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GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts) Sat Nov 20, 2021, 01:33 PM Nov 2021

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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

(19,953 posts)

1. Do you back up to Google ?

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 02:12 PM

Nov 2021

GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts)

2. Mrs GoS's phone. And it looks like it wasn't backed up to iCloud.

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 02:41 PM

Nov 2021

OnDoutside

(19,953 posts)

3. Often if defaults to backup only when connected to WiFi, which has

Reply to GoneOffShore (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 07:39 PM

Nov 2021

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

GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts)

4. Thank you. We shall see what happens today.

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 21, 2021, 03:37 AM

Nov 2021

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