How To Make A Backup Of Wireless Configurations In Android
For the geeks Android frequently changing ROM the act of having to reconfigure the wireless networks can be a real big hassle, because when you install a new ROM you must make several “ wipe ”thus losing all data stored in the device, including all passwords and network configurations saved. There are many applications that allow the backup of these configurations, but most of them are paying for this today and we’ll show you how, without using any application, we can make a backup of wireless configurations.
Backup configurations of wireless
This guide works with most of Android devices, and requires root permissions .
Backup on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread):
- Get a file manager with access to root privileges (recommended Solid Explorer which is free)
- Open the file manager and position of / data / wifi / and copy the file bcm_supp.conf save it somewhere.
Backup on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich):
- Get a file manager with access to root privileges (recommended Solid Explorer which is free)
- Open the file manager and position of / data / misc / wifi / and copy the file wpa_supplicant.conf save it somewhere.
Resetting wireless settings
- Return the file . conf previously saved in its original folder (in / data / wifi / or if you have Gingerbread / data / misc / wifi / if you have ICS) overwriting the file (if present).
- Change the file permissions to the file manager and impostateteli like this:
- Owner: Read – Write
- Group: Read – Write
- Other: all unchecked
- Reboot the phone to make the changes effective.
Really very simple, isn’t it?
