I need to get my old backup on my new phone.

I backed up my 3GS on icloud the day before I went to buy the 4S, when I went through the setup, I was unaware how to get the information back. So, now all I can get is whatever I had when I synced the phone to the computer back in January.  I have a lot of photos and texts that I wanted back. When I go under setting and manage icloud backups, it's there, staring me in the face, but I can't do anything with it.  It just shows it was done.  PLease help!

I've seen this, but I already went through the set up assistant and obviously didn't prompt "restore from icloud backup". So, when I go under "manage storage" the backup is there, when I click on that, it only shows the date and size and "delete backup". I want to use that backup! But, I don't know how.

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