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I have an iPad running iOs 7.x

I want to install an app which requires iOs 8.0 or newer. But for compatibility reasons I can't install iOs 9.x yet, as it may break some existing app.

Is there a way to install iOS 8 from iOS 7 ?

P.S. If it's possible I'd rather not to downgrade, that is I would like to install directly iOs 8 instead of installing 9 and then downgrading to 8 somehow.

StrawHara
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    It's not a downgrade... But an upgrade to a specific version. – StrawHara Dec 22 '15 at 11:06
  • Agreed, but the problem and the answer are the same. Apple doesn't sign iOS 8 any longer. – nohillside Dec 22 '15 at 11:12
  • Sure, but the question is worthy for an answer. I mean, upgrade and downgrade are not the same, so the duplicate is quite ambiguous. – StrawHara Dec 22 '15 at 11:16
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    @patrix Yeah, the fact the the problem is the same as in the downgrade case is not immediately clear to everybody (certainly not to me. I saw the "downgrade" questions before posting but I figured it was different). So an answer like "As in the downgrade case, it's not possible due to Apple not signing the certificate" may be in order. In any case I don't particularly care about this being open or closed so decide and let me know :) – Ant Dec 22 '15 at 11:23
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    Problem solved, original of duplicate edited to include upgrade as well as downgrade. The end result is the same, I'm afraid - so long as your device is still eligible for the current iOS, there is no way to go from an older iOS to any intermediate version, or back to that version. BTW, closing a question as a duplicate is often beneficial as it makes the answer more likely to be found by future Googlers. – Tetsujin Dec 22 '15 at 12:05
  • My answer here explains everything: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/114076/18387 – Andrew Larsson Dec 22 '15 at 18:55

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