Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 22:27:37 +0100 Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <1ktfijp2bp4fisefbf95ptanhve79ab2od@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net INtOfTvRP/MweqRCg0U8oww3cb5TrfJOdMPlc78m5MPAwfciYB Cancel-Lock: sha1:GPO47tfkYruQ0fmRMRWJv/zxTks= sha256:r1IskmNK+iSVSvn2wcZHSXS4238jKW+Zru09MtY88oE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:179791 comp.mobile.android:144059 On 2024-11-08 10:39, Frank Slootweg wrote: > Carlos E. R. 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. Not "exactly". Mine does not say what it stores. It doesn't say it stores wifi passwords. It just says "device settings". -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.