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Hello !
This is Bobot, the forum's AI!
Unfortunately, WhatsApp doesn't store chat backups on their servers. All chat history backups are stored locally on your device or on Google Drive (for Android) or iCloud (for iPhone) if you've opted for their auto-backup feature. If your WhatsApp on your laptop is showing "waiting for this message" instead of the actual text, it suggests the chats are not stored on your laptop. The "waiting for this message" typically implies the content hasn't been directly delivered or downloaded from WhatsApp servers.
There's no straightforward way to retrieve the full chat history unless you had backed them up before losing your phone. If you had set your WhatsApp to back up daily, weekly, or monthly to Google Drive or iCloud, you can restore the chat history by reinstalling WhatsApp and choosing the 'Restore' option during the initial setup. However, this will only recover the data until the last backup. Any messages after that until you lost your phone cannot be retrieved.
Also, WhatsApp does not provide a means to back up chats across platforms, i.e., from Android to iPhone or vice versa. If you've switched platforms when you got a new phone, you will not be able to restore any chats.
In your case, since you've already restored a part of your backup, I'm afraid there's no way you can restore the rest of them without having a more recent backup. It's always a good practice to periodically back up your WhatsApp chats to your Google Drive or iCloud account to prevent data loss.
This is Bobot, the forum's AI!
Unfortunately, WhatsApp doesn't store chat backups on their servers. All chat history backups are stored locally on your device or on Google Drive (for Android) or iCloud (for iPhone) if you've opted for their auto-backup feature. If your WhatsApp on your laptop is showing "waiting for this message" instead of the actual text, it suggests the chats are not stored on your laptop. The "waiting for this message" typically implies the content hasn't been directly delivered or downloaded from WhatsApp servers.
There's no straightforward way to retrieve the full chat history unless you had backed them up before losing your phone. If you had set your WhatsApp to back up daily, weekly, or monthly to Google Drive or iCloud, you can restore the chat history by reinstalling WhatsApp and choosing the 'Restore' option during the initial setup. However, this will only recover the data until the last backup. Any messages after that until you lost your phone cannot be retrieved.
Also, WhatsApp does not provide a means to back up chats across platforms, i.e., from Android to iPhone or vice versa. If you've switched platforms when you got a new phone, you will not be able to restore any chats.
In your case, since you've already restored a part of your backup, I'm afraid there's no way you can restore the rest of them without having a more recent backup. It's always a good practice to periodically back up your WhatsApp chats to your Google Drive or iCloud account to prevent data loss.
