How to Transfer
WhatsApp Messages

So exciting to get a new phone but do not know how to transfer WhatsApp messages, try the following way to get it done.

* Ensure the transfer is between two Huawei phones. Then, download WhatsApp on the new phone and make sure there’s no chat history.

Use Phone Clone App
to Transfer Easily

If you want to use this method, 3 requirements below should be satisfied:

Both your devices are Huawei phones.

Two devices are EMUI 8.0 and above.

Phone Clone App is version 10.0.1.550 and above.

For more details about how to use Phone Clone, please check How to Transfer Data with Phone Clone?

Use a Zip File to Transfer

Generate a zip file of WhatsApp history in your previous phone

Move the backup from Google Drive to Internal storage in your previous device:  WhatsApp > > Settings > Chats > Chat Backup > Back up to Google Drive > Never > .

Then go to Files > Categories > Internal storage > WhatsApp, hold on to Databases, and tick Media, select More > Compress to the Current directory. They will be compressed as WhatsApp.zip.

Transfer the zip file to your new phone

Enable storage permission in your new phone, please go to Settings > Apps > Apps > WhatsApp > Permissions > Storage > Allow.

Swipe down from the notification bar, then tap Huawei Share icon and Enable the function.

Go back to your previous phone, choose File > Categories > Archives, hold on to WhatsApp.zip, select Share > Huawei Share, select your new phone.

Then you will receive a notice for whether you agree to receive the file via Huawei Share and choose ACCEPT. Touch the popped up File received notice, and you will see the WhatsApp.zip has already been transferred.

Extract the file in your new phone

Move zip file to Internal storage in your new phone, hold on to WhatsApp.zip > Move > Internal storage > Move.

Hold on to WhatsApp.zip > More > Extract to > Current directory > OK.

Please go to WhatsApp in Internal storage > Databases. Remember not to open Media file. Hold on to a file, tick all files but msgstore.db.crypt12, select Delete, tap Delete in the popped up message if you have chosen correctly.

Get your chats back

Open WhatsApp, select AGREE AND CONTINUE, enter your phone number, the verification code, and tap RESTORE. The process will finish in several minutes.

Then you can tap NEXT to key in your name and you will find the chat history successfully restored in your new phone.

Welcome back to WhatsApp on a new phone as it was, with all good memories, dates and important messages.

*How the above features function may differ based on your device model.