how do i get my texts stored in cloud to my new phone?

[lmgovin]

I can't use migrate as I didn't put the app on old phone before turning on new one. Sync at start up only brought a portion down to new phone?

 

[TatDroid]

You should still be able to load it on old phone if you connect it to wifi.

 

[FoxKat]

If you still have the old phone, download and install the application below, run it and save your SMSs or texts to your SD card. Then install the app in the new phone and restore them from the SD card. If you don't have a removable SD card, you can save the file to your internal SD card and then using your USB cable copy them over to your desktop on your pc and do the reverse with the new phone.

SMS Backup Restore - Android Apps on Google Play