Today, data on WhatsApp is just as important as our contacts and messages. For most of us who don’t automatically save WhatsApp media to the internal storage of the phone storage, the importance is even more because of all the media files.
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Now while changing phones in the same ecosystem. Both iPhone and Android users can use iCloud or Google Drive to backup and restore WhatsApp content. But if you are switching from iPhone to Android, things get a bit more complicated as there is no direct way to transfer data. Google Drive integration is also limited to Android, and there’s no official announcement if the feature will be added to iOS.
So, in the last article of this series on how to migrate iPhone data to Android, I will show you how to copy all WhatsApp data from iPhone to Android for free. We’ve covered moving contacts, messages, and media files that you might want to check out.
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Migrate WhatsApp data from iPhone to Android
Step 1: Make a complete local backup of your iPhone using iTunes and make sure it is not encrypted. We created iTunes backup while talking about contacts and SMS backup and you can use the same.
Step 2: Download and open iPhone Backup Browser and load the backup file you created with iTunes.
Step 3: This one is a bit difficult. First of all, click on the sign (-) and then extract the file ChatStorage.sqlite into a directory. This is the file that contains all the text backups of your WhatsApp conversations. If you also want to get Media Backup, search the group net.whatsapp.WhatsApp and then select and extract everything in Library/Media section. Please refer to the two screenshots for better understanding.
Step 4: Once all these files are unzipped, transfer them to Android’s internal storage using a data cable.
Step 5: Download and install the WazzapMigrator app on your Android. The app is available as a minified version (free) with which you can extract only text messages to WhatsApp. But the professional version for $2.99 can also decompress media files. Depending on the backup size, the extraction may take some time but no more than 2 hours. However, make sure you support the developers if the app helps you.
Step 6: The application will automatically detect the database, but you need to manually browse the media folder for the application to recognize it.
Step 7: Once everything is stable, tap the . icon Play and wait for the app to create a WhatsApp backup file that WhatsApp for Android can read.
In the end, all you need to do is install the official WhatsApp app and restore your data locally while verifying your phone number.
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Conclusion
This process may look a bit complicated and I won’t deny the fact. This is the only working way at the moment that you can migrate WhatsApp Data from iPhone to Android and I wish there was an easier way. However, you can always contact us via comments or forums if you have any questions or problems you have.
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