Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.

On 2024-11-05 21:36, Java Jive wrote:

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On 2024-11-05 13:23, Frank Slootweg wrote:

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   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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