My iPhone 4 needs updates, but my computer is broken. Can I use someone else's computer to update?

It's been a while since my computer crashed and refused to work again and I cannot afford to get it fixed. It's been a long while since I was able to update it last. It's now told me it needs to be restored or something, but like I said, I don't have a computer to do that on. If I use someone else's computer, will it update and continue to work? And will I lose everything by doing that??

Yes you will loose everything.

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