Thursday, April 7, 2016

View saved wifi password on android devices

Using social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, watch tv shows or live stream online similar to Netflix are just few things that people can do with the availability of internet connection like Wireless connection, for example Wifi.

Today I will teach you how to view saved wifi passwords in any android device easily. Let's get started.

You must have first the following things on your android device

Rooted android handset- You must root your device before doing the method beloe
File Manager apps- any app will do as long as it has capability to explore root directory folders.

Viewing Saved Wifi Passwords Easily

First,Open your file manager application

Next,Go to the root directory- root directory also known for symbol "/".

Next, Navigate to /Data/misc/wifi folder where you can see a file called "wpa_supplicant.conf".

Lastly, Open the file using file manager built-in text editor or any text editor available in your device. After opening the file you will see wifi informations of all wifi network that are saved in your device and that includes what we are looking for - "saved wifi passwords".

Conclusion: Finding your saved wifi passwords is never been difficult when device is rooted and comes up with file manager with root access directory feature.