Originally Posted by maryhattie

Ive been trying to update the last three days and still having problems. My husband and friend updated thiers with one try in georgia.

Did you try what I posted? Changing your DNS to 8.8.8.8

Originally Posted by packerman8

Believe it or not, I have been having the same problem as a lot of people have reported. After checking the internet over and over for a answer - I found one that worked instantly for me. Go to Settings - Wifi - What your connected to & Change DNS to 8.8.8.8 - This is Google's DNS Server. It started downloading right away and my IPAD and IPHONE 4S are both updating to the new version right now.

I was having a problem updating my iPad2, it kept checking for update and then it 'encountered errors'. Tried updating several times throughout the morning and could not get the iPad2 to update. I came across your advice, packerman8, and did as you advised, replacing my dns information with 8.8.8.8, and voala! Updated started.

It took my 32gig wifi iPad2 about 20 minutes to update OTA.

THANK YOU!

I have been trying to update to 5.1 my iPad and iPad 2 since March 7 and am still getting the "server cannot connect msg". I arranged a call to Apple tech service and they could offer no explanation except"......maybe try on Monday, Tuesday or later in the week since traffic is always heavier on the week-ends." Still trying (3 days after the release on two different WiFi networks and with cellular...still no update. Boy did Apple get caught on this one!) I have not experienced this problem with past iOS updates.

Originally Posted by PvtMatter

I have been trying to update to 5.1 my iPad and iPad 2 since March 7 and am still getting the "server cannot connect msg". I arranged a call to Apple tech service and they could offer no explanation except"......maybe try on Monday, Tuesday or later in the week since traffic is always heavier on the week-ends." Still trying (3 days after the release on two different WiFi networks and with cellular...still no update. Boy did Apple get caught on this one!)

Did you try changing your dns setting to 8.8.8.8 ?

Originally Posted by MattIM

Did you try changing your dns setting to 8.8.8.8 ?

I haven't seen a DNS selection option in iPad. Where would I change it?

Originally Posted by PvtMatter

I haven't seen a DNS selection option in iPad. Where would I change it?

Settings > Wifi > tap to open your wifi network info and change there.

Originally Posted by packerman8

Did you try what I posted? Changing your DNS to 8.8.8.8

Yes, nothing Im ready to junk this ipad

keep trying

Everyone who has been having the problem has been resolved with changing DNS to 8.8.8.8, so I would maybe take it to an Apple Store and see if they can do the update for you manually.

Originally Posted by PvtMatter

I haven't seen a DNS selection option in iPad. Where would I change it?

Any luck? Im having to download it to my iPad from my sisters computer. I'm hoping it does the trick. The Apple tech guy and I tried everything else over the phone with no resolution to the problem.