Is it possible to synce back iMessages in Messages?

So, I was just tonight enlightened of the evolution of iChat to Messages in the Mountain Lion release. I realize I am late to the game. That said, I am here now and really love this new amazing feature.
BUT...is it possible for iMessages sent/received BEFORE I installed Mountain Lion, to be synced into the messages program?
I ask, because I am having a lot of issues with my iPhone lately. At the apple store, I've been told, the only way to fix this, is to wipe and NOT restore from a back up, because any corruption in the software, will come right back along with the restore. I don't want to lose my text messages. I'm not as concerned about other things, but I'm kind of attached to many of them and I'd like to avoid losing them (or individually sorting through 2 years of messages to forward important ones to myself) if possible.
Thanks for any help!
- Marie

Also, can Messages be used to text non-iPhone users, or JUST iPhone users for iMessaging?

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I have had my iPhone for a couple years now, and have accumulated a fairly large amount of iMessage conversations from various people. A few days ago, I purchased my first iPad and also updated my Mac to Mountain Lion. By doing so, I now have access to iMessage on three devices in total, whereas before I only had one.
I have managed to setup my devices so that all new iMessages I send and receive are being synced between them. However, is it possible to sync my old iMessage conversations from my iPhone back onto my iPad and Mac?
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For me this was very early on in my Mountain Lion days.
I would now say that you cannot sync iMessages from an iOS device that were sent before your linked any Apple ID with the iPhone Number or added the Mac to the use of the Apple ID.
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This are in the .ichat format which you can send to Mac Buddies and then can open them and read them as if they were the chat (i.e they display as "chats').
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