XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 1/31/2026 4:10 AM, micky wrote:   
      
   >>> The chat is exported as a zip file. It contains the chat as .txt   
   >>> file (utf-8 including smileys.) and all pictures, videos, pdfs etc.   
   >>> in the original format.   
      
   >>That is useless crap. Now I remember, I tried that one years ago.   
      
   > It certainly is disappointing. Whatsapp could have done a lot better.   
   >   
   > I mentioned the one that would not export.  Did i get around to telling   
   > you all -- no I didn't; -- that I found you could forward the chat, but   
   > you have to tap on each little piece individually.   
      
   > The result has even a worse format, in that the time for every comment   
   > is the time I did the fowarding and there is no date at all.  What's app   
   > could have done better.   
      
   But what is the real problem with using "export chat" for archive   
   purpose? You get all attached pictures, videos and other files and   
   nearly all the text of the chat. If you also want to archive the   
   formatting done by Whatsapp, scroll to the beginning of the chat   
   (on the PC), press  to start the snipping tool, select video   
   and start screen recording. Then in Whatsapp, press  every   
   second and when reaching the chat end, save the video. This video   
   is even more demonstrative than any other saved form because it is   
   much harder to fake than for example a simple text file.   
      
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