IPhone4 won't update iOS through itunes?

This is driving me nuts! I have my phone plugged into my MacBook, and iTunes is open. It just synced my phone, and I am on the iPhone iTunes screen, in the area where it gives you the option to check for updates to update your iOS software, and the button below to restore for issues. Everytime I push the update button, it says contacting iphone update services, then it says "your itunes software is up to date" when I am not even trying to update my itunes, I am trying to update my phone-and right there next to the button it says your phone is not up to date, push update to update your phone to iOS 6. This problem makes no sense to me, I already restarted my computer-and it still is giving me the same issue. What kind of glitch is this and how on earth do I get around it? Not only is it frustrating enough that my hotspot only allows OTHERS to have WiFi and my phone won't download over the wifi because I am only a provider of WiFi and it won't consider my phone on WiFi. My boyfriend updated his phone through my hotspot, and my only option is to connect to my computer. My iPhone is driving me nuts!!!

I have the latest version of itunes(at least it says its up to date with 10.6.1(7) when I check), and my itunes keeps telling me that everytime I try to update my iphone. For some reason everytime I try to update to ios 6, it thinks im updating my itunes. When I am clearly in the iphone section of itunes and my phone is plugged in. This is how I updated my iphone last time with ios 5, since having a hotspot does not mean you have wifi(which is another major pet peeve I have with iphone)... It is just a weird glitch and I am so annoyed w it. There seems to be no fix. I wish I had freakin' wifi, oh wait I do, I wish iphones didn't suck so much with there stupid hotspots. grrr...

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