HT4972 Will I loose my messages if I upgrade my iphone to iOS 5 ??

I have been wanting to upgrade my iphone as I still have 4.2.8 to the iOS5 but I am afraid I will loose my text messages. Will I loose my messages if I upgrade or is their a way to save them before I upgrade ? I need to do this ASAP as I cant get icloud or several apps because I need the upgrade first! Thanks!! Christine

Thank You for all your help. My son has been trying to get me to update for sometime but I was so afraid I would loose my messages & even my contacts I'm Not sure will be saved either. Since I have to update my contacts thru my iphone since verizon doesnt support this I have NO clue where they are backed up to & if not doen every 30 days u can loose them so I have a reminder set to do this every 30 days. I also checked on WHAT ALL IS INCLUDED IN A BACK UP & i DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT VOICE MAIL MESSAGES, DO YOU KNOW IF THESE ARE BACKED UP OR SHOULD I LISTEN TO MESSAGES TO BE SAFE? aGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

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