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Just update it without a clean install and if you have trouble then worry about a clean install.
 
Backup to iCloud so you save your data

Update iOS 6 OTA

After going through the welcome, set up this stuff you should see something like do you want to backup from icloud or not. choose your backup and proceed.
 
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