Question about encryption

[bagaweb]

My old device got broken, I was able to make a backup of all the chats and export it by using this tool: https://github.com/KnugiHK/WhatsApp-Key-DB-Extractor.

Anyway, when I try to import this msgstore.db backup file in another device, Whatsapp doesn't seem to recognize it and i'm not able to restore the backup.

I was wondering if I should encrypt the msgstore.db file to msgstore.db.crypt14 in order to restore the backup. Can this be achieved with your tool?

[code-consensus]

I was wondering if I should encrypt the msgstore.db file to msgstore.db.crypt14 in order to restore the backup. Can this be achieved with your tool?

You can use the tool to create db.crypt14 files that are identical to what WhatsApp exports, so there is nothing stopping you from restoring the database in the way you mention.

The crypt14 encryption progress is described in issue #125 FYI. Also, if you need to create the key file, see issue #140.

[bagaweb]

Thanks @code-consensus.

Since I've been using again whatsapp for about a month and I really don't want to lose all the backuped chats anymore, is there a way to eventually merge the old backup with the last month usage?

[code-consensus]

Yes, it is theoretically possible to merge old and new backups, as they are both just SQL databases.

Merging databases is actually discussed in a thread in ElDavoo's github discussion topic #118, and it includes someone that was actually successful in doing it, so you can learn about it at that post. However, it is quite complicated and requires knowledge of SQL database manipulation.

[bagaweb]

Thank you.