Can you back up a iphone that is deactivated

I just bought the iphone 4s today, went to restore all data I had on my 3gs on to the new one.  Everything is right but said my last back up was back in october, so I tried to back my 3gs up (it is deactivated) onto itunes and restored my new phone to original settings.  I then plugged in the 4s hoping that all my texts/photos/apps would all be current but no luck, it only gives me my data since october!  What do I do?

If a more current backup of the 3GS was attempted, did it fail? Complete successfully?
Whether the device is active (has a working SIM or not) is irrelevant to the ability to back it up.  If it is deactivated in some other way, then please share that information.

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