Hey everyone!
I've been absolutely plagued by this system data bloat on my iPhone like a lot of others in that the system data now takes up more than half of my storage on my phone and my phone is barely functioning anymore given I can't take pictures, get new apps etc.
I know factory resetting your iPhone tends to solve this issue but I can't backup all my WhatsApp data because you need an outrageous amount of storage on your iPhone to be able to do that (even though I have SO MUCH iCloud storage available which is so frustrating)
So my potential solution I was thinking of was this - and I was wondering if anyone's ever tried it?
Manually going to WhatsApp and clicking "Transfer chat history" to a random old iPhone we have lying around the house, factory resetting my phone and then transferring that chat history back to me once I've restored from iCloud.
Anyone whose thought of this - are there any issues with doing this? I haven't tried it yet it's just a thought but I'm losing my mind... I'm wondering if the fact that that random phone has no SIM might be an issue but I can't think why.
Anyone whose tried this please let me know! Either way I'll give it a go later tonight and let you know...