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Guest spence91
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The Hero saves the passwords for wireless access points you've logged onto before. But i can't see the passwords, or work out where they are stored..

does anyone know if this information is accessible?

Guest ptruman
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The Hero saves the passwords for wireless access points you've logged onto before. But i can't see the passwords, or work out where they are stored..

does anyone know if this information is accessible?

Yes, it is ;)

adb shell cat /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

All your WLAN info is there.

Guest volatile_ink
Posted
Yes, it is ;)

adb shell cat /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

All your WLAN info is there.

Why is this info stored 'in the clear'? I'd have thought it would be encrypted.

Guest spence91
Posted
Yes, it is ;)

adb shell cat /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf

All your WLAN info is there.

BIG thankyou! I can't quite believe that android uses wpa_supplicant for it's wireless management.

This makes life so convenient, all i have to do is drop the wpa_supplicant.conf onto my laptop and thats it! instant networking

Thanks again.

Guest spence91
Posted
Why is this info stored 'in the clear'? I'd have thought it would be encrypted.

You need root access to get at it.

Guest volatile_ink
Posted
You need root access to get at it.

Good point. ;)

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