WhatsApp Down? What Happened & How to Recover Lost Data?

Part 1: WhatsApp Down—What Happened and Why?

There have been some news reports related to the WhatsApp down issue a few days back. This caused a lot of problems as people would not be able to send messages to their loved ones. A few of the reports said this was an outage issue just like we see on Facebook and Instagram sometimes. However, the WhatsApp owner Meta confirmed later that this was not an outage issue.

Part 2: The Problem of WhatsApp Downtime

There are a few of the issues that a user might face during WhatsApp outages. Here is a list

• Lost messages
• Inaccessible chats
• Failed calls (voice and video)
• Delayed message delivery
• Missing notifications
• Broken group chat functionality
• Disrupted business communications
• Unresponsive app interface

Part 3: How to Recover WhatsApp Data Lost Due to WhatsApp Down

There are multiple methods to recover your lost data after WhatsApp down the issue. Here are a few of the methods you need to follow to recover lost data.

1. Restore WhatsApp Chat History via UltData WhatsApp Recovery [Android/iOS]

Tenorshare UltData for WhatsApp recovery is the best solution one might have. It is helpful to recover any sort of data that WhatsApp allows quickly. Here are a few of the main features of the Tenorshare Ultdata WhatsApp recovery tool that make it more useful than most of the tools available in the market.

Features

• Restore from iTunes backup without initializing/restoring the device.
• Automatically detect and display all iTunes backup files for selection.
• Support preview before recovery.
• Support recovery of some required WhatsApp data (selective recovery.)
• Restores data without backup as well

Tenorshare Ultdata is easy to use for anybody. It supports multiple languages for you to work on. Even if you use the English version, it is going to be the easiest one as there are no complex steps you need to follow to retrieve data. The system itself guides you through the recovery process.

Recover WhatsApp Chat from Device

Recovering WhatsApp chat from the device is possible and here are a few of the steps you need to take to recover your WhatsApp chats and other data.

• Open the Ultdata WhatsApp recovery tool and select recover data from the device.
• Connect your device to the computer and let the tool detect the device in its system.
• Select the data type to scan in the system and click scan. The data will start arriving on the screen.
• Select all the files you want to recover from the screen and click recover. The data will be downloaded to your pc quickly and chats will be restored in the system.

Recover WhatsApp Chat from iTunes

iTunes is a backup space for most iOS users as they back up their devices through iTunes. The data is saved there if anything happens to your device so that you can access it afterwards. Here are a few of the steps you need to follow to recover WhatsApp chats and other data through iTunes backup without resetting

• Open the Ultdata recovery tool and select the iTunes function to restore data from iTunes backup.
• Select the device check the last backup time and see if you might contain your chats and other data in that data or not. If yes, select the backup and click next.
• The system will start scanning and WhatsApp data will be retrieved. Once the screen starts showing the data, you can preview it as well.
• Select the files and chats you want to recover from the left-hand side of the screen and click recover, your lost data will be saved in your system again.

2. Retrieve Android WhatsApp Messages on Local Backup

Local backup is also helpful sometimes. You can recover the lost data from your local WhatsApp memory. Here is how you can do it.

• Open your file manager, navigate to Internal Storage > WhatsApp > Databases, and ensure the backup file (e.g., msgstore.db.crypt12) is present.
• Reinstall and Restore WhatsApp: Uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp from the Google Play Store, verify your phone number, and follow the prompt to restore your messages from the detected local backup.

Conclusion

If you have something on WhatsApp that matters to you a lot and is lost, you don't need to panic. You would still be able to get back your data with the help of the solutions given above. Tenorshare UltData for WhatsApp recovery provides comprehensive solutions even if there is no backup created for your WhatsApp. So, what are you waiting for? Try the Tenorshare WhatsApp recovery tool before it's too late. You can get back your data with ease by following simple steps. Don't be late!