HT4623 How to download iphone update software via laptop

How to download iphone update software via laptop

If your question is how to download it in its entirety first, so that you can update quickly and not have to worry about anything going wrong in the middle of the update, the solution is to download the update file separately, without iTunes, and without having to have your phone tethered to your computer while simply downloading. The download file is an IPSW file; softpedia has a link to it and complete directions for how to install it at http://mac.softpedia.com/get/iPhone-Applications/Tools-Utilities/iPhone-Firmware .shtml. Make sure to click on the correct download link; you don't need to install their downloader or any extraneous software.
Do NOT click on the big download button underneath this--
iPhone and iPod Firmware (iOS) 5.1.1.
Instead, click on the little bitty download button underneath that.
Once you get the file downloaded (the one today is 803 MB, so, depending on your internet connection, it may take a while to download), connect your phone and open up iTunes and shift/click on the Update/Restore button and then browse to tell iTunes where you have saved the IPSW file. I am told that, with Macs, you have to Option/click in iTunes to get to where you can tell it where your downloaded file is located.

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