Yes, you can. But I recommend you to find the reason of this error cos autoupdate is a better way.
Would you enable debug_mode in ow_includes/config.php file and try autoupdate again? You will get an actual error in this case.
I think i found out what was wrong. It was my ftp info or chmod rights.
Did a recursive chmod on plugins folder, and changed my ftp info.
Then it works.
So this is solved. :)
Thanks anyway.