How to recover WhatsApp chats after losing your smartphone

Losing a phone is an unpleasant experience, especially when it contains vital information like photos, documents, UPI accounts, and WhatsApp chats.

However, you can recover your data, even WhatsApp chats, if you follow the right steps.

Here's step by step guide to recover your WhatsApp chat.

1. The first thing you should do when your phone is stolen is to request your mobile network provider to block your SIM card. Locking your SIM card is important for retrieving your WhatsApp chats since the app requires SMS verification to verify your account on the new phone.
2. After blocking your SIM card, ask your network provider to provide you with a new SIM card with the same phone number.

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Retrieve WhatsApp chats from iCloud:

• Install WhatsApp on your new phone and set it up.
• Now, you will need to verify your phone number.
• WhatsApp will then search for backups in your iCloud and prompt you to restore your chat history from the saved backup.
• When you see instructions on your phone's screen, just do what it tells you to do.
• Then, choose the iCloud backup that you want to restore your WhatsApp chats from.

WhatsApp will restore your chats from the chosen iCloud backup. The amount of time it takes to retrieve your WhatsApp chats depends on how large the backup file is. So, if you have a bigger backup file, it may take longer to restore your chats.

Retrieve WhatsApp chats from Google Drive:

• Install WhatsApp from the Google Play Store on your device.
• Now initiate the setup process.
• Now give grant permission to check for backups in your Google Drive.
• Start the backup recovery process when prompted.

After completion, WhatsApp will restore all your chats and media to your new phone. It is essential to regularly back up your WhatsApp chats to prevent future data loss.