Can't Update to iOS 8.1

I have been checking "Software Update" on my phone periodically since 8.1 was "released". Each time I get an error "Unable to Check for Update: An error occurred while checking for a software update." At first I suspected it was due to an overload of people all trying to update at the same time. But by now (given past experiences) would have thought that bottleneck had past. So I'm not sure if this is still indicative of something on Apple's side or a problem with my iPhone 5S.

Apple pulled the update, it's not available. There were iissues with the fingerprint ID and disabling cell service.

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