Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.

On 2024-11-06 14:59, Frank Slootweg wrote:

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

On 2024-11-06 11:13, Frank Slootweg wrote:

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

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Thanks for that.  Like you, I couldn't find it on the Samsung site.
I've downloaded and installed it from your link, and backed up the WiFi
settings to a PC  -  encouragingly, I was given the specificity to
choose to back up only those settings.  However, looking at the backed
up files, although I can open the zips in 7-zip, the data itself is
encrypted, despite there being an option to encrypt which I noted and
specifically left unselected.  I suspect that it's encrypted because the
original file from the phone was just backed up as is, and that was
encrypted on the phone :-(

    Thanks for the feedback. I was about to dig up some old Smart Switch
backups (if any) from my backup disks, but as you've already found the
Wi-Fi settings data is encrypted, there's no point.

Passwords (and WiFi settings contain a password) are intentionally not backed up or transferred to a new phone. This feature would allow a bad guy to clone your phone and impersonate you.
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Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.