NEW WHATSAPP LOCAL BACKUP FIX! (2023) Restore your backup folder from PC on your Samsung Galaxy S23

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Is your WhatsApp install not recognizing your local backup? This video details where to find your WhatsApp folder on your Android device and how to restore your chat backup from PC!
For Galaxy s23 users transferring WhatsApp from their previous phone this would definitely be useful. Just be mindful of the location of the WhatsApp folder and the Case-Sensitivity (as some viewers noted)
#samsung #whatsappstatus #s23ultra #backupdata
0:00 Intro
1:23 Finding & Backing up your WhatsApp folder on PC
2:36 Restoring WhatsApp from your local backup
3:40 This is what we want. A local backup found!
3:55 Conclusion

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@SashaGLI 9 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!!! I tried to transfer messages from one account to another and only your solution really helped me!

@opheliawolf Год назад

You sir just saved my life and stopped me from tearing out my own hair! I don't understand why Whatsapp would give us the option to create a local backup and then make it almost impossible to restore. I must have watched at least 7 different tutorials until i found yours!

@moilimyacoub4580 4 месяца назад

Genius, thanks a bunch. Works. Simply hands down, the best video out there. No fuzz,

@tantiz 2 месяца назад

I already did the exact same process, but why wouldn't it connect to the local backup😢 when I clicked the skip then my whatsapp didn't even try to find from the local storage

@massimozanetti8871 Год назад

It worked on S22, the key point to let it work is to do backup, reset data and copy all the three folders (media backups and databases), only this way wapp recognizes there was a backup. Thanks a lot.

@squishyhammer Год назад

Great tips. Thanks for sharing!!

@justin6962 9 месяцев назад

Is it possible to share the needed folders via nearby share to new phone & setup WhatsApp ???? Please advise..

@DeEmperor1 3 месяца назад

What media folder contains wallpaper, voice notes, video notes, audio notes etc. You mean the folder that contains all of that?

@alistairmacinnes872 Год назад

Brilliant. Simply explained and fixed the problem I was facing. NB I got another prompt after I pressed restore (after that last step where I had forced it to find the internal backup) which wanted internet on again. I was worried about this as I didn't want it to go back to any online backup before it had restored from the internal storage. But I noticed in the video that you did have internet back on at that stage (once it had already found the right backup with flight mode on) so I tried turning it back on and, hey presto, all the messages and media are back... Great job friend!

@squishyhammer Год назад

Awesome! Love the success stories 😀

@justin6962 9 месяцев назад

Is it possible to share the needed folders via nearby share to new phone & setup WhatsApp ???? Please advise..

@deepakkushwaha1392 Год назад

you are a live saver mannn thank you soo much. Everyone who want to restore from local storage make sure to turn on flight mode while looking for backups appears or else it will only search for google drive backups.

@squishyhammer Год назад

Awesome!

@kingzzp613 2 месяца назад

@@squishyhammer do i need to turn off airplane mode after my local backup appears?

@Forlogson Год назад

Thanks for a very helpful video, but I found that you actually don't need to go through the step of going onto Airplane Mode whilst Whatsapp is searching for a Google Drive back-up - not in Android 13 anyway. I simply copied the com.whatsapp folder onto my PC, uninstalled Whatsapp from my phone, moved the com.whatsapp folder back into the Android > media folder and then reinstalled Whatsapp and during the set-up process it immediately asked me if I wanted to restore from my LOCAL backup! (I said yes please) All of this begs the question though, why don't Whatsapp allow you to simply click a link to restore from local backup anytime you like? It's ridiculous that people have to spend hours searching Google and watching RU-vid videos to perform what should be a very simple task!

@zul-ismail 11 месяцев назад

Anyway, for those who choose to use Airplane Mode method (like what I did), we need to enable the internet connection again when the whatsapp try to restore the messages

@johnanth 11 месяцев назад

They have a deal with Google - it was in the recent lawsuit against Meta around insufficiently protecting customer privacy. Unfortunately this has led to a worse experience for users. I am very much against it on privacy grounds and only use WhatsApp with family and a very small set of friends - Signal for everyone else.

@TheSwaroopB 7 месяцев назад

@Forlogson Did you have both Google Drive backup enabled and local backup available and it still showed you the option to restore from local? Or you didn't have Google Drive backup enabled or maybe not backed up since long (so your local backup was newer)?

@dovahkiin2 6 месяцев назад

thanks man you helped me tremendously but why is that ?@@zul-ismail

@jacobmackenzie2401 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much. I had been going round and round tearing my hair out. Tried what you said and it worked perfectly. Can't believe the hoops you have to jump through. ❤😁

@salemaidaros8354 Год назад

Thank you from the bottom of my heart you saved me I spent the hole day searching to fix it and you did ❤👍🏻

@squishyhammer Год назад

I'm so glad! Thanks for watching 😀

@masoudcheraghi9071 Год назад

Excellent workaround for fixing the problem of not finding the backup file.

@BrahyamMosquera Год назад

Hi men, simply brilliant you save me from leave my chats thank you very much!

@sohanshet5674 Месяц назад

It worked for me Samsung F41 Android 11 in Jun 2024 . Thanks a Lott man. You are my life saver. restore 4 yrs of memories. 🤗

@daesmua 5 месяцев назад

like, 2 weeks searching for solutions due to my phone cracking up, i cried, i stay up late, i borrow a new phone justo to reinstall whatsapp and restore form google drive, like a month or two old. But restore with local backup... i'm dumb, but you are a f* GENIUS

@eduardodavidmariscalfernan9714 4 месяца назад

Hey! I just wanted to let you know that you saved my ass with this! A family member of mine passed away and his phone got kinda like destroyed but I managed to recover the backup files and the sim card, and I was not able to restore them until I came across with your video. Thanks a lot man!

@squishyhammer 4 месяца назад

Glad it worked under your circumstances. Thanks for watching! Cheers

@gehinnom780 Год назад

It worked for me, I watched multiple videos but non of them helped me. This video saved my day thx.

@squishyhammer Год назад

Awesome! Always glad to hear success stories 🙂

@durmaztekeli Год назад

Which is your phone model?

@gehinnom780 Год назад

@@durmaztekeli Samsung A52

@MofoMik Год назад

You absolute legend! Spent all afternoon trying to figure it out an this was the only video that worked

@squishyhammer Год назад

That's awesome!

@user-em2kb3zq3c Год назад

Thank you bro, I was close to give it and upload the backups files to google cloud, I'm almost 10 years a Whatsapp user and never upload it to cloud, thank you again

@squishyhammer Год назад

Great to hear!

@elmoso1 10 месяцев назад

Broooooo you just saved me. I did exactly what you said and it worked. I guess with the new version as of sept 10 2023. As you kill the airplane mode and get ot to recognize the local file. The app says you need internet connection to continue But it worked afterwards. Thank you so much.

@squishyhammer 10 месяцев назад

Awesome!! Glad to hear! Thanks for sharing that - sounds like the interrupt notifications have slightly changed with latest updates but the underlaying process does still work. Cheers!

@iaeetokhelper8666 Год назад

very simple and easy method ... bro hats off to u maannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

@aja98192 4 месяца назад

It works thanks appreciate it 👍🏼

@reinaldo7233 Год назад

BEST SOLUTION EVER. Thanks. Reinaldo from Brazil

@squishyhammer Год назад

Awesome! Thanks for watching :)

@user-mg3xu9wj9q Год назад

You helped me to fix my issue. Thank you a lot!

@squishyhammer Год назад

Great to hear!

@rockyventhan5228 Год назад

Man you saved me thank you brother ❤

@jimitshah2116 7 месяцев назад

Perfect Solution. I was not able to restore backup as it was encrypted in google drive and i was not able to remember password or key. This works just fine. and fetches the local backup. Thanks a lot.

@jimitshah2116 7 месяцев назад

is internal stored backup is also password protected? do we need password or key for that also?

@TheArtFreezer Год назад

I had a little bit of a Problem, because apparently whatsapp created folders in the internal storage AND my SD card, when I copied the backup to the internal storage whatsapp folder, it wouldn't find anything, but it worked perfectly after I copied them to the sd card folder. thanks for the tutorial!

@hohowong5154 Год назад

Super Thanks! Excellent instructions👍👍🙏

@squishyhammer Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@100K-Subscribers5 5 месяцев назад

Bro worked thx man, Now I have 2 WhatsApps on same phone lol 😊😅, thx ☺️

@ddnur.alam_ 7 месяцев назад

Yes it is work, after waited the otp for 45 hours, Remember, after verifying your OTP and searching for Backup on Google Drive, re-enter the WA app in airplane mode, Thank you very much for this very useful video

@squishyhammer 7 месяцев назад

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience. Will be useful for others!

@emmanuelekeh2592 4 месяца назад

thanks alot, but I got another prompt after I pressed restore, that is after that last step where I had forced it to find the internal backup, it says, unable to restore your chats from this backup. do you want to restore your chats from an older backup? it then gives the option of skip or restore from older.... by the time i try to click on older, because internet back again, the whole reverts back to searching for g.drive and once i skip it, it all comes back to creating account without back. please how can i rectify this?

@muhamadfadilabdilah363 5 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot! 💖

@Kemstar Год назад

Hello. I have a problem I recently made a backup compressed it and transferred to my pc then deleted the account from indide tha app itself. I re-register now after placing back files but whenever i click restore it fails to restore idk y. Can you please help

@ViduraviAthulathmudali Год назад

Thanks man! It worked!!!

@squishyhammer Год назад

Awesome!

@vasvas73 7 месяцев назад

thank you!😀

@afriendabroad2083 17 дней назад

you saved me! Thank you!

@somb8434 3 месяца назад

OH MY GOD, you sir, are a life saver, thank you so much, I will eternally be grateful. Liked and subscribed. Thank you very much!! Your video was the only thing that was able to help me. I still can't believe it, thank you, thank you, thank you!

@azubikechristian710 8 месяцев назад

Thanks ...very helpful

@technischesgaming 3 месяца назад

This actually works, thank you!

@optimosomchi 3 месяца назад

Hi, please did you experience any initial difficulty while trying to restore? I turned on Airplane mode and I was able to see the backup, connected back to wifi and the backup take forever and eventually wont restore. Did you experience this initially?

@albhem_eh Год назад

What if it specifically says can't backup the particular backup db file? And if it asks me to restore older ones? And what if i only saved that one particular db file and i want that one to be restored no options?

@lizfuzy 7 месяцев назад

Absolute lifesaver!!!! The airplane mode was the missing step (it took us three days of struggle to move whatsapp from Huawei to Samsung), thank you!! For anyone with an older Android version (I think this phone was V9) the storage is as follows: File Manager/Internal Storage/Android and then you dump the whatsapp folder, not in Android/Media/.com.whatsapp etc. Because it was a huge folder we just zipped it beforehand and then extracted it in the new phone.

@squishyhammer 7 месяцев назад

Great! Glad it all worked out for you 🙂. Thanks for sharing!

@666omran2 11 месяцев назад

you are legend

@sazerx3612 4 месяца назад

sorry, after whatsapp found my local backup, do ineed to open back the internet? because it prompt to do so.

@Immortal-877 5 месяцев назад

The sir it's 10000000000% working . Love you sir . Your are grate.

@thishandleisntalreadytaken 5 месяцев назад

thank you thank you thank you! I've been trying to restory my chats for almost 3 hours now and nearly gave up.

@cricmomentum07 Месяц назад

Fukin life saver thanks mate ❤

@AazilHizbzzz Год назад

thank you so much man it worked

@squishyhammer Год назад

Glad to hear it!!

@preetjiwanpur7854 11 месяцев назад

Still i can't restore it keeps showing restore from google

@anakmalek 4 месяца назад

Thank you..Thank you..Thank You...!!!

@ashishkulkarni4122 6 месяцев назад

If i have several backups in my database folder - will it choose the latest one?

@yahialamhafad5631 Год назад

You drop this 👑

@squishyhammer Год назад

lol😁

@ram-kj4lm 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much really I got my chat back Thank you really

@TheLovetoDraw1997 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, thank you, thank you soooooo much. Seriously thank you. I´ve spent the entire f** day to get Whatsapp to my moms new phone. And YOUR video saved me. Thank you soooo much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💖💖💖 I will definitly subscribe to you channel. You are my hero 💕😘☺☺

@squishyhammer 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! I'm glad it all worked out!! Cheers 😀

@Igzanda135 5 месяцев назад

thanks, verrrrrry helpful

@squishyhammer 5 месяцев назад

Glad it helped! Cheers

@ainulqalbi 4 месяца назад

Hey @squishy, i just accidentally downloaded the gdrive restore files to my new phone and i lost all my chat history. Is the local backup will dissapear on my old phone or not? Cuz that phone is kinda dead at the moment. Pls answer my question, thx

@hibajammoul8483 3 месяца назад

thank you for the video, but after restore your chats screen shown and it starts preparing to restart it keeps in showing me a message that says: "unable to start restoring your message history backup. please check that you are connected to the internet and try again" if I turn on the wifi it takes me back to google drive backup. otherwise I have two options either to skip restore or retry ( knowing that if I click retry with airplane mode, the previous message keeps in showing up)

@TheDjunius 6 месяцев назад

IT WORKS! Anyway, if we restore when in airplane mode, there will be notification that ask us to connect the internet. After i connect it (deactivate the airplane mode), it works. Thanks dude

@chin2178 Год назад

thanks buddy , worked

@squishyhammer Год назад

Great!

@xHuskyy 7 месяцев назад

Running into this problem currently. Have tried this method but all the media in my chats won't restore/ is broken. Am i doing something wrong?

@anmac6910 4 месяца назад

if I dont have the phone number can I still see old whatsapp messages this way ? For example, my dad's whatsapp is on the galaxy A70 and I want to see his old chat messages without logging to whatsapp on this device using his phone number. The reason I'm doing this is because my dad made several backups and duplicates on his laptop and im trying to keep only original photos and videos according to when they were received/sent. So, I want to see either 1. the whatsapp chat history with filename and timestamps or 2. old whatsapp chat history on a new device. I have a pixel 7 as a test devie as well. What are my options ?

@yalcinozer4434 4 месяца назад

Thanks for this valuable info. I am gonna try it in 10 minutes, I hopes it helps.

@yalcinozer4434 4 месяца назад

First, I tested whether the app will recognize db files or not. It worked, so I moved media files too :-) Those methods are written in Whatsapp FAQ but they might change over time. So I had doubts if they are still valid. Thank you for giving hopes to try😁

@forfreedomtwo6921 10 месяцев назад

Great video. I will test this restore method soon. But FYI I did a normal GDrive backup from old phone (without video). Restored from GDrive to new phone and running. And then I copied my video (separately backed up to PC from old phone) files directly from PC into new phone's internal storage video folder for WhatsApp. All is good ... From the chat all video are working as normal and can be played. Hope it helps. This is on Android 10 (new phone) and the old phone was Android 13.

@squishyhammer 10 месяцев назад

Nice! That's quite a hybrid backup / restore method - sounds useful to speed up uploading if you choose to not include video media in the online backup. Thanks for sharing!

@HighHell99 23 дня назад

Exactly what I was looking for!

@squishyhammer Год назад

Hey Guys! If you're trying to transfer WhatsApp chats between an old android version to a newer one.... the latest Android OS changes the location of the old WhatsApp folder!

@RailfanHS Год назад

Hi, I have tried a ton of times. I am still not been able to restore.

@squishyhammer Год назад

@@RailfanHS Hi, not sure if you read some of my replies below but perhaps one of these may help which I'll paste here: - Uninstall your new WhatsApp installation (make sure you still have your original backup elsewhere) - Copy your "msgstore.db.crypt14" backup over (or crypt15 depending) to your "Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp\Databases" or "\WhatsApp\Databases" - If the folders don't exist, make sure you re-create them manually (the folders are also Case-Sensitive "Whatsapp vs WhatsApp") - Reinstall WhatsApp and check if it recognizes Lastly, I would try to start by isolating the differences of a working scenario vs your backup, perhaps its the WhatsApp location, filename discrepancies, or worst-case scenario, the backup files themselves. We might also consider WhatsApp ceasing to restore older versions of backups depending on the age. Hope this all helps!

@RailfanHS Год назад

Well i was able to fix it, took a rather unconventional way but it worked. Thank you boss

@squishyhammer Год назад

@@RailfanHS Awesome! If its worth sharing, let us know what you did to get it to work! Cheers

@RailfanHS Год назад

I logged in again on old device. Then copy pasted backup folder to new phone All this time, i kept new device on airplane. After this, I turned on internet on new device, it askrd me to verify my device again. Now when it was looking to restore backups.I turned on airplane mode again.Forcing it it lookup for local backups.Which it did.

@mohdabuzar1739 5 месяцев назад

Still same issue persist.after Airoplane mode it just skips and move on to profile name. Did everything correctly,names, file folders in correct folders.etc. Still cant find solution.

@ashishkulkarni4122 6 месяцев назад

Question - Does it work the same for End to end encrypted - or it requires a key ? cause I don't remember my key and I already uninstalled the app - it asks me to enter pass key for e2e encrypted online backup to restore . will it be the same case for local backup as well??HELP me pls😭

@rohrto Год назад

But WhatsApp do incremental backups to Google, not full backup each time... So upload shoud not be the problem here.

@martinqizeaq 4 месяца назад

I have trulied this method several times and my WhatsApp still have no local restore option. Any thoughts.

@johnanth 11 месяцев назад

Just wanted to say a huge thanks. I don't have a backup in Google Drive so moving the folder - but doing it at the right step, worked for me. Specifically - I launched WhatsApp once so it created /Android/media/com.whatsapp. Then I moved my WhatsApp folder into it. The restore option was right there. Hopefully the lawsuit against Meta for breaching its users privacy will mean we get an offline backup option back!

@squishyhammer 11 месяцев назад

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience.. yes hope they can really let us have more offline control

@arjunsanthosh3322 Месяц назад

Help. When i skip, it ACTUALLY skips without detecting any local file. The version is android 12. What do i do?

@sanjaysoni7733 11 месяцев назад

Thank you very much. Now a days, WhatsApp help is not at all showing how to do local backup. Before some years it was showing. Now a days WhatsApp is showing a new feature of direct transfer from one phone to another without any backup. But my old phone was degraded to old android version of 5.0 . The new transfer feature supports only for the version of 5.1 and above.

@squishyhammer 11 месяцев назад

Oh my 5.1 .. glad it all worked out but ya I hear you...

@sanjaysoni7733 5 месяцев назад

@@squishyhammer If so, then I will have to purchase a Google one drive account and then transfer my whatsapp to a new Android phone. It is showing that my last local backup was on 10th January. This was done by me manually, by touching the backup button. It was not daily automatically backing up. Now it is showing "Backup your chats and media to your Google account's storage" . There is no option at all for local backup.

@sanjaysoni7733 5 месяцев назад

@@squishyhammerif I copy and paste my whatsapp folder in my new Android phone, and backup only chats in Google account. And then if I restore in new phone, will I get restore all the media in that or not. My media in whatsapp is more. Or should I have to purchase a Google one drive account and backup my media also in that. Then, should I have a Google photo's application also in my new phone or not necessary. If you know, Please answer.

@k2yuy Год назад

What I did was turn off the whatsapp backup on my google drive, and it will detect the backup from local.

@paparoti4006 10 месяцев назад

How u do it ?

@jnaji186 8 месяцев назад

How

@itsgabby766 7 месяцев назад

Mines still not detecting

@ahmadadeska6161 11 месяцев назад

This is should be the first video I watch

@squishyhammer 11 месяцев назад

Lol thanks for watching!

@googleoogle5021 4 месяца назад

I need help! Am I able to inbox/email for advice/help please?

@techviews4208 Год назад

Hi your video was really helpful and I was trying to find an answer for this for years but now I’m sure I can copy and paste as a backup on my pc But there’s one more query Long story short I didn’t have backup enabled on my galaxy a7 and broke If so inserted the SIM card in new phone and ended up using it like new But it laid broken from 2019 to 2020 and that’s when I got it fixed I will attempt to copy the WhatsApp folder but will the chats show on the new phone? WhatsApp is active and I have many important messages but I also want the old ones or is there anyway to view the chats and pictures on the pc? Thx

@squishyhammer Год назад

I think the issue here may be different because you'll have to re-install WhatsApp on your new phone and you'll most likely lose your CURRENT chats (& media?) if you restore from an older backup. Unfortunately, there's no way to effectively combine both old and new chats. On the topic of viewing older chats on PC, I remember a long time ago I decrypted the SQL database files by using a rooted phone and retrieving the decryption Key. There was an XDA app that could read the chat contents of the database file however that was a LONG, long, time ago. Not sure where this stands currently but you may want to try the XDA community for help in this regard. Cheers!

@mavtaf 5 месяцев назад

my new phone picks the old backup but fails to restore messages from it....plz help

@pratikjadhav4485 2 месяца назад

I deleted my whatsapp chats on 21st april last month...taday is 9th may...Local backup showing backups till 2nd may.....But i want my chats before of 21st april what should i do?? Please help.

@vaishnaviboga3184 7 месяцев назад

Actually by mistakely I uninstalled my WhatsApp without backup but automatic backup is there in my files internal storage but I don't no how to recover ? I tryed to login but the WhatsApp is asking permission of Google drive can u pls help me to recover my data

@Trippii Год назад

hey man! thank you so much for this tutorial it worked, but when i first tried it i only copied the database folder because i only want the chats to the restored, but ive changed my mind now and i wanna restore the media too, how can i do this the most sufficient way? because when i copied the media to the same folder it doesnt detect it in whatsapp, should i reinstall whatsapp and copy and paste all first?

@squishyhammer Год назад

No problem. Yes i would suggest exactly that if your chats aren't showing your media afterwards. Cheers!

@Trippii Год назад

@@squishyhammer yup! all good now, just takes a ton of time moving medias 10gb of small files

@squishyhammer Год назад

@Trippii Awesome! Yes it does take a while to copy gigs of files lol

@BacatauMania Год назад

When I reinstall Whatsapp that sgit doesn't show me the option to restore, it simply loads my profile without any history, I can only see my group chats. How do I fix this?

@itsgabby766 7 месяцев назад

Also happened to me

@user-lq3qy7rb5f 11 месяцев назад

How can i do if my cellphone is format??

@gob2poof812 12 дней назад

When i tried the airplane mode and pressed continue it did not give me the restore from local backup . Please help😭

@khalilvora6457 4 месяца назад

Does it work for android 9 and above ?

@decode9160 3 месяца назад

you can also just detach your google account to avoid the network stuff

@SayidGudb Месяц назад

It all works. But when it found the Local backup and I press Restore, it takes long time in "preparing messages" and then failed !! I tried many times with different copies of backup but same result. Plz help... P.s. should I disable Airplane mode in any point? as I see in the video at last minutes you are connected to WiFi

@forfreedomtwo6921 10 месяцев назад

New Updates on my Android 10 phone just 2 days ago WhatsApp was installed/running from internal storage "root\WhatsApp" folder. Yesterday all of a sudden noticed all the contents got moved to "root\Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp" folder. And the original "root\WhatsApp" folder still there and became empty. Now today the original "root\WhatsApp" folder is gone/removed automatically. Wow looks like it is trying to standardize install location for all Android versions now?? Anyone else noticed the same location change for their older Android version's WhatsApp??

@squishyhammer 9 месяцев назад

That's a very Interesting change - that the file path for the old WhatsApp folder on Android 10 is now similar to the latest folder structure... Thanks for sharing your discovery, can anybody verify this?

@dragotolic3598 Год назад

I Will write expirience for Huawei. Steps are good until restoring backup. I don't have Google drive so I needed this. So when you get verryfication turn on airplane mode. then system will find backup, click couple times and close app every time. Then turn wifi and they will retrieve data from storage.Tip is that that don't say it is from storage just revive backup.And done.after couple hours suffering.And zipp files on laptop if is more than 500mb .mine was 3gb.Good luck

@leodiclemente5848 10 месяцев назад

Hi, Struggling with this actually. It's not working for me, after i choose skip twice, it doesnt show me the internal restore page but it goes futher and try to configure whats aswell. Note that im trying to restore a crypt12 file and not crypt14 (i also tried to rename it in crypt14) any suggestion about?

@squishyhammer 10 месяцев назад

Did you try restoring it in the correct folder path? "Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp\" for newer phones

@user-wp1ym5ge3e Год назад

Thank you so much my brother. you saved my 13 GB WhatsApp data of 3 years.....👌🤘🤟

@squishyhammer Год назад

Glad to have helped!

@justin6962 9 месяцев назад

Can you please tell me how did you do that....

@blindslowhappy6842 Год назад

With mine, it shows that it has found a backup file but when I restore it, there are none of my chats, only the group chats. So it's like a reinstall without databases files. I also tried to restore to a previous state so I changed the name of an a few days old file (one with date in it) to the name of the latest file. But as I said. It finds a backup, but doesn't restore the chats. Do you have any idea?

@squishyhammer Год назад

Hmm thats a strange one. Seems conflicting that there would be Group chats only. It could be that your original backups you have may not contain your regular chats at all or that its finding an online backup somehow bypassing your local one. Have you tried a complete clean reinstall of WhatsApp? That's the only way I figure to be sure. Also try physically disconnecting your internet when it searches for your backup perhaps its somehow finding a way online.

@sandicun Год назад

Does the problem still presist? I got the same problem. Wanna know the solution

@douwemonsma5874 Год назад

@@squishyhammer i also had this problem, it only showed empty groups! I had to rename the internal storage/whatsapp folder to /whatsappold, and copy all the backup files in it to the new location Android/ etc, like explained in the video. This is because newer android versions 11 and up use this new location as the video explains! To make sure, i first made a copy to my PC drive, and from there copied it to the correct location in the phone

@squishyhammer Год назад

@@douwemonsma5874 So it was a folder location issue. Thanks for sharing! 😀

@TheBestowersSlave Год назад

@@douwemonsma5874 I have got the same problem. Only groups' are restored that too without any text message. My phone is Android 13

@justin6962 9 месяцев назад

Is it possible to share the needed folders via nearby share to new phone & setup WhatsApp ???? Please advise..

@squishyhammer 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! I wouldn't know however I'd recommend a desktop file manager to avoid any mishaps...

@sbodezzi00 Год назад

Hi thank you for this video! I'm trying to get the popup where say that takes to long to get backup and skip. I tried 5 times staying atleast 5 minutes waiting for it but i can't get it. What i did wrong? i set the number , insert 2 factory code , autorize google drive, insert the account, airplane mode and wait. redo this 5 times....i'll keep trying or i did something wrong?

@squishyhammer Год назад

Thanks for watching! Sounds like an issue with the App not recognizing your local folder. Make sure its in the right location: "Internal Storage\Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp\" (if its a newer android) and also be mindful of the case-sensitivity (ie; WhatsApp vs Whatsapp)

@samirchucri 5 месяцев назад

I recover the local backup .. all chats appeared but the media files don't work .. photos not showing in the chat and can't play voice note thru the chat .. can u help me?

@-marazaba1247 3 месяца назад

Local is just chat

@emmanuelokoli6578 6 месяцев назад

Hello. Please I'm getting thid error "unable to restore chats from this backup " How do I solve it please? Thank you

@ytsouravpaul 4 месяца назад

same problem any solution you found please help

@sergionunezsalas7290 Год назад

I have a problem, when i get to the step to skip twice, whatsapp doesn't show me the local back up, it just get me to put my name and start from 0. I have alredy put the archive of my chats in the folder named databases when i get through it.

@squishyhammer Год назад

My backups consists of the entire main WhatsApp folder vs individual database files to avoid issues like this so I can't pinpoint specifics but I'll try to help: - Uninstall your new WhatsApp installation (make sure you still have your original backup elsewhere) - Copy your "msgstore.db.crypt14" backup over (or crypt15 depending) to your "Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp\Databases" or "\WhatsApp\Databases" - If the folders don't exist, make sure you re-create them manually (the folders are also Case-Sensitive) - Reinstall WhatsApp and check if it recoginizes Lastly, I would try to start by isolating the differences of a working scenario vs your backup, perhaps its the WhatsApp location, filename discrepancies, or worst-case scenario, the backup files themselves. We might also consider WhatsApp ceasing to restore older versions of backups. Hope this all helps!

@shreyaspisal5812 Год назад

I have the same problem and have tried every way possible but WhatsApp isn't supporting my local backup

@tanyachauhan6982 Год назад

Same happened

@adamkatz2003 Год назад

@@squishyhammer Same problem

@user-lq3qy7rb5f 11 месяцев назад

How about format cellphone,it's anything to do or nothing please help me if what can I do to my phone thank you in advanced.

@inainaina520 3 месяца назад

excuse me, looking for help here. Can i do the local restore with just crypt14 file? thats all i left by a misclick with delelting 5 years of record.

@-marazaba1247 3 месяца назад

Have you figured it out ?

@inainaina520 3 месяца назад

@@-marazaba1247 no, still trying out.

@edfrees Год назад

Unfortunately it doesn't work. I followed the instructions precisely, but at the point it should show my local backup it just skips on to the profile and the setup ends.

@jirehtang5431 10 месяцев назад

Me too

@TheKunjukuttans Год назад

I have a Samsung Tab S6 with Android 12. I need to restore WhatsApp from my backup stored locally. When I am installing WhatsApp I do not get the "Looking for Backup" message that you have shown in the video (2:38). So I am not sure when to enable Airplane mode. Can you please help me ?

@squishyhammer Год назад

If you're not getting a looking for backup screen in the app it seems it has trouble finding the folder location. For Android 12+ make sure your WhatsApp folder resides in the ".\Android\media\com.whatsapp\" (and the folders named are Case-Sensitive). Also you can enter airplane mode after entering your initial credentials.

@TheKunjukuttans Год назад

@@squishyhammer Hi Thanks for your response. Just to elaborate, something went wrong with my WhatsApp on 23 Jul and I lost all past messages. I had not enabled Google Drive Backup. But I had backup for 21 Jul 2023 and 22 Jul 2023 locally stored on Internal Storage\Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp\Databases folder. In order to restore from locally stored back up, I did the following: - I renamed the backup file of 22 Jul 2023 to msgstore.db.crypt14 - Uninstalled WhatsApp (with the keep app data option) - Installed WhatsApp .. However during the installation process, I am not being prompted to sign in .. and neither am I seeing the notification “Looking for Backup”. Infact no prompts or notifications appear during the entire installation process. - Once installation is complete, the “Open” button is enabled. And when I click on Open, my WhatsApp opens and I see only the messages received after 23 Jul. So given that I am not receiving any prompts or notifications I am not sure when to switch to "Airplane" mode during the Installation process.

@deathreapergamingandedits2818 5 месяцев назад

Excellent Video, but i have a personal issue, i lost my old backup and i skipped to restore, i didnt know what is end to end encrypted backup, so i press the button, and after that my old chats were gone and got a new backup and lost my old chats and my old WhatsApp Backup got overwritten twice, so what shall i do? I tried nearly everything, now i really trust in u, rn, i really need ur help, im very desperate for this.

@yuvanpraveen4641 2 месяца назад

Same problem Recovery your data

@preetird8385 4 месяца назад

I need urgent help please. At 3:38 - 3:42 As you indicated I had turned of any connection to the online, skip twice & after that my WhatsApp, instead of locating the local back-up file, it is directly setting up my name & going to the latest (non backed up) chats. Somehow its not showing me to restore From local storage. How can I resolve this? And i tried this again n again. Not working. Today my whatsapp data from so many years has disappeared suddenly.

@dayaroundtheworld4537 3 месяца назад

Did you find any solution... ??? I also lost all of my data suddenly in the morning 😢

@preetird8385 3 месяца назад

@@dayaroundtheworld4537 I dint find any solution, I tried every possible solution on RU-vid. Also I recently heard from a friend that they also lost all WhatsApp data. So I'm starting to think that it's something done by Meta.

@user-zz1sw2hn3g Год назад

Yesterday I have done a reset on my phone, and I didn't took recent backup I have a backup of december 2022 in sd card, but when I am trying to pit them in whatsapp folder whatsapp does not recognize the backup and open up the new whatsapp without any backup chats what do I do now brother I need my chats back please help

@TheBestowersSlave Год назад

you are my brother !

@TheBestowersSlave Год назад

Do lemme know if you get some solution

@michaeltarek6323 Год назад

Hi please HELP ME. I clicked skip twice and now I lost all my conversations, everything. I just have the group messages and its like I am recently added to the groups. Also, I dont find the Databases folder to find the msgstore.crypt things. PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU

@michaeltarek6323 Год назад

ALSO, I uninstalled WhatsApp and installed it and before it would show a Local Backup time like 2:37 am and now NOTHING is showing. PLEASE HELP ME!

@squishyhammer Год назад

@@michaeltarek6323 If you still have your original backup WhatsApp folders on your PC, make sure you uninstall that nonfunctioning WhatsApp on your phone and remove the existing folders that may have been created then try the process again from scratch. You could try the following processes: - Copy your "msgstore.db.crypt14" backup over (or crypt15 depending) to your "Android\media\com.whatsapp\WhatsApp\Databases" or "\WhatsApp\Databases" - If the folders don't exist, make sure you re-create them manually (the folders are also Case-Sensitive) - Reinstall WhatsApp and check if it recognizes

@itsgabby766 7 месяцев назад

What happens if it still doesn't recognize it?