[jaapz]

Is it that hard? Every time I moved to a new phone, whatsapp's backups are in my google drive and restored without any problem whatsoever

[trollbridge]

It’s not hard, but if you do one step out of order, your backup becomes unusable and all your history goes bye-bye.

[benoliver999]

If you don't back up to google drive, the process is much much more hairy. The transfer looks smooth but I have seen it fail in multiple instances.

These days I learn not to get attached to my message history