If you buy a new smartphone, and then simply sign in to WhatsApp, your old messages will not transfer automatically. So, here in this tutorial, we will discuss with you several methods to transfer WhatsApp chats to your new device. If that happens, it would be easier for you to pick up from exactly where you left.
Google Drive backup and restore method.
In the newer version of WhatsApp, you get an option of automatic Google drive backup. Daisy, an educator who offers online do my math homework service, says that she recently switched from a Redmi phone to a Samsung phone, and transferred all her chats via the Google drive method, which was highly seamless and straightforward. Well, indeed the technique has simplified the process of transfer and made it easier than ever before.
For this, follow the steps:
- Tap onto the three dots present at the top left corner of the screen. Then, go to the Settings menu, and click on chats. There, you have to select Chat backup.
- Now, you get two options. You can automatically backup your chats as frequently as you like or you can manually backup the WhatsApp chats. After you have reinstalled WhatsApp, you will be prompted to recover the conversations as well as the multimedia from your Google Drive.
- Following it, the contacts and the chats will instantly appear in the app, but the media will take a while to download completely.
It is the most frequently used method for transferring chats. However, it is not the only method that you can use. Let us find out about some other ways of moving your WhatsApp chats from old phone to the new one.
Manually backup up the chats, and then restoring them
Steffy, an accounting homework help provider with a noted assignment help platform, says that when she switched to a new phone, the Google drive method was not available, so she had to restore the chats manually.
Well, yes, for anyone who likes to do things the old school way, this one is a simple and a straightforward method of creating a backup for the WhatsApp chats, and then moving it to the new phone. For doing this, you can follow these steps:
- In your WhatsApp, open the Settings menu. From there, you can tap onto the Chats and calls. In there, click on to the Chat backup option.
- If both your old and new Android phone use the external SD card for memory, you can backup all your chats to the memory card. Once done, you can remove the memory card from the old phone, and then put it in your new phone. Then when you install WhatsApp in your new phone, you can restore the chats from your SD card.
- Diana, an associate with TrumpLearning,says that her phone did not have a memory card and saved all the chats in the internal memory, so she connected the old smartphone to the laptop using a USB cable, and navigated through the internal memory to access the WhatsApp or the Database folder, and transfer chats. Well, it is a full-proof method and can be used by you too. In the Database, you will find all the backup files, which will be saved with a date. You can copy these files with their latest creation date on the PC. Make sure you place this on the most accessible area of your PC or laptop, such as the desktop.
- Once done, you can install the WhatsApp on your new phone but wait, do not start it as yet.
- Now, you will have to connect your new phone to the PC using the cable. Since now the WhatsApp is downloaded onto a new handset, you will automatically see a Database or WhatsApp folder. If the folder is not there, you can manually create it in the WhatsApp folder.
- Now, you have to copy all of your WhatsApp chats in this folder.
- Next, you can normally start the WhatsApp on your new phone after verifying your phone number. Once done, you will get a message that there is a backup found. Click on Restore, and that’s it. In just a few minutes, all your messages can be seen onto the new device.
Transferring chats from iPhone to an Android smartphone
Rihanna, an executive with FineGrades, says that she was utterly disappointed when she found out that without using any third-party app, she cannot transfer her WhatsApp chats from iPhone to Android device, or vice versa. Well, unfortunately, it is the truth.
However, the iPhone users can certainly use iCloud and retrieve the old chats on their new iPhone. Similarly, Android users can employ the Google Drive backup feature for the same.
Conclusion
Beyond the three methods we have listed above, is there any method that you have tried, which worked fine for you? Well, if yes, we would indeed want to know. So, do let us know in the comments below, and we will share it with our audience.
