All of us may not be tech-savvy but the truth is some situations demand the very best of our tech knowledge.Devices and personal gadgets ‘misbehave‘ all the time on their own and sometimes we just error in their operation causing the systems upon which they are built on to fail or lose data.
Such is the case when installing a new Whatsapp application in our smartphones(and it happens quite often by the way) and we accidentally skip restoring former messages losing a lot of crucial information in some incidences.Luckily, we may just have found a way for you to out-maneuver your smartphone.In case of such an occurrence,please follow the steps below and recover your lost chats:
- Download a file manager app in the event it is not already installed.It usually is.
- In the file manager app, navigate to sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases.If you do not have an SD card on your device, you will find “internal storage” or “main storage” instead of sdcard.
- Rename the backup file you wish to restore from msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12 to msgstore.db.crypt12.Yes,rename is what I said. Do not change the number of the crypt extension however(12).
- Uninstall your current WhatsApp.
- Then Install WhatsApp.
- Tap Restore when asked and retrieve your information immediately.
See, a very simple challenge for someone whose lost valuable chats.Next time you lose chats, don’t lose your mind too.You can always have them back.
Metropolitan 