Have you ever had that sinking feeling of losing information that could literally save your life and not be able to do anything to retrieve it? When I am in this particular situation, I can’t help thinking why oh why did I not take that teeny-weeny extra step to preserve it a while longer. Usually, we just need enough time for us to determine if it needs more permanent keeping or forever thrown into oblivion. Fortunately, there is an easy way of saving and retrieving our digital communications through WeChat Cloud Storage and Chat History Back Up.

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The 3-Step Process of WeChat’s Chat History Backup

 

SAVE

Select “Settings” > “General” > “Chat History Backup”, then click “Back Up” for the conversations that you have chosen to store.

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PROTECT

Once the desired chats are saved, go one step further by setting a password.

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RESTORE

Simply log on and tap “Restore” on the Chat History Backup window to restore conversations on any device. When this is done, the backed-up history will be restored to your device from the server.

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The WeChat Cloud Storage Solution

The coming of WeChat Cloud Storage was inevitable. Humans continue to accumulate information that can no longer be contained in hard drives, compact discs, USBs and other earlier forms of storage solutions. With the introduction of Cloud storage, users are now able to save their data on an off-site storage system or a remote database. It provides the distinct advantage of accessing data from any location as long as there is Internet connection.

Our mobile communication details cannot be stored in the same way we keep our hard copies. With the Chat History Back Up feature of WeChat, the social mobile app easily serves as a digital notepad. It is able to save conversation histories and restore them to any device for up to seven days. This information retrieval option can indeed be a life-saving  component  for very crucial information in business for example.

WeChat Information Retrieval Use in Everyday Life

Not every information retrieval need is as dramatic. Most of the time, we just need to support our memory lapses while we do our everyday tasks. Retrieving important dates of business or personal significance will ensure that you do not unnecessarily forget appointments and special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries.

Post-its and refrigerator notes have long been relegated in the background by digital listing. People automatically reach out to their mobile phones to check for previous messages and instructions. Colleagues in the work area usually opt to communicate and converse digitally so it is highly possible that some important details contained in those numerous chats will need saving and retrieving. You just need to look at the activity of your WeChat group to realize just how advantageous the Chat History Back Up feature is.

About WeChat

WeChat envisions and innovates new ways for people to connect, communicate and share. A mobile social communication app designed for smartphone users, WeChat is the world’s fastest growing social app with over 100 million registered accounts internationally.

WeChat empowers users in fun and dynamic ways by bringing together messaging, social communication and gaming in one seamless, interactive experience, with comprehensive privacy and security settings that can be tailored as needed.

WeChat is an all-in-one app that enables users to add friends with several innovative features. These include highly convenient and reliable QR code scanning, phonebook and location-based connection services such as “Hold Together”, “People Nearby” and “Shake.” The platform facilitates social interaction with real-time “Walkie Talkie,” “Voice Call,” and “Video Call.” Supported on data networks and Wi-Fi, WeChat makes it easy to stay connected with friends anywhere, anytime. Users can choose to communicate and share photos one-on-one, or within their closed social network through “Moments”. The popular WeChat Sticker Shop has a variety of fun animated emoticons to express any emotion. Also, with a host of addictive WeChat Games, users can play and challenge their friends on the move, share scores and even find competitors nearby.

WeChat is available free for download on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian and Windows operating systems.

Learn more about WeChat and download the app at www.wechat.com
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My Say

In the very hectic lives we lead today, we are bound to forget or miss some details that will prove to be important at a later time. It is comforting to know that there are now ways we can retrieve vital information when we need it. Let us just not forget that we have seven days to do that with our WeChat conversations.

Information contained in the above post has been brought to you in partnership with WeChat. However, all opinions are mine.