Help with Whatsapp chat restore - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. My wife upgraded from a Huawei p30 Mate to Samsung S22. The P30 Mate doesnt have Google services so the Whatsapp backup was local. I followed the steps to copy the "msgstore.db.crypt14" from the mate to the internal storage of the S22. When i install Whatsapp on the new phone it cannot find the local backup. I even made a new backup for it to create the database folder structure and then i overwrote the new backup. Still doesnt work. Please can you help. I have tried for about a day and i have run out of options. I reached out to Whatsapp and they said they are unable to assist with restore. Thanks

Anyone? Very desperate to get this going. Thanks

problem resolved. I copied the com.whatsapp folder to the new phone and then installed Whatsapp. It found the backup during setup

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[Q] Whatsapp reader or restore old messages

Hi all, i guess it's is already mentioned.. but i couldnt find it after searching for almost a day.
I have old whatsapp messages that i want restored, could anyone explain me the way how to do it?
greetings,
Gertjan
I'm not quite sure what your problem is. Did you change the device or reinstall whatsapp and want to restore a backup?
In general it should work following these steps:
http://www.teamandroid.com/2011/08/21/how-to-backup-chat-messages-in-whatsapp/
Follow the steps below to backup your Whats chat conversations:
- Open WhatsApp.
- Press the Menu key, and go to ‘Settings’.
- Scroll down and go to ‘More’;.
- Now tap once on “Chat History Backup” and backup will start.
That’s it! Next time when you re-install WhatsApp after a full reset, you will be asked to restore your previous backup (which is stored on your SD card).
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If not, we need some more information...
However I guess it's not that useful too have all those older messages in whatsapp, because they are just filling the internal space and you can't easily access them (you would have to press "load older messages" again and again and whatsapp will become slower and slower ...).
A good possibility is to transfer the full whatsapp backup to your PC and use a tool called "Whatsapp Extractor" to display all the conversations.
Here is the link:
[TOOL] Whatsapp Database Analyzer / Messages Extractor / Chat-Backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24603294
ztedd said:
Here is the link:
[TOOL] Whatsapp Database Analyzer / Messages Extractor / Chat-Backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24603294
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Thanks for the link
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is there a way to restore iphone whatsapp backup/history to android htc one X?
Re: Whatsapp reader or restore old messages
WhatsApp automatically makes backups every 24 hours and stores them on the microSD memory card of your Android phone. To restore the deleted messages of WhatsApp, you will need to uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp. During the installation process, you will be prompted to restore the lost message history of WhatsApp. Choose restore your missing chats.
Today I woke up in the morning and saw that all my whatsapp messages were deleted, I did not perform any back or restore from any backup utility such as Titanium backup. I am on Android 4.3 on Samsung note 2.
I tried to uninstall whatsapp and re-install again, it asked for restoring messages from backup folder but only restored messages till date 30-Dec-2013, although message backup was present with latest backup of yesterday’s date i.e. 23-Feb-2014.
Please let me know how can I restore all the messages and resolve this issue.
golo83 said:
is there a way to restore iphone whatsapp backup/history to android htc one X?
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Have you tried whatsapp migrator tool?
:good:
Try this way
Have you tried to restore by WhatsApp. If you have done a backup, messages, chats can be easily restored. If not, try Android Data Recovery on RecoveryAndroid. I used it to get my lost Whatsapp messages back days ago.:highfive:

[Q] Whatsapp cannot restore backup!

I've been trying to restore my chats from my Galaxy Fit with whatsapp version 2.11.175 to my Galaxy S3 Neo with whatsapp version 2.11.238 with no success! I transferred my sd card which contains the whatsapp folder(old). It didn't work. So, I copy/pasted the database & several other folders that weren't there in the new folder (the 2.11.238's folder) from the sd card one and reinstalled the app. This time it asked if I wanted to restore the found backup or not...to which I clicked the restore button...After few seconds, I got an error saying it couldn't restore & continued synchronizing. >_<
Is there a way to restore all the chats? Without rooting?
Please help guys! Thanks in advance!
The whatsapp folder in sdcard only include some audio files and pictures/videos, not your chat history. Since you are non-rooted user, you can try helium (download from playstore). It can be used without root to backup data of your apps (of course this includes your whatsapp account and chat history), but you will need to install a pc client to help you on that. It's very easy to set up, head over to the playstore and give it a try!

Help me to restore Titanium Bk data

It's a very bad time when you are not using WhatsApp. The thing is I was using s3 with root and many more. And I always use to take backup with titanium application. I took WhatsApp backup in my s3. Unfortunately in last week my s3 gets wet and now it won't work. But I have that backup file in my sdcard. Yesterday I bought galaxy a5 which I don't want root ri8 now. The main problem is I want restore my WhatsApp data. Because I was using my wp on my very old number and now I couldn't able to do verification of wp again. So I had this problem many time but now because of new phone it's very difficult to restore because tb ask for root access. I want to use my wp on my old number so please help me. Hw can I restore my tb data in my new phone which is not yet root..?
I have no full solution, but just an idea. In your TitaniumBackup folder, you should find a tar.gz file with the name of the WhatsApp apk. In there, you should find a data folder and then a /. folder, in which there should be the actual data used by WhatsApp. Then, if your new device accepts that, you should be able to push with adb these files and folders to the new data folder of your new installatation of WhatsApp.
I have never tested anything like that, so I don't take any responsibility, but it is an idea based on Helium from Clockworkmod which uses this trick.

Restore Whatsapp Message - Root

Hi everybody!
I got a OnePlus 2, since saturday with LineageOS 15.1
Problem is now, WhatsApp is unable to restore neither Google Drive Backup nor Local Backup, it always states it is unable to recover messages from this backups.
I have 2 ways in mind, and i hope someone already tried this.
1. as i have 2 databases now (already decrypted) i thought about merging them into a new one and restore it
OR
2. as the phone is rooted, is it possible to overwrite the msgstore.db inside data/data/com.whatsapp/databases ?
has someone already tried this?
Greeting and thanks for your help.
Wayan
try this, put those backups in anoda device and try to restore d whatsapp chat there, if it works
back them up with that phone you restore it with and then restore them to your initial device...
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hi and thanks for your suggestion.
I already tried this with a samsung S5 I had lying around. It restored the google drive backup, i created a new Backup and tried to restore it on my OP2 ... and there was the same error, that whatsapp can't restore messages from this backup.
what you tried gbwhatsapp lastest?
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try this, put those backups in anoda device and try to restore d whatsapp chat there, if it works
back them up with that phone you restore it with and then restore them to your initial device...
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That is what i tried. I installed Whatsapp on an old Samsung S5, restored from Google Drive, that worked (didnt work on OP2 with LineageOS), made a new Backup on the S5, put it on OP2 -> cant import the messages
have you tried to install Gbwhatsapp on your Oppo
No, what for?
Problem is, whereever i get the backup from (another phone, google drive, manual copy) it stucks at 24% recovery - and fails with error.
Did anyone find any solution for this? Seems like the problem occurs more on Lineage 15.1. I've recently flashed Lineage 15.1 on my Moto G4 Plus and WhatsApp won't restore my Drive Backup. It always stops at 24% and the app crashes. Any help appreciated. Thanks!
Also, does this have anything to do with the 32-bit and the 64-bit WhatsApp versions?

unable to restore whatsapp messages from Google Drive

Hi
I am unable to restore my whatsapp backup from google driver. It stucks on 20%-30% and says unable to restore. I have installed whatsapp and even updated my phone's firmware. I have seen that there are several topics already on this topic but I am creating it again because I didnt found the solution in old threads.
Your help will be highly appreciated everyone!
Hi,
try copy manually all whatsapp backup in your handphone. and please dont skip restore at the first place.
Azizan said:
Hi,
try copy manually all whatsapp backup in your handphone. and please dont skip restore at the first place.
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If I copy Whatsapp folder from old phone to new phone on exact location. Will it restore all my pictures and chat ?
It happens to me. from XioMi Max to Huawei P20.
1. I do normal backup.
2. I copy everything from my folder under Whatsapp.
3. Than i try to restore it back when i already copy and paste from old files.
if it takes more time that you have.
Please backup your video and picture to Google Photos first.
Azizan said:
It happens to me. from XioMi Max to Huawei P20.
1. I do normal backup.
2. I copy everything from my folder under Whatsapp.
3. Than i try to restore it back when i already copy and paste from old files.
if it takes more time that you have.
Please backup your video and picture to Google Photos first.
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If I go to the settings of my whatsapp backup. It says last backup on drive is made on 28th May 2018. There is no information about local backup. Does it create local backup automatically? Or will I have to switch Google Drive Backup to "NEVER" in order to get local backup?
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If I go to the settings of my whatsapp backup. It says last backup on drive is made on 28th May 2018. There is no information about local backup. Does it create local backup automatically? Or will I have to switch Google Drive Backup to "NEVER" in order to get local backup?
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Please backup it using google drive first.
i have set mine to Daily Backup.
if you set never , it wont backup anything.
from my experience it always backup to your phone first.
folder Whatsapp >
it has three main folders
1. Backups
2. Database
3. Media

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