We are using the pre-installed Files app for this guide. You can install Solid Explorer or else you can use the pre-installed file manager (called Files). Create the com.whatsapp folder if it does not exist already. So, navigate to this folder instead and copy the backup here.

Update: In new versions of WhatsApp, the backup folder is moved to Internal storage > Android > Media > com.whatsapp. Place the file just where you see the Download, Pictures & DCIM folders. You should place the WhatsApp.zip file to the root of the internal storage of your Huawei phone i.e. However, for bigger files, you should use a MicroSD card, USB cable, pen drive, or file transfer apps like ShareIt/Xender. Depending on your WhatsApp backup size, the file can be big or small. Now you should copy the WhatsApp.zip file to your brand new Huawei phone.

Transfer the WhatsApp zip file to your Huawei phone.

Tip: If your old phone is low on storage, then you should copy the WhatsApp folder to your computer and then create a zip archive on your computer.

Tap on Create to start the archive creation.

Then press on options (3 vertical dots) and select Archive. If you do not see any WhatsApp folder here, then go to Internal storage > Android > Media > com.whatsapp > WhatsApp.

Navigate to the Internal memory > WhatsApp.

On your old phone, Install Solid Explorer from the Play Store and open it.

Just remember that the steps to create an archive may vary. We are using Solid Explorer in this demo, but you can any, even the one pre-installed on your phone. You can use any of the File explorer apps from Play Store. So, the ideal way to transfer the data is to create a zip archive which will give us only one file to copy to the new phone. WhatsApp backups can be big, especially for the individual media files which can take too long to copy individually.

Create a zip of the WhatsApp folder in your internal storage.

You can ignore the part where it syncs to Google Drive as that is not needed.

To create a backup, open WhatsApp on your old phone and go to Options > Settings > Chats > Chat backup. This will ensure that our backup includes all of the recent chats and we do not lose any messages. Starting off, the first thing to do is to generate a new backup file on your old phone. Create a fresh WhatsApp backup on your old phone.

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