Restore iphone as new but keep text messages

Hi!
Ok, I have been told by genius that they can't do anything else to fix my issues until I restore my phone as new. I am actually keen to do this anyway as I have pretty much been copying from the original iphone.
Now my main concern is finding a way of backing up my text message history storing that and then adding it to me newly restored iphone 4s.
Has anyone found a surefire way of doing this?
many thanks!
Dave

Hey! I already did it!
Retored from new and got my text messages back. I folowed these instructions and it worked a treat!
http://ihowtoguide.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/how-to-transfer-your-iphones-smses-t o-another-iphone-without-jailbreaking/
Thanks to everyone for their help!
Cheers!
Dave

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