A few months ago I was foolish enough to update my Air to 8.1, despite having a perfectly set up 7.1.2 jailbroken with all my favorite tweaks installed. I could tolerate 8.1 up until now, so I decided to downgrade back to 7.1.2.

 

Here’s the guide on how to do it:

If your iPad is not jailbroken:

 

Step 1: Download the iOS version matching your iPad version from the downloads page.