watoi VS WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithread

then I decided to use residentsummers watoi but it can only be done using mac and VM instances of MAC OS was not very helpful. Finally using this tool I managed to do it.

(Switched to iPhone recently, and this is what I ended up doing. But if you're tech-savvy, check this out: https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi - P.s. it didn't work for me!)

Personal drama here because tech support is not my hobby. Did you know that there is still no official way of transferring WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone? I found out the hard way, so I just want to celebrate my getting it done without using paid apps that may compromise sensitive data. And it only took an awful week of troubleshooting while mostly following this guide.

> https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi

Nice! Is there same for extracts dB of Viber & Facebook apps from Android and transfer to another Android?

Regarding my Whatsapp Data, how will I go ahead and copy it? Also, I have the Dual App (a feature by Samsung) and my Whatsapp Chats are all on my DualApp Whatsapp. I've about the github repo residentsummer/watoi for WhatsApp migration, the question though, will it copy over Images?

the main tool i used for transferring the messages is https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi and also used https://github.com/ElDavoo/WhatsApp-Crypt14-Decrypter to decrypt the messages from the android phone . a full guide is here - https://github.com/needs-coffee/Whatsapp-android-to-ios-guide

There is an open issue regarding media file migration here: https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi/issues/1 and a recent update by another developer who managed to get media files working (WIP) can be seen in a comment here: https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi/issues/1#issuecomment-932349457

There is no complete and fully functional solution. The one that seems to have the most traction is open source and available here: https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi

Correct, that's what I'm dealing with. And if you uninstall the app all local backups are lost, so you will only rely on what you have on Google Drive. That's my case right now, so I'm doing a backup from Google Drive to my computer using this tool to keep all data safe, in case it's useful for anyone else: https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithread

Or you can set your own password on Android, and therefore not require rooting. (WhatsApp gives you that option) I do that for my own backups. Download them via Google Drive [0] and then use this tool to decrypt them [1][2]

[0] https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithre...

[1] https://github.com/ElDavoo/WhatsApp-Crypt14-Crypt15-Decrypte...

[2] https://github.com/ElDavoo/WhatsApp-Crypt14-Crypt15-Decrypte...

Das geht mit https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithread

> This sends an encrypted blob of all your messages to Apple/Google, and WhatsApp holds the key

It is a plain text backup to Google Drive. You can extract it yourself, with just your google account credentials. There is no key whatsapp holds. Google can read it all, and has revealed the chats to help the govt it in multiple high profile celebrity cases here in India.

You can extract it yourself - https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithre...

> You’re referring to the optional backup that requires users to opt-in.

With telegram, if you enable secret chats, it is never backed up to the cloud. It is a guarentee, unlike whatsapp where you do not know whether your contact has enabled cloud backups

Full disclosure: I begrudgingly use WhatsApp. I really don’t like it. You’re spreading misinformation, though.

You can extract it yourself.

https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithre...

I do not vouch for this repo, but it gets the job done.

The only creds required are your Google account creds. No per-user whatsapp keys necessary.