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On 2024-11-05 21:36, Java Jive wrote:
>
> On 2024-11-05 13:23, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>
>>    Samsung's 'Back up data' backs up Wi-Fi settings to the Samsung Cloud.
>> Not sure if you can access that data to restore it to a non-Samsung
>> phone.
> 
> I've managed to find my Samsung account details, last used many years 
> ago, and do a backup of 'Settings', though there was no granularity of 
> which settings were included, so no definite indication that the WiFi 
> connections have been backed up.  As my new phone is not also a Samsung, 
> and they tend to be rather idiosyncratic, probably I had better not try 
> to restore the settings to my current phone, if even I can.  I've spent 
> some time on the Samsung website, which is utterly useless [*], trying 
> to discover how to restore the backup to my PC, but there doesn't seem 
> to be anything there about any such possibility.

Tried the Samsung site again today and this time actually found 
something useful, WiFi settings ARE included in Cloud backups:

https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/apps-services/use-the-samsung-cloud-to-back-up-and-restore-data-to-your-galaxy-device/

So, as a test of how specific I could be, I tried restoring the backup 
to the tablet, rather than the phone, reasoning that it being the source 
of the backup it was less likely to be affected for the worse by the 
restore, but again the only choice I got was "Settings", I couldn't 
choose which settings to restore.

An I still can't find out how to get the backup somewhere more useful to 
me, like onto my PC.

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