How to Downgrade to previous versions of App on your Android Smartphone

How to Downgrade to previous versions of App on your Android Smartphone

Its a very good practice to use latest version of Android App on your Android Smartphone. For this we always update our Android Apps. Developers releases new version of Apps with some new features and bug fixes. Most of the Android users download Apps from Google Playstore which is having millions of Apps options. Updates for a App is good in most of cases but some times there is a bug in that version or some of the features are removed from that that App build. If the bug is critical then you face problems with that App like Force close, Memory outage or App is not responding and many related problems.

AppDowner is solution to your problems, It helps you to rollback to previous version which you think that was better for your use. For AppDowner to work you have to do just one thing is to ROOT you Android Phone.

To Install AppDowner your Android Smartphone must be ROOTED.

You can download AppDowner from XDA thread: Download here

At present on most of the Android Smartphone upgrade to the latest version of the App is a one way and irreversible process. So when you found that the latest version of App is buggy then you are having only one option with you that is to uninstall the App and wait for the next version to released with good review comments. But AppDowner allows you one more option to get revert back to the previous version of App so that you can overcome with the buggy version of the App.

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Upgrading to latest version of App is a very simple method, but Android doesn’t allow to downgrade Apps. For AppDowner to work you have ROOT your Android Smartphone. Rooting a Android phone doesn’t void it's warranty.

While upgrading your app you have to backup your old version App. To backup App on Android phone go to /mnt/asec/ or /data/app/ where find the APKs of your installed Apps. If you forget to backup your App then there is another route. There are many App repositories present on the internet that holds the older version of App along with latest one. Among these websites XeeApk.com and F-Droid is popular. There are many more websites of such type but you have take care when downloading from unknown websites.


Steps to install the older version of App: Launch AppDowner on your Android Smartphone and tap the "Select APK" button. Then tap on your preferred File Manager to select Apk file of the App you want to downgrade and the tap the "Normal Way" option in pop-up. If this process is failed for any reason repeat the process with the option "File Way" option instead.