RedViking
Nord of the South
You sure it is not your connection?Wow, this program is NOT fast hey.... it's been backing up all day....
The other option is copy the WhatsApp folder to your PC and then to the new phone.
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The other option is copy the WhatsApp folder to your PC and then to the new phone.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
I dunno what the issue is... but this thing is kak slow... it's not a viable option. 100 mb per day makes it not viable.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
And the other problem is that when I plug my phone into the PC it doesn't give me access to the file system. I can see the WhatsApp Folder under the Android Folder... but it shows as empty.
There is nothing to copy there.
There is nothing to copy there.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
OK I downloaded an app called Root File Manager
ArmatageShanks
Honorary Master
Phone unlocked? And in the correct data transfer mode? Not the camera ptp or mtp it must be connected as usb storage
RedViking
Nord of the South
Oh goodness. Mine did a couple of gig in a couple of hours. Sounds like you have restrictions on your connection or IP maybe?
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Dunno where to begin looking ...
Incredibly frustrating to say the least.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Of course.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
I also tried copying the WhatsApp folder to my SD card, but it seems that after Android version whatever they took away Write access control to the SD card as well.
You can only access the SD card in Photo mode now (or book mode) or whatever other file mode, but not in write access mode.
The above mentioned file root access apps cannot access the SD card.
You can only access the SD card in Photo mode now (or book mode) or whatever other file mode, but not in write access mode.
The above mentioned file root access apps cannot access the SD card.
ArmatageShanks
Honorary Master
Can you copy it to google drive or something similar?
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
It's finally started copying to my computer... I just had to leave it for 30 minutes.
It looked like it had crashed... but finally it started copying.
Such crap....
EDIT: Gonna have to go see my therapist after all of this....
It looked like it had crashed... but finally it started copying.
Such crap....
EDIT: Gonna have to go see my therapist after all of this....
ArmatageShanks
Honorary Master
Rum or Brandy?
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
OK, well.... when I finally logged into WhatsApp.... it was a total failure.... Whatsapp has lost all my messages and everything is blank.
WhatsApp didn't restore anything.
my guess is that... if you have two factor authentication enabled... it will not allow that kind of subtle restoration....
WhatsApp didn't restore anything.
my guess is that... if you have two factor authentication enabled... it will not allow that kind of subtle restoration....
RedViking
Nord of the South
Android has never been reliable with copying via USB cable (if that is what you are using), for that I use WiFi and GoodSync Explorer on PC and Android. https://www.goodsync.com/goodsync-explorer
Although, Xiaomi comes with an awesome app called ShareMe which just connects to your PC via your browser with the "share to PC" option.
RedViking
Nord of the South
That's is strange. I will need to see if I can find the backup phone and do a test run. I think it didn't copy properly.
RedViking
Nord of the South
Really dumb how difficult Android has made it to copy files and access files on your phone.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
I can still see all of the filles there.... so they are definitely there in the folders...
In fact I'm now gonna need to go in and clear them out to retreive some of the space.
So I know they definitely did copy.
But WhatsApp did not allow them to restore into my profile.
Same Cell Number, same email address, same Google profile, same pin number... but no dice....
In fact I'm now gonna need to go in and clear them out to retreive some of the space.
So I know they definitely did copy.
But WhatsApp did not allow them to restore into my profile.
Same Cell Number, same email address, same Google profile, same pin number... but no dice....
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
The crazy thing is.... if I go into the WhatsApp folders on my new phone... all the videos, documents and photos are there. But the messages aren't there. 