Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #3

Lost all of my WhatsApp messages when moving from android to iPhone. This would have been nice if I still ajay that android phone.

Same here! Moved to iOS around 2 years ago. I also wasn’t sure how legit the paid migration software were so decided not to waste any money on them. Then I recently realized that being a programmer I should be able to cobble something together if I were to ever make a reverse transition. And that is how this article was born :)

Re: Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup

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Post by TuringNYC » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 5:04 AM UTC

Thank you so much for this. We recently migrated a relative's phone from Android to iPhone and were shocked to notice there is no way to migrate WhatsApp account history from the Android-->iOS.

Do you have any suggestions for this?

Re: Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup

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Post by yasoob » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 5:07 AM UTC

TuringNYC wrote: post #5

Thank you so much for this. We recently migrated a relative's phone from Android to iPhone and were shocked to notice there is no way to migrate WhatsApp account history from the Android-->iOS. Do you have any suggestions for this?

I know there is a paid app on Playstore that apparently works. Don’t remember the name. Will have to look it up. I came across it during my research. But there is also this on GitHub: https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi

Give it a try and see how it goes?

Re: Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup

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Post by rgomezcasas » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 5:15 AM UTC

TuringNYC wrote: post #5

Thank you so much for this. We recently migrated a relative's phone from Android to iPhone and were shocked to notice there is no way to migrate WhatsApp account history from the Android-->iOS. Do you have any suggestions for this?

One year ago I migrated from Android to iOS and used iCareFone for WhatsApp Transfer to do the migration processes. It worked perfectly.

It’s a subscription software, so I signed up for 1 month, did the migration, and then cancelled my account.

Re: Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup

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Post by cube00 » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 5:28 AM UTC

It's interesting that you can get the decryption key on iOS but the only way to do it on Android is to root your device.

Re: Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup

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Post by ars » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 5:47 AM UTC

TuringNYC wrote: post #5

Thank you so much for this. We recently migrated a relative's phone from Android to iPhone and were shocked to notice there is no way to migrate WhatsApp account history from the Android-->iOS. Do you have any suggestions for this?

Wutsapper works: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wondershar...

I used it, it's a very slow, very nerve wracking experience, but it works.

You MUST have fully charged phones before you start!! And they need good battery life, since there's no way to charge them while it works.

See here for some comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsapp/comments/qo1wfc/the_curren...

Re: Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup

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Post by Gigachad » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 6:06 AM UTC

cube00 wrote: post #8

It's interesting that you can get the decryption key on iOS but the only way to do it on Android is to root your device.

The days of android being free and open are long gone. Now there are several aspects of android that are more locked down than iOS. For example android has an api which allows disabling the screenshot feature. While iOS only allows apps to listen for when a screenshot has happened.