Yesterday I intended to delete a message that I had sent to myself. By accident, I deleted the entire sequence of messages to and from myself. That's unfortunate, but not really a problem.
I then read some information on the net that explains how to restore data to Whatsapp in case one doesn't have an external backup, for example to Google - as I imagine many people don't have. The instructions were to find a certain file via the file manager on the phone and rename it; this file holds data regarding messages and is stored in one of Whatsapp's directories. This step was not a problem.
Then I was told to uninstall Whatsapp then reinstall it. When installing, one can ask for it to be restored from a backup which I supposedly now had. Except for the fact that the file that I renamed no longer existed ... because uninstalling Whatsapp deleted all its directories and all the files contained within. Reinstalling Whatsapp recreated the directories, but not the files. 😞
The instructions regarding the file that I renamed should have included moving it to another directory that is not one that belongs to Whatsapp.
So I start anew. It's far from the end of the world, but a trifle annoying. Of course, I also ensured that from now there is an automatic daily backup, although I suspect that this will fail at some stage because there is not enough free space in the Google directory. I shall have to try and find what I can delete from there in order to free up room.
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