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  • Back up and restore Wi-Fi settings from one phone to another

    From Andrews@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 4 19:46:40 2024
    How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to another?
    <https://i.postimg.cc/2jxYYsmM/adb-pull-wifi.jpg>

    I can copy the hosts file but not the WifiConfigStore.xml file.
    Why not?

    type hosts.txt
    The system cannot find the file specified.

    adb pull /system/etc/hosts .\hosts.txt
    /system/etc/hosts: 1 file pulled, 0 skipped. 0.0 MB/s (56 bytes in 0.003s)

    type hosts.txt
    127.0.0.1 localhost
    ::1 ip6-localhost

    adb root
    adbd cannot run as root in production builds

    adb pull /data/misc/apexdata/com.android.wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml
    adb: error: failed to stat remote object '/data/misc/apexdata/com.android.wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml': Permission denied

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Andrews on Mon Nov 4 20:18:49 2024
    Andrews wrote:

    How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to another?

    You can view or share wifi password as QR on a per-SSID basis from settings/network&internet/internet/[particularSSID]/gear icon/share icon

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  • From Java Jive@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Tue Nov 5 10:20:45 2024
    On 2024-11-04 20:18, Andy Burns wrote:
    Andrews wrote:

    How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to
    another?

    You can view or share wifi password as QR on a per-SSID basis from settings/network&internet/internet/[particularSSID]/gear icon/share icon

    But not on Samsung Android 7.

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  • From Dave Royal@21:1/5 to Java Jive on Tue Nov 5 11:05:58 2024
    Java Jive <[email protected]d> Wrote in message:

    On 2024-11-04 20:18, Andy Burns wrote:
    Andrews wrote:

    How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to
    another?

    You can view or share wifi password as QR on a per-SSID basis from
    settings/network&internet/internet/[particularSSID]/gear icon/share icon

    But not on Samsung Android 7.

    On this Samsung, Android 13, I can share a QR code for a
    connection - it's at the bottom of the screen in
    settings,wifi,ssid,cog-icon. I pointed an iPhone at it and it
    asked if I wanted to join that network.

    A barcode scanner tells me the QR code contains WIFI:S:<ssid>;T:WPA;P:<password>;H:false;;

    I don't think I can do that for stored network connections that
    are not visible now, which would be useful. I could scan the ones
    I want to backup and export the scanner history.
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  • From Carlos E. R.@21:1/5 to Java Jive on Tue Nov 5 12:28:55 2024
    On 2024-11-05 11:20, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2024-11-04 20:18, Andy Burns wrote:
    Andrews wrote:

    How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to
    another?

    You can view or share wifi password as QR on a per-SSID basis from
    settings/network&internet/internet/[particularSSID]/gear icon/share icon

    But not on Samsung Android 7.

    You can with an old app that predates that feature that was designed for sharing the SSID/pass.

    I had the QR printed for visitors at the time, but the problem was they
    had to install the app first, so there was little advantage.


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  • From Java Jive@21:1/5 to Carlos E. R. on Tue Nov 5 13:05:52 2024
    On 2024-11-05 11:28, Carlos E. R. wrote:
    On 2024-11-05 11:20, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2024-11-04 20:18, Andy Burns wrote:
    Andrews wrote:

    How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to
    another?

    You can view or share wifi password as QR on a per-SSID basis from
    settings/network&internet/internet/[particularSSID]/gear icon/share icon

    But not on Samsung Android 7.

    You can with an old app that predates that feature that was designed for sharing the SSID/pass.

    I had the QR printed for visitors at the time, but the problem was they
    had to install the app first, so there was little advantage.

    Interesting ... Which app would that be?

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  • From Carlos E. R.@21:1/5 to Java Jive on Tue Nov 5 16:01:26 2024
    On 2024-11-05 14:05, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2024-11-05 11:28, Carlos E. R. wrote:
    On 2024-11-05 11:20, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2024-11-04 20:18, Andy Burns wrote:
    Andrews wrote:

    How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to
    another?

    You can view or share wifi password as QR on a per-SSID basis from
    settings/network&internet/internet/[particularSSID]/gear icon/share
    icon

    But not on Samsung Android 7.

    You can with an old app that predates that feature that was designed
    for sharing the SSID/pass.

    I had the QR printed for visitors at the time, but the problem was
    they had to install the app first, so there was little advantage.

    Interesting ... Which app would that be?

    I have forgotten, I don't have the old phone where I used it at my
    current location. I seem to recollect it was "tiny QR"

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    Carlos E.R.

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  • From Andrews@21:1/5 to Java Jive on Tue Nov 5 18:58:59 2024
    Java Jive wrote on Tue, 5 Nov 2024 13:05:52 +0000 :

    I had the QR printed for visitors at the time, but the problem was they
    had to install the app first, so there was little advantage.

    Interesting ... Which app would that be?

    I have the best search engine on the planet but without using regular expressions (which Java Jive can do) it found "too many" hits because
    "Wi-Fi" in any search will catch too many things, even when filtered.
    <https://skyica.com/appfinder/get/>

    However, in Skyica App Finder I did this supposed Wi-Fi backup app.
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup>

    It doesn't require root for most things, but it needs it for the Wi-Fi
    backup (so it may be an Android limitation that you have to be rooted).

    Since I am a good person, always helpful, it turns out that I was actually asking the question on behalf of Java Jive (from the Win10 newsgroup).

    I didn't even know that Java Jive frequented the Android newsgroup, so I'm happy he noticed I asked on his behalf. Now that he's here though....

    I wonder if he's rooted. Are you rooted Java Jive?

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