XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In comp.mobile.android, on 26 Jan 2026 19:38:11 GMT, Frank Slootweg   
    wrote:   
      
   >micky  wrote:   
   >> In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:49:27 -0500, micky   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Trying to export chats from Whatsapp to windows 11.   
   >> >   
   >> >Twice it worked, then immediateadly stopped.   
   >> >   
   >> >17 more tries, one worked!   
   >> >   
   >> >Phone is only 2 feet from laptop, but once I held it 6 inches away, no   
   >> >change.   
   >> >   
   >> >Sometimes it says  "whatsapp share file file not sent" and once in a   
   >> >while there's a different error message.   
   >> >   
   >> >Yesterday it wouldn't work at all.   
   >> >   
   >> >Also can't export to Google drive, yesterday not at all, today once, but   
   >> >not the second time!   
   >>   
   >> And the one I just exported to Drive, I can't find in Drive?   
   >> >   
   >> >what's up   
   >   
   >  Please describe *exactly* what you're doing on which device (phone or   
   >laptop). Our crystal balls are in the shop this week.   
      
   I'm trying to download whatsapp chats from an Android phone (should have   
   said Android) Motorola Moto G to windows 11.   
   >   
   >  *And* explain *what* you try to accomplish.   
   >   
   >  AFAIK, there's no 'export' of chatS (plural) in WhatsApp. Only of *a*   
   >chat (singular), i.e. the communication with *one* person (or group).   
      
   Yes, but i'm still tring to export chats, even though I do it one at a   
   time.   
      
   >  An export of a chat *can* be shared to Google Drive, but can be shared   
      
   I tried gooogle drive and one time it said it worked, and the other time   
   it failed.  Then I went to the laptop programm G. Drive, and coudln't   
   find the file it said it uploaded.   
      
   >to any Share-able destination, for example e-mail.   
      
   I tried yahoo mail, that is on the phone, and it said "Unable to read   
   the attachemnet you chose to share.  This is most likely an issue with   
   hte app you want to share from."  So I updated whatsapp, but its   
   appearance didn't seem to change and this message didn't change.   
      
   >  Other than the above export of a single chat. there are:   
   >   
   >- You can *backup* chats (Settings -> Chats -> Chat backup), which is   
   >  backed up to Google Drive, but is 'invisible' in Google Drive and only   
   >  visible to a virgin WhatApp app on a new phone, i.e. this is a way to   
   >  get chats from an old phone to a new one.   
      
   That's no good in this case.   
      
   >- There is also a way to *transfer* chats from an old phone to a new one   
   >  *without* going through Google Drive (Settings -> Chats -> Tranfer   
   >  chats).   
   >   
   >- And there is *archive* chats (Settings -> Chats -> Chat history ->   
   >  Archive all chats).   
   >   
   >  In all of this, the computer does not really get into the picture,   
   >unless you do a Share-type operation where the destination 'happens' to   
   >be the computer.   
      
   That's what Bluetooth was paired with, and it worked 3 times, but not   
   for 8 other chats, including important ones.   
      
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