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AdityaMeena,Introvert,Overthinker,Atheist.
Passwords
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Sinceyoucannotseethecontentsofdatafolderwithoutrootingthedevice,I'd
suggestyoutopullthewpa_supplicant.conffileusingadb.
You'llneedaLaptop/PCforthismethod.
Here'showtodoit.

AndroidApplications

Insettings,openAboutphone.

Android(operating
system)

ClickonBuildnumber56timesuntilyougetthe"You'renowa
developer"toastmessage.

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NowgotodeveloperoptionsinsettingsandswitchAndroid/USB
debuggingtoon.

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IfyouhaveanoptionofRootAccess,setittoADBonly.

Now,openyourWindowsdesktopanddownloadandinstalladbdrivers.
(Youcandownloadthedriver'sfromadbdriver.com )
Downloadandinstallplatformtools(minimaladbandfastboot)from
http://forum.xdadevelopers.com/...
Openthefolderwhereyou'veinstalledtheabovetools.HoldtheShiftkey
andrightclickinsidethefoldertoclickonOpenCommandWindow
here.

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TotestwhetherADBisworkingproperly,connectyourAndroiddeviceto
yourcomputerusingaUSBcableandrunthefollowingcommand:adb
devices

Youshouldseeadeviceinthislist.
Nowthatwe'vesuccessfullyconnectedthedeviceinADBmode,runthe
followingcommandtopullthefilefromyourphone:adbpull
/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.confc:/wpa_supplicant.conf
ThiswillfetchthefilefromyourphoneandcopyittoyourC:/drive.
OpenthisfileinnotepadandVoil!
P.S.:It'salongandfrustratingprocess.
14,437views6upvotesWritten27Jun

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Hello,
RetrievingSavedWifiPasswordonAndroid
ThissimpleandstraightforwardprocesswillhelpyoufindyoursavedWiFi
passwordsonyourAndroidphone.Evenbetter,doingsodoesn'trequireyou
to"root"or"jailbreak"thephone.
1. OpenupyourFileManagerinAndroid.Ifyoudon'thaveonebuiltin,
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thereareanumberoffreeandcheapappsyoucandownloadfrom
GooglePlay.TheRootExplorer,OIFileManager,andESFileExplorer
areallgoodoptionsifyouneedone.
2. Navigatetothe/data/wifi/ortothe/data/misc/wifi/directory,
dependingonthedevice.
3. In/data/wifi/,lookforandopenafilenamedbcm_supp.conf.In
/data/misc/wifi/lookforandopenafilenamed
wpa_suppliciant.conf.
4. Afteryouselectwpa_supplicant.conf,youwillbepromptedtochoose
atexteditorwithwhichtoopenthefile.Ifyoudon'thaveonebuiltinto
Searchforquestions,people,andtopics
yourAndroiddevice,thereareanumberoffreetexteditorappsyoucan
downloadfromGooglePlay.920TextEditorisagood,freeonetouse.

SignIn

5. Oncethefileisopen,youwillbeabletoseealotofthedataand
passwordsaboutthevariousWiFinetworksyou'vepreviouslyconnected
to.Lookforthefollowingsequenceofcodeinordertofindthepassword
foreachWiFinetwork.
SimplylookforthesequenceofcodethathasthenameoftheWiFinetwork
whosepasswordyou'relookingfor.
network={
ssid="NETWORK_NAME_HERE"
psk="PASSWORD_HERE"
key_mgmt=WPAPSK
priority=1
}
Onceyou'reintherightfile,youcaneasilylocatethesavedWiFipasswords
andwillbeinapositiontoaccessthenetworkregardlessofthetimeofday
andwithoutbotheringyourcoworkersorfriendsforthepassword.Thiseasy
setofinstructionsforhowtorecoverWiFipasswordonAndroidwithoutroot
willproveinvaluable.
10,333views27upvotesWritten26May

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QuoraUser,experiencewithAndroidsinceCupcake
Maybeyourunrootedphonesupports`adbroot`.Ifyesyoucangotothepath
TakirHossainwroteinhisanswer.Ifyourphonedoesn'tsupport`adbroot`
youcan'tdoit.
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RakeshRagothaman,Innovatorprototyper,designer
1. OpenupyourFileManagerinAndroid.Ifyoudon'thaveonebuiltin,
thereareanumberoffreeandcheapappsyoucandownloadfromGoogle
Play.TheRootExplorer,OIFileManager,andESFileExplorerareall
goodoptionsifyouneedone.
2. Navigatetothe/data/wifi/ortothe/data/misc/wifi/directory,
dependingonthedevice.
3. In/data/wifi/,lookforacndopenafilenamedbcm_supp.conf.
In/data/misc/wifi/lookforandopenafilenamedwpa_suppliciant.conf.
4. Afteryouselectwpa_supplicant.conf,youwillbepromptedtochoosea
texteditorwithwhichtoopenthefile.Ifyoudon'thaveonebuiltintoyour
Androiddevice,thereareanumberoffreetexteditorappsyoucan
downloadfromGooglePlay.920TextEditorisagood,freeonetouse.
5. Oncethefileisopen,youwillbeabletoseealotofthedataandpasswords
aboutthevariousWiFinetworksyou'vepreviouslyconnectedto.Lookfor
thefollowingsequenceofcodeinordertofindthepasswordforeachWi
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Finetwork.
4,766views2upvotesWritten3Jun

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DellaJohn
UnlikeanywindowsPc,InAndroidthereisnodefaultfacilitytoviewthe
enteredpasswordunlessyougotsomeskills.Sometimeswegotosomecyber
cafesorsomeplacewheretheowneroryourcolleagueentersthewifi
passwordonyourdevicewhenyouaskthemthepassword.Thisisbecauseof
thefactthattheydontknowyoucanalsogetaccesstotheirwifipassword
sincethereisnowayoranyinbuiltfeaturethatallowsyoutoviewsavedWiFi
passwordinyourandroiddevice.WellInthistutorialIamgoingtoshowyou
howtoviewenteredWiFipasswordinandroiddevice.

HowItWorks(viewsavedWiFiPasswordInAndroid
WithoutRoot)?
Wellasperyourknowledgeeachtimewhenyouconnecttothewifisourcethat
isalreadysetuponyourdevice.Itmatchesthekeythattherouterwantsand
thekeyyou'veprovidedwhenyouconnecttothewifisource.So,Incaseof
passwordchangethatshowyouareautomaticallydisconnectedwhenthe
passwordschanged.
Also,forviewingthiskindofdatarequiresyourdevicetohaverooting
privileges.AlthoughinthisarticleIamgoingtoshowyoubothmethodsi.e.
Viewsavedwifipasswordinandroidwithandwithoutrootprivileges.There
arealltypesonsenselessmethodsontheinternetwhichrequiresyourdeviceto
berootedforimplementationofthismethod.ButInthisarticleIveposted
bothwaysi.eToViewsavedWiFipasswordinandroidphone/tabletwithout
actuallyrootingit.
PreRequisites
AndroidSmartphone/tablet.
Adevicewhichisatleastonceconnectedtowifi.
ESFileExplorer(DownloadFromtheGoogleplaystore)
SIMpalm|AndroidAppDevelopmentCompanyinUSAHireAndroid
Developer
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HarshitRaghuvanshi,AppUI
Thismethodwon'tworkwitheveryrouter,butworkswithmostofthem.
Sofirstyouneedtoconnecttothevictim'sWiFi.
Thenopenbrowserandtypein192.168.1.1
You'llbepromptedforusernameandpassword.Trysomerandomone's
(mostlyitsadmin,adminoradmin,passwordoradmin,admin@123)
Onceyougetthroughit,searchforpasswordinadvanceorwirelesstab.Mostly
youcanviewthepasswordfromthere.Butifyoucan't,youaddyourown
passwordtoittoo.Ifyoucan'taddpasswordeither,well,there'snothingelseI
knowthatcanbedone
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StevenCook,ValidationEngineer,Linuxuser,Seekerofknowledge
Notpossible,tothebestofmyknowledge.
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BhanuReddy,AndroidDeveloper
wifipasswordsaresavedindatafolderwhichislockedfornormaluser,it
shouldberootedtogetthatinformation
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