How to salvage an iPhone 5 backup?

I backed up my iPhone 5 on iTunes before going to get my phone replaced at my nearby Apple Store. However, upon my return, when I try restoring the backup onto the new phone, I get an error message after a few minutes saying the file is either corrupt or not compatible with the phone. Is there anyway to salvage this situation? I obviously really need the information from the backup...
Thanks!

There really isn't anything you can do about the corrupt backup message, however, it could be an iOS issue that is creating the problem, and not necessarily a corrupt backup. The backup that was made of the old phone, do you know what iOS that was? The new phone has to have at least the same iOS, or a newer iOS for the restore to work. It cannot be restored to a device that has an iOS older than the backup. If it is the same or newer on the phone, then it very well is a corrupt backup. There is no recovery from that without the old device.

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