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WhatsApp urges Android users to manually backup their chats – Naked Security

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by Lisa Vaas

The good news for Android users: WhatsApp chats, photos and videos are no longer going to eat into your precious Google Drive storage limit. Starting 12 November, your quota won’t budge due to that particular backup bucket.

The catch: if you want to save your old WhatsApp content, you better back it all up before 12 November. That’s when WhatsApp will sweep out dusty old backups that haven’t been updated in more than a year, it said on its FAQ page.

On Monday, the Independent reported that Google emailed users to let them know that the move comes out of a new agreement between itself and WhatsApp. The change in how the instant messaging app backs up data is reportedly being done to make backup more accessible and seamless.

From the email:

Due to a new agreement between WhatsApp and Google, WhatsApp backups will no longer count against Google Drive storage quota.

However, any WhatsApp backups that have not been updated in more than a year will automatically be removed from storage.

How do I preserve my precious WhatsAppery?

Fortunately, backing up your old stuff is easy-peasy. But first, you need a few things: a Google account that’s activated on your phone, as well as Google Play services and enough space for the backup. WhatsApp notes on its FAQ that Google Play services are only available for Android 2.3.4 and higher.

How to create a Google Drive WhatsApp backup:

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Tap Menu > Settings > Chats > Chat backup.
  3. Tap Back up to Google Drive and select a backup frequency other than Never.
  4. Select a Google account that you’ll back up your chat history to. If you don’t have a Google account, tap Add account when prompted and enter your login credentials. WhatsApp suggests that you please do remember the Google account you’re using for the backup – you’ll need that to get back into the backup.
  5. Tap Back up over to choose the network you want to use for backup. Note that this could cost you: backing up over a cellular data network might result in additional data charges.

Then again, you can manually back up your WhatsApp account to Google Drive at any point:

How to manually backup your WhatsApp chats to Google Drive

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Tap Menu > Settings > Chats > Chat backup.
  3. Tap BACK UP to begin your Google Drive backup. The process might take a while, depending on how much data you need to back up.

To get at your new backup, you’ll need to go through the same Google account that you used in the first place. If you need to install or reinstall WhatsApp on your phone, the app will prompt you to restore the backup.

You can check out the WhatsApp FAQ for instructions on how to restore a backup, but bear in mind that you’re best off doing it over a Wi-Fi connection to avoid the data charges you’ll get stuck with if you do it over your cellular network.

Finally, it’s extremely important to keep in mind, given that WhatsApp is encrypted end to end, that the Google drive backups are not. From WhatsApp’s FAQ:

Important: Media and messages you back up aren’t protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive.

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Chat History Backup and Restore Guide for WhatsApp

Background:

WhatsApp allows users to manually or automatically (periodically) back up their chat history locally or to the Google cloud disk, so they can restore the data on a new phone. On an HMS phone, the local backup function is available, but the Google cloud disk backup function does not work.

Scenario

Backup mode

Remarks

Phone change

WhatsApp backup/restore : iPhone to HMS phone

Backup not supported

NA

WhatsApp backup/restore : non-Huawei Android phone to HMS phone (EMUI 8. 0 and later),already got WhatsApp and its data on the new device

Manual data transfer

NA

WhatsApp backup/restore : non-Huawei Android phone to HMS phone (EMUI 8.0 and later), with no WhatsApp and its data on the new device

Phone Clone

HMS phone (EMUI 8.0 - 11.0.1),ues Phone Clone 12.0.0.410

HMS phone (later than 11.0.1), ues Phone Clone 12.0.1.410 or later

WhatsApp backup/restore : Huawei phone to Huawei phone

Phone Clone

Phone Clone 12.0.1.410 or later

Daily backup

WhatsApp backup/restore : using Mobile Cloud

Mobile Cloud

NA

1. For a non-Huawei phone, download the HUAWEI AppGallery from the Huawei official website and then download the Phone Clone from the HUAWEI AppGallery.

2. If the version of Phone Clone downloaded is not 12.0.1.410 or later, you need to log in to the HUAWEI AppGallery with a Huawei account to upgrade the Phone Clone version. Otherwise, the app cannot be upgraded.

Application scenarios:

1.Manual data transfer and phone clone operation guide for phone change.

2.Cloud backup and restore operation guide for daily backups.

WhatsApp backup/restore : iPhone to HMS phone

1. With Phone Clone, only the following data can be transferred from iPhone to Android: contacts, calendar events, camera photos, and videos. It's not possible to transfer WhatsApp data.

2. As iPhone and Android are using different servers for backing up WhatsApp data, there is no direct way to transfer WhatsApp data from iPhone to Android devices.

WhatsApp backup/restore : non-Huawei Android phone to HMS phone (EMUI 8.

0 and later),already got WhatsApp and its data on the new device

Back up and restore data manually.

Procedure:

  • Step 1: Back up chat history on the old phone.

1. In WhatsApp, touch the three-dot icon in the upper right corner, go to Settings > Chats, and touch Chat backup.

For some phones, after clicking on Chat backup, prompt up the "Back up to Google Drive" page and then select "Never" on that page.

After selecting "Never" ,you can click on backup in order for the backup to be done as a local backup.

2. Go to Files/Internal Storage (Phone storage)/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp.

3. Touch and hold the WhatsApp folder, touch More, and touch Compress. The compressed file is named WhatsApp.zip.

4. Use Bluetooth or a third-party file transfer app to transfer the WhatsApp.zip package from your old phone to your new phone.

  • Step 2: Restore the chat history on the new phone.

1. If the app has been installed, go to Settings > Apps > Apps > WhatsApp > Storage, touch CLEAR CACHE and CLEAR DATA to clear the data.

2. Go to Files > Phone > Android > media, create a folder, and name it com.whatsapp.

3. Move WhatsApp.zip to the com.whatsapp folder. Touch and hold WhatsApp.zip, touch More, and touch Extract to decompress it to the current folder.

4. Go to the Databases folder, keep only the msgstore.db.crypt14 file, and delete other files.

5. Go to Settings > Apps > Apps > WhatsApp > Permissions, and enable the Media and files permission.

6. When you open WhatsApp for the first time, sign in using your phone number, and enter the verification code. The data restore screen will then be displayed. Touch RESTORE.

Note: You need to sign in using the same WhatsApp account on the old and new phones. Otherwise, data restore will not be triggered.

backup:

Compress：

Restore:

WhatsApp backup/restore : non-Huawei Android phone to HMS phone (EMUI 8.

0 and later), with no WhatsApp and its data on the new device

Back up and restore data using Phone Clone.

When changing to a new phone, you can use Phone Clone to quickly transfer all apps and personal data.

Prerequisites: Both the new and old phones have installed the correct Phone Clone version.

HMS phone (EMUI 8.0 - 11.0.1),ues Phone Clone 12.0.0.410.

HMS phone (later than 11.0.1), ues Phone Clone 12.0.1.410 or later version.

Procedure:

1.Open WhatsApp on the old phone, go to Settings > Chats > Chat backup, and touch BACK UP.

2.Install and open Phone Clone on both the new and old phones, and connect the two phones as instructed.

3.Go to Select app and select Apps and data. Then select apps to be transferred.

4.Open WhatsApp on the new phone and complete data transfer as instructed.

Note: You need to sign in using the same WhatsApp account on the old and new phones. Otherwise, data restore will not be triggered.

Back up：

Connect:

Select data/app:

Transfer：

Restore backup：

WhatsApp backup/restore : Huawei phone to Huawei phone

When changing to a new phone, you can use Phone Clone to quickly transfer all apps and personal data.

Prerequisites:

EMUI 11 or earlier: Use Phone Clone 12.0.1.410 or later for data transfer.

EMUI 12: Use Phone Clone 12.0.1.410 or later for data transfer.

Procedure:

1.Install and open Phone Clone on both the new and old phones, and connect the two phones as instructed.

2.Go to Select app and select Apps and data. Then select apps to be transferred.

Note: You need to sign in using the same WhatsApp account on the old and new phones. Otherwise, data restore will not be triggered.

Connect:

Select data/app：

Transfer：

WhatsApp backup/restore : using Mobile Cloud

Use the backup function of Mobile Cloud to back up and restore data.

Phone change: Back up and restore data of WhatsApp using the cloud backup function for quick data transfer.

Procedure:

1.Sign in to the old phone with your HUAWEI ID.

2.Open the Cloud app, go to Backup option > App data, and select WhatsApp.

3.Touch BACK UP. In the process, both system settings and the list of apps are backed up.

4.Sign in to the new phone with the same HUAWEI ID. Open the Cloud app, go to Restore data, and select the data backup for restore.

When backing up, please check all frequently used data or apps, for example, Gallery, files, musics, etc. and restore them all when restoring. Ensure that the WhatsApp can be used normally after backup.

Automatic backup: Set the backup period under Auto-backup, so your app can be routinely backed up for data security. In case of data restore, you can select a backup record for restore.

Backup option：

Backup：

Restore：

Auto-backup：

How to backup WhatsApp on iPhone and transfer to Google Drive

Heading: WhatsApp FAQAuthor: Dmitry Romanov

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I used WhatsApp on my iPhone, now I want to transfer the messenger to my Android phone. Tell me how to perform the transfer without losing the history of correspondence. Is it possible to make a WhatsApp backup on an iPhone, transfer it to Google Drive and immediately open it on an Android smartphone?

It is possible, but using third-party software, let's look at it step by step.

Contents

  1. Backup
  2. Transfer backup to Google Drive
  3. Android backup restore

Backup

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  • Follow the path "Chats" => "Backup" => "Create a copy".
  • If you want to set up automatic copying, in the "Backup" tab, select "Automatic" and specify the frequency of backup.

    • All iPhone backups are stored in iCloud. If you decide to install WhatsApp on another iPhone with a link to the old phone number, during registration, the messenger will offer to restore the last backup.

    Move the backup to Google Drive

    On Android devices, iCloud functions are performed by Google Drive. Cloud service developers do not cooperate. WhatsApp backup from iPhone to Google Drive cannot be transferred directly. Restrictions on the transfer of correspondence are introduced to protect against the leakage of confidential data.

    Restrictions can be bypassed by using third-party programs such as iCareFone for WhatsApp Transfer or MobileTrans-WhatsApp Transfer. When transferring data from iPhone to Android phones, these applications act as intermediate storage.

    Install iCareFone for WhatsApp Transfer or MobileTrans-WhatsApp Transfer on your PC, then connect your iPhone and Android smartphone to your computer via a USB cable. Transfer your iCloud backup to Google Drive by following the on-screen prompts.

    Android backup restore

    To restore backup:

    1. Install WhatsApp on Android phone. Open the messenger and start the registration procedure.
    2. When the application prompts you to download the backup, click on Restore.
    3. Click "Next" and complete the profile creation.

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    How to backup WhatsApp on a smartphone: instructions for Android and iPhone

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    How to backup WhatsApp on your smartphone: instructions for Android and iPhone

    If you switched to another smartphone, reset your data unsuccessfully, or simply deleted WhatsApp, you may need to restore all chats. How to do this, we tell in the article.

    Copy WhatsApp chats on Android

    To backup WhatsApp, the user of the Android device must launch the messenger and follow these steps:

    1. Go to the "Other options" section.
    2. Open settings.
    3. Go to chats.
    4. Select "Backup Chats".
    5. Go to the option to back up information to Google Drive.
    6. Set the frequency at which data will be saved - the default is "Never". You can select "monthly", "weekly" and "daily".
    7. Specify a Google account for accessing Google Drive to which backups will be saved. If not, a profile should be created. This account will also be used to restore chats.
    8. Select the type of network to create the backup. It is desirable that copying be performed over Wi-Fi - this will save traffic and reduce mobile communication costs.
    9. If you want to copy not only text, but also videos, check the box next to the corresponding item.

    To create a copy manually, follow the first 4 steps of the instructions. But instead of going to the copy point, you should click on the green button that says "Backup". This will allow you to get the most up-to-date save for transferring chat history to another device - while a copy is automatically created no more than once a day at 2 am.

    End-to-end encryption can be enabled to increase the security of data storage. To do this, after completing the same 4 points of the initial instructions, select the "Encrypted Copying" section. Then, enable the feature and set up a password or a 64-digit key. To create an encrypted backup, click Create.

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    iPhone backup: using iCloud

    Another way to backup WhatsApp is for iOS device owners. The data is stored in the iCloud cloud service. To do this, the user must perform a few simple steps:

    1. Open the messenger.
    2. Go to the program settings.
    3. Open the "Chats" item.
    4. Select "Backup".
    5. Click on "Create a copy" to get an up-to-date save or set up an automatic backup by selecting the "Automatic" item and setting the backup frequency. If you want to save the video, check the box next to the corresponding item.

    We recommend that you set up saving over a Wi-Fi network. This will reduce the consumption of mobile traffic and reduce the time to create a backup.

    For this method to work, the user must be logged in on the iPhone or iPad with the same Apple ID that is used to sign in to iCloud. You also need to activate the iCloud Drive slider in iCloud settings. The required amount of free space in the cloud is 2 times the size of the backup.

    Copy of WhatsApp on the computer

    If you have an iPhone, you can back up WhatsApp and save data not only on your phone, but also on your computer. All you need is your iPhone, a Windows or macOS computer, a PC sync cable, and an iTunes account. The copy process consists of the following steps:

    1. Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your computer.
    2. Connect a mobile device to the USB port.
    3. Allow connection on phone.
    4. Open an iTunes account using your Apple ID and password.
    5. Click on "Summary" on the left side of the screen and select your device.
    6. In the "Backups" group in the main part of the window, select "This PC".
    7. Click the "Back Up Now" button.

    This will create an iTunes backup folder on the PC, downloading all information from the chats. On a Windows PC, it will be located in the Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Mobile Sync\Backup\ directory. On a macOS computer, at Library/Application/Support/Mobile Sync/Backup/. From here they can be restored in case of accidental data loss in messengers.

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