last me almost 2 days in a single charge.

Stock still low everywhere

if you don't want to restore Whatapp messages via iTunes backup, alternatively you just use Whatsapp Chat Backup feature in the app.

Archive is not backup la..its just to hide messages from ur main timeline

Settings > Chats > Chat Backup > Backup Now

This post has been edited by gouken: Jun 3 2016, 11:22 PM

There are 3 ways to backup Whatsapp messages on iPhone:
1. Using iTunes backup - this will backup everything on your phone including iMessages, contacts, apps data, Whatsapp messages etc. (except apps as they will be redownloaded from AppStore after restore) - fastest method as everything restore as old phone without using cloud.

2. Using iCloud backup - backup everything same as above except it takes forever to restore because need to grab backup from Apple server.

3. Using Whatsapp app internal iCloud backup - this will only backup Whatsapp messages to the iCloud.

I think if you archived all your messages previously, just drag your main chat timeline down and you'll see the Archived Chats tab at the top. Select the chats you want to unarchive by swiping to left and choose Unarchive

this is actually not true.

For me personally I don't like white front panel and much prefer everything black. The white panel phones (gold, rose gold/silver) looks great with white wallpapers in Apple promo shots but in reality most of the time the front when screen off looks like a black rectangle with a awful wide white frame. this makes the phone looks "smaller" and " cramped" than an invisible seamless all black panel. The other reason is most of my main apps (Twitterific, NeuBible, Transmit, Textastic etc) are all in really nice dark mode complimenting the whole black front panel. Furthermore with the rumoured iOS 10 full system Dark Mode next week, things will really looks slick with all things black 👍

Of course, this is just my POV others have different valid reasons for choosing their colors.

as i said, if you have backup previously via method 3. you can uninstall Whatsapp and restore back only Whatsapp messages from iCloud within the app without resorting to the main iCloud backup.

this screenshot from web but you can use Lightscreen 2 or Pinpoint

This post has been edited by gouken: Jun 6 2016, 10:06 AM

Silver has the added advantage of never having scuffs compared to the other colors coz there is no anodized color on top of the original aluminum. especially if you are using it without case 😄

In a sense its true - 16gb is literally a waste of time because you will ended up constantly managing storage space, ununstall apps, backup things etc. If possible, get 64gb - peace of mind.

But if you already got a 16gb, its not end of the world yet, moves your photos/video backup to the free unlimited Google Photos (best app from Google since Gmail!). Set free up storage space when its low. Because Google server infrastructure is so much more faster and smarter(with Assistant) than Apple, photos in cloud can be retrieved much faster. With some frugal tweaking you should be able to last awhile. For 4K video, just backup offline once awhile on your desktop. As an added benefit compared to the pain in the butt iCloud Photos, you can change to iPhone or Android and with all your library intact on the get go. And if you create a dedicated google account solely for Google Photos, you can shared the login with your wife or family members and all your photos are nicely consolidated into one nice family album on multiple devices. And thats a real timesaver.

This post has been edited by gouken: Jun 6 2016, 11:15 AM

means u didn't archive your chat previously. since u still have your old phone and messages, just put back the sim in old phone and backup the chats in the app. then put back sim in new phone and restore the chats from within the app.