WhatsApp tile grayed out

[vineet_vpns12]

No need to wait for whole back up.
Just switch off your data, and them tap,on "back up" it will be finish with In a second, count on me. I did it trice, n took just mere 3seconds.

 

[pklbtjf]

Hi,

I am facing same issue as my backup also always fails at 97%. I tried all the solutions shared here but nope of it works to slove my Whatsapp remain grayed out problem. I also tried start backup manually and hit cancel, but it not work.
My Whatsapp been greyed out for about 4hours already. No matter how many time i restart/reboot my phone, my Whatsapp still no working. I do not wish to uninstall & reinstall the apps, as my last backup was over 24hrs ago and i do not want to lost my conversation which not yet back up.
Please adivce.

 

[Shai Petel]

But does this mean WA conversations are now backed up to OneDrive? My recent experience seems to indicate so.

I recently sent my L925 to Nokia because I was experiencing freezes, and I received what I believe is a refurbished phone; at least the IMEI is different, and it appeared to have been wiped clean. I turned it on, went through the setup, restored my backup and sure enough all my WhatsApp conversations were there. So either the conversations are getting backed up online, or they replaced the mainboard in my phone and the WhatsApp user data somehow remained intact. The L925 doesn't have a SD card so that can't be it.

No. WhatsApp backs up your messages for you in their server. You can disable this in the app settings I think.