I can't restore from iphone 4 to my 4s

I upgraded my iphone 4 to 4s. At first, I was able to restore from my previous back ups in itunes. When Im trying to restore again that back up, itune says it cannot restore beacuse back up was corrupted or not compatible with this iphone. I don't know what to do. I need important datas from my notes and messages on that back up..can someone help me..thanks!

If the iOS version used to make the backup is newer (even if it's just a point version off) than the iOS on the receiving device, then you'll get such an error. First be sure to upgrade the receiving device to the latest iOS, then reset (which doesn't delete the new version of iOS) and start as you would with a new device. You'll get the choice to restore from the backup on icloud again.
Otherwise, there isn't a backup available.

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Hello.
I had an iPhone 3GS unning whatever the latest proper version of iOS currently is at the time of writing (4.3.5, is it?) but on Saturday I was on a rather drunken night out and I lost my phone.
Silly me.
But I was out of contract and the new iPhone (4S or 5 or whatever) is going to be announced on Tuesday next week (just been confirmed by Apple today) so I'm just going to make do with an old, spare Nokia until the new iPhone is available in the UK.
Once the new iPhone launches I will buy it, plug it into iTunes and just restore from backup and I'm back in business.
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