ST should just add prior versions to the Downloads area, with instructions for how to back out of a newer version if need be.
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I donāt think it works that way. I think when you download from the AppStore it codes your AppleID into the ipa file.
I would love to wrong about this but I donāt think I am 
Now that you mention itā¦ Otherwise we could give away apps.
Exactly what Apple thinks 
Yep. Itās not possible to trade apps in the IOS ecosystem.
Read the EULAs.
You are granted a limited, non-transferable License.
IOS is a āwalled garden.ā To avoid malware, you can only get the app from the trusted source, the app store itself. And what you get is a right to use it, under your Apple ID, not your own copy.
Yes, some people jailbreak their Apple devices to tear down the walls to the garden.
Having spent all too many hours in my life dealing with malware of various types, these days I value the walled garden environment. Itās a personal choice. 
But having decided to make the mobile apps available through the App Store, Iām not sure smartthings is allowed by contract to then offer it separately from a different site.
I know: āandroid people do things differently.ā
Itās certainly still possible to have multiple versions of an app available in the app store, as long as they have different functionality and are identified with different names. Like āliteā and āpro.ā As I mentioned, thatās how some software developers are addressing the iPad 2 issues.
It works just fine on Android. APKās are indeed restricted to your User ID, but ONLY for PAID apps. Free apps (such as SmartThings, doh!) can be āsideloadedā onto any Android device if the user chooses to allow non-Play Store apps on their devices. It is advisable to be running an anti-virus program, of course, if you are in the habit of installing apps from non-trusted sources. SmartThings could provide a trusted download source for APKās along with MD5 hashes for validation.
If Apple doesnāt have such options, well then, then I guess some of the folks in this thread are experiencing one of the drawbacks to Appleās āwalled gardenā (a āprisonā by any other name is not necessarily a āgardenāā¦ 
). Personally, and speaking for myself alone, I avoid putting myself inside such walls.
I feared for a second I was drifting off Topic ā but the Topic is, after all, the ability to downgrade oneās own applications on oneās own iOS devices.
You are not the only crazy one. I backup both my android and ios as well but as mentioned above you canāt share ios apps unless itās jail break. Lesson learn for us all is to backup before trying out any ST app 
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I have not liked the new update. I get a nice background and the app never loads every other time I open the app. I have to close out completely the app and then reopen it to get ST to load the dashboard. It is getting pretty annoying.
Should be fixed with todays updateā¦
Q: is that with 1.7.2? or 1.71?
I just got done downloading 1.7.2, so it was in 1.7.1 that it was happening. I will give it a couple days to see if it happens or not. It was annoying though.
I just downloaded 1.7.2 onto my wifeās iPhone 5s, and ST reports she has just left home for the first time in 8 days.
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I have the same issue. It doesnāt know when I leave or come back anymore. When I open up the smartthings app that is the only time it updates, If the app opens at all.
Yeah, I do and have noticed that with my phone and my wifeās phone. I had to have my wife open up ST app to know that she was finally home.
My wifeās phone did not report her leaving home this morning. But thatās because she left the phone at home.
JK. 
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Well, I have been noticing lately as well, that I have been out of the area and far from my house and maybe an hour goes by till it finally recognizes my wife or I gone.
If youāre tech savvy and follow this guide:
and ā811671712ā is your magic number. Just did it, it worked, now running 1.6.8 on my iPhone.
Edit: and this should be obvious but TURN OF AUTO APP UPDATES! Or youāll undo your efforts pretty quickly.
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