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Why is WhatsApp not prompting to restore?
You aren’t logged into the same Google account. You aren’t using the same phone number that was used to create the backup. Your SD card or chat history is corrupted. A backup file doesn’t exist on the Google Drive account or locally on your phone.
How do I force WhatsApp to restore from local backup?
Use Local Backup to restore WhatsApp Backup Android
- Step 1: Launch File Manager App. Take WhatsApp backup on local storage and access it by installing any File Manager or File Explorer app on your device.
- Step 2: Browse device’s storage.
- Step 3: Rename backup file.
- Step 4: Reinstall WhatsApp.
- Step 5: Start Restore.
How do I restore files from Google Drive?
Step 1 Open Settings from the home screen or app drawer. Navigate to Backup & reset. Then select Back up my data. Step 2 Toggle Back up my data to On.
How do I restore my Google Drive to my Samsung?
How do I back up data to my Google account from my Samsung Galaxy device?
- 1 Tap Apps.
- 2 Tap Settings.
- 3 Scroll down to the Personalisation section in Settings and tap Accounts.
- 4 Tap Google.
- 5 Tap on your email address.
- 6 You can now see the list of types of data you can back up to your Google account.
Why does WhatsApp not restore my Google Drive?
Can’t create or restore a Google Drive backup. If WhatsApp doesn’t detect a backup, it might be because: You aren’t logged into the same Google account. You aren’t using the same phone number that was used to create the backup. Your SD card or chat history is corrupted. A backup file doesn’t exist on the Google Drive account or locally on your
Why does WhatsApp not detect a backup file?
If WhatsApp doesn’t detect a backup, it could be because: 1 You aren’t logged into the same Google account. 2 You aren’t using the same phone number that was used to create the backup. 3 Your SD card or chat history is corrupted. 4 A backup file doesn’t exist on the Google Drive account or locally on your phone. More
Is it possible to restore an old WhatsApp backup?
Google Drive only keeps the latest version of the backup so it is not possible to restore older ones. Usually WhatsApp keeps the last 7 backups locally on your smartphone so you may try to restore those.
How big is the Google Drive backup for WhatsApp?
The size of the backup file is 12GB. But when I try to restore the backup to the new Samsung device, the process fails midway and I get the message “Unable to Restore WhatsApp Backup from Google Drive. Do you want to restore chats from older backup?” When I choose yes, the process appears to be working only to stall.