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From: Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 02:19:45 +0000
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On 2024-11-06 21:11, Java Jive wrote:
>
> On 2024-11-06 13:24, Java Jive wrote:
>>
>> 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 🙁
>>
>> From which I predict that most probably it will also be encrypted 
>> using the micro SD card that is due to arrive early this evening 🙁
> 
> Prediction correct: The backups by either method seem to consist of 
> metadata files which are unencrypted, and data files which are encrypted 
> no matter how the backup is made.

But then I thought, perhaps if I load Smart Switch onto the Pixel again, 
plug in the micro SD, and run it, it will allow me to restore the 
backup, but NO!  Again the program has been deliberately crippled not to 
allow any sort of copying to a non-Samsung device, even from a local source.

Fucking bastards!  Guess who'll NEVER be buying another Samsung phone!

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