WhatsApp Folder Missing on New Android Phone

Pacolito on 12/06/2016 - 18:03

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone might have some ideas on this.

I just bought a new phone (Sony Xperia) which is running Andoid 6 I believe. Anyway, I installed Whatsapp and want to transfer the database file from my old phone to the new one, so my old messages appear there. I plugged my old phone into my laptop and extracted the relevant file.

However, when I attach my new phone to my laptop to paste the file, there is no whatsapp directory on the phone (even though I have installed Whatsapp on the phone).

Does anyone know where the Whatsapp directory might be? Is it somehow hidden?

I can't find it on either the internal storage or the SD card I inserted.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Mobile

Comments

  • ozhunter on 12/06/2016 - 19:27
    +2

    there is no whatsapp directory on the phone

    My guess would be that it appears once you send/receive a message.

    Easier way would be to go on your old phone, go to Whatsapp/Settings/Chat and click backup to Google Drive. Then it should be there on your new phone.

    • kerfuffle on 12/06/2016 - 20:20

      Seconded. How I transferred WhatsApp stuff from my HTC One (M8) to my new HTC 10.

  • Savas on 12/06/2016 - 19:31
    -6

    Shoulda gone Windows Phone

    • pl3x on 12/06/2016 - 20:21
      +2

      Said no one ever.

  • supnigs super skids on 12/06/2016 - 19:33

    Root, titanium backup

  • pl3x on 12/06/2016 - 20:23

    You can just create your own folder under the name Whatsapp and paste the contents in (in local SD card/internal memory)

  • CodeXD on 12/06/2016 - 20:31

    whatsApp creates the folder when you first open the app. If you create your own anyway with the correct path, it will auto-read the folder when you run it and detect a backup file.

  • andwae on 12/06/2016 - 21:09

    Just copy and paste your Whatsapp folder into /sdcard/ along with all the other folders like Android, DCIM, Download etc. Then open whatsapp and it should be fine

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