I just bought an iPhone 4s and synched it yesterday. I backed up the old phone (a 3GS), then restored all that to the 4S. It generally worked well, except it truncated all SMS messages after October 20. Can I get the new messages on the new phone?

I just bought an iPhone 4s and synched it yesterday. I backed up the old phone (a 3GS), then restored all those files to the 4S. It generally worked well, except all SMS messages after October 20 were not there. How do I get the newest messages from the old phone on the new phone? (I wouldn't mind getting ALL the SMS messages...)
Thanks for any help.
Arthur in VA

Basics from the manual are restrt, reset, restore.
Have you tried each of these?

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