Why wont it let me update my iPad to iOS 5?

what error message are you getting? For me, the network times out every time but you need to find out what is the error message says so someone can help.

When I try to update the new 5.0 software on my ipad 2 though itunes I get almost all the way but then I get the following "verifying ipad restore with apple..." then it fails.. help me!!

I am also unable to update to ios5, I keep being timed out. I have tried at least five times a day since the update was released. I used a different site and even it timed out. Can anyone help me with updating my iPad 2?

Have you tried temporarily turning off your firewall and antivirus software until the download has completed ? Or have you tried a direct download and not via iTunes : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3407427?answerId=16436025022#16436025022

I did try upgrading with the firewall off but av on. Now I just turned both off and it still timed out. Now I am trying to download from a different site. Thanks for your response. Will keep advised as to my success (or failure) downloading IOS5.

Tried going to another site outside of i Tunes and it also timed out after downloading about 1/3rd of the content.

This is a real pita.

I have the same exact problem, it goes all the way through what looks like an update and then I get this message that the network times out. I have not lost internet connection so I have no idea why this happens, is there a fix or a number to call to get an answer/

If you are getting a network timeout error then try temporarily turning off all your firewall and antivirus software until the download has completed.

If that doesn't work you could try downloading it via a browser instead : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3485458?answerId=16703914022#16703914022