- Go to WhatsApp > Settings > Chat's and Calls > Back up chats
- Connect your old phone to a computer
- Go into the device's internal storage and search for the folder WhatsApp
- Copy it to your computer and plug in your new phone.
- Open internal storage and copy the folder WhatsApp to your internal storage.
- Install WhatsApp on your new phone (if already done, clear data of WhatsApp), set it up and you'll be asked if you wan to restore the backup.
- Click yes and enjoy.
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- Go to WhatsApp > Settings > Chat's and Calls > Back up chats
- Connect your old phone to a computer
- Go into the device's internal storage and search for the folder WhatsApp
- Copy it to your computer and plug in your new phone.
- Open internal storage and copy the folder WhatsApp to your internal storage.
- Install WhatsApp on your new phone (if already done, clear data of WhatsApp), set it up and you'll be asked if you wan to restore the backup.
- Click yes and enjoy.
As referred in the WhatsApp FAQ:
You can transfer chats from one Android phone to another. To do so, please follow these steps:
To start, make a backup of your most recent chats.
- Go to WhatsApp → Menu Button → Settings → Chat settings → Back up chats.
Next, transfer this backup to your new Android phone.
- If your phone has an external microSD card, take the microSD card out of your old phone, and pop it into your new one.
- For phones that have an internal memory / internal SD card (like most Samsung devices), you will need to transfer the /sdcard/WhatsApp/ folder from your old phone to the same folder of your new phone. There are a couple of ways you can do this. You can use a file explorer or even transfer the backup files to your computer.
- Please note that it is possible to be missing some files during the transfer. Please double check to make sure all the files you wish to transfer over to your new phone are included in the backup.
- If you are unsure about what kind of SD card you have, we recommend checking your phone's specifications on your phone manufacturer’s website.
Once you have safely transferred your backup, you can install WhatsApp on your new Android phone.
During the installation process, WhatsApp will automatically find your backup and ask you if you would like to restore it. Once restored, your old chats will appear on your new phone.
I have a new phone (Samsung S24 Ultra) and I am in the process of transferring everything over to it from my old phone (Hauwei P20 Pro). Everything has been successful other than WhatsApp.
I successfully backed up my WhatsApp chats from the past five years to Google Drive and then transferred my number to WhatsApp on my new phone. However, when I opened WhatsApp on the new phone, none of my messages transferred—only the media (which I didn't want as it's all on Google Photos anyway).
Panicking, I deleted the app, cleared the cache and storage, and then put my SIM card back into my old phone. THANKFULLY, all my old messages were still intact on the old phone's WhatsApp.
I am now using two phones (the new one for all my other apps and the old one for whatsapp and calls/texts) as I am scared to lose me message history if I attempt again to transfer my messages to new phone.
TLDR; Is there a reliable way of transferring all previous WhatsApp messages from previous phone onto a new phone? I have lost trust in Google Drive's and and WhatsApp's transfer process.