This video really helps me restoring offline data, since it is 25 GB data... This video also shows us the detail about when to SKIP and hen to TURN ON back the WIFI/data.. Thank you so much my friend
Thank youuu!!....I've never in my entire life commented on a video but I'm so thankful that I came across this video..Thank you!..It was 5 years worth of memories and it meant a lot to me
Thank you so much, it feels so worst when it does happen mistakenly, but the platform like this and guys like you try to put content which could really help people give us the hope . Keep doing it will surely help you creators at some point of life 👍.
You Just save my life! i have seen 20 minutes long videos that not mentioned nothing about change the backup name and turn off the internet!!! Thank a lot!
Thank you so much!! It's really work for me..!! I'm trying to restore my Data since 2 days!! Before watching this video, I tried so many times but it didn't work!! but this solution work for me! Thanks!❤️
Thank you so much man! I've been trying to recover my data from last 4 days i was unable to do it. i watched 20-25 videos but they all were useless and time waste. with your method i recovered my 6.4GB data without wasting any time. thank you sm again. wish you the best.
thank you so much, this video helped me to restore my whatsapp chat due to recently whatsapp server error and I acidently reinstall whatsapp without restore my backup, thanks again. God bless you
Pls help me pls guide me for this i also same issue nd uninstall the watsapp then started i don't have backup pls step wise guide me.. i have also last 7 or 8 day back up ni whtsapp database storage pls guide me
@@Asharafkuttikodan Sir mai ne kiya msg store me jake name change kiya or vapis se intall kiya lekin aaya hi nahi android 11 hai mera pls guide me properly because its so important for me.. pls sir your 1 guidance is blessed for me pls sir🙏🙏
You sir are a legend, never posted a comment on utube but u deserve it ... the 24% trick was really good. If anyone is trying with S23 ultra, as soon as it hits 24%, just close whatsapp, meaning completely close it. InshaAllah when u open it back, it will work. Thanks a lot again.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING VIDEO! I have been trying to solve this problem for months, read a lot of stuff, other videos, etc. and no one summarized the right details the way you did. IT WORKED! Congrats and God bless you
@@Asharafkuttikodan hi, will this work for Dualmessenger in Samsung? Imam for sualApp of whatsapp? If yes, do we just turn off dualapp to uninstall the second whatsapp or do we need to delete whatsapp altogether?
@@Asharafkuttikodan so any solution for android 12? I am stuck after trying what not.. really worried as all my course chats and course data is in there..please help me.if you can...
It worked. First I tried on my android 10 it didn't work, but after I tried again on my android 5.5 it worked like a charm 👌🏾. The outdated the phone, the better.
@@siddharthrawat6750 Hi Siddharth, after press skip twice in the video m app is directly going to profile name instead of searching for a local backup.... did you also face similar issue and how did you solve it ? Please help
@@vismaytejastolia2239 I don't remember exactly now bro but 1 thing I can tell that it certainly took many attempts and I followed the instructions of the video exactly word by word.
This really works, Thanks a ton Ashrak :) I could finally restore my Whatsapp chats, I thought it over for a while, however as I kept trying I could restore all messages. The key is 1. Place the Database Folder before starting 2. Turining on and Off the internet connection at the right steps. This is magical, I am so happy 😃
I have seen so many videos....Once watched ur video...I tried it....😄.Its really working superrrbb...I got all my data back Thank You so much....Bro...😃🤝🤟
@@Asharafkuttikodan need help sir I took my backup in memory but not able to restore it ..internet connection failed error is coming kindly help me sir its 3 years old data
It worked thanks to you brother❤ your trick worked 100%✅️ tried many ways like 15 time i was worried😓 from past 3 days but i got my backups thank to you ❤❤❤❤ I have one more question to ask???🧐 Now when i try to backup my files to google drive its showing ""UNABLE TO BACKUP MESSAGES"" i need your assistance here can make a video on this issue or just reply↩️ here It'll help!!! Thanks...
Stuck about 3hr finding out the solution how to transfer old chat date because restoring from google drive backup always "No backup found on this account" error. And finally I found this video. What a life saver. Thank you for your video
bro how did you did the process please mention I need help please ….I have 6month back local backup files which I stored in my pc ..did it work with this trick …and the location is also change on WhatsApp now a days it in android folder ..?? and what about permissions do I need to give all permissions to WhatsApp app before staring the process … please help
bro how did you did the process please mention I need help please ….I have 6month back local backup files which I stored in my pc ..did it work with this trick …and the location is also change on WhatsApp now a days it in android folder ..?? and what about permissions do I need to give all permissions to WhatsApp app before staring the process … please help
@@ytsouravpaul I do the steps exactly what he show in video. Just make sure that after you verify with phone number, immediately turn off your internet connection (WIFI) on your device so that it won't check from google drive backup and you can restore from local. When it show you backup found on 1:17 , turn on internet connection before you click restore button. This video is really simple. Just do the same steps as the video show
How old was your local backup file? Mine 6 months will it work ? and after installing WhatsApp it asked for permissions.....than you allow permissions or again from before settings you allowed all permissions ? like installed WhatsApp again and went to phone settings to give it all permissions such as storage ? @antkyaw2054
It still shows 0 messages recovered m worried alot about it trying please Help me guys m using device i backed up WhatsApp AUG 2023.. AND did same thing it founds the backup 22Gb which is correct but while restoring it restores quickly and shows 0 messages recovered please help brother what should i do all the step i done but in last pop up show failed to recover it showing local backup everything but not recovering please help@@aungkhantkyaw2054
bro how did you did the process please mention I need help please ….I have 6month back local backup files which I stored in my pc ..did it work with this trick …and the location is also change on WhatsApp now a days it in android folder ..?? and what about permissions do I need to give all permissions to WhatsApp app before staring the process … please help
Hey, Please help out... I'm unable to get the video See, i followed steps till changing the file but i m confused that pehle whatsapp uninstall kr denge to folder nhi rahega na whatsapp ka or changes krdenge files me jese aapne kaha or uske baad uninstall kredenge to hota hi nahi he...i saw your video many times
Exactly..I am also unable to get the instructions. Since a file named msgstore.db.crypt14 already exists..which file should I restore? Shoukd I deleted already existing msgstore.crypt file then rename latest dated file to above name?
If it doesn't work with current WA version try to use an older version (because the latest versions don't give u the possibility to allow the access to the local storage).
Hello! This video honestly saved me! My whatsapp crashed a week and a half ago and it wouldn't let me restore my chats, so when I uninstalled the app to attempt to troubleshoot, I accidentally didn't tick the box to "keep whatsapp data" so it deleted all my local backups, media, everything. I had done a google drive backup though so I wasn't too worried, but when I tried to restore it from google drive, it kept stopping at 24% and saying "cannot restore from this backup" and that was it! I was devastated! Apparently my backup file was corrupted. That was 15+ years of chat history and media lost! I tried everything, factor reseting my phone, using a different phone, and million other things I had read on forums and seen in other videos. I searched everywhere on the internet, asked friends, asked family, but was never able to find a solution that actually worked , and whatsapp support was absolutely no help! A week and a half later, I was literally about to give up when I came across this video and saw your "force stop" technique and to my surprise, it actually worked!!!! To be honest, after the amount of failed troubleshooting attempts I've had over the past week and a half, and all the stress, I had lost hope. But this worked and I got alllll my chats back. Thank you so much! You gave me all my memories back 🥰
If you had deleted all whatsapp data ( Back up files) and also restored phone to factory settings.. From where your News Whatsapp Picked up a Backup Files during restoring ??
I turned off the internet at given time and also got the option to skip twice as shown in video. But the option for local backup did not pop up, what to do now ??
Can you turn off data and wifi at 0:45min before you open whatsapp to verify number? I think werify number does not need data and wifi, after verification it will immediately go to look for google drive backup correct, and it seems too late to disable data and wifi after verification? Does it look for google drive backup or internal backup first? Thanks.
Hi. After i off data, and skip twice, it goes straight to asking for my name. Still cannot detect local backup. I also noticed that since updating my phone to android os 11, whatsapp folder has changed locations. Which folder should the crypt file be in? Ive tried both but none works.. thanks in advance!
if your phone is in android 11 version , try this copy the recent backup into /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.whatsapp/database folder and do accordingly in the video
Thank You so much, steps worked for me. For me backup was encrypted on Google drive and somehow it did not ask for setting up password even after it was running for more than 2 hours. I did a factory reset and in background the back up was encrypted it seems (by default it might have generated 64 digit code). I was stuck since no password was set and I was having no 64 digit code. The trick of switching off the data worked for me to allow me use local backup. Thanks a lot...
hi, since the directory now has changed on android 11 above (the database file is moved to android folder which merge with installation file also with other media), can you update where whatsapp will pick up the local backup from internal storage? thanks.
I found local backup but I couldn't restore it. I was asked end-to-end encrypted password twice. I did correctly but the message popped out "SOMETHING WAS WRONG, TRY AGAIN LATER." Do you mean the backup was corrupted? Please help!
Hi Asharaf, can you please help me? I have a similar issue. However, a new Samsung has been used for the past three weeks without Google Drive. I need to restore the OLD WhatsApp (from three weeks ago on the old phone), to the new phone. (Or, I could re-activate it from the old phone, and then create and connect it to a Google Drive account, and then back it up on the old phone, and then shut it down, and reinstall it on the new phone and restore from Google Drive? Would it be possible to work with you for a consulting fee to ensure I get this done right? Thanks!)
Hi, please ensure that your old phone phone has Android version 10 or less, then this method will work, you can back-up online once it is done and then you can restore in any version.
It's not working bro. It keeps looking searching when turning data off. And when doing both skips it opens the page for entering name without installing any backup. Please help!
Thank you so much. You are a life saver. It worked finally. The thing I got confused with was where you rename the file at the beginning, which crypt no you use. Used 12 first & it didn't work. Then I used crypt14 and it worked. Can't thank you enough. You're a superstar. Thank you.
Nothing happens after two "Skip". The app just starts empty. Also, what should be done to the renamed file? Your video just says: "Now install WhatsApp again"
My case is actually a transfer from the old phone to the new one. OK, that's not a consistent instruction, but that's what I did, in short: After the failed attempt, I deleted the app from the new phone again. Then I copied the WHOLE "Backups" (not "Databases") directory with 5 files in it from the old phone (where WhatsApp was still installed) right into the same place on the new one (where the directory tree of WhatsApp was still in place after the app's deletion). The skipping of anything and turnoff of Wi-FI weren't needed: during the new installation of WhatsApp, the app instantly detected the backup as a next step after the phone number confirmation. Then the content was restored. (I call it "in short" because it actually took many more attempts)
@@voxlancea I am in the same position as you. I am going from samsung s8 to s22. I can't back up to google drive because the phone software hasn't been updated in a long time. Now the only way it seems I can do it is by internal storage. I did a backup to the internal storage of the S8 and I used bluetooth to send the folder "Backups" "Databases" and "Media" to the S22. I put them in the same place they were in the S8. I put them in the Whatsapp folder in the internal storage. The filed he renamed is already there and it is renamed so I just left everything as is. Then I start the process. After turning the internet off, I hit skip twice and all that I am left with is to put my name in and after doing so all I have is 3 chats with nothing in them. For some reason the phone does not pickup on the link tree. Do you have any pointers you can give me? thanks!
If I again reinstall WhatsApp keeping wifi or network on will it use Google backup to restore the data? Also can I retore old backup on another linked device?
Hi. I'm trying to backup on a new phone without Google drive. I transferred backup files from old phone to new. I followed your steps, but it's not giving me option to backup from local storage. As soon as I skip gdrive backup, it takes me to name screen. I'm keeping data off, after verification.
Found the solution - Whatsapp has changed it internal directory structure so instead of /InternalStorage/WhatsApp folder the new path is /InternalStorage then Android folder then com.whatsapp folder and create a folder name Database and put the file there
When doing a whatsapp backup, does it backup media files as well such as pictures and videos ? in the backup folder how come the size of whatsapp backup is 23.6 MB (24,834,724 bytes) ? shouldn't it be alot more if backup saves media files as well ?
There is no database folder anymore. I deleted my WhatsApp by accident. Now there is no database folder present in the WhatsApp folder neither are my back up. What should I do. Please tell me
Will files deleted directly from the "database" folder during a Whatsapp nonstop backup to Google Drive be automatically deleted from that backup when it's done?
Bro i need help , by mistake i have cleared all my data of whatapp but i have found a backup of chats approximately 1 GB but was unable to upload it to what app now after reinstall new backup of 40 mb of chats only shown to backup please help me out this
I restored it using my old mobile with Android 9 or below, do the same procedure in old mobile, it will backup chat history, then backup it in google drive, then you can backup it again in mobile with Android 11 using Google drive backup. Thank me Later.
Bro do i need to tap on include videos for backup, i just need video messages that is not downloaded present after deleting and restoring whatsapp data, how to do it
Hi thanks for the vid very detailed whats if I lost my phone and obviously lost my whatsapp and I just found it but I have new messages on whatsapp can I merge it together it's very important for me thanks
@@swordlion294 hey! I'm assuming you have the local files in whatsapp folder or may have backed them up. 1. Uninstall whatsapp if you have and reinstall. 2. don't run app yet, go to internal storage-->Android--->media----> com.whatsapp, then paste those files here. so now the location will be Android--->media----> com.whatsapp--->WhatsApp-->databases(your backup chat files) 3. then run whatsapp normally, add and verify your number. it will ask you for permissions after that TURN OFF your internet connectivity and go next. then follow same skips as the video and it will find the local backup. Basically from Android 12, Whatsapp changed the location of files, that's why people are facing these issues. Hope this will help! :)
@@Ashesoftheliving Thanks but it didn't work for me until I realized that the reason is, copying ONLY the Databases folder never works. I copied Databases and the Backups folder and continued like in the video and it finally prompted me to install from local backup.
I have a doubt sir..local backup of last seven days files are only available on the databases file..Will it be able to bring back data of past 2 years...? Kindly help...
I'm having problem with this, After I press skip it asks for my profile settings does not look for local backups, any Idea why? or what to do. thanks On one plus 6T
My backup % reaches 100% but is showing unable to restore your chats from this back. Do you want to restore you chats from an older backup And local old backup size is 15gb what should I brother please I need your help it contains so many important docs and other things please help!!!!!!!!!!
And still showing restoring messages 100% but I didn’t see any message that have been restored My guess it’s because I have 15gb of backup so it’s taking more I’ll kept my screen on and I’ll let WhatsApp app to deal with its hope this’ll work???
Hi Asharaf, great video! However, my whatsapp never gives me the option to find a local backup; it only offers me the Google Drive one (which I don't want because it has overwritten my old backup - i need the old one) Could you help me out?
@@Asharafkuttikodan please help me. after my restore percentage reached 100, I got a pop up message saying " unable to restore your chat from this backup. Do you want to restore from an older backup? ( skip or Restore from older)" I chose retore from older and continued with the video, but I didn't get my old messages back
Thanks for your tutorial. Confrim that it work on A13 also but on every android I have tryed I have always had to put the phone in AIRPLAINE MODE after phone number verification, than wait for the advice of too much time for recover GDRIVE, then skip again and only now the whatsapp application it's able to find the local backup.
Does anyone know if this works even if you decided to include an encryption password in Whatsapp? Do we need this password to decrypt the local backup and use Whatsapp Viewer, or does it still work?
How do you restore the media form the chat? Could you just copy paste the media folder (backup earlier) to the WhatsApp folder? Will these appear in the chat post restoration
@Asharaf K I tried your steps and it's all fine until fetching the 3gb backup in internal memory....but then after few minutes it is showing like "Unable to restore your chats from this backup. Do you want to restore your chats from an older backup?" Both the available options 'skip' and 'restore from older backup' are not fetching old messages. Mine is Android version 12. Is that the problem?? Pls help bro 😞
@@Asharafkuttikodan thankyou, one more doubt, I have signed in once without restoring Can I do restore I have all the files now One more My whatsapp files was in android/media/com.whatsapp folder should I copy to internal memory or to this folder to restore
@@manuvaldavis1048 please check whether you have the internal/WhatsApp folder. If Yes, you can copy media folder into this inorder to restore media files ( sicne restoring back-up will only restore chats) Btw what android version are you using?
Even though your tutorial video was 3 years ago. I tried it today Jan 1, 2025 and it worked. Thank you for making my new year stress free. Appreciate
@@adeyeyeadedamolaelijah4797 glad to know that.
@Asharafkuttikodan Happy New Year to you.
After hours of useless tries, I found your video. Thank you for saving my life, I would be eternally grateful.
Glad I could help you
THANK YOU SO MUCH. been trying many tutor videos and they don't work, until I found your video. Life saver!
This video really helps me restoring offline data, since it is 25 GB data...
This video also shows us the detail about when to SKIP and hen to TURN ON back the WIFI/data..
Thank you so much my friend
hey bro please help me
Thank youuu!!....I've never in my entire life commented on a video but I'm so thankful that I came across this video..Thank you!..It was 5 years worth of memories and it meant a lot to me
Glad to hear i could help you
Were those chats not backed up already...?
Thank you so much, it feels so worst when it does happen mistakenly, but the platform like this and guys like you try to put content which could really help people give us the hope .
Keep doing it will surely help you creators at some point of life 👍.
You Just save my life! i have seen 20 minutes long videos that not mentioned nothing about change the backup name and turn off the internet!!!
Thank a lot!
what android version are you
thank you so much! the turning off WiFi and data helped! I wish I had seen this video earlier, could have saved me so much time and energy!
Glad to know it helped
Thank you so much!! It's really work for me..!! I'm trying to restore my Data since 2 days!! Before watching this video, I tried so many times but it didn't work!! but this solution work for me! Thanks!❤️
Thank you so much man! I've been trying to recover my data from last 4 days i was unable to do it. i watched 20-25 videos but they all were useless and time waste. with your method i recovered my 6.4GB data without wasting any time. thank you sm again. wish you the best.
thank you so much, this video helped me to restore my whatsapp chat due to recently whatsapp server error and I acidently reinstall whatsapp without restore my backup, thanks again. God bless you
Pls help me pls guide me for this i also same issue nd uninstall the watsapp then started i don't have backup pls step wise guide me.. i have also last 7 or 8 day back up ni whtsapp database storage pls guide me
@@deeppatel7258 please watch the video you can restore with the latest backup
@@Asharafkuttikodan Sir mai ne kiya msg store me jake name change kiya or vapis se intall kiya lekin aaya hi nahi android 11 hai mera pls guide me properly because its so important for me.. pls sir your 1 guidance is blessed for me pls sir🙏🙏
@@deeppatel7258 is your phone is an android?
this tutorial is for local backup, dont need google drive
You sir are a legend, never posted a comment on utube but u deserve it ... the 24% trick was really good. If anyone is trying with S23 ultra, as soon as it hits 24%, just close whatsapp, meaning completely close it. InshaAllah when u open it back, it will work.
Thanks a lot again.
Thanks a million, was almost going crazy not knowing how to get my chat history back. This video helped 100%
Did your media also got restored?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING VIDEO! I have been trying to solve this problem for months, read a lot of stuff, other videos, etc. and no one summarized the right details the way you did. IT WORKED! Congrats and God bless you
You are more than welcome, I'm glad I could help.
@@Asharafkuttikodan hi, will this work for Dualmessenger in Samsung? Imam for sualApp of whatsapp? If yes, do we just turn off dualapp to uninstall the second whatsapp or do we need to delete whatsapp altogether?
@@Asharafkuttikodan and will this work for Andorid 12
@@sameensameen3333 this method will works only till Android 10
@@Asharafkuttikodan so any solution for android 12? I am stuck after trying what not.. really worried as all my course chats and course data is in there..please help me.if you can...
It worked. First I tried on my android 10 it didn't work, but after I tried again on my android 5.5 it worked like a charm 👌🏾. The outdated the phone, the better.
Yes, will works till Android 10.
Does it work on Android 12?
Hey man, thank you so much. It got 100 % Restore my Data It as you said and everything was restored. You earned my respect
This was really helpful..Searched for many videos for the same issue but only this one worked.Thanks a lot bro.
You changed it to crypt12? Was it crypt14 earlier?
@@ravenx8229 no bro...it was cryp14 only for me and I kept it the same as u asked in the video
@@siddharthrawat6750 Hi Siddharth, after press skip twice in the video m app is directly going to profile name instead of searching for a local backup.... did you also face similar issue and how did you solve it ? Please help
@@vismaytejastolia2239 I don't remember exactly now bro but 1 thing I can tell that it certainly took many attempts and I followed the instructions of the video exactly word by word.
@@siddharthrawat6750 thanks a lot
Thank you! I have been trying so hard ,searched every where. But this works. my seven years msg have restored.
Glad I could help
Please help me if ur online
@@jumanaraggam8 Hi ,what help you required?
Kya Sara msg whatsapp pa wapas aya
@@gunjanagrawal5119 Yes
This really works, Thanks a ton Ashrak :) I could finally restore my Whatsapp chats, I thought it over for a while, however as I kept trying I could restore all messages. The key is 1. Place the Database Folder before starting 2. Turining on and Off the internet connection at the right steps. This is magical, I am so happy 😃
i am not able to do can u pls help me out i am stuck
Hi, It's not going forward after clicking on skip twice and then skip on pop up, It says Failure. @ashrak - Can you pls assist?
Thank you so much. Was wondering why was it going to google drive automatically, this saved the day !
Oh man... I LOVE U!!!!!!!!!! U literally fuc*n saved my life
Version please
Amazing! This is only thing that worked for me after 5 days of trying
Glad to hear that.
same it caused me so much stress
when u delete whatsapp what does it do
I have seen so many videos....Once watched ur video...I tried it....😄.Its really working superrrbb...I got all my data back Thank You so much....Bro...😃🤝🤟
This one was really helpful as I did not have a backup on Google drive
Thanks
Glad I could help
@@Asharafkuttikodan need help sir I took my backup in memory but not able to restore it ..internet connection failed error is coming kindly help me sir its 3 years old data
U brought my heart beat back to its normal pace. Thank you Ashraf K
It worked thanks to you brother❤ your trick worked 100%✅️ tried many ways like 15 time i was worried😓 from past 3 days but i got my backups thank to you ❤❤❤❤
I have one more question to ask???🧐
Now when i try to backup my files to google drive its showing ""UNABLE TO BACKUP MESSAGES"" i need your assistance here can make a video on this issue or just reply↩️ here It'll help!!!
Thanks...
Stuck about 3hr finding out the solution how to transfer old chat date because restoring from google drive backup always "No backup found on this account" error. And finally I found this video. What a life saver. Thank you for your video
bro how did you did the process please mention I need help please ….I have 6month back local backup files which I stored in my pc ..did it work with this trick …and the location is also change on WhatsApp now a days it in android folder ..?? and what about permissions do I need to give all permissions to WhatsApp app before staring the process … please help
bro how did you did the process please mention I need help please ….I have 6month back local backup files which I stored in my pc ..did it work with this trick …and the location is also change on WhatsApp now a days it in android folder ..?? and what about permissions do I need to give all permissions to WhatsApp app before staring the process … please help
@@ytsouravpaul I do the steps exactly what he show in video. Just make sure that after you verify with phone number, immediately turn off your internet connection (WIFI) on your device so that it won't check from google drive backup and you can restore from local. When it show you backup found on 1:17 , turn on internet connection before you click restore button. This video is really simple. Just do the same steps as the video show
How old was your local backup file? Mine 6 months will it work ? and after installing WhatsApp it asked for permissions.....than you allow permissions or again from before settings you allowed all permissions ? like installed WhatsApp again and went to phone settings to give it all permissions such as storage ? @antkyaw2054
It still shows 0 messages recovered m worried alot about it trying please Help me guys m using device i backed up WhatsApp AUG 2023.. AND did same thing it founds the backup 22Gb which is correct but while restoring it restores quickly and shows 0 messages recovered please help brother what should i do all the step i done but in last pop up show failed to recover it showing local backup everything but not recovering please help@@aungkhantkyaw2054
Thanks a lot man. Saved a few years of chats thanks to this. Best regards.
Did your media also got restored?
hey bro plz help me
Did it restore media that wasn't downloaded
Thank you sir. EXCELLENT SIR. HATS OF YOU. I am too frustrated to lose data but while seeing your video,I get all the data.
bro how did you did the process please mention I need help please ….I have 6month back local backup files which I stored in my pc ..did it work with this trick …and the location is also change on WhatsApp now a days it in android folder ..?? and what about permissions do I need to give all permissions to WhatsApp app before staring the process … please help
Note :
Also copy the files from backup folder to database folder, then it's going to work .
Should we create new folder "database"?
@@joyyjr7034 no there already exists a 'database' folder
Maybe there's a different way to restore my WA on android 11 😭
@@joyyjr7034 I'm not sure of that. Hope you sort out soon
@@joyyjr7034 yes I am having the same problem..
I could not thank you enough. Saved all my old Chats! :)
Hi can you tell us what you did
Thank you so much brother, it worked exactly as the video promised.. This video was more than helpful to me, its a life saver❤
CAn u plz help me out i am not able to do this
Hey, Please help out... I'm unable to get the video
See, i followed steps till changing the file but i m confused that pehle whatsapp uninstall kr denge to folder nhi rahega na whatsapp ka or changes krdenge files me jese aapne kaha or uske baad uninstall kredenge to hota hi nahi he...i saw your video many times
Which android version are you using?
@@Asharafkuttikodan Android 12
@@Asharafkuttikodan May you please help out?
Exactly..I am also unable to get the instructions. Since a file named msgstore.db.crypt14 already exists..which file should I restore? Shoukd I deleted already existing msgstore.crypt file then rename latest dated file to above name?
Thanks a million broo..At first I had slight doubt on result but worked well..im glad i saw this video.👌👌👌🤗🤗🤗
Glad to know i could help
If it doesn't work with current WA version try to use an older version (because the latest versions don't give u the possibility to allow the access to the local storage).
How?, the older versions don't get installed in the first place. Have you recently tried doing so?
How do you install older version? What version worked for you?
@@jasonl4237 yes .... how to install old version
Thanks a lot, had to wait long after turning off data, but worked really well!
glad to be of help
@@Asharafkuttikodan bhai 24% par ruk raha hai 611 mb ka hai..kya karu uske baad
How much time?
@@Asharafkuttikodan if i dont have mobile data then still i should switch it on?
Hello! This video honestly saved me! My whatsapp crashed a week and a half ago and it wouldn't let me restore my chats, so when I uninstalled the app to attempt to troubleshoot, I accidentally didn't tick the box to "keep whatsapp data" so it deleted all my local backups, media, everything. I had done a google drive backup though so I wasn't too worried, but when I tried to restore it from google drive, it kept stopping at 24% and saying "cannot restore from this backup" and that was it! I was devastated! Apparently my backup file was corrupted. That was 15+ years of chat history and media lost! I tried everything, factor reseting my phone, using a different phone, and million other things I had read on forums and seen in other videos. I searched everywhere on the internet, asked friends, asked family, but was never able to find a solution that actually worked , and whatsapp support was absolutely no help! A week and a half later, I was literally about to give up when I came across this video and saw your "force stop" technique and to my surprise, it actually worked!!!! To be honest, after the amount of failed troubleshooting attempts I've had over the past week and a half, and all the stress, I had lost hope. But this worked and I got alllll my chats back. Thank you so much! You gave me all my memories back 🥰
Glad to know that i could help you
If you had deleted all whatsapp data ( Back up files) and also restored phone to factory settings..
From where your News Whatsapp Picked up a Backup Files during restoring ??
I am battling with this. I can get old msgs but have lost recent ones. If perusing backup files, media files etc everything is there
YOU ARE THE BOSS!!!! Thanks man, saved my gf's life
I turned off the internet at given time and also got the option to skip twice as shown in video. But the option for local backup did not pop up, what to do now ??
@Asharafkuttikodan Could you please help to guide here
Works fine for me. Thanks for the good guidance. Luckily found your video after lot of failure attempt.
Thanks man! This Saved my important chats
God bless you!🥰
Bro thank you so much for this trick and it worked and solved my problem...Thanks again!!!!!!
Can you turn off data and wifi at 0:45min before you open whatsapp to verify number? I think werify number does not need data and wifi, after verification it will immediately go to look for google drive backup correct, and it seems too late to disable data and wifi after verification? Does it look for google drive backup or internal backup first? Thanks.
Hi. After i off data, and skip twice, it goes straight to asking for my name. Still cannot detect local backup. I also noticed that since updating my phone to android os 11, whatsapp folder has changed locations. Which folder should the crypt file be in? Ive tried both but none works.. thanks in advance!
Let me check workaround in android11 device. I will update this soon
M facing the same problem...after skip straight asking name
Same problem bro
Same
if your phone is in android 11 version , try this copy the recent backup into /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.whatsapp/database folder and do accordingly in the video
Thank You so much, steps worked for me. For me backup was encrypted on Google drive and somehow it did not ask for setting up password even after it was running for more than 2 hours. I did a factory reset and in background the back up was encrypted it seems (by default it might have generated 64 digit code). I was stuck since no password was set and I was having no 64 digit code. The trick of switching off the data worked for me to allow me use local backup.
Thanks a lot...
Excellent, thanks so much it helped. ❤️
Glad I could help
hi, since the directory now has changed on android 11 above (the database file is moved to android folder which merge with installation file also with other media), can you update where whatsapp will pick up the local backup from internal storage? thanks.
Oh begitu kondisinya, ini jadi clue untuk restore chat dari hape lama.. Kirain masih sama lokasi foldernya.. Jadi ada harapan balikin chat lama
I found local backup but I couldn't restore it. I was asked end-to-end encrypted password twice. I did correctly but the message popped out "SOMETHING WAS WRONG, TRY AGAIN LATER." Do you mean the backup was corrupted? Please help!
Hi Asharaf, can you please help me? I have a similar issue. However, a new Samsung has been used for the past three weeks without Google Drive. I need to restore the OLD WhatsApp (from three weeks ago on the old phone), to the new phone. (Or, I could re-activate it from the old phone, and then create and connect it to a Google Drive account, and then back it up on the old phone, and then shut it down, and reinstall it on the new phone and restore from Google Drive? Would it be possible to work with you for a consulting fee to ensure I get this done right? Thanks!)
Hi, please ensure that your old phone phone has Android version 10 or less, then this method will work, you can back-up online once it is done and then you can restore in any version.
Finally! This just solved my problems. Thanks much 👍🏾 5⭐
Welcome
It's not working bro. It keeps looking searching when turning data off. And when doing both skips it opens the page for entering name without installing any backup. Please help!
Please check WhatsApp has Storage Access is given under the settings
android 11, might have official whatsupp install to different folder, so they dont see the backup
Same problem for me, tried thrice.
same problem
same problem
Thank you so much. You are a life saver. It worked finally. The thing I got confused with was where you rename the file at the beginning, which crypt no you use. Used 12 first & it didn't work. Then I used crypt14 and it worked. Can't thank you enough. You're a superstar. Thank you.
Broo can you explain me what you did in the file manager
yeah pls exlain
Thank you so much, I just tried it and it worked, I'm so grateful to you
Thank you so much! This video was of immense help to us.
I am not able to do can u help me
@@janvinavlani8176 Hi, how can I help you?
Nothing happens after two "Skip". The app just starts empty.
Also, what should be done to the renamed file? Your video just says: "Now install WhatsApp again"
My case is actually a transfer from the old phone to the new one.
OK, that's not a consistent instruction, but that's what I did, in short:
After the failed attempt, I deleted the app from the new phone again.
Then I copied the WHOLE "Backups" (not "Databases") directory with 5 files in it from the old phone (where WhatsApp was still installed) right into the same place on the new one (where the directory tree of WhatsApp was still in place after the app's deletion).
The skipping of anything and turnoff of Wi-FI weren't needed: during the new installation of WhatsApp, the app instantly detected the backup as a next step after the phone number confirmation.
Then the content was restored.
(I call it "in short" because it actually took many more attempts)
The name of the file is already what's needed.
@@voxlancea I am in the same position as you. I am going from samsung s8 to s22. I can't back up to google drive because the phone software hasn't been updated in a long time. Now the only way it seems I can do it is by internal storage. I did a backup to the internal storage of the S8 and I used bluetooth to send the folder "Backups" "Databases" and "Media" to the S22. I put them in the same place they were in the S8. I put them in the Whatsapp folder in the internal storage. The filed he renamed is already there and it is renamed so I just left everything as is. Then I start the process. After turning the internet off, I hit skip twice and all that I am left with is to put my name in and after doing so all I have is 3 chats with nothing in them. For some reason the phone does not pickup on the link tree. Do you have any pointers you can give me? thanks!
Thanks bro you helped me alot ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Glad to know that
thank you very much, it helped me a lot! hello from Brazil
Hi You are Welcome
@@Asharafkuttikodan please help me
thankss broo that turning off data was such a great help, liked the video 🤗
Glad I could help
If I again reinstall WhatsApp keeping wifi or network on will it use Google backup to restore the data? Also can I retore old backup on another linked device?
I do the same but i can't restore my message. I have Android 11,mi 11x phone. Please guide me
Thank you so much brother you save my whole chat 😭❤
Hi.
I'm trying to backup on a new phone without Google drive.
I transferred backup files from old phone to new. I followed your steps, but it's not giving me option to backup from local storage.
As soon as I skip gdrive backup, it takes me to name screen. I'm keeping data off, after verification.
When I pressed skip given in 1:10 it directly goes to setting up the name screen, didn't search for local backup :( What needs to be done?
Found the solution - Whatsapp has changed it internal directory structure so instead of /InternalStorage/WhatsApp folder the new path is /InternalStorage then Android folder then com.whatsapp folder and create a folder name Database and put the file there
@@dazz.13 It didnt worked, can you explain better please?. it worked for you?
@@sasmastro1344 It has to be in "InternalStorage/Android/media/com.whatsapp/Whatsapp/Databases"
Hey man, thank you so much. It got stuck at 24% but I force stopped it as you said and everything was restored. You earned my respect 👌🏼
Glad to know that
When doing a whatsapp backup, does it backup media files as well such as pictures and videos ? in the backup folder how come the size of whatsapp backup is 23.6 MB (24,834,724 bytes) ? shouldn't it be alot more if backup saves media files as well ?
Thank you so much for this video bro
This actually works guys!!
There is no database folder anymore. I deleted my WhatsApp by accident. Now there is no database folder present in the WhatsApp folder neither are my back up. What should I do. Please tell me
Thankyou, your video helped me save bunch of time waiting for it to sync with the google drive.
Will files deleted directly from the "database" folder during a Whatsapp nonstop backup to Google Drive be automatically deleted from that backup when it's done?
After naming the dated file from msgstore yyyy or smthing to no date msgstore do we have to delete the other msgstore which,also has no date
Bro i need help , by mistake i have cleared all my data of whatapp but i have found a backup of chats approximately 1 GB but was unable to upload it to what app now after reinstall new backup of 40 mb of chats only shown to backup please help me out this
Sir found your video helpful out of all , but i have few queries
the only video that helped out of 100 videos...best video on this topic
Glad to know it helped
Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart!! You are amazing.
You are Welcome
Dhanyawad for the detailed video covering all cases.
Please make a video for Android 11, this method is not working in android 11. I'm using OnePlus 7. (Solution in the below comment if you need)
I restored it using my old mobile with Android 9 or below, do the same procedure in old mobile, it will backup chat history, then backup it in google drive, then you can backup it again in mobile with Android 11 using Google drive backup. Thank me Later.
@@bhargavchauhan2276 it will working ???
@@chintanpadhiyar2240 yes
@@bhargavchauhan2276 thank you so much brother .
@@chintanpadhiyar2240 you're welcome
Bro do i need to tap on include videos for backup, i just need video messages that is not downloaded present after deleting and restoring whatsapp data, how to do it
Hi thanks for the vid very detailed whats if I lost my phone and obviously lost my whatsapp and I just found it but I have new messages on whatsapp can I merge it together it's very important for me thanks
Came here to say thank you.. this worked like a charm.
Glad to be of help
after 2nd skip it went to profile name. Didnt go for local backup. Please help
Same here
@@Ashesoftheliving I have the same problem. What's the solution?
@@swordlion294 hey! I'm assuming you have the local files in whatsapp folder or may have backed them up.
1. Uninstall whatsapp if you have and reinstall.
2. don't run app yet, go to internal storage-->Android--->media----> com.whatsapp, then paste those files here. so now the location will be Android--->media----> com.whatsapp--->WhatsApp-->databases(your backup chat files)
3. then run whatsapp normally, add and verify your number. it will ask you for permissions after that TURN OFF your internet connectivity and go next. then follow same skips as the video and it will find the local backup.
Basically from Android 12, Whatsapp changed the location of files, that's why people are facing these issues. Hope this will help! :)
@@Ashesoftheliving Thanks but it didn't work for me until I realized that the reason is, copying ONLY the Databases folder never works. I copied Databases and the Backups folder and continued like in the video and it finally prompted me to install from local backup.
@@swordlion294 oh in my case it worked only with databases
I have a doubt sir..local backup of last seven days files are only available on the databases file..Will it be able to bring back data of past 2 years...? Kindly help...
thank you, it worked. the problem was mobile data and wi-fi turned on.
What do you mean the problem was mobile data and wi-fi turned on? Is the video wrong?
i tried it as you said mr Asharaf. It s nearly about 3.5 GB.On the bottom of screen it show prepaing nearly 2 hours , but does not continue.
I'm having problem with this, After I press skip it asks for my profile settings does not look for local backups, any Idea why? or what to do. thanks On one plus 6T
Which Android version are you re using >?
@@Asharafkuttikodan 11 guide pls
how do you solve it?
please share
My backup % reaches 100% but is showing unable to restore your chats from this back. Do you want to restore you chats from an older backup
And local old backup size is 15gb what should I brother please I need your help it contains so many important docs and other things please help!!!!!!!!!!
And still showing restoring messages 100% but I didn’t see any message that have been restored
My guess it’s because I have 15gb of backup so it’s taking more I’ll kept my screen on and I’ll let WhatsApp app to deal with its hope this’ll work???
Hi Asharaf, great video! However, my whatsapp never gives me the option to find a local backup; it only offers me the Google Drive one (which I don't want because it has overwritten my old backup - i need the old one) Could you help me out?
Hi Max, what android version are you using?
@@Asharafkuttikodan 11 and have the same problem
@@Asharafkuttikodan please help me. after my restore percentage reached 100, I got a pop up message saying " unable to restore your chat from this backup. Do you want to restore from an older backup? ( skip or Restore from older)" I chose retore from older and continued with the video, but I didn't get my old messages back
Same problem here and I could only use data from google drive. I'm using 14
thank you brother, you just saved my life
I'm glad I could assist.
@@Asharafkuttikodan pls solve my problem
I tried it, works perfectly. thank you so much
Glad i could help you
Thanks for your tutorial. Confrim that it work on A13 also but on every android I have tryed I have always had to put the phone in AIRPLAINE MODE after phone number verification, than wait for the advice of too much time for recover GDRIVE, then skip again and only now the whatsapp application it's able to find the local backup.
Does anyone know if this works even if you decided to include an encryption password in Whatsapp? Do we need this password to decrypt the local backup and use Whatsapp Viewer, or does it still work?
How do you restore the media form the chat? Could you just copy paste the media folder (backup earlier) to the WhatsApp folder? Will these appear in the chat post restoration
Not working for me.....after skiping twice it doesn't get any further and get to the window of entering name...pls do help
@Asharaf K I tried your steps and it's all fine until fetching the 3gb backup in internal memory....but then after few minutes it is showing like "Unable to restore your chats from this backup. Do you want to restore your chats from an older backup?" Both the available options 'skip' and 'restore from older backup' are not fetching old messages. Mine is Android version 12. Is that the problem?? Pls help bro 😞
Hey ,What Android version your phone have?
Bro it actually worked.. Thank you😅❤
Does this restore previous media files sent/received as well ?
0:22 what to do should I rename all the files shown ,I didn't understand, should I delete all other files , please reply
No rename the most recent file you wish to restore to msg.db.crypt12
@@Asharafkuttikodan thankyou, one more doubt, I have signed in once without restoring
Can I do restore
I have all the files now
One more
My whatsapp files was in android/media/com.whatsapp folder should I copy to internal memory or to this folder to restore
@@manuvaldavis1048 please check whether you have the internal/WhatsApp folder.
If Yes, you can copy media folder into this inorder to restore media files ( sicne restoring back-up will only restore chats)
Btw what android version are you using?
@@Asharafkuttikodan no internal whatsapp folder
Android 11
If I uninstall whatsapp won't all my data get earased
Thank you man! i cant be more greatfull to you!
Thankyouu my mann will never forget this
Broo please help me ... I want meet u to get restore for my wtsp chat backup history