I did the os6 update on my iphone 4 then changed to the 4s but lost my text messages due to the 4s did not have the os6, is there a way to recover them?

I had a iphone 4, backed it up and downloaded the os6. I then activated a 4s but due to the os was not the 6 it would not download my recent backup. Is there a way to recover my text messages?

If you install iOS 6 on the 4S, you can follow this by restoring the 4S from the iPhone 4 backup, or select Restore for the 4S which will install iOS 6 and after iOS 6 is installed, you will be prompted to restore from a backup. You will need to manually select the backup for the iPhone 4 since the backup for the 4S will be selected by default.

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