Whatsapp media restoration issue

I deleted my whatsapp and restored from icloud. It restored chats but couldn’t restore media. Phone storage showing up 108GB whereas icloud backup is only 35GB.

Now have another iphone mainly to restore whatsapp media correctly. Please comment how to successfully do it?

Posted on Apr 29, 2023 12:43 AM

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muguy

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Apr 29, 2023 03:54 AM in response to Media_

For help with a third-party app, contact the developer. WhatsApp is not an Apple product

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