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How can we back up & restore our Wi-Fi settings from one phone to another?
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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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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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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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Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> 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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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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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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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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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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