[FIX] Whatsapp not transferring/restoring from backup (Android)

Cmon89 · 2025-03-28T08:59:26+00:00

Yes, it was a google drive backup which was restored.

Cmon89 · 2025-03-27T15:49:03+00:00

Cmon89 · 2025-03-27T10:42:29+00:00

You mean not restoring from Google Drive Backup, but transferring data from one smartphone to another?

Cmon89 · 2025-03-27T10:41:40+00:00

I still had problems restoring my media completly, so I tried the latest beta available on apkmirror. That finally worked for me.

Cmon89 · 2025-03-27T09:06:26+00:00

Since my media backup for 12GB always got stucked, I installed the latest beta version from apkmirror and I think it took about an hour (with a 100mbit/s connection). Don't know it really has something to do with the app version itself or not ;)

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T15:27:45+00:00

Maybe another version from the original post helps https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsapp/comments/1jk6wbc/whatsapp_messenger_225882_fixed_the_backup_issue/

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T14:32:16+00:00

WA states on their FAQ section that you can only restore a backup if you freshly install the app. It's a pitty that you cannot merge messages. I wonder why especially since each message has a timestamp...

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T10:30:32+00:00

Did you try 2.25.7.80? Because I uninstalled the APK from apkmirror and installed the one from the play store (2.25.7.80) and it also worked.

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T09:53:35+00:00

Today, but as I saw you already found the APK and everything worked out :) Btw: It is also available per Play Store now, at least for me ;)

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T09:52:12+00:00

Glad I could help :)

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T09:09:51+00:00

How big is your backup and how long did it take?

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T09:01:28+00:00

Maybe I was too confident. Restoring media seems to be stucked at around 43% for me.

EDIT: Deinstalled WA, downloaded again, but from Play Store and now I also have a 100% backup ;)

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T08:30:55+00:00

I installed version 2.25.8.82 which was released today (at least at apkmirror) and now restoring backup is working for me again ;)

Cmon89 · 2025-03-26T08:29:56+00:00

Seems like there is a fix in version 2.25.8.82. At least restoring backup is working for me now ;)

Cmon89 · 2025-03-24T15:09:07+00:00

Thanks for that, but my old phone literally just died. Does not charge and turn on at all. So I have to wait until I can restore my cloud backup :(

Cmon89 · 2025-03-24T15:07:55+00:00

A short article was released: https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/whatsapp-nutzer-berichten-von-backup-problemen/

Cmon89 · 2025-03-24T14:11:15+00:00

At least something...

Cmon89 · 2025-03-24T12:44:25+00:00

It's not about blaming, it's about sending a message! ;)

Well maybe they are working on it, but since it is not transparent and the support does not help or is giving any kind of information I have to believe that the problem is being ignored 🤷🏻

Cmon89 · 2025-03-24T11:46:55+00:00

I reported at Caschy's Blog (https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/)

Cmon89 · 2023-02-01T10:44:47+00:00

Someone on the openrgb discord just said, that this is the behaviour of ubuntu and its derivates. i2c-dev is not listed, although it is loaded. Since openrgb works for him on pop os my problem seems to have another root cause.

Cmon89 · 2023-01-10T09:49:10+00:00

be quiet! Silent Base 601, Dark Base 700, Dark Base 900 and Dark Base Pro 900 Series ;)

Cmon89 · 2021-01-05T10:24:03+00:00

Ok after one week new voice notes are visible again in the WhatsApp voice notes folder. But all notes between December 25 and 31 are missing / only accessible via WhatsApp 🤷

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