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GoneOffShore

(17,687 posts) Sat Nov 20, 2021, 12:33 PM Nov 2021

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 [View all] 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