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GoneOffShore

(18,035 posts)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 01:33 PM Nov 2021

Moved SIM card to different phone and now WhatsApp chats are gone

We have a spare iPhone 5s and used that. Now the chats for WhatsApp are gone.
Not all of them. Just the recent ones.

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Moved SIM card to different phone and now WhatsApp chats are gone (Original Post) GoneOffShore Nov 2021 OP
Do you back up to Google ? OnDoutside Nov 2021 #1
Mrs GoS's phone. And it looks like it wasn't backed up to iCloud. GoneOffShore Nov 2021 #2
Often if defaults to backup only when connected to WiFi, which has OnDoutside Nov 2021 #3
Thank you. We shall see what happens today. GoneOffShore Nov 2021 #4

OnDoutside

(20,868 posts)
3. Often if defaults to backup only when connected to WiFi, which has
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:39 PM
Nov 2021

happened to me, when I forgot to turn it back on

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