angry Birds and OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo. Before purchasing a MacBook, I would like to clarify whether the downgrade process for this device is tethered or untethered.

If the downgrade is tethered, I understand that a computer connection is required for each reboot, which means I would need macOS or Linux to proceed.

If the downgrade is untethered, the device would boot independently, making the process much easier to manage.

Could anyone confirm the downgrade type for iPad Air 1 and share any guidance or resources to prepare for this process?

Thank you for your assistance.

[OllieFallon2]

Hello Legacy iOS Kit community,

I am interested in downgrading my iPad Air 1 to iOS 7 so I can test performance and compatibility with older applications and games such as Angry Birds and OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo. Before purchasing a MacBook, I would like to clarify whether the downgrade process for this device is tethered or untethered.

If the downgrade is tethered, I understand that a computer connection is required for each reboot, which means I would need macOS or Linux to proceed.

If the downgrade is untethered, the device would boot independently, making the process much easier to manage.

Could anyone confirm the downgrade type for iPad Air 1 and share any guidance or resources to prepare for this process?

Thank you for your assistance.

The downgrade would unfortunately have to be tethered, and the only tool I know that can easily achieve this is Semaphorin. However, it’s also quite unstable after the downgrade. On iOS 7, all main functions work but some issues remain:

1. Deep Sleep doesn’t function, so after locking the device, it becomes unresponsive and requires a force restart. A Cydia tweak can disable deep sleep though to fix this issue, at the expense of battery life during sleep.
2. Connecting to password-protected WiFi networks is impossible; you’ll need to connect to an open network unfortunately, you can do this with a hotspot though from a Mac, Windows or Linux PC, or a phone.
3. Cydia and many other jailbreak tweaks don’t appear on the home screen because iPads have issues with uicache when using Semaphorin. A workaround is to launch them via Safari; for example, to open Cydia, type in cydia:// and hit go, more are listed on the GitHub page.

I believe these issues stem from how Semaphorin downgrades devices and therefore is unable to downgrade the SEP to the chosen version. This prevents SEP from working, as iOS 12’s SEP is not compatible with iOS 7, resulting in most functions like sleep and passcode being completely broken. I hope in the future we’ll see a tethered or even untethered downgrade capable of restoring SEP functionality. Until then, this is our best option, and it’s still a great effort by the developer.

You can read more here: https://github.com/y08wilmarchive/Semaphorin