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Android transfer to new phone again!

Started Oct 19, 2018 | Questions thread
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AnthonyL Veteran Member • Posts: 3,681
Android transfer to new phone again!

Well I posted a couple of years ago about getting my wife's WhatsApp from her old phone to her new one (https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58857001) and somehow succeeded so feeling that I'm getting to grips with Android and having used a cheapo for a while I've now bought a new phone. But do you think I can get my WhatsApp over

Why is it so problematic? I must be missing something. I've signed into both phones with the same email a/c, backed up Chats to google drive, put the Sim from the old phone into the new, got the verification email from WhatsApp but no restore.

Put the Sim back into the old, re-verify and everything is still fine.

WhatsApp and other instructions on the web don't seem quite to match with my experience. There is no automatic restore when WhatsApp is installed or re-installed on the new phone.

I'm verified, I can see the desired backup from the new phone via Google Drive, I just want it on my new phone. Aaargh .. and I'm not interested in phone to phone conversion tools - the apps should be able to provide the necessary means.  I'm just misunderstanding or missing something.

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