Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.

Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

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

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   AFAIR, Samsung's Windows 'Smart Switch' program also backs up Wi-Fi
settings to your Windows disk (or Network Share?). That makes the Wi-Fi
settings more accessible than from the Samsung Cloud.

 
I just reinstalled it  -  having uninstalled it previously because it
only works phone to phone if the receiving phone is a Samsung, whereas
mine is a Pixel 8a  -  and now I notice, which I did not before, that
while it says it has an option to back up to a computer but no such
option is actually offered in the menu choices, it does have an option
to back up to micro SD card.  Unfortunately, I don't have one, but it so
happens I have a Tesco delivery coming tomorrow, so I've just added one
to the order.

  Note that I referred to the *Windows* 'Smart Switch' program, not the
*Android* app (which I *also* covered later).

  The Windows 'Smart Switch' program (obviously) *does* back up to your
computer and creates files on your disk which you can (try to) access by
other 'normal' utilities.  IIRC, Smart Switch creates both regular files
and ZIP archives. For the ZIP archives you might need something like
7-Zip, because when I used this quite some time ago, the built-in
Windows unzipper could not handle the format which Smart Switch used.

  But to be [f|F]rank, Samsung tries to 'hide' the Windows 'Smart
Switch' program, because I couldn't find it on their main Smart Switch
page (<https://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/>). But a quick Google
:-) search on "samsung smart switch for windows" shows it's still there:

'Downloading Smart Switch on my PC'
Last Update date : Apr 17. 2024
<https://www.samsung.com/au/support/mobile-devices/downloading-smart-switch-on-pc/>

   AFAIR, Google's 'Back up data' also backs up Wi-Fi settings to your
Google Drive. As both your Samsung tablet and your Google phone have
Google backup and restore, that's a possible path of transfer.

 
I tend to avoid using Google services because of their reputation for
data harvesting, which in the past has included WiFi information as part
of Streetview, but perhaps if the SD option fails, then I might try that
next.
 

   Samsung has its 'Smart Switch' Android app to transfer stuff from
Samsung to Samsung and from non-Samsung to Samsung, i.e for
re-installing a new device with the stuff from an old device. So you may
want to check if Google has a similar app to transfer stuff from a
non-Google (i.e. Samsung in your case) device to a Google device.

 
Yes, as we are agreed, it only works if a Samsung is the destination
phone, another example of deliberately crippling software.

  Well, you might critcize Samsung, but at least *they* provide software
to import your stuff from a non-Samsung phone, while Google doesn't do
that for their phones. (Or *does* Google have such software? Your
non-response to my suggestion implies they don't.)

Thanks for your helpful suggestions.

  You're very welcome. With Android backup/resstore/transfer, we need
all the help we can get! :-(