During the use of a mobile device, various failures may occur as a result of which a complete reset may be required. As a result, all programs installed by gadget users are removed. At such moments, the question arises, how to restore WhatsApp and is it possible to return deleted correspondence? It is quite possible to do this on Android.
Restoring the program
Start the WhatsApp recovery process by downloading the program itself. After installing it, run it. In the window that appears, enter the phone number. It must be valid, as it will receive an SMS message with an activation code. Next, enter the username. It will be displayed on all devices where the user is not listed as a contact. The name can be edited at any time.
And how to restore WhatsApp on the device on which it used to be? To do this, follow the same steps as describedabove. The only difference is that the program can find backups. When reinstalling, they can be restored or not restored. In any case, the latest chats will be displayed.
Restoring correspondence
And how to restore old correspondence in WhatsApp? The program provides the ability to return correspondence during the reinstallation of WhatsApp. To do this, during the activation process, the user must choose whether the backup will be restored or not. If you select "Restore backup", all chats will be restored in WhatsApp.
Restoring old chats
Sometimes, when accidentally deleted, the necessary information that was received earlier disappears. At such moments, the question arises: "How to restore WhatsApp with correspondence from an earlier period"?
To take care of your messages and always be able to recover them, you must follow the following rules.
- Create a backup. Usually the program saves a backup copy of all correspondence for a month, then the information is lost.
- When starting the program, the old backups are used.
- Manually start saving data transfer and media files. To do this, the user needs to go to the program settings, select "Chats and calls", then "Backup".
Restoring from backup
And how to restore correspondence in WhatsApp manually from a backup?It's easy to do. First you need to activate data backup. In order to open the desired copy, you need to do the following.
- Open the folder where backups are stored. Most likely, this folder is located on the built-in memory of the phone, or it can be stored on the memory card. It's called WhatsApp. If the reset program deleted WhatsApp, how to restore it is described above.
- Next, a folder with files is opened, where backup copies are stored. It's called Databases.
- A list of backups with the dates of their creation will appear on the screen. It remains to choose the one that is needed.
- Having chosen the base, it remains only to rename it. To do this, the msgstore.db.crypt7 file is selected, the “Rename” item is selected in the drop-down menu. Instead of the existing name, any other one fits here.
- Renames the desired backup. All of them have a letter designation and a date in their name. In order for the program to activate this particular database, it is necessary to remove the date from the name, leaving all other characters. For example, if the file was called msgstore-2018-10-10.db.crypt, it should become a file called msgstore.db.crypt.
After this procedure, it remains to reinstall WhatsApp. It's easier to erase all stored information from the phone's memory, clear the cache. This will allow you not to reinstall the program completely. How to restore a deleted WhatsApp is described above. You will only have to go through the activation of your account, specifying the restoration of the program from a backup copy. After finishinginstallation, all the information that was stored in the backup will appear on the screen.
Recommendations
In order not to lose your messages, you should enable data backup. This will help to avoid their unwanted loss in the future if your gadget suddenly fails or you need to transfer the program to a new smartphone. In the latter case, database backups are transferred with a memory card to a new device, from where they are activated in a newly installed program.
