I know that WhatsApp chats are stored under Whatsapp/Database folder.
I deleted the folder a week ago, which deleted my chats.
Will the new database folder created would have overwritten the contents of the old one?
(or) can I still recover the .db.crypt files somehow without rooting my phone?
P.S - Rooting phone requires unlocking bootloader which factory reset of the phone.
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Is there a way to recover files from a backup I made before upgrading to Mango?
I tried restoring the backup to the phone but it does not work, my backup was from 7003 version. I only need to recover 3-4 office files (excel & notes).
Any way to decompress the contents of the backup to a folder instead of a phone device?
Opening the first DAT file on notepad shows: SHA1, AES, DSK1:IMGFS so contents are probably encrypted and in IMGFS file system format?
I was in TWRP on my phone, and accidently somehow deleted my backed up files that I use to restore my phone. I actually wiped everything off my phone somehow, including pictures, contacts, etc. I was wondering if there is anyway to recover these files? I had three different files backed up that I could use under Restore and they are all gone now?
hey,
i instaleld a new rom, did a clean flash etc.
i thougt backing up the data partition would also backup the folder /data/media/0 where al my privat stuff was saved, but sadly, it is not.
so i 'm at least trying to recover my whatsapp chats... i still have the com.whatsapp folde from the data partition, where the msgstore.db and wa.db files are saved.
is there any way, to use them to recover my conversations?
additional info,
i can open the msgstore.db with a whatsapp viewer tool, so is it possible, to format it to a msgstore.db.crypt12 so i cann reload the chats?
Solved!!
i replaced the msgstore.db and wa.db in the folder /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases with the old ones. before doing that, don't forget to rename the files to msgstore.db.*** and wa.db.*** (***=bak or old)
changed right permissions, cleared cache etc and restartet whatsapp
Next time just synchronize whit google drive. After factory reset or phone migration all chat and media will be back.
As in the title. My friend asked me to recover stuff from his Lenovo P2 with dead screen. I've already pulled out photos and other files and also managed to recover contacts but for messages, as he did not turn on USB debugging, I couldn't do much. Then I saw that at some point he had backed them up using built-in backup app. They were on the sd card in the "message data" folder. The file is named "sms001.db" When I'm opening it using DB Browser on my PC I can see the messages. But the question it how to send them to his new phone? There's like 20k of them in this file... Thanks in advance.
Is his new phone the same brand? If you are able to view them on your PC my guess would be that other than the .db file type they are not encrypted in any way, so simply placing them in the same file as before doesn't allow your friend to recover the messages?
I have a new phone (Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite). I wanted to transfer my Whatsapp account to it. But I stupidly went ahead without making a Google Drive backup of my messages on my old phone (Motorola G5S).
Instead, I installed Whatsapp on the new phone, which, since it has my old sim card in it, recognised me and re-created all the Whatsapp groups.
BUT all chats were empty.
I have copied the msgstore.db.crypt14 file from my old phone's Whatsapp/Databases folder. I've transferred it to my new phone. But no luck.
Is there any way to recover my old Whatsapp data (at least the chats)?
There is recover software for deleted files on your phone.. unless you wrote more data over in your old phone it is likely that you can recover it.
Google for a trusted recover software for android.
It might be possible if you install whatapps on your old phone again and it might recover the chats on it's on..
But I would try first going over a recover software.
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I do not need to recover files. I have been able to copy the msgstore.db.crypt14 file from my old phone's Whatsapp/Databases folder. But transferring it to my new phone does not seem to work.
Goarklight said:
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I do not need to recover files. I have been able to copy the msgstore.db.crypt14 file from my old phone's Whatsapp/Databases folder. But transferring it to my new phone does not seem to work.
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I read that but that encryption file is most likely tied to hardware identifiers of your old phone and I doubt you might be able to decrypt in your new phone.
So my recommendation still stands try to power up your old phone, recover the whatsapp files, copy these files to a folder on your pc, then install whatapps again on your old phone.. see if it recovers automatically if not, replace the recover files..
Then there should be a backup option natively in whatsapp and then do a migration..
That seems to me your best shot.
Thank you, I will try this and report back if it works.
It worked, thanks!
Goarklight said:
It worked, thanks!
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Did it simple worked by reinstall whatsapp on the old phone?