When I try to update I get a little window saying "Connecting to the iPhone software update server" and the candy cane bar just keeps going. Has any one else had this problem?
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Cannot seem to download iOS 5.1
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Wirelessly posted (iPhone 4s: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9B179 Safari/7534.48.3)
Servers are still busy or your being blocked in some way. Easiest way is to download it from a mirror and update manually
Servers are still busy or your being blocked in some way. Easiest way is to download it from a mirror and update manually
And How do I do that? I just bought the iPhone 4S today. Would that make a difference?
Okay. It seems to be loading through wi-fi. Why can't I update through my Mac. That's weird. I don't have iCloud nor do I care for it.
Edit: Software update failed through wi-fi on my iPhone. So neither through my Mac or my iPhone can I get the update.
Edit: Software update failed through wi-fi on my iPhone. So neither through my Mac or my iPhone can I get the update.
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I had the exact same problem with my iPhone 4S on ATT. I tried over the course of five days to update via iTunes and over the air with no success.
I made an appointment last Sunday at my local Apple Store and they tried a DFU restore and that seemed to fix the problem.
Well I changed my DNS on my wi-fi setting on my iPhone to 8.8.8.8 and it worked instantly.
Hopefully I can do it through my Mac next time though.