For the official Whatsapp, Backing up WhatsApp Chat: The first difference with GB WHatsapp is that it does not have connection to Google Drive as your back-up account like in original one.sendRedirect(GU2019) For those users, this is a key difference; they should not be re-installing their chat history while using the mod. Manual backup simply means that data can be stored locally for chat backups and upgrades to a new device or reinstallation of the app.
Firstly, Open GB WhatsApp and go to the settings of chats. Users can tap on the “Backup” option to execute a local backup, transferring all chat data (media included) to either your Memory Card or Internal Storage. These backups do not take too much time, depending on the number of chats and media you might have between 2 to a few minutes with sizes from 200MB up to almost an insanely large size (I am backing it up over gprs but the average sized backup that I did was around 1.7GB)
After the backup finishes, you must find your new back up file. It should be under the GB WhatsApp directory on your storage. The paths is for example Internal Storage > GB WhatsApp > Databases. The primary backup file is timestamped and ends in. db. The encryption format used by WhatsApp backup system is crypt12 Then they can send this file to another device, cloud storage service or backup (e.g. external drive).
To recover chats, you need to re-install GB WhatsApp on either your new device or the same one after resetting it. Before downloading this Paste the backup file from the Google Drive in to Databases folder again. GB WhatsApp will automatically detect the backup when you configure it, so all that is left for you to do is select restore. This means that the chat along with its media files are all restored completely. Nonetheless, they should know that GB WhatsApp backup is not compatible with the standard WhatsApp so if you will switch back to official app then it does restrict your flexibility.
This also acts as an important note for users who are into GB WhatsApp and use it for a lot of communication, in the form of backups that need to be done. Without any cloud backup integration, similar to that found in the official app, users must update and so on their backups every time. According to industry reports, as many as 35% of users lose chat history while transferring devices because they did not carry out the proper backup procedures.
My personal recommendation for those willing to keep their chat data safe and who also want the extra features of gb whatsapp, would be go with the manual backup method. Users just need to keep track of the file structure and update backups accordingly if they want their chat history preserved — irrespective how trivial that may sound compared to what an ‘official’ backup might offer.