3 Great Ways To Transfer Your Whatsapp Data From Iphone To Android
April 11, 2022 · 3 min · 453 words · Nora Gee
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Using dr.fone to transfer your WhatsApp data from iPhone to Android#
Method 1: Transfer WhatsApp messages to a new phone#
Plug in your phones and click “Transfer WhatsApp messages”. After connecting your iPhone via USB, click “Trust” on it to allow Restore Social App to access the phone. Make sure your Android device is in USB Debugging mode; the app provides handy step-by-step instructions for a wide range of models and versions of Android (click “General USB Debugging Setting”). Your old phone should be listed on the left, and your new phone - the one you’re transferring the messages to - should be shown on the right. If this isn’t the case, click the Flip button to switch them around. Once you’re happy, click Transfer. You’ll be warned that the process is destructive: you’ll lose your new phone’s chat history in favour the data currently on your old phone. If you’re happy to proceed, click Yes. Follow any prompts given - you may, for example, be instructed to update WhatsApp to the latest version on your target phone. When done, click OK to continue followed by Retry. Once the transfer is complete, you should find your chat history has been successfully transferred, along with any file attachments.
Click “Backup WhatsApp messages”, select your phone and click Next. If necessary, follow any detailed step-by-step instructions provided by the dr.fone app, such as updating WhatsApp on your phone. A progress bar informs you how far things have gone. Once complete, your backup will be displayed in a list along with any other backups you subsequently take. Helpful information about each is displayed, such as the time and date it was made, plus which phone it originated from. From the main Restore Social App screen, click “Restore WhatsApp messages to Android device”. The process is destructive, which means any conversations already on the phone will be replaced by the data you restore. A list of available backups will be shown - to restore an entire backup, simply select it and click Next. The restoration process is like a phone-to-phone transfer in that restoring a backup wipes any existing WhatsApp data on your phone. If you’re still happy to proceed, click the Restore button. Follow any instructions - you may be asked to enter your Google account email if you’ve connected it to WhatsApp on your new phone, for example - and wait for the transfer to complete. Once done, follow any additional instructions provided to complete the restoration process.
