Re: How to back up WhatsApp to local storage on your Android device

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:31:45 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :

I was being facetious.

Hi Chris,

I get it you tried to insult me, and that's fine. Many people try.
It's impossible, but that doesn't stop people from trying to put me down.

Essentially, they can't stand that I can do thing on Android they can't.
The reason is that I am not a slave following my MARKTETING Master Chris.

An example is I have no contacts in my contacts sqlite database, and yet I
can contact anyone on WhatsApp with a simple third-party WhatsApp dialer.

Do you think being able to do that is documented on the WhatsApp web pages?

I saw your joke about encryption, where I'm actually trying to do something
that most people don't do - which is how I'm completely different than you.

Most people are unthinking sheep.
They're slaves.

They do exactly what marketing tells them to do.
And then they complain all day about not being able to have any privacy.

If Google tells them they must have a Google Account, they set it up.
If WhatsApp tells them they must have a Google Account, they set it up.

I am not a slave, Chris.
You are a slave. I'm not.

We're different.
So your joke is really just backing up my opinion that you're a slave.

My intent with this thread is to be able to back up to local storage the
WhatsApp chats *without* needing to put those chats on the cloud first.

I'm asking here for your help (that's a royal you) in doing that.
If we (royal we) can figure that out, that's a bonus for everyone, Chris.

There might be a way, given there is an Android-to-Android chat transfer:
 <https://faq.whatsapp.com/481135090640375/?helpref=faq_content&cms_platform=android>
  "If you don't want to back up chats to your Google Account,
   you can still transfer your chats between Android devices
   using WhatsApp chat transfer."

What I might be able to do is transfer the chats to an emulator Android.
 <https://faq.whatsapp.com/209942271778103/?helpref=search&cms_platform=android>

But that might not work with an emulator, given the requirements listed.
I don't know yet. That's why I ask.

I ask in the hope maybe someone on this newsgroup knows more than I do.