A Question from QuoraAnyone who has tried to transfer WhatsApp from iPhone to Android knows the pain of leaving behind all your valuable data on your iPhone when switching to the new Android Phone. The lack of any official Whatsapp data transfer makes the matters much worse. Now users are stuck with their old phone and a new phone with nothing to bridge information about WhatsApp transfer between the iOS and Android systems! Searching online doesn’t do much good either, as there are softwares that tell the user one thing and do the opposite.However, you don’t have to worry anymore because we did the search for you! We tried different softwares and tricks and found out which works and which doesn’t!
In this article, we are going to share some of the easiest ways in which you can transfer WhatsApp messages from iPhone to Android. Make sure to read till the end as we are going to give you our top pick among the listed methods! 4,290,481 people have downloaded itSteps on how to transfer whatsapp messages from iphone to android with Skysoft Toolbox - Restore Social App.Step 1.
Phone Clone works by creating an ad-hoc network between two devices to ensure speedy transfer of data. While I was only able to use the feature to transfer data from one Android device to another, it should work just fine when the device a user is transferring data from to a Huawei smartphone is an iPhone.
Install iSkysoft Toolbox on your computer. Now plug both devices into the computer using a USB cable. Launch iSkysoft Toolbox and Click “Restore Social App” to begin.Step 2. Now you will see four options laid out in the software. Click “ WhatsApp ” on the left side and then tap on “Transfer WhatsApp messages” to start the process.Step 3. To begin the procedure, click on the ‘Transfer’ option.
Make sure that you maintain a solid connection between the phones and the computer.Step 4. You will then prompted to enter your google play account so that the software can start retrieving the WhatsApp data. If you do not have a Google Play ID, you can skip the process.Step 5. Midway through the process, you will be shown a message asking whether you would approve the existing WhatsApp messages on your destination phone to be overwritten, click “Yes” to proceed with the process.Step 6. You will be shown the following window after the messages have been transferred.Check this tutorial video about whatsapp transferPart 2: How to Transfer WhatsApp Chats from iPhone to Android using Email ChatDid you know that emails can also play a vital role in transferring WhatsApp Chats from iPhones to Android? Not many users know of this feature because it’s not that of a popular option when file sizes go beyond a certain limit.
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However, it is good to familiarize yourself with such methods, we will explain them in detail.Step 1. Open WhatsApp in your iPhone, get Email Chat alternative by clicking the 'SettingChats SettingChat HistoryEmail Chat'.Step 2. Select WhatsApp messages which you need to transfer from the iPhone to Android. Then one pop-up window will open, 'Attaching Media will generate a larger email message'. You need to choose either email 'Attach Media' or 'Without Media'.Step 3. Type the email id and press the sending button.
Then log in to your email account in the Android device and you will get the email which you have just sent. The WhatsApp messages of iPhone need to get stored in the TXT format.
Also, you can view the older WhatsApp messages, however, are incapable to sync messages with the WhatsApp app on the Android device.Note: Using Email Transfer will require you to have a stable internet connection for the upload and download of the recovery file. The method will not work if your WhatsApp file is more than the Google Gmail limit.Part 3: How to Transfer WhatsApp Data from iPhone to Android using iTunes and Wazzap MigratorYou can use iTunes and Wazzap Migrator to transfer the WhatsApp messages and attachments from your iPhone to the Android device. Here, you don’t need your iPhone for making the data transfer. You only need the WhatsApp backup from iPhone and your Android device.Step 1. Backup all data on iPhone to PC with the iTunes.Step 2. Please download and run the iPhone Backup Browser and choose the backup file you just createdStep 3. Find the WhatsApp messages which are usually stored in the file of ChatStorage.sqlite.
Choose the WhatsApp messages you want to restore and export them to your computer. After that, please transfer the WhatsApp data to your Android with USD cable.Step 4.
Download Wazzap Migrator from Play Store and launch it on your android deviceStep 5. Now you need the iPhone backup file stored in your Android device. In the Wazzap Migrator app, click “Select iPhone Archive” to begin.Step 6. Now you can select which all data that you want to transfer to your Android device from your iPhone to the android device.Step 7.
After the transfer process, you will be shown a window similar to the one below, carrying the details of the transfer.Note: This method will require you to create an iOS WhatsApp backup first and then store it in your android device storage. This will require you plug your iPhone to iTunes, create WhatsApp backup and then copy it over to the Android device.Part 4: Two common misleading ways to Transfer WhatsApp Messages from iPhone to AndroidNote: The following contents are about transfer via WhatsApp backup and google drive. They are misleading ways that exist commonly online but actually they won't work. We list these them here but so do not use them.How to Transfer WhatsApp from iPhone to Android using WhatsApp BackupIf you want to transfer WhatsApp from iPhone to Android using WhatsApp backup, the simple WhatsApp ‘backup & restore’ technique just won't work as WhatsApp on iPhone uses iCloud whereas WhatsApp on Android uses Google Drive.
So, Android won’t be able to identify WhatsApp backup. The following steps are usually introduced online commonly but actually, they won’t work.Step 1. Just open WhatsApp on your iPhone and go to the 'Setting Chats Chat backup' option and click on “BACK UP NOW”.Step 2. Download the WhatsApp and install on the Android phone.Step 3.
Sign into your WhatsApp account. The WhatsApp will show your pop up asking for whether to restore data from backup for the first time.Step 4. Select the “Restore” option if you want to restore from the WhatsApp iCloud. You need to wait until it gets completed.How to Transfer WhatsApp Chats from iPhone to Android via Google DriveIf you want to restore whatsapp from iphone to android using Google Drive, we are sorry to say that it won't work. The following steps are introduced just for your reference but actually, this way won’t work for you to transfer WhatsApp messages from iPhone to Android.How to Make Backup of Google Drive?.Open your WhatsApp.Then tap Menu Settings Chats Chat backup.Tap the “Back up to Google Drive” option and choose the backup frequency except Never.Choose a Google account which you'll back up the chat history with. If you are not having a Google account, then tap on the Add account while prompted and then enter the login credentials.
Just keep in mind that you are using a Google account for the backup.Then tap the Back up to select the network that you want to use for taking backup.Also, you can take manual back up of your chats in Google Drive anytime:.Now, open your WhatsApp.Then tap Menu Settings Chats Chat backup.Then tap the BACK UP to start the Google Drive backup and this procedure would take some minutes.To restore the backup of Google Drive successfully, you should utilize the same mobile number as well as Google account to create your backup.