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Has anyone had success in actually restoring their conversations from the signal backup? I'm on Android and reinstalled the app once when it was causing me trou
by novia 7y ago
Has anyone had success in actually restoring their conversations from the signal backup? I'm on Android and reinstalled the app once when it was causing me trouble (it especially lags with group chats) thinking I'd be able to restore my chats no problem. Unfortunately, even though I had the passcode to unencrypt the backup saved, it didn't restore a single message.
- petschge 7y agoYes, I have done so successfully. As well as moved devices.
- iudqnolq 7y agoHow? I don't see any restore option.
- climb_stealth 7y agoLast time I did it, you had to place the backup in the correct folder before the first start of the app. See the Signal faq. It is not the most user friendly approach, but it has been going through iterations and getting better.
- iudqnolq 7y agoThank you!
- iudqnolq 7y agoI've dumped them to media and plain text with Signal-Back. I'm pretty sure that's all they offer. Edit: last part is wrong, see sibling https://github.com/xeals/signal-back/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/xeals/signal-back/blob/master/README.md
- parliament32 7y agoI've done it across three phones so far, works great. The flow is a bit weird though, you need to put the backup in the Signal folder before you start the app for the first time (before it tries to re-register) and it'll ask for the key and import happily.
- gravitas 7y agoThis is indeed the crucial step, having had to do it several times as well. If you accidentally start the app before getting the backup file onto the device folder, going into the Apps setting and clearing all Signal app data is required to get the import process to work.
- mindthegap 7y agoYes, I switched phones and restored a backup on the phone without issues.