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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2024-11-07 17:18, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > A little earlier, I wrote:
> >>    That Wi-Fi passwords are not backed up 1) is not true for Samsungs's
> >> Smart Switch (see above) and 2) for Google Backup (to Google Drive) has
> >> been more or less debunked by my response of earlier today:
> > 
> >    N.B. Google Backup ('Backup by Google One') specifically says that
> > Wi-Fi passwords are backed up.
> 
> On my Motorola phone, settings, search "Google backup" finds nothing. 
> Nor does "backup".
> 
> I have "copia de seguridad", and "copia de seguridad de Google One", 
> which must be it. It is as complete as it is, except for photos which I 
> disabled (I back them up to Amazon).
> 
> > 
> >    On my (Samsung Galaxy A51) Android 13 phone:
> > 
> >    Settings -> Google / Google services -> All services -> Backup &
> > restore -> Backup -> Manage storage -> opens one.google.com webpage ->
> > YOUR DEVICE BACKUP (2) -> Galaxy A51 -> See details ->
> 
> Found it.
> 
> > 
> > "Device settings              208 KB
> >   Wallpaper, Wi-Fi password..."
> > 
> >    N.B. The part after "password" can not be shown, only gives the three
> > dots, but if I go to the one.google.com webpage on my laptop, it says:
> > 
> > "Device settings
> >   Wallpaper, Wi-Fi passwords and more"
> 
> Does not open.

  Exactly. My point was only that the Wi-Fi settings *are* backed up,
not that they are seperately accessible/restorable with other tools.

> >    So Wi-Fi passwords are backed up by Google Backup. Whether they are
> > also transferred from an old to a new device is still unanswered (by
> > official references).