WhatsApp two thousand seventeen BLOCK: Back-up talks, transfer contacts to your fresh phone after support Finishes
WhatsApp is ending support for a number of popular phones, here’s how to save your data
Following an announcement earlier this year, WhatsApp will now drop support for a number of ageing mobile platforms.
WhatsApp is presently the world’s most popular instant messaging app, with more than one billion active users across the globe, but the decision to ditch support for older smartphone operating systems will leave millions of devices incapable to send or receive messages, or initiate VOIP phone calls or movie talks.
By the time two thousand seventeen rolls around, WhatsApp will no longer work on the iPhone 3GS, Windows Phone seven devices, and phones running Android Two.1 or Android Two.Two.
WhatsApp very first announced the switch back in February when the talk app celebrated its seventh bday.
The Facebook company – which was recently subject to a severe security warning – says technology has switched dramatically since its birth, something which led to its decision to drop support for ageing mobile platforms.
Here is a list of devices that will no longer support WhatsApp by two thousand seventeen –
- Any device running Android Two.1
- Any device running Android Two.Two
- Windows Phone 7
- iPhone 3GS
- Any device running iOS 6
If you’re upgrading and moving away from one of these devices, here’s how to make sure you take your data with you.
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WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging app but you very likely don’t know all of the tricks and features hidden up its sleeve. Here’s everything you need to know to master WhatsApp.
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How To Back-Up Your Talks, Contacts, Photos On Android
The simplest way to ensure your previous WhatsApp conversations are backed-up ready for your budge to a fresh Android phone is with Google Drive.
The Google cloud storage solution only works if you have Google Play Services must be installed, and you have enough free storage on your phone and Google Drive to accommodate a utter back-up of your data.
Then head to Menu Button > Settings > Talks > Talk Backup.
Tap on Back Up to Google Drive and set the frequency of the backups you’d like, or tap Back Up to launch an instantaneous backup.
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For Android users, the easiest way to back-up data before the stir is Google Drive
Next, you’ll be prompted to select a Google Account to use to back-up your talk history to.
If you do not have a Google account, tap Add Account when prompted to set one up.
How To Back-Up Your Talks, Contacts, Photos On iPhone
iPhone back-ups are stored on Apple’s iCloud servers.
To launch a manual back-up of your talks, go to WhatsApp Settings > Talks > Talk Backup and tap Back Up Now.
Alternatively, you can enable automatic, scheduled back-ups of your data by tapping Auto Backup and then choosing the frequency of the back-up.
This will back up your talks and media to your iCloud account.
Apple’s own iCloud solution ensures WhatsApp users on older iPhones can recover their data
Within the WhatsApp Settings > Talks > Talk Backup menu, you can choose to include or exclude movies from the backup to save space on iCloud.
Be warned – the iCloud backup process can take a while to accomplish, depending on your Internet connection and back-up size.
How To Back-Up Your Talks, Contacts, Photos On Windows Phone
To back-up your Windows Phone, you’re going to need either a OneDrive cloud storage account, or an SD card to transfer your talk history from your old Windows Phone to the fresh one. Be warned – at this time it is not possible to transfer your talk history to an Android or iPhone from a Windows Phone.
To back-up content using OneDrive, you’ll need to be running Windows Phone 8.1 or newer and be signed into a OneDrive account.
You’ll need to make sure there’s enough free space in your OneDrive account
There needs to be enough free space on both your OneDrive and Windows Phone (check this by heading to Settings > System > Storage Sense – known as Storage on Windows ten Mobile).
If you’re running a little brief, it’s possible to exclude movies from the back up by turning the option within the Settings menu to Off.
How To Switch The Phone Number Linked To Your WhatsApp Account To A Fresh Phone
Be warned – when you switch the phone number linked to your WhatsApp account, it will migrate all of your account information (including profile information), groups and settings from your old phone number to a fresh one.
Performing this will delete the account associated with your old phone number, so your contacts can no longer see your old phone number in their lists of WhatsApp contacts.
WhatsApp also specifically warns users not to exchange SIM cards or phones frequently, since "this could create problems in the verification process".
To switch the phone number associated with your WhatsApp account on Android, insert the fresh SIM card into your device and launch WhatsApp.
Navigate to WhatsApp > Menu Button > Settings > Account > Switch Number to associate a fresh number with the talk app.
Before using your fresh device, you’ll need to switch the WhatsApp account linked to your phone number
Come in your old phone number in the top box, and then fill-in your fresh phone number in the bottom box.
Tap Done at the top of the screen. You will be prompted to verify your fresh phone number.
iPhone owners go after exactly same steps, except that the menu is located within Settings > Account > Switch Number.
Those on Windows Phones can find the same menu by heading to WhatsApp > More > Settings > Account > Switch My Number > Proceed.
And on BlackBerry, it’s Settings > Account > Switch My Number.