Recover Whats-app database files (.crypt12) Today I had to uninstall whats-app as my storage was 100% and all the apps were constantly crashing. I thought I would recover it later. However my file manager app ES file explorer offered me to delete app data which I accidentally okay-ed. Now I have only backup of Media files as of date and Google drive backup of a month back.

My phone is running Android Kitkat 4.4.4 and is not yet rooted.

Is there any way to restore msgstore****.crypt12 files from whatsapp databases?

I have all the whatsapp media but without messages it wont make much difference.

Please help.

P.S I have uninstalled whatsapp and have disabled sync so not new data could get overwritten to simplify recovery.
Is there any way to restore msgstore****.crypt12 files from whatsapp databases?


Yes, but you have to deactivate Google Drive sync. The only way is to remove Whatsapp from the authorized apps on this page:

https://myaccount.google.com/permissions

After that, locate the backups directory where the .crypt12 files reside.


Make a copy of the newest one that you would like to recover
Call said copy exactly msgstore.db.crypt12
Reinstall WhatsApp
Wait until the setup asks you if you want to restore from the local backup (it won't suggest the one on Google Drive because you removed the authorization before)


Done!