Otherwise, data restore will not be triggered. Note: You need to sign in using the same WhatsApp account on the old and new phones. The data restore screen will then be displayed. When you open WhatsApp for the first time, sign in using your phone number, and enter the verification code. Go to Settings > Apps > Apps > WhatsApp > Permissions, and enable the Media and files permission.Ħ. Go to the Databases folder, keep only the msgstore.db.crypt14 file, and delete other files.ĥ. Touch and hold WhatsApp.zip, touch More, and touch Extract to decompress it to the current folder.Ĥ. Move WhatsApp.zip to the com.whatsapp folder. Go to Files > Phone > Android > media, create a folder, and name it com.whatsapp.ģ. If the app has been installed, go to Settings > Apps > Apps > WhatsApp > Storage, touch CLEAR CACHE and CLEAR DATA to clear the data.Ģ. Step 2: Restore the chat history on the new phone.ġ.Use Bluetooth or a third-party file transfer ap p to transfer the WhatsApp.zip package from your old phone to your new phone. The compressed file is named WhatsApp.zip.Ĥ. Touch and hold the WhatsApp folder, touch More, and touch Compress.

Go to Files/Internal Storage (Phone storage)/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp.ģ. For some phones, after clicking on Chat backup, prompt up the 'Back up to Google Drive' page and then select 'Never' on that page.Īfter selecting 'Never' ,you can click on backup in order for the backup to be done as a local backup.Ģ.

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