Iphone 5 doesn't load backup from iphone 4

Yesterday I bought a new iphone 5. I have previously used an iphone 4 up to that point. Having owned many handsets in the past I went through the usual itunes 'backup' and 'restore from backup' that I have done many times before.
This time however the sync didn't happen and I was told that my data was corrupt. I tried the sync a few times but always with the same result.
I thern contacted Apple care who advised me to back up the '4' to icloud and then sync my '5' from the icloud backup of my '4'. This I duly did and I can report that all of my messages and settings were copied truthfully without problems. I then did a conventional sync with itunes to load all of my apps back on again with all of my data intact. This seems to be the way to go now, the cloud is here to stay.
Sorry that this is not a question, but this may help others if they encounter this problem.

I'm having this problem too, as of yesterday afternoon. Had my phone for 2 weeks and no problem, then all of the sudden, no more info on apps. I can still search and all then, I just can see info or download anything. I did just setup iCloud on here - not sure if that had something to do with it.

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