Did they give you a new mobile for Christmas or your birthday? Don't you know how to pass all the contents of WhatsApp without losing anything at all? Don't despair because here we present a simple step-by-step guide With it you can take all the messages, photos and videos that you have shared or received by WhatsApp. It is very simple, although you have to change from one Android mobile to another for the action to be feasible.
Since 2015, the Google Drive cloud storage system (on the Internet) is responsible for automatically saving backup copies of all our WhatsApp messages and content. That is, we do not need to connect the mobile to the computer and transfer folders to later take them to the new mobile. We just have to make sure we save all our messages correctly in Google Drive and then download them to the new mobile.
To be able to carry out all this process that we are going to explain to you, it is necessary to have several elements obligatorily. On the one hand, a WiFi-type Internet connection as agile as possible, to ensure that the process does not take too long if we have many messages and content after passing through. You also have to have two Android phones fully operational and configured. Of course, you just have to use the official WhatsApp application and have a single account associated with a phone number.The rest is supplied with a little patience and the following steps:
The first thing is to create a new backup copy of the messages in the old mobile. To do this, we directly access the WhatsApp application, display the menu in the upper right corner and click on Settings. Here we move to Chats, and access the function Backup
WhatsApp is responsible for making security copies daily and automatically at 2:00 in the morning However, we may have received or sent messages after that time. Therefore, to ensure that we save absolutely all the contents, it is advisable to make a new Backup manually and updated at the last moment of use. By clicking on the Save button we see how first a new copy file is generated with a pop-up message and, later, how it is automatically uploaded to Google Drive.Depending on the number of messages, photos and videos, the process can take several minutes You have to check the Videos box if you want these contents to be included in the copy of security, which will make the file and the process heavier and slower, but you will ensure the survival of all this.
The negative point in this step of the process is that they write to us during the upload of the Backup file. And it is that, once said file has been generated, the new messages received will be lost if a new copy is not created that includes them. Therefore, it is recommended to carry out this process at a time when there is little activity in the chats.
While the process of uploading the Backup to Google Drive is being carried out, we can take the opportunity to go downloading WhatsApp on the new Android mobile As always, just go to the Google Play Store and download it for free. We can even carry out the first steps of configuring the account, even when we are asked for the security code by SMS message. Remember that this entire process must be carried out with a single WhatsApp account, that is, with the same associated phone number. It is not possible to retrieve messages from a different phone number.
Once the upload process to Google Drive has finished, we can delete WhatsApp from our old mobile Thus we ensure that any new incoming message arrives directly to the new mobile without losing it because it is not included in the backup.
Once the SIM card has been changed, if necessary, and everything has been established in the new mobile, we can continue with the installation of WhatsApp. We enter the phone number to receive the confirmation security code and, on the next screen, pay attention to retrieving messages.
It is at this point that the function of Restore messages is displayed. This screen shows important data such as the time the last Backup was stored in Google Drive. It should match the time the backup was manually created several steps back, thus confirming that all messages up to that time will be restored to the new phone. Make sure you have a good WiFi connection as the process can take a few minutes. And, finally, click on Restore to start the final process.
WhatsApp downloads text messages from Google Drive backup first. So we can operate with messages and our contacts almost instantly. However, in the background, it will download older messages as well as photos and videos.A process that takes more time.
In in a few minutes we will have all the messages, photos and videos (if they have been saved) on the new mobile. And all this without the need to transfer files or backup copies manually. All this done through the mobile and through the Google Drive cloud. Remember that, in case there is a problem, you always have the Backup file available on the old mobile.
Of course, if you have not been able to restore the last messages, avoid creating a new backup on the new mobile. And it is that only the last Backup Copy is stored in Google Drive, which would imply losing all the messages that have not been effectively recovered.
With all this, the process ends, and the use of WhatsApp continues as if a terminal change had not been carried out.Everything is in its place: messages, photos and videos. Any messages received during the process, once the app is uninstalled on the old phone, will go straight to the new one once the app is set up Y , when a new Backup is created on the new mobile, they will be collected and safe in Google Drive.
