What issues are you having that makes it a nightmare? I’m not having any issues, also running the latest iOS on 11 Pro Max.

I really don’t want to get into that. Everyone will start suggesting workarounds. There are just too damn many issues. All I want to do is roll it back.

Thank you.

Everyone might offer a solution. It’s not really that easy to rollback an update and may cause more issues if you botch it. If there are so many problems that you can’t list them, it’s likely not a problem with the specific iOS version and may be a problem with your specific phone.

Depends on your comfortability and knowledge of computers/phones. There is no “publicly available” option provided by Apple, the manufacturer. So any course of action to roll it back involves a bit of work and knowing your way around their system.

Well, let’s go with whichever sounds the safest.

Officially you can’t. Apple stops signing the previous version after the current latest seems stable, or something to that effect. So iOS 15 is way out of reach.

You might be able to Jailbreak your way there but I haven’t done that since my iPhone 4S so I’m pretty out of touch with that world these days.

Actually, since this sounds like it’s going to be time consuming, there is one thing I’d like to change ASAP. Not a programming issue. I just don’t like it.

That ridiculous little search button at the bottom of the home screen and every screen. I have about 10 screens, I liked the iOS 15 elongated thingy MUCH better.

OK, I’ll have to settle for an unofficial method. Thank you for the reply.

Settings > Home Screen > turn it off

Thank you, I never would’ve guessed that if I turned off search the old navigation bar would come back

And now, the entire last page of apps, 16 apps, just disappeared. How TF do I get them back? This OS is definitely going. I don’t care WTF I have to do to get rid of it. TIM COOK should be embarrassed to be connected with this.

Just restore it with a computer and leave it fresh clean instead of jailbreaking it and potentially brick your device…

That makes sense. Question is, how do I restore it with my computer? I have a PC and a Mac available.

In PC download iTunes, in Mac it will appear on Finder, for both just click on your iPhone, hit restore, put your password, agree to everything and let it do its thing.