Restoring backup messages from a broken iphone Closed

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Hi,,

My iPhone was damaged to the point of not working anymore and will be replaced by the insurance, but this might take 1-2 weeks. 
I have backups in iCloud.
FOR ME THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT: I have important whatsapp messages that I want to retrieve. 
I am planning to only connect to my Whatsapp number once I have the new replacement iPhone and use the restore functionality with the latest backup of my broken iPhone.
I am using a temporary android phone, until I get the replacement and I did not associate Whatsapp with my number on this phone, because I think I will not get my messages back.
In the meantime, I am not receiving WhatsApp messages from important people, we also use it a lot at work, this has been already happening for a week and maybe another one or two more. 

Do you know another way I can get my messages back without waiting for an iPhone and running the backup restore? 

Thanks

HelpiOS · Answer

Hi,

You can only restore the last WhatsApp backup saved on iCloud for the iPhone. To restore the backup on your Android phone, you must have a backup on Google Drive, as you won't be able to restore the backup from iCloud to your Android phone.

wjimmy · Answer

What if I activate Whatsapp on my temporary Android and later when I receive my iphone replacement I restore my iphone with a backup, will I be able to have all the messages back? And will I lose all the new messages during temporary android?

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