I reset my phone yesterday for the first time in a few years.
Previously, I had been able to quickly restore my Whatsapp chats by making a local backup prior to the reset. This time, it is asking me to enter a password and needs an internet connection in order to validate the password.
I suspect that sometime in the past I turned on the password encrypted backup feature thinking that it only applied to the google drive backup.
I know that I will be able to guess the password eventually. Unfortunately, when first prompted for the password, I wasted a lot my attempts, not realising that I was only allowed a limited number of tries. My most recent incorrect entry informed me that one more incorrect attempt will result in the backup being deleted. I have the backup stored locally, so if it is deleted, I will still have another copy of it - but I don't know how the protection works so it may still be rendered useless.
I know I can guess the password with enough tries but I'm unlikely to guess correctly with only one more try.
Is there anything I can do?
Close to impossible, but you could google some ways to decrypt locally if you have a local backup, and you need access to all the files in Data, which i don't know if it requires root, and you can't download the one from Google.
I'm really annoyed with myself for being so careless but equally frutrated with Whatsapp for giving me so few attempts to get the password correct.
If I started Whatsapp without my backup and then set the password to something else, making a new Google drive backup, would this new password work with my old local backup? I guess not, but I'm clutching at straws.
Or could I install an old version of Whatsapp that could restore my local backup without validating it online?
Additionally, how do they determine how many incorrect password attempts I have had?
Is it a general count or is it counted per backup file?
For example, I supposedly have one attempt left. If I created a new backup with a password that I know and restored that - would getting that password correct reset the count for trying to resore my real backup?
Or if I run out of attempts for my latest real backup, can I still attempt to restore the backup created the day previously, since the folder contains a weeks worth?
Nothing is explained by Whatsapp and I can't find any info online.
ereiamjh said:
Nothing is explained by Whatsapp and I can't find any info online.
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You've said it yourself. That's why the only option would be to get the Encryption Key (which is ONLY possible with root) and try to unpack it locally, that way you don't have to fear changes to the backup and can try as often do you want locally.
Just saw that you can contact them, so try that maybe?
Otherwise it's impossible, that's what encryptions like this are for.
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Hello everyone, I am stock and non-Rooted.
During the initial setup I skipped the backup&restore setup, and now I wanted to let it backup again in case I want to unlock the bootloader or something.
Now if I go to Settings > Backup & reset and tick "Back up my data", the button below "Backup account" is disable and grayed out and says "No account is currently storing backed up data".
There is no way that I can setup the account.
I even read somewhere that I should have restarted the phone, I did and my account appeared automagically... but later the same day or the day after it disappeared again!
I have no clue and it really looks like a bug in the system.
Sorry - I do not know what would cause that option to be grayed out (assuming you have set up a google account, and selected that as the backup account on that screen)
But just so you know, this backup will not backup all your data (or even your app data).
It (currently) backs up a very limited set of data (like WiFi settings/app list from playstore/)
It will not backup your pictures (assuming you don't have auto-backup enabled in dropbox/G+), game progress (for games that do not have google play integration), personal files, SMS, call logs - all of which will get wiped if you unlock bootloader.
You may want to look at helium backup as an option to backup all data. (If you were rooted, titanium backup would be my recommendation)
Thanks for the tip.
In fact, I think I prefer an on-demand solution rather than a background process which uses battery and network.
I installed Helium and activated using the desktop application.
I now only have a couple of doubts...
Where does the backup get stored when I save on local storage? I would of course like to transfer those files over to Dropbox instead of leaving them on the same phone.
Do the local settings, like WIFI passwords and such also get saved? It's not clear from the UI.
Thanks again
Alright... I googled around a bit and found out there's actually no way to save my stored WIFI passwords without ROOT...
This pretty much sucks as that was one of my most wanted...
The only option I have is really the Google-own backup system, so if anyone had an answer on how to make it work (my first post) that would be great.
Well, wechat has always been a problem for me since I change ROM, device many times, sometimes even with a clean flash of the same ROM, or just a reset.
I always have a nandroid backup and a titanium backup, unless I am faced with a bootloop issue and lose system partition. ( I still recover my data partition)
I successfully restore the backup of Wechat, it copies everything and works(as long as I don't turn on my wifi.)
Problem starts after I turn on the wifi.
The great Wechat security feature will ask to verify the identity, which is good until you have a phone number attached to it. but bad if you have lost it, or you are out of coverage area. cause then you can't login, cause you also can't scan the QR code from the previously logged in device and have just one friend or 2 who can't verify it for you as well, even when it's the same device, running the same ROM.
So What changed? perhaps android ID.
So I tried to change the android id from my previous logged in backup. but sadly my nandroid had no database stored in the data/data/com.android.providers.setting folder
so I looked further and got the old android id from my data\com.whatsapp\shared_prefs\com.google.android.gms.measurement.prefs.xml file
I then changed my android id with the same old id, reset app data again for wechat, restored data. but still it doesn't recognize the device with the same ROM, same MAC id, same android id.
I then found that wechat also stores google aid(advertisement id) which also gets changed after a reset or flashing again.
sadly I still haven't found a way to modify it with my previous id, although I can see it in my wechat data backup folder in the file
\shared_prefs\com.tencent.mm_preferences_google_aid.xml
yes, you can easily reset it, but I need to modify it in order to test if this can let me bypass the identify security thing.
I don't know what else to suspect other than these 2 ids after a ROM reset.
Well you can change/modify the google aid as well
here
google.android.gms/shared_prefs adid_settings.xml
it still didn't worked for me. what else am I missing to make this work? No other app has such crazy security that locks it's own owner.
I really wished they had an email verification for identity verification as well. anyways, I am out of ideas now, if anyone can contribute to this post, it would be appreciated.
Edit: I've added a screenshot from Google sent to my recovery account (also me,) which shows I am the recovery account (yet have. Mino) contacted me when trying to log in.(
I have a most bizarre problem getting back into my account that I can't believe is happening. Here it goes: (This account is hugely important to me as it's only access to my YouTube channel I've been working on for more than a year,)
I'm the owner of both the locked out account [email protected] and it's recovery email aaaaa@gmail.com which is logged in fine.
Despite having the correct email, password, the physical phone in my hands which has always been used on both accounts, sending this from the same WiFi always uses, located at the same location always used, and as I mentioned the recovery email, I am locked out of [email protected] due to what must.be a mistake.
Here is what happened:
On March 27th, I decided it was time to just factory reset my phone. I make videos for my YouTube channel, and my phone had less then a gig of storage so I decided to do the factory reset.
Just.prior to doing so, I realized it may take me awhile even just to remember the password to get back in since autifilll normally does that for me. So I decided to figure it out before resetting my phone, and reset the password as well so it was fresh on my mind when logging into the reset phone. There are screenshots attached of everything.
Now here is the huge problem which I am unable to get around .
When attempting to log back into my account from my reset phone, iit asked that I provide the one time use code from settings / Google / password!!
Understand, I entered in the correct email address and password, but what it now is asking me to provide is literally impossible to provide for anyone who reset their phone and has not been able to put the email address back on the phone. The code Google is asking me for dies bit exist on a freshly reset phone , and there is not one person in the world who just reset their phone that could provide that number.
And that is the I only option I am being given despite the fact, I own and have access to the recovery email address [email protected] which they have not contacted. And despite the fact I'm using the exact phone and WiFi from the same location always used for this email.
Is there any way thjs can be fixed? I have a YouTube channel with an enormous amount of tied to that account and it's important.
Please respond with your device name. I understood that you are locked out of your device and can't complete the setup. If it is so you just have to reset the FRP partition. Please provide your phohe name to move ahead
Users typically remove all Google accounts from phone - note: their data are stored in accounts.db database - before performing a Factory Reset thus they wil not run into such a trouble.
Don't know what happened, but the A13 update basically borked my phone. Dialer, messages, fingerprint reader, screen handling, notifications, Android Auto, etc ALL no longer work correctly. I never know how exactly the phone will behave on any given interaction. Its a mess. It was working perfectly fine on A12
So, I have to do some kind of a reset. I NEED my messages and call logs to be correct on restore (use it for lots of business stuff), everything else, whatever is backed up will be ok.
I tried doing a migration from the A13 6A to a factory reset Moto Edge 21 with A12 on it, and the A13 Pixel refuses to cooperate. Android migration usually works pretty well, but in this case, the 6A A13 refused to see the Moto A12, and gave me some super weird Android File Manager error message. I planned on using the Moto Edge as a data mule, reset the 6A, then migrate everything back.
So, I need to do a backup, reset and restore and am dubious of Google One actually working. Open to suggestions or actual experiences of how to do this with minimal disruption. Most of the internet "guides" on resetting are useless, and don't address how not to lose and/or destroy your data (text/messages, call logs, etc, incl MMS)
The only thing I can think of is using Wondershare Mobiletrans for backup and restore and cross my fingers that it'll actually work.
I use Swift Backup to backup and restore now. I would give that a try.
I use swift as well...but u have to have a backup app already in place BEFORE getting borked...lol There's limited options for going back to 12. As mentioned in the big PSA warning thread at the top...if u try to do a common rollback, google's ARB (anti-rollback) if triggered, WILL HARD=BRICK your phone! Then u have to send it back to google for a factory reset meaning ofc loss of all data. So plz use caution and no matter how u chose to proceed...Swift Backup is a gem! A one-time purchase ano NO monthly fees! Best regards...
Try updating again, I got two Android 13 updates on mine, the first one broke the fingerprint reader, then I hit update again, and it downloaded another update that subsequently fixed it.
If you just want to backup messages and phone calls, I use this:
SMS Backup & Restore - Apps on Google Play
A simple app that backs up and restores SMS & MMS messages and call logs.
play.google.com
Can back up to cloud as well as your device.
Otherwise I've had no issues with the Google backup in Settings.
So, it has been a long time (more than a year) since my last nandroid backup. Yesterday I updated my TWRP and tried making one. For some reason there are 2 users appearing when I try to do a back up (0 and 999) and its not letting me backup 999 as I cannot decrypt it. It is asking for a password. I goodled a bit and found out that is a guest account so I had it removed. Backup was successful after that. Today for some reason my bluetooth is no longer working. The weird thing is it is working fine when I added a new account using second space. I am getting an error about a java runtime and seems like I am missing some important files. Any help is appreciated.
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So, it has been a long time (more than a year) since my last nandroid backup. Yesterday I updated my TWRP and tried making one. For some reason there are 2 users appearing when I try to do a back up (0 and 999) and its not letting me backup 999 as I cannot decrypt it. It is asking for a password. I goodled a bit and found out that is a guest account so I had it removed. Backup was successful after that. Today for some reason my bluetooth is no longer working. The weird thing is it is working fine when I added a new account using second space. I am getting an error about a java runtime and seems like I am missing some important files. Any help is appreciated.
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Have you tried resetting bluetooth settings?
Reset the phone?
Reinstall the rom?