whatsapp cheat

WhatsApp automatically backs up your messages, so in order to restore them, uninstall WhatsApp and install it again from the Google Play Store. Tap on the Restore button while setting up WhatsApp to get back your messages.

If your older messages have not been restored, you’ll need to restore them manually. Follow the steps below to manually restore your older messages.

Step 1

If you don’t want your new messages to be lost, you’ll need to create a manual backup. Tap on Menu in WhatsApp, select Settings and go to Chat settings. Tap on Backup conversations.

Step 2

Once you’re done backing up, uninstall WhatsApp from your Android device.

Step 3

Go to the Databases folder in the WhatsApp folder on your phone. The new backup will either be saved as msgstore.db.crypt8 or msgstore.db.crypt7. In order to avoid further confusion, add “current” in the file name of the backup file. So, it either becomes msgstore.db.crypt8.current or msgstore.db.crypt7.current.

Step 4

While in the Databases folder, you’ll see other msgstore files with the date and year included in the file name. They will also be in a crypt7 or crypt8 format. You’ll need to decide which backup file you want to restore.

Once you have selected the file, rename the file to msgstore.db.crypt7 or msgstore.db.crypt8 depending on whether the file was in crypt7 or crypt8 format. So, for instance, “msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt7” will become “msgstore.db.crypt7”.

Step 5

Install WhatsApp from the Google Play Store and tap on the Restore button during the setting up process in order to restore the old backup.

Conclusion

In order to take your WhatsApp experience to a new level, you can use the tips, tricks and hacks listed above. All the tricks mentioned above should work with most Android devices. Make sure that you follow all the instructions properly on the best tips, tricks and hacks for WhatsApp.

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