17-11-2022 08:29 AM
Hello
I need help with technical support please ?
I know I had my WhatsApp messages backed up and I've managed to get rid of them when I cleared data through settings. Can you please help ? I did this about a week again.
Could someone have a look into it please?
Thanks
17-11-2022 09:28 AM
Hi @SStokoe4
What are you trying to achieve? If you're trying to reinstate your backup of WhatsApp messages this can be done via the WhatsApp app under settings - chats .
Thanks
17-11-2022 09:30 PM
I always thought WhatsApp holds all your convos & you just login to it.
17-11-2022 10:27 PM - edited 17-11-2022 10:28 PM
@XRaySpeX wrote:
I always thought WhatsApp holds all your convos & you just login to it.
Unfortunately not - you need to have a local or network backup of your chat history.
That can be via Google Drive or a micro-SD card.
If the OP needs any help with this though, they will need to contact WhatsApp directly via https://faq.whatsapp.com/407643231403807/?cms_platform=android - there's nothing EE can do as a network operator to assist.
17-11-2022 10:47 PM
@bristolian : I still don't get it!
17-11-2022 10:54 PM
I can only speak from experience of recently trying to restore an un-backed-up WA onto a new phone - and unless you have a backup on either network or local storage, there's nothing to restore.
Even in chat groups, each individual phone/user will have their own local message store. As for the user managing to clear chats via their phone settings, all I can think of is the WA-data storage being inadvertently cleared. But I'm not about to test that theory...
17-11-2022 11:10 PM - edited 17-11-2022 11:44 PM