How to install the iOS 7 beta on your iPhone 5



Want the latest and greatest iOS that won’t make it into the hands of the masses for a few more months? You’ve come to the right place! First, you must be a member of the iOS developer program ($99/year) to download the beta SDK.

1. First download the iOS 7 beta https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action (make sure you get the right version for your phone depending on if you have ATT or Verizon)

2. Make sure you backup your iPhone files by going to iTunes (just click Backup now)

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3. After downloading the ios_7_beta__iphone_5_model_a1428__11a4372q.dmg file, double click on it and extract the .ipsw file to your desktop

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4. In iTunes, hold down the option and click on “Restore iPhone…”

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5. iTunes will now take care of the rest of the iOS beta installation process! The last thing you should do is click “Restore from this backup” when prompted to keep all your old apps

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Troubleshooting

If you get the error “This device is not registered as part of the iphone developer program”, don’t fret, you just have to go to the iOS provisioning portal and add your UDID.

By Brian Roizen

19 Replies to “How to install the iOS 7 beta on your iPhone 5”

  1. I keep getting “This device isn’t eligible for the requested build”. My iphone 5 is an A1428, I downloaded the right version from dev center. Before I kept getting error 4027, this has been a mess! Anything you can think if would be greatly appreciated

  2. I bought the SDK, I did the certificates thing above. (Mind you I am sort of a noob) I found the right build for ios7, downloaded that did the restore it still does not update anything. Ideas? Can anyone email me so this could be done quick? I would really appreciate it, not finding anything in apple support.

  3. Thanks for this update. I get to the last screen, Welcome to your New iPhone, then I restore from the backup. The phone is either hung up or it takes forever on the startup screen with the Apple logo. It has been at least an hour and it hasn’t progressed past 10-15%. I have tried to restore it and redo the iOS 7 install but it gets hung up in the same spot. Any advice? Thanks

      1. Yes, I have set it up as a new phone, which it installs fine. Then when I try to restore from my last saved backup to have all my apps, settings, messages, photos etc updated it gets hung up when phone restarts on black screen with Apple icon. The progress bar sticks after approx 10%

  4. Brian – how did you get itunes radio working if you are in the UK? I am in Canada and it is not available….

  5. While Trying to update from iOS6 to iOS7 i am consistently getting error 4027 “The iPhone could not be updated. An Unknown Error occurred (4027)”

    Any Suggestions?. I am on latest itunes and my mac has all the latest updates

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