"Software Update Failed. An error occurred downloading OS 5.1″

Hello,
I can not update my iPhone 4s to iOS 5.1.
I´m getting always "“Software Update Failed. An error occurred downloading OS 5.1″.
Do anybody know that issue?
Thanks

On your Mac
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Network.
Select the network connection service you want to use (such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, unless you named it something else) from the list, and then click Advanced.
Click DNS, and then click Add at the bottom of the DNS Servers list. Enter the IPv4 address for the DNS server.
8.8.8.8
and then you can download the update via itunes
dont forget to put the original DNS back after the download

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