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The chat history backup function that comes with WeChat is too difficult to use, and it must have become the consensus of many people. The reason, first of all, is that its backup speed is too slow.
Every time Super Super backs up or restores WeChat chat history through the local area network, he needs to spend at least tens of minutes in front of the computer, and reminders of the current weak network will appear from time to time during this period.
If you don’t encounter network interruption during transmission, thank goodness.
Then it is because its chat history does not support cloud backup.
Although Tencent officially launched a “Tencent File Manager” app to implement cloud backups, it can only back up pictures, videos, and documents received by WeChat every time.
If we format the phone or delete WeChat without backing up WeChat in advance, this part of the chat history will still be completely GG.
In order to allow you to save your WeChat chat history more quickly and for a longer period of time, Shichao searched a lot on the Internet, and finally I found two ways to back up WeChat data through other channels.
Share it with everyone here today.
Before the official start, Shichao still feels it is necessary to explain in advance, because some mobile phone manufacturers such as Apple, OPPO, Huawei’s own cloud backup function itself supports backing up WeChat chat history.
So if there are friends who are using these phones and are not willing to toss, they can choose to back up WeChat data to cloud space.
In this way, when you need to restore the chat history someday, you can restore it directly through the cloud service, which is still very troublesome.
The two methods that Shichao will introduce next are only applicable to those mobile phones whose cloud service does not support WeChat backup.
Of course, if you are not willing to spend money to expand cloud storage space, you can also try these methods. After all, the 5G free cloud space given by the manufacturer is obviously not enough for the large-capacity WeChat user.
So not much nonsense, let’s start now.
The first WeChat backup method shared by Shichao is only useful for certain mobile phones. As for which mobile phones support, friends can open the settings on their mobile phones and search for backups.
If your phone’s backup function has the option of “Back up third-party applications and application data” to your local or computer, congratulations, you can actually back up WeChat data at any time.
The backup operation is very simple.
For friends, expand the “Third-party applications and application data” option in the backup, then select the WeChat App and click Backup.
After the backup is complete, you will find that the WeChat data has been saved in the local folder of the phone in a bak format backup file.
If we do not actively delete this file, then this WeChat backup will always be stored in the phone.
If you feel uneasy, you can also choose to export it to a computer or USB flash drive, or upload it to a cloud disk. This approach is equivalent to implementing WeChat cloud backup in disguise.
Restoring WeChat data can’t be easier. Copy the backup file back to the original path, and then select WeChat and click Restore under the “Third Party Programs and Application Data” option of the restoration.
According to World Super’s actual measurement, even if WeChat has been deleted by us at this time, it can still be restored to the way it was when it was backed up through recovery.
Considering that this method is a WeChat backup and recovery that directly reads and writes data on the hard disk, it will undoubtedly be much faster than our LAN in terms of chat log backup and recovery speed.
Originally, it took Shichao three hours to back up the successful WeChat chat history on the computer. It only took 15 minutes to back up the WeChat chat history for me. Those who have this local backup function on their mobile phone must try it.
But then again, if a phone with a friend only supports the backup application and not the data generated by this application, then you should continue to look at the second backup method that Super Super will introduce next.
The second method is suitable for almost all models, but it has a little technical threshold, that is, you need to root your mobile phone.
To root the phone is to get the highest authority on the phone. This highest authority is similar to the Administrator authority on a Windows computer. Only with the highest authority can we smoothly access and modify the data in the WeChat App.
Since different types of mobile phones have different root methods and there is a risk of bricking, Shichao recommends that friends prepare copies of the mobile phones in advance and then follow the tutorials provided by online netizens.
Here, Shi Chao will directly talk about how to back up WeChat after the phone is rooted. Speaking of which, this method was implemented by a great god named “The Bathing Monarch” in Ku’an. He wrote a script some time ago, and running it on his mobile phone can automatically back up WeChat chat records to a cloud disk.
The download link of the script is moved here: https://czj.lanzoux.com/ifeA2i2sled
After decompression, there are almost these files:
After downloading the script, the friends need to download a “MT Manager” on the phone to modify some parameters in the script.
The first is to modify the backup.sh script. The function of this script is actually to pack the WeChat chat records, and then save it to our Tianyi Cloud or the learning network disk or locally.
Only by filling in the account and password of our online disk in the script can we log in to the online disk smoothly when the script is running. If you do not change the parameters, the WeChat backup will be saved locally by default after the script runs.
Next is to modify the recovery.sh script. Its function is to automatically log in to our network disk account when it is running, and then read the WeChat backup file saved in it, download the file to the phone, and restore the WeChat chat history on the phone.
Friends who are friends also have to fill in this script with their own network disk account and password. As long as the above steps are completed, it will be easy for us to back up WeChat in the future, and Shi Chao will demonstrate to everyone.
First, run backup.sh to help me back up WeChat:
The script backup speed depends on the size of the WeChat chat record and the speed of the mobile phone network. Once the prompt that the WeChat backup is completed appears on the interface, it means that the WeChat chat record has been backed up to the network disk at this time.
In order to test whether the script can really restore the WeChat chat history, Shichao chose to clear the WeChat chat here.
Then run the recovery.sh script to help me restore the chat history.
After the script finishes running, open WeChat, and then the messengers will see that the chat history that I just deleted has been restored by it.
At present, the script has implemented incremental backup, which means that it will only back up newly added chat records to the network disk every time it backs up, instead of repeated backups, the overall experience is quite good.
However, Shichao thinks that these methods are some curved solutions to save the country. If the WeChat chat log backup function is good enough, who would want to toss it? I still hope that the cloud backup function of WeChat chat history can be launched as soon as possible.
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