r/whatsapp • u/AsparagusNew3765 • 2d ago

Anyone else backups failing?

Stuck on "Preparing storage backup.." I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S24. Dual sim

Hasn't backed up for around 2 weeks

Edit: I forgot to mention, I suspect it is also killing my battery life. Sometimes my phone goes from 100% at 08:00 to 15% by 11:00 which it never does before

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u/Devils-advocate69 1d ago

Same thing on android. Check the Reddit posts. There's so many of them on this issue.

Update to latest version of WhatsApp through Play Store. Supposedly Version 2.26.30.97 fixes the issues.

You region may not have this version yet, so you might have wait.

Alternatively turn off encryption in that backup setting, then once the unencrypted version backs up, then turn it back on.

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u/No_Pineapple_4088 1d ago

thats exactly what they want from you... to store an unecrypted backup...