Messages from individuals can be always found by search. Historical messages in groups chats will appear immediately on transfer by clicking on the group, historical messages from individuals will not appear as conversations on the homepage until you send/receive a message to/from that person.Media files received a replaced by placeholder message
Currently, only messages are transferred.Activating whatsapp on a new device will prevent viewing any messages on a previous device.The steps below go through getting the decrypted message database from an android device through backing up an iPhone locally, modifying the whatsapp backup and restoring the backup to the iOS device. Fone, MobileTrans, Mobitrix, BackupTrans however these are all paid solutions, closed source, and have ambiguous privacy policies that mean these tools cannot be trusted that they are not exporting whole copies of your messages. Android > iOS is apparently a work in progress for the WhatsApp team but there is no ETA provided.ģrd party utilities exist to migrate WhatsApp messages from Android to iOS such as Dr. There is an official method for migrating from iOS to Samsung android phones using Samsung's SmartSwitch utility. This is a guide to migrating WhatsApp messages from Android to iOS using open source software for free.Ĭurrently no official method exists for migrating historical messages in WhatsApp when moving from an android to iOS device. It would appear that WhatsApp are actively trying to block these workarounds. See the github pages for each tool for the updated syntax, but the overall steps remain unchanged.Īs per the issues on this repo there may be some issues with backing up via an android emulator or with rooted systems where care has not been taken to hide the root status. The exact syntax of many of the tools has changed since then and so has the format of the encrypted whatsapp files. Please read the whole guide before performing any steps. Info below was current as of December 2021. The below guide will stay up incase you run into issues with the official tool, but will go without updates as I do not have a second phone and phone number to keep resetting my phone to test the tools. Use the same phone number as your old phone on your new device.May not be compatible with managed devices (company phones for example).Requires device to be factory reset when migrating (although so does the below guide).This official method will be the best option for the majority of users. There is now an official method to migrate WhatsApp from Android to iOS. Migrating WhatsApp messages from Android to iOS Update July 2022
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