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Europe calling

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 27, 2007
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The Netherlands
Hi, my parents have been sharing an iPhone as a couple for years.
My dad passed away recently and the iPhone will now be used solely by my mother. The phonenumber will remain the same, but the name on the providers contract will change.
I do not intend to erase the IPhone, but the AppleID connected to this device will change from my dads AppleID to her AppleID.
Will this mess up the Whatsapp messages when the AppleID and connected adress book change?

I want to prevent loss of Whatsapp messages but when i back up Whatsapp now they end up in my dads iCloud (if i'm correct) and i seriously doubt i can get them from there to my mothers iCloud.

What would be the best way to get around this?
 
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