I have a loan phone but I can't restore from iCloud as the software isn't up to date on the loan phone

I have just got home from the apple shop where I gave my phone in to be sent off for the sleep awake button repair. I have a loan phone from the shop but I've just found that the software isn't up to date like my phone is and so can't update from iCloud.
Is there any way I can get round this at all?

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