From 7957fa686eb6e8cf57bcb62ff4e6d2785693030b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe Besson Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:29:20 +0200 Subject: feat(android): back up WhatsApp's own chat backups, and its media if asked A WhatsApp section takes WhatsApp's folder through the picker, sends its encrypted Databases and Backups (not the dated copies of earlier weeks) into /-whatsapp, and names the restore set in the manifest. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- docs/USERGUIDE.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/USERGUIDE.md') diff --git a/docs/USERGUIDE.md b/docs/USERGUIDE.md index dc57f27..bc16ba6 100644 --- a/docs/USERGUIDE.md +++ b/docs/USERGUIDE.md @@ -484,6 +484,19 @@ per backup run that records where each one came from on the phone (its album or folder, its original name and dates). It is what will let a restore put everything back where it was. Leave it in place. +#### WhatsApp + +- **Choose WhatsApp's folder** opens the picker on it + (`Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp`): press "Use this folder". +- What is copied is WhatsApp's own nightly backup of your chats, still + encrypted by WhatsApp: MeshBay cannot read it, but you can restore it. Turn + on **Media too** to also copy photos, videos, voice notes and documents + (often several gigabytes). +- To restore on a new phone, copy the `Databases` and `Backups` folders of the + latest copy into `Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp` before installing + WhatsApp, then restore with the same phone number (and your password or + 64-digit key if end-to-end encrypted backup is on). + If a backup cannot go on (the node's disk is full, the folder no longer accepts files, somebody else joined the group), it stops, says why once in a notification and on the Android Sync page, and tries again the next day. -- cgit v1.2.3