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		matthewgifford on Jan 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WhatsApp doesn't understand the web I think that's due to the app making a local backup on the device. "WhatsApp automatically makes backups every day at 4 AM and stores them in the WhatsApp folder of your Android phone." http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/20887921

PauloManrique on Jan 22, 2015 [–]

You're right, I just removed Whatsapp and that folder and now it didn't ask me to recover.

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