Updating iPhone with iOS 5 on another computer, will i lose my data?

My iPhone was setup through a PC, I want to update to iOS 5 using a mac computer. If I sync my phone, will it lose all my iPhone data?

You will lose everything if you sync to a new computer. What you need to do is copy your itunes media library from your old computer to your new computer and then sync without losing info.
See this article by one of our users for clarification http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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I plugged the usb cable and iphone to my pc and Viola! they synchonized!! via usb cable!!
was it the cable? the icloud installation? the rebooting? don't really know, but it works now...
I was this close to return to IOS6 by doing all those creepy steps, but it is ok now...
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See if these two articles help :
syncing with a new computer : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
recoving content from a device : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

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How to sync iPhone with iTunes on a second computer, without losing everything on iPhone please?
iTunes is giving me the message: "If you sync with iTunes it would delete content from iPhone and copy everything from this iTunes library"!

Yes, i do use iCloud for contacts, calendar and photos...
I will try to sync it again tonight and let you know how did it go.
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If you don't have access to the old PC then look at this link
http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
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http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
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http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
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http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
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I am wanting to put the new firmware on to my iPhone 4 and am wondering if I do this from another computer will I loose all my data - i.e music

No you will not lose any data. However a pop up will come up telling you if you want to sync with this computer, and that if you do, that it will erase the data. Just click "No" and you can still update your phone. I've done this a few times.

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My iphone 4s ios 7/0/4 will not update music or apps from itunes 11.1.3. this was true with my pc since ios 7.0.3 even with update 7.0.4 and now continues with my new MacPro also runing itunes 11.1.3. as most state in previous threads, syncs all non itunes related data with no issue and appears to work correctly on itunes data but then hangs on the last step of updating until it times out. i have tried marking specific music to transfer, setting up new playlist, deleting some old playlist on phone but stopped short of restoring my phone back to new due to the amount of non itunes data that i will lose. The itunes setup on the macpro was completely with the download of all music from a previous external backup and the creation of new playlist - on the first sync with existing phone it did ask to overwrite all phone itunes data with macpro itunes data which i did accept - no different result - no changes on phone.

Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.
If the problem continues, take the device to Apple for evaluation and possible replacement.

Had 3G, moved to 3GS. Backed up 3G and restored 3GS from backup with no problem. When I want to add songs, I get itunes message that the new iphone is synced to another computer and now wants to erase everything. How can I add music?

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I agree- I apologize if I sounded skeptical and attacking. In no way did I mean it to sound that way.
I completely agree on the software-hardware combo issue- this is why apple killed off 1G and 2G devices- because newer software revisions would never ever run well if at all on such ancient devices. can you imagine running iOS 6 on an iPhone/iPod touch 1G? That would be terrible. Let alone iOS 3 runs terrible on them and now are generally rendered useless due to newer App Store requirements (most require 4.3+ now to allow apple to kill off the older devices). forcing newer software on older hardware (apple, dell, HP,... Anything electronic this definitely applies to) will almost always yield less-than-par results. The other part is apple forcing you to upgrade by means of intentially making things obsolete. all companies do that.
All of this factual info aside, the issue at hand with the 5 is not a software-hardware combo problem- those are most widely seen with the major revisions. then again, this isn't the first time apple has gotten caught up in battery drain snafus (even iOS 5 was plagued with this as well- and now there are some people desperate to roll back but can't). it basically waters it down to the point where keeping the stock software will always yield the best results even though newer versions provide better features- it all depends on whether or not the person deems the added features are worth a performance hit.
PS. I'm still at 100%- and I've been using it periodically throughout the day. your combo worked for you, but didn't for me. And may or may not work for others- As the tech world would say, mileage may vary.
PSS. What model/carrier do you have? Just wondering.

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If I update my ipod on another computer will it erase everthing I have on my ipod touch?

If I update my ipod on another computer will it erase everthing I have on my ipod touch?

Yes. If you have to do this:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
You will have to repeat it when you what to go back to your syncing computer.

Updating iPhone with iOS 5 on another computer, will i lose my data?

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