The iphone couldn't be restored because the firmware file is not compatible .

Hello all my question is : I have iphone 4,
I did upgrade for iphone4 to ios 5.1.1 three days ago
now I wanna upgrade to ios 6.0 , when i want to upgrade, message appears tells me :
The iphone couldn't be restored because the firmware file is not compatible .
I loaded many of ios 6.0 from alot of websites but the same wrong .
I tried to restore by ios 5.1.1(9B206) it was ok no problem but when i wanna upgrade by ios 6.0 here is the problem .
plz i need help

The only legit source for ios 6 is from itunes.
Open itunes, connect iphone.
Does it prompt you to update?
How did you update to 5.1.1 three days ago? There is no legit way to do this at all.  You can ONLY update to the latest available which was ios 6 three days ago.

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