Hi,
I upgraded from a Nexus 5 to a Pixel a few months ago, and when I tried restoring history from the Google Drive backup on my Pixel upon WhatsApp installation, it failed.
I still have my Nexus 5 with WhatsApp installed, and all the DB files are still there. Is there a way I can import the old chat history to my Pixel?
I've googled this and came across solutions that involve using WhatsAppKeyDBExtract, but while this was successful for backing up from my Nexus 5, it failed for my Pixel. Here's the output:
How can I achieve this?
I upgraded from a Nexus 5 to a Pixel a few months ago, and when I tried restoring history from the Google Drive backup on my Pixel upon WhatsApp installation, it failed.
I still have my Nexus 5 with WhatsApp installed, and all the DB files are still there. Is there a way I can import the old chat history to my Pixel?
I've googled this and came across solutions that involve using WhatsAppKeyDBExtract, but while this was successful for backing up from my Nexus 5, it failed for my Pixel. Here's the output:
Code:
WhatsApp 2.17.17 installed
Found legacy WhatsApp 2.11.431 in local folder
Backing up WhatsApp 2.17.17
3843 KB/s (27902400 bytes in 7.089s)
Backup complete
Removing WhatsApp 2.17.17 skipping data
Success
Removal complete
Installing legacy WhatsApp 2.11.431
3873 KB/s (18329558 bytes in 4.621s)
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE]
Install complete
Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation.
Please enter your backup password (leave blank for none) and press Enter:
bin\tar.exe: Record size = 2 blocks
bin\tar.exe: apps/com.whatsapp/f/key: Not found in archive
bin\tar.exe: Error exit delayed from previous errors
bin\tar.exe: Record size = 2 blocks
bin\tar.exe: apps/com.whatsapp/db/msgstore.db: Not found in archive
bin\tar.exe: Error exit delayed from previous errors
bin\tar.exe: Record size = 2 blocks
bin\tar.exe: apps/com.whatsapp/db/wa.db: Not found in archive
bin\tar.exe: Error exit delayed from previous errors
bin\tar.exe: Record size = 2 blocks
bin\tar.exe: apps/com.whatsapp/db/axolotl.db: Not found in archive
bin\tar.exe: Error exit delayed from previous errors
bin\tar.exe: Record size = 2 blocks
bin\tar.exe: apps/com.whatsapp/db/chatsettings.db: Not found in archive
bin\tar.exe: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Cleaning up temporary files ...
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\whatsapp.ab
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\whatsapp.tar
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\waplen.txt
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\sdpath.txt
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\wapath.txt
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\wapver.txt
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\sdkver.txt
Done
Restoring WhatsApp 2.17.17
4248 KB/s (27902400 bytes in 6.413s)
Success
Restore complete
Removing WhatsApp 2.17.17 temporary apk
Deleted file - C:\Users\user\Downloads\WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor-master\tmp\base.apk
Operation complete
Press any key to continue . . .
How can I achieve this?