IPhone won't update to iOS5 - get error message "iPhone not eligible for ugrade""

I have an iphone 3gs and an ipad, and neither of them will update. I have lion on my 27" imac with all software up to date, and the devices wont update. I recieve error message "your device is not eligible for the requested update"
I have no idea what weird problem this is, but the devices didnt update before i had lion either. Also,  they didnt update to recent versions of iOS4, and I recieved the identical error message.
Thanks, Cole

This usually means that the device has been unlocked, hacked or jailbroken. If you use iTunes and click the Update button to update you should never see this message; instead it will say that you have the latest version. Where did you get the update file you are trying to install?

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