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[GUIDE] Restore saved WiFi when flashing a new Rom

Greetings,
first of all, since this is my first guide, please be kind and for another thing, english is not my mother tongue so pardon eventual spelling errors.
I'am sort of a "flash-o-holic" and one thing that drives me nuts is everytime i flash a new rom, i have to reenter my saved WiFi-networks including their passwords. And since these passwords are really long, about 16 to 26 characters, it's a very tedious process.
But a found a solution or workaround, that i want to share with you.
First, grab your wpa_supplicant.conf file, usually it's saved under /system/etc/wifi/ (you can either pull it via adb or copy it with a root explorer to your sdcard) a save this file on your PC.
Now download your desired rom (if you haven't already), open it with a zip tool (i use 7zip and so should you ), navigate to /system/etc/wifi/ and replace the wpa_supplicant.conf file.
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And that's it!
You can just flash it like normal via custom recovery.
Worked for me everytime. (=

Nice, I never thought about that. I usually restore this using Titanium Backup, but that requires getting TB onto the phone first. With your method wi-fi will be available imediately after booting.
EDIT: Except... that file is mostly empty. For me the file with my wifi data is /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

...or you can just backup your data using Google. it restores your WiFi passwords

Chezbel said:
Nice, I never thought about that. I usually restore this using Titanium Backup, but that requires getting TB onto the phone first. With your method wi-fi will be available imediately after booting.
EDIT: Except... that file is mostly empty. For me the file with my wifi data is /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
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Thanks for the information. As soon as i got home i'll update the guide.
IINexusII said:
...or you can just backup your data using Google. it restores your WiFi passwords
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I could do that, but i don't want to save my WiFi-Settings & passwords on a google server. It's silly i know but i'am kinda paranoid.

MrCrunch said:
I could do that, but i don't want to save my WiFi-Settings & passwords on a google server. It's silly i know but i'am kinda paranoid.
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Same for me

Well, i guess the Main Argument against that would be:
When you need to restore from Google, you have to connect to wifi first, right?
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Thanks for the info! I have a ton of logins for various businesses. PITA to manually redo all of them.

Hallucinogen775 said:
Well, i guess the Main Argument against that would be:
When you need to restore from Google, you have to connect to wifi first, right?
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app
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No, you have a phone so use your 3g/4g connection to go through the setup process

more easy , venom tweaks )

Help Stock Email Activesync outlook.com

I9505 4.3 Stock I9505XXUEMKE and I cannot send an email via the stock email app the message I get is " retrieving account information " I can receive email just fine and I have just finished doing a factory reset but still have the same problem. if I download and use the outlook.com app, I can send email just fine but I would rather use the stock email client and would really like to know why it has just started to do this.
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1. Go to Apps - Settings - Accounts and delete the account where u are using the email client
2. Reboot ur phone
3. Go to Apps - Settings - Accounts and add one account for the email client again
4. Start the email client
5. Try to send other mail
6. Tell me if all go ok and press the THANKS button if worked for ya :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
1. Go to Apps - Settings - Accounts and delete the account where u are using the email client
2. Reboot ur phone
3. Go to Apps - Settings - Accounts and add one account for the email client again
4. Start the email client
5. Try to send other mail
6. Tell me if all go ok and press the THANKS button if worked for ya :highfive:
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Tried all that .. I have just flashed another rom ( Stock XSA )done factory resets cleared cache data force stoped and reset email ... and I still get " Retrieving Account Information "

Updated to XXUEML9 via Odin and my stock email is now working fine

[Q] forget my pin!

Hi i forget my pin
plese help me
i have samsung galaxy i9505
how can i open the lock
my phone is root and my rom MKF 3.4
and I have cwm recovery
how can I unlock my phone without delelting any thing :crying:

You mean the lockscreen or SIM card?
If it's SIM card, find your PUK or simply pull it out
If it's lockscreen...
Do nandroid backup, full wipe , reflash system and then use TB to restore crucial data from nandroid. OK, that's best way I can think of, anyone got better idea?
But how can you possibly forget your PIN? It's just 4 numbers...

depending on the screen lock type
if it is pin or patten try to reset by gmail
if it is password your are out of luck, you need to do a wipe data/factory reset & wipe cache

RubbaBand said:
depending on the screen lock type
if it is pin or patten try to reset by gmail
if it is password your are out of luck, you need to do a wipe data/factory reset & wipe cache
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You can do that? Reset by gmail? But how?

qtwrk said:
You can do that? Reset by gmail? But how?
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In lockscreen you can press "forget?" or something like that, you'll need to login with the same gmail account you use for google play store and or other services on your phone to verify that you are the owner

KingOfDope said:
In lockscreen you can press "forget?" or something like that, you'll need to login with the same gmail account you use for google play store and or other services on your phone to verify that you are the owner
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? only for TW?
Didn't find such in carbon...
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qtwrk said:
? only for TW?
Didn't find such in carbon...
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all lockscreen must have that. try to type your pin many times wrong maybe it shows

Its should appear "Fogot" down the screen after 5 times wrong pin or pattern
The device will ask you to signin with the google play Account that you are using
And Its on any device running android
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Backup google authenticator database

How can i restore backup google authenticator database to move to another device ? i found few tutorials but 0 vides on this and i still don't know how to do it, my phone is rooted bu even when i go to that map with my file manager i get " access denied" in map so i don't know how to do it

Casper9696 said:
How can i restore backup google authenticator database to move to another device ? i found few tutorials but 0 vides on this and i still don't know how to do it, my phone is rooted bu even when i go to that map with my file manager i get " access denied" in map so i don't know how to do it
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I don't think there is away to back it up completely. For each account you add into the Google Authenticator, you are usually given a recovery key at setup. You need to keep the key safely and use it for recovery whenever you need it. Once you have configured it, you will usually not have the option to review the key again due to security reasons.

fylim said:
I don't think there is away to back it up completely. For each account you add into the Google Authenticator, you are usually given a recovery key at setup. You need to keep the key safely and use it for recovery whenever you need it. Once you have configured it, you will usually not have the option to review the key again due to security reasons.
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I founded on some website that i can get database out and with sqelite 3( or something like that) i can find for each account same code that i already used and can use again. But i got database out but i cant open it with that program ☹
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I switched to Authy some years back after having to manually disable and re-enable 2FA on like fifteen accounts following a phone migration.
Now my codes easily move to a new device. No complaints.

Aganar said:
I switched to Authy some years back after having to manually disable and re-enable 2FA on like fifteen accounts following a phone migration.
Now my codes easily move to a new device. No complaints.
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Damm i have more than 25 2FA accounts i will need 1 day just for that haha

You can transfer your google authenticator accounts from one phone to another, using this method

I forgot pattern lock on my Oneplus 8pro how to unlock without factory reset.

I also had a finger print on it but it got restarted and the the phone asking for a pattern which I don't remember. Is there any slightest chance that I can recover my data ?

annus9214 said:
I also had a finger print on it but it got restarted and the the phone asking for a pattern which I don't remember. Is there any slightest chance that I can recover my data ?
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If you have registered with your Google account, you should be able to unlock using your Google password, too.
Hope that you have not changed this unlock method

It_ler said:
If you have registered with your Google account, you should be able to unlock using your Google password, too.
Hope that you have not changed this unlock method
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They have changed that method. Man

More information would be helpful. Bootloader unlocked? TWRP installed?

If for some strange reason you have Android 10 and a functional copy of TWRP you should be able to delete the password data.
It's been a while since i actually did this but it's more than likely possible, if you're on Android 11 then no you'll have to wipe.
Have you tried to log in using safe mode? Might offer a second method instead of the pattern.

Unn113 said:
More information would be helpful. Bootloader unlocked? TWRP installed?
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Bootloader unlocked?
Ans. NO
TWRP installed
Ans. No

dladz said:
If for some strange reason you have Android 10 and a functional copy of TWRP you should be able to delete the password data.
It's been a while since i actually did this but it's more than likely possible, if you're on Android 11 then no you'll have to wipe.
Have you tried to log in using safe mode? Might offer a second method instead of the pattern.
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Second method is to wipe your phone.

annus9214 said:
Second method is to wipe your phone.
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Unfortunately that's actually there too protect your data so there's a slim silver lining.
Hopefully you've synced contacts with Google and your photos with Google..
Apps will lose data but most will be saved with sync

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Thank you everyone for your replies. Actually my wife locked my phone and somehow she didn't remember the pattern but last night she made 20 possible patterns and vola its unlocked now. Thank God

haha, a rare happy ending...cheers