If you spend five minutes of your time, no more, I can illustrate how to restore properly install WhatsApp on Android and iPhone recovering (within the limits of the possible) all the chat.
As for the license application, do not worry unless you change phone number WhatsApp recognizes your identity even after the installation and set the expiration date of the service for which you paid. But now you just talk, are you ready to start?
How to reinstall WhatsApp on Android
If you want to reinstall WhatsApp on your Android smartphone and do not want to lose all the messages that you had in the previous installation of the app, do it this way.
- If you have not yet removed the application from the phone, Run it, presses the button menu located at the top right (the icon with three dots) and select the Settings item from the box that appears. In the screen that opens, select the Settings item chat, presses on the option Backup of conversations and you're done.
- If you have already removed WhatsApp smartphone can groped to recover one of the backups performed automatically by the application. In this regard, you should download the file manager ES File from Google Play and use it to get into the / Home / WhatsApp on your phone or memory card inserted in it. Then select the Databases folder and choose one of the available backup (their name is the date on which they were created). Finally, the Rename button presses and changes the name of the backup you want to restore in msgstore.db.crypt8. Doing it this way, when you install WhatsApp again the backup will be restored automatically.
- The same "play" with the file backups you can do even taking the database with messages from another smartphone and transferring it to your new terminal (provided that you have used the same phone number on the other phone).
Without a bit 'of clarity on the issue related to the backup can take action! If you have not yet removed WhatsApp on your smartphone, then get access to the Android settings (pressing the Setup icon in the list of apps installed on the device), select the Applications item and presses icon WhatsApp. Awards finally the Uninstall button and confirms the removal of the app to complete the job.
Next, open the Play Store, presses the magnifying glass icon located at the top right and tries WhatsApp Messenger. Then select the icon of the app from the search results and presses before Install, and then click Agree to start its reinstallation.
When the operation is completed, start WhatsApp and follow the wizard to activate your account: all you have to do is press the Confirm and continue, enter your mobile phone number, press OK and wait until your identity is confirmed.
After recognition, if everything goes the right way, the app should ask you if you want to restore the backup of messages found on the phone. To answer in the affirmative, and restore all your messages, press the Restore button and wait while the data transfer comes to an end, there should not take a long time.
How to reinstall WhatsApp on iPhone
The procedure to re-install WhatsApp on an iPhone is easier than to Android, or better with recall conversations from backups because everything is saved online (iCloud) and therefore we must not waste time to copy or rename the file " manually ".
Back up to iCloud chat is done automatically at regular time intervals (eg. Once a day), but if you still have WhatsApp installed on your phone, you can start one in real time by going to the Settings tab of the application, selecting settings > Backup chat menu that opens and pressing the button Back up now.
Next, if you have not already done so, grant to uninstall WhatsApp from "iPhone by" holding your finger on the icon on the home screen, pressing on the x that appears in the upper left and confirming the operation via the Delete button.
A removal is complete, open the App Store, search WhatsApp Messenger and reinstall the application by pressing the button with the cloud placed next to its icon in the search results.
Now you just have to start WhatsApp and follow the steps to reactivate an account by entering your mobile number. Then presses the Reset button Chat history and find yourself all conversations there where you had left.
The same operation can also be performed on an iPhone different than the source of the messages, provided that you use the same Apple ID on both devices.
Original post: Salvatore Aranzulla
