In today’s tutorial we find out how to recover WhatsApp messages on Android and iOS, with and without a backup
Whether you have decided to format your smartphone, buy a new one or simply need to uninstall WhatsApp, you can always restore old messages and chat media taking advantage of the restoration of online or offline backups.
I’ll also explain how to recover conversations even without a backup, even if it is the least reliable solution for the reasons you will see later.
For this reason I recommend that you back up regularly, manually or automatically, depending on your preferences.
To set up Google Drive backup:
If you have chosen not to set up automatic backup, click on RUN BACKUP to run it manually.
If you want to restore the last available backup on Google Drive:
After restoring the chats, WhatsApp will start restoring the media files.
If you install WhatsApp without having any previous backup on Google Drive, WhatsApp will automatically restore the backup file stored locally.
The phone automatically creates local backups for the last seven days, every day at 02:00 and they are saved in the folder sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases. Unlike the backup to Google Drive, which allows you to restore only the most recent backup, with this method you can choose which backup to restore.
If you want to restore a local backup, follow these steps:
As in the case of a restore from Google Drive, WhatsApp will begin restoring media files after restoring the chats.
To backup chats on your iCloud you need to pay attention to:
To set up automatic backup to iCloud:
You can manually back up your chats at any time by going to WhatsApp -> Settings -> Chats -> Chat Backup -> Back Up Now
There are several software, very similar to each other in interface and functionality, which allow you to recover chats and multimedia files even if you do not have a backup.
From personal experience I can tell you that these software are not 100% reliable, as the success of the recovery operation depends on several factors, such as the fact that the program is able to temporarily root the smartphone or that the portion of memory in the which files were found has been overwritten.
In any case, trying doesn’t hurt, you can try the free version of the software, which generally allow you to recover only a portion of the files and possibly buy the full license to recover everything.
Among the software available I point out Dr. Fone, Tenorshare UltData e EaseUs, all compatible with Windows and Mac for recovery from Android and iOS smartphones.
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