Android Viber Recovery: Backup & Restore Viber Messages

Summary:
This article introduces two efficient ways to back up your Viber messages on Android and restore Viber messages on Android with the Viber backups. Follow the details about Android Viber recovery below and recover your deleted and lost Viber chat history.

Like WhatsApp, Viber is also a popular instant messaging app for sending and receiving free messages and making free calls. Due to its convenience, more and more people use Viber on their smartphones and tablets. However, unlike WhatsApp, Viber does not keep a copy of the chat history on the server or phone. Today, more and more people use Viber on Android.

Sometimes you may accidentally delete or lose important Viber conversations for some reason, such as you mistakenly click the Clear Data button on the Viber app. What should we do at this time? How to recover lost Viber messages on Android phones? Following are two solutions to back up and restore Android Viber messages.

(By the way, if you use WhatsApp often than Viber and delete important conversations accidentally, please refer to WhatsApp Recovery for Android.)

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Solution 1: Back up and Restore Android Viber Messages from Viber Backup
Solution 2: Back up and Restore Viber Messages on Android via Email
Other Tips for Android Data Recovery

Solution 1: Back up and Restore Android Viber Messages from Viber Backup

As I mentioned above, Viber does not keep a copy of the chat history on the server or phone. But you can do it manually. Just follow the steps below to back up your Viber chat history automatically and after that, you do not need to worry about forgetting to back up Viber messages on Android in the future.

Part 1: How to Back up Viber Messages on Android

> Open Viber app on your Android phone.

> Choose the more options screen and select Settings.

> Tap on Account option and choose Viber Backup.

> Finally, you can tap on the Back up option and wait for the Viber backing up your data.

Note: You can also setup auto backup on Android phones. To do that, you just need to open the more screen and select Settings option. Tap on Account option and choose Viber Backup. Then, tap on Auto backup and choose how often you want Viber to do auto backup from the options available.

Part 2: How to Restore Viber Messages on Android

Actually we have two ways to restore Viber messages on Android: using Google Drive Account backup and using Viber backup.

Way 1: Using Google Drive Account backup

> Connect to your Google Drive Account
> Activate Viber
> Select Restore Viber Content.

Way 2: Using Viber backup

> Choose the more options screen and select Settings.
> Tap on Account option and choose Viber Backup.
> Choose Restore option and tap on the button of Restore Now.

Solution 2: Back up and Restore Viber Messages on Android via Email

Apart from backing up and restoring Android Viber messages on Viber app itself, you can also use Email to back up Viber messages on Android and restore the backup file back to your Android device. Below are the detailed instructions:

Part 1: Backup Viber Messages on Android via Email

> Open Viber app on your Android phone.
> Choose the more options screen and select Settings.
> Select the option of Calls and messages.
> Tap on the button of Email message history.
> Wait until the backup file is generated, then, you can send it to your or any other email account.

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Part 2: Download the Backup file from Email Account

Please note that the backed up history of Android Viber messages can not be restored to your Android device directly. You have to sign into the email account, download the backup file and save it to some places you like.

Other Tips for Android Data Recovery

If you are facing problems in recovering lost data on your Android phone, Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android can help. It is a professional data recovery tool for all Android users to recover lost, deleted and formatted contacts, SMS, call logs, photos, videos, music, etc. from overall Android devices. Lab.Fone for Android supports almost all Android brands, such as Samsung, Nexus, HTC, Sony, LG, Motorola, Huawei, Xiaomi, ZTE, etc.

Below are the Three Steps to Recovery Lost Android Data via Lab.Fone for Android

Step 1. Connect your Android phone to computer

Use a USB cable to connect your Android phone to the computer where you have the Lab.Fone for Android application downloaded and installed. Make sure to enable USB debugging on your phone beforehand. Then, launch the recovery tool.

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Step 2. Scan Android phone for lost data

Please select the types of data you want to recover and click Next button. Then, the recovery tool will scan the connected Android phone and find out all the data that belong to the data types you have selected.

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