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I've started the push to get my core friends group off WhatsApp. It has been our primary means of communication for years, so it will be sad to lose our histori

I've started the push to get my core friends group off WhatsApp. It has been our primary means of communication for years, so it will be sad to lose our historic data such as chat threads, groups, and images. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips on how to migrate data across to another platform? I'm sure most will not be possible, but I would like to at least migrate our images, ideally not manually.

rusticpenn 6y ago
I read about a signal fork that helps in migration of backup data for android. ( its a fork of Signal, however, when you delete the fork and install signal, the data is still there.)
nowherebeen 6y ago
I think the hardest thing is getting family members off WhatsApp into Signal. Especially older ones who generally don’t understand technology and don’t like change.
- llimos 6y ago
  For this reason I chose to send them to Telegram instead of Signal. It's true that Signal's privacy is better. But if you trusted WhatsApp up until now, and you use Gmail, you are no worse off with Telegram. And it's far more usable, I don't fancy having to explain to family members why they lost all their Signal chat history and can't get it back.
rakoo 6y ago
Is it important that images and videos are present in your new chat applications ? On Android Whatsapp images are part of "All Images" (don't really know how to call it) and these are synced with your Google Photos account, but you are free to sync them with any other means (they're just files after all). I guess it's time to self-host this content so as to not have to do this dance again when the next platform fails you, again
bagacrap 6y ago
how often do you actually go back through the history? Apply the Kondo technique: thank the messages for their service, and let go. Not totally being flippant; I understand the sentiment but it seems similar to the hoarder instinct.
pelagicAustral 6y ago
I made this push yesterday, I installed Telegram. Cant complain, its quite a refreshing experience really.
theonlybutlet 6y ago
https://github.com/jukefoxer/Signal-Android/tree/feature/wa-db-import https://github.com/jukefoxer/Signal-Android/tree/feature/wa-...

rusticpenn 6y ago

I read about a signal fork that helps in migration of backup data for android. ( its a fork of Signal, however, when you delete the fork and install signal, the data is still there.)

nowherebeen 6y ago

I think the hardest thing is getting family members off WhatsApp into Signal. Especially older ones who generally don’t understand technology and don’t like change.

llimos 6y ago
For this reason I chose to send them to Telegram instead of Signal. It's true that Signal's privacy is better. But if you trusted WhatsApp up until now, and you use Gmail, you are no worse off with Telegram. And it's far more usable, I don't fancy having to explain to family members why they lost all their Signal chat history and can't get it back.

rakoo 6y ago

Is it important that images and videos are present in your new chat applications ? On Android Whatsapp images are part of "All Images" (don't really know how to call it) and these are synced with your Google Photos account, but you are free to sync them with any other means (they're just files after all). I guess it's time to self-host this content so as to not have to do this dance again when the next platform fails you, again

bagacrap 6y ago

how often do you actually go back through the history? Apply the Kondo technique: thank the messages for their service, and let go. Not totally being flippant; I understand the sentiment but it seems similar to the hoarder instinct.

pelagicAustral 6y ago

I made this push yesterday, I installed Telegram. Cant complain, its quite a refreshing experience really.

theonlybutlet 6y ago

https://github.com/jukefoxer/Signal-Android/tree/feature/wa-db-import https://github.com/jukefoxer/Signal-Android/tree/feature/wa-...