
Plug your device to computer, mount it to read files, go to storage, locate WhatsApp folder, rename it as “wa.bak” or whatever, then copy the backup you made before from your computer to the storage, in the same position as the folder you just renamed. Switch to flight mode or switch off wifi and mobile data. On your device, close whatsapp (from configure → apps → whatsapp → close) You don’t need to open it nor configure your phone number. On the new device (it might be the old device after reset): install whatsapp. If you prefer command line, enable adb on your device, then open a terminal on your computer and:

Plug your device to a computer, mount it to read files, then go to storage and locate “WhatsApp” folder. I’m not aware of any app doing this, for example Nextcloud is not saving WhatsApp data folders You reset your /e/ device and you want to restore your conversations.If it was between two Google devices, you could use Google Drive, however on /e/ there’s not such option, but the operation is still possible You just installed /e/ on your device, and you want to move your WhatsApp conversations from Google Android to /e/.But still we want to use /e/ OS, instead of Google’s android. However for many of us it’s necessary: many customers use this platform and we can’t quit it. I guess it’s also used for surveillance purposes. WhatsApp is bad at privacy, basically everything you type is sent to facebook, scanned and used for customizing the ads delivered to you.
