Can I downgrade iOS on my iPhone?

I need the link to the 16.5 iphone update due to hiccups with wallpaper . It’s a new iPhone 15 plus and it has iOS 17.0.3

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iPhone 15 Plus, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 8, 2023 09:53 AM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2023 10:02 AM

You can not run iOS 16 on an iPhone 15.

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Oct 8, 2023 10:02 AM in response to -doc-

You can not run iOS 16 on an iPhone 15.

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