Restoring old WhatsApp backup

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Nogozone - Mar 27, 2021 at 10:50 PM
David Webb Posts 3177 Registration date Monday November 25, 2019 Status Administrator Last seen May 15, 2023   - Mar 29, 2021 at 04:56 AM
Hi there guys.

Today I was looking through my files and found a backup from 2016. I was ecstatic, looked up how to implement it, and of course it didn't work because why would anything ever.

The files I have are from SD card-databases-whatsapp

The names are as follows:

messagestore.db.w.1455177304191.bak
messagestore.db.d.14566510351138.bak

How the hell do I activate them on whatsapp? I tried renaming it to msgstore.db.crypt12, delete all other backups, even the google drive one, and it still wouldn't recognize it. Do you guys know a way?
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David Webb Posts 3177 Registration date Monday November 25, 2019 Status Administrator Last seen May 15, 2023   6,926
Mar 29, 2021 at 04:56 AM
Hello, have a look at the second section in this article on how to restore old messages on WhatsApp, this should help.

If that doesn't work, have a look at WhatsApp's guide on restoring chat history.

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