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From: "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.
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On 2024-11-06 14:59, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-11-06 11:13, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>
>>>     Note that I referred to the *Windows* 'Smart Switch' program, not the
>>> *Android* app (which I *also* covered later).
>>>
>>>     The Windows 'Smart Switch' program (obviously) *does* back up to your
>>> computer and creates files on your disk which you can (try to) access by
>>> other 'normal' utilities.  IIRC, Smart Switch creates both regular files
>>> and ZIP archives. For the ZIP archives you might need something like
>>> 7-Zip, because when I used this quite some time ago, the built-in
>>> Windows unzipper could not handle the format which Smart Switch used.
>>>
>>>     But to be [f|F]rank, Samsung tries to 'hide' the Windows 'Smart
>>> Switch' program, because I couldn't find it on their main Smart Switch
>>> page (<https://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/>). But a quick Google
>>> :-) search on "samsung smart switch for windows" shows it's still there:
>>>
>>> 'Downloading Smart Switch on my PC'
>>> Last Update date : Apr 17. 2024
>>> <https://www.samsung.com/au/support/mobile-devices/downloading-smart-switch-on-pc/>
>>
>> Thanks for that.  Like you, I couldn't find it on the Samsung site.
>> I've downloaded and installed it from your link, and backed up the WiFi
>> settings to a PC  -  encouragingly, I was given the specificity to
>> choose to back up only those settings.  However, looking at the backed
>> up files, although I can open the zips in 7-zip, the data itself is
>> encrypted, despite there being an option to encrypt which I noted and
>> specifically left unselected.  I suspect that it's encrypted because the
>> original file from the phone was just backed up as is, and that was
>> encrypted on the phone :-(
> 
>    Thanks for the feedback. I was about to dig up some old Smart Switch
> backups (if any) from my backup disks, but as you've already found the
> Wi-Fi settings data is encrypted, there's no point.


Passwords (and WiFi settings contain a password) are intentionally not 
backed up or transferred to a new phone. This feature would allow a bad 
guy to clone your phone and impersonate you.



-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.