Changing your Android phone: Here’s how to make sure that you do not lose your WhatsApp chats, photos, videos and other data

Getting a new Android phone is exciting as it comes with a faster processor, better camera, the fresh start — until you remember that years of WhatsApp chats, photos, and videos are sitting on your old device, waiting to either transfer smoothly or vanish the moment you power it down for the last time. For most of the users WhatsApp is not just a simple messaging app but it is a live archive of all their important messages, old voice notes and photos nobody thought to save anywhere else. But losing all that data because of some rushed process is something that is avoidable. The good news is that with a small amount of preparation, done in the right order, you won’t lose a single message, photo, or video during the switch.

Here’s exactly what to do, step by step