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WhatsApp still cannot transfer message backups between Android phones and iPhones. I switch between both with new devices every 1 or 2 years and it always a pai
by blntechie 7y ago
WhatsApp still cannot transfer message backups between Android phones and iPhones. I switch between both with new devices every 1 or 2 years and it always a pain losing the messages.
- gsich 7y agoExport via email is a possible solution, if you care for the messages, but not where they are displayed.
- Fnoord 7y agoWhy do you need to save messages 1 to 2 years old?
- OJFord 7y agoWhy should I not have them in the event that I want them? Do you delete all your emails and wipe your contacts when you replace a device too?
- Fnoord 7y ago1) Your contacts are saved elsewhere. 2) Yes, I delete emails I don't need anymore. Almost all WhatsApp content is not important. 3) I upload pictures/videos to my Nextcloud NAS after which I delete them. Goes automatically.
- OJFord 7y agoBut 1 and 2 are 'yes, I do want to keep things'. All I'm saying is WhatsApp (and similar) make that a pain, deliberately to try to lock you in, and it's annoying.
- Fnoord 7y agoWith regards to 1) they are simply saved elsewhere, in your Contacts. You can import/export that. It is a sacrifice of user-unfriendly security. They could've easily made a backup function which does not (solely) involve Google Drive. They opted not to. However there's an upside to this as well: if you delete that key, you're done for. If your discussion partner(s) do the same, the data between you and your discussion partners is also done for. I agree with you, but I don't find it difficult to work around it, and the previous solutions (plaintext, unencrypted logs) were terrible.