Forgot to sync 3G before connecting iphone 4

Hi,
I just messed up.
I had just brought home my new iPhone 4 and without thinking about what I was doing I connected it to my iMac and synced it (at this point I had pulled the new SIM card I got apart so that it would fit in the new phone, no usable SIM card for 3G at all right now).
So, now as I watched my new phone syncing it hit me, I hadn't actually synced my old phone (the 3G which doesn't use Micro SIM cards) for a couple of weeks and I had just told my new phone to sync using a backup several weeks old.
Now, the only major change in this time is the SMS I've sent and received, everything else is pretty much unchanged/not stored on the phone (like IMAP and Exchange email).
*So, is there any way to sync the SMS from my old iPhone 3G over to my iPhone 4 now?*
To recap:
SIM card won't work in old phone now
Just synced iPhone 4 against old backup of iPhone 3G
A few weeks of text messages on 3G that I want to get to the 4
Can it be done?

Can it be done?
Yes, but it will require you starting from scratch. First, plug in your 3G, right-click your 3G in the left device pane & select "Backup". Once complete, eject your 3G. Then go to iTunes>Preferences(under the edit menu if using Windows)>Devices. Delete every backup listed except for the backup you just created. Very important you delete the backups for your iPhone 4. on that same pane, disable auto-sync. Next, on your iPhone 4, Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content & Settings. This will put your iPhone 4 in the state it was when first taken out of the box. Connect it to iTunes, right-click in the left device pane & select "Restore from Backup". Select the backup of your 3G. Follow this by syncing your iTunes content back to your phone.

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