Help iCloud Restore Not Available

Hi Everyone, I'm hoping someone here can help me out of a tough spot...
My iPhone 4S has a cracked screen and is totally unusable. I can't slide to unlock it or enter my passcode because it's totally broke and non-responsive.  This has happened whilst I'm away from home on a Christmas break, so no access to my normal machine.  Some time ago I made an iCloud Backup, but this is currently switched off on my 4S.
Now, here's the bit I need help with.
Someone has given me an iPhone 4 to tide me over until I get home.  They don't care about the content on it and they're happy for me to wipe it so I can get my contacts etc and use the phone.
I logged in to iCloud on the phone, but it says last backup "never" even though when I log into iCloud on a PC I can see all my contacts.  The other puzzling thing is that when I go to "Manage Storage" in iCloud it says that my backup used 4.7GB and there is 317MB available.
I read somewhere that the only way to restore from an iCloud backup is to wipe the phone and then choose restore from iCloud.  Is that correct, or should I just be able to choose my backup and restore?  I'm confused why this phone is saying last backup: never????
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
F

Just posting an update to say that I got this to work.  In case anyone else has a similar issue, here's what I did...
a) Went into settings and chose to erase all content from the iPhone.
b) After freaking out in panic, I then went through the steps that followed and chose to restore from iCloud Backup.
c) I was relieved to see that my iCloud backup was there as an option and that the restore process is completed and all my contacts have come back and my apps are downloading.  Phew!!!
Hope this helps someone else.
F

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