Can I revert to an earlier iOS version?

If you're trying to downgrade from a beta, click here and follow the instructions. Otherwise, no, unless Apple says otherwise, which they only do if a critical bug has gotten into a release, and then only for at most a few days.

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lesliebennett wrote:

I'm having problems texting since the upgrade.

Traditional texting is a carrier provided feature. If you're having issues texting people, you need to contact your carrier for help. Apple has nothing to do with text messages, with the exception of iMessage, which iOS to iOS device based (in other words, iPhone to iPhone).

Downgrading iOS has never been supported. But your texting issue isn't likely because of the iOS update.

lesliebennett wrote:

If that's the case, why is my husband with the same iPhone, same carrier and same network not having issues? His phone has not been upgraded...

Often AFTER an iOS update, carriers roll out carrier updates. Your husband hasn't updated, so if there was a carrier update, he logically wouldn't have needed it or gotten it. But you have updated and you logically may need it.

Since I'm thinking logically, wouldn't everyone who updated be having issues with texting? That would be logical if you believe the update caused such an issue. And if that was the case, wouldn't it be logical this forum, the worlds most visited forum for all things Apple would be literally blown up with people complaining? It's not, by the way. Wouldn't the tech press be all over such an issue if the update caused texting to stop working? They're not by the way.

You need to contact your carrier.

If you tell us why you would possibly want to do that, we can likely suggest a more appropriate remedy.

I'm having problems texting since the upgrade.

If that's the case, why is my husband with the same iPhone, same carrier and same network not having issues? His phone has not been upgraded...