Android wifi password file

Просмотр сохраненных паролей Wi-Fi на Android

В данной статье Вы узнаете, как посмотреть пароль от Wi-Fi сети, к которой подключен Ваш телефон/планшет на Android. Сразу хотим предупредить, если на Вашем Android-устройстве не установлен ROOT, узнать пароль от Wi-Fi не получится, за исключением узкого круга устройств, для которых можно применить способ 3 (см. ниже). Если Вы не знаете, установлен ли ROOT на Вашем телефоне/планшете, смотрите способ 2.

Способ 1 (нужен ROOT)

Самый быстрый способ узнать пароль от Wi-Fi на рутированном Android-устройстве – установить специальное приложение из Google Play Маркет, например, WiFi Key Recovery.

Приложение выводит список всех сетей Wi-Fi, к которым когда-либо подключался телефон/планшет. В строке «psk» для каждой сети отображается пароль. Если нажать на сеть, появится контекстное меню, где можно скопировать пароль (Copy password), всю информацию о сети (Copy All) или сгенерировать QR код (Show QR Code), чтобы отсканировать другим телефоном/планшетом для подключения к Wi-Fi.

Способ 2 (нужен ROOT)

Принцип работы приложений для просмотра паролей от Wi-Fi сводится к анализу конфигурационного файла «/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf» в системе Android. Поэтому вместо их использования можно напрямую просмотреть этот файл. Для доступа к системным файлам нужен файловый менеджер с ROOT-доступом и встроенным текстовым редактором. Для этой цели вполне подойдет ES Проводник.

По умолчанию ROOT-доступ в ES Проводнике отключен, активировать его можно в боковой панели меню приложения. Кстати, если Вы не знаете, установлен ли ROOT на устройстве, при попытке включить этот режим ES Проводник уведомит Вас об этом. Если ROOT в системе не установлен приложение выдаст предупреждение, а если установлен – появится запрос на разрешение предоставления ROOT-прав приложению ES Проводник, в котором нужно нажать на кнопку «ПРЕДОСТАВИТЬ».

В той же боковой панели нажмите на пункт «Локальное хранилище > Устройство», перейдите в каталог «/data/misc/wifi» и найдите файл «wpa_supplicant.conf».

Скорее всего открыть этот файл в указанном месте не получится из-за ограничений прав доступа. Чтобы не модифицировать системный файл, нажмите и удерживайте его, пока рядом с ним не загорится зеленая галочка. Нажмите на пункт «Еще» внизу экрана и выберите из открывшегося списка пункт «Копировать в». По умолчанию приложение предложит скопировать в корень карты памяти или внешней памяти устройства (путь прописан в верху окна копирования).

Нажмите кнопку ОК и перейдите в указанное место, тапните по копии файла «wpa_supplicant.conf» и во всплывающем окне «Выбор» выберите пункт «ES Редактор». Найдите в тексте блок для сети, к которой Вы хотите узнать пароль.

Как видно, можно узнать пароль не только до текущей, но и до раннее подключенных сетей.

Способ 3 (без ROOT)

Как уже упоминалось выше, данный способ предназначен для узкого круга устройств, в которых поддержка просмотра пароля к Wi-Fi предоставляется самой системой Android. Например, телефоны Xiaomi позволяют поделиться паролем от Wi-Fi в настройках управления сетями, правда, отображают они этот пароль не в открытом виде, а как QR-код.

Вы можете установить на другой телефон, который нужно подключить к сети Wi-Fi, приложение для чтения QR-кодов, например, Barcode Scanner и отсканировать код.

Если же Вам нужно увидеть пароль, на тех же телефонах Xiaomi присутствует встроенное приложение «Сканер», позволяющее сканировать коды с изображений. Сделайте скриншот QR-кода (кнопки «Громкость -» + «Вкл./Выкл.») и откройте его с помощью программы «Сканер». Приложение отсканирует картинку и покажет результат. По умолчанию пароль отображается звездочками, тапните по нему, чтобы показать.

Если в телефоне нет предустановленного приложения «Сканер», отсканировать картинку можно с помощью приложения из Google Play Маркет – «QR Code Reader Extreme».

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How to Find Wifi Password on Android Without Root

One of the best things about modern android smartphones that it remembers all the different wifi networks you have previously connected to. All you need to do is enter the wifi password once and as long as it is not changed, your phone will automatically connect you to the wifi network when you are near it.

But with that being said, even though the smartphone remembers the wifi password of a particular wifi network, it doesn’t show it to you. And thanks to our forgetful brains, we also don’t remember the password we entered in the first place.

As such, when trying to connect another device to the same wifi network, you need to ask the admin/owner again for the wifi password which can be a bit embarrassing.

However, what if we told you that there is a way to show wifi password android?

In fact, there are tons of ways you can recover saved wifi passwords, but most of them require you to root your android device. Now, rooting your android smartphone is a complicated process, and if done incorrectly, it can break your device.

With this in mind, we have put together around 3 easy and practical ways on how to show wifi password on android, and that too, without root. So without further ado, let’s get started:

Disclaimer: The tutorial is meant for security research purposes only and shouldn’t be used illegally.

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Show Wifi Password Android using WiFi WPS WPA Tester

Here you will need to download an Android app – Wifi WPS WPA Tester. You can find the app off of the Android Playstore, so you don’t have to worry about entering any fishy websites.

With the app installed on your android device, follow the given steps to recover any saved wifi passwords.

1. Launch the application. You will see it starts to search for wifi networks around you.
2. Once the search is complete, it will show you a list of all the wifi networks around your location.
3. You will notice each wifi network has a colour-coded lock sign. If it is green, then you can hack it. If it is red, you can’t hack it.
4. To access a hackable wifi network, just tap on it and a pop-up dialogue box will appear with a “Connect” option. Tap on it.
5. Another pop-up will appear asking for which method you want to use – “Root” or “No Root.” Tap on “No Root“.
6. The following pop-up will show you a bunch of Pins that will help you to get into the wifi network. Choose one of them and select the “Connect (Root)” option.
7. The app will now start the pin attack on the wifi network. If it is successful, then it will show the wifi password which you can then copy and paste to connect to the network.
8. Again, if the pin attack doesn’t work, then you will get an error message, and you will need to select another Pin and repeat the attack. One of the pins will surely help you break into the network.

So this is how you can use the Wifi WPS WPA Tester app on your android device to get the wifi password without root. However, don’t use it to access any unauthorized networks as that is illegal.

Now, as you can see, this is by far the easiest way to get wifi password show android. However, as we mentioned it can only access some wifi networks (the ones with the green locks) and not all networks (the ones with the red locks).

Show Wifi Password Android Using ES File Explorer

Here we have another android app to help you recover your saved wifi password – the ES File Explorer. However, unlike the previous app, you can’t find this one in the Google Playstore.

To download this, you will need to head over to this link to download and install it on your android smartphone.

With the app installed, follow the given steps to recover any saved wifi password on your android without root.

1. Open the ES File Explorer. It will ask you for a bunch of permissions. Click “Allow” on every one of them.
2. Next, open the tools panel from inside the app and turn on the “Root Explorer” option. This will allow you to locate and edit your core system files on your device.
3. Scroll through the list of folders on your device until you see the “Root Folder“.
4. Inside the Root Folder, you will find another folder named “Data.” Open it.
5. Again, inside you will find the “misc” folder. Open it.
6. Finally, under the “misc” folder, you will find the “Wifi” folder. Here you will find the file wpa_supplicant.conf. Tap to open it.
7. It will open using the built-in HTML/text viewer.
8. You will need to locate the terms SSID and PSK. Here, SSID refers to the Wifi name, and PSK is its password.
9. All you need to do now is note down the password and then use it to access the wifi network from any other device.

So, as you can see, ES File Explorer is super easy to access any wifi password on android without root.

Show Wifi Password Android USing ADB Commands

ADB Commands allows you to do a lot of cool things with your android smartphone. This includes accessing all the saved wifi passwords on the device.

However, do note that this can get a bit more technical and is geared towards tech-savvy users. But on the plus side, you don’t have to worry about downloading any extra apps on your phone.

So, if you feel you are up for it, here is a step by step guide on how to use ADB Commands to show saved wifi password on android:

1. Go to Settings > About Phone and tap on the Builder Number 7 times. You will see a pop-up message at the bottom saying “you are now a developer”. This activates the Developer Options on your phone.
2. Enter Developer Options and turn on “USB Debugging“.
3. Download the ADB driver on your Windows computer.
4. Once downloaded, open the folder and right-click inside the folder and click on “Open Command Window Here.” If the option is missing, hold shift and right-click again.
5. Now connect your android phone with the computer using USB.
6. Once connected, type in “ADB services” in the command prompt and press enter.
7. Next type in this line: – “db pull /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf c:/wpa_supplicant.conf”. This will fetch the wpa_supplicant.conf file from your phone and store it to your C drive on your PC.
8. Open the file using notepad and locate SSID and PSK similar as before. The SSID is the wifi names of all previously connected networks, and the PSK is the corresponding passwords.

So this is how you can use ADB Commands to access wifi password on android that was previously saved.

Wrapping Up

So this is how you can access wifi password on android without root access. We hope you found the read to be useful and that it helped you in recovering the passwords of wifi networks you have previously connected to.

To recap all the methods, you can use the Wifi WPS WPA tester to find wifi password on android of any nearby wifi networks. However, we do advise you to not use the app for hacking into unauthorized networks.

Next, using the ES File Explorer, you can browse through all the wifi password saved on your android smartphone. However, it is not available from the Google Play Store which might put off some users.

Finally, using ADB Commands is by far the most powerful way to access the core files on your android smartphone. Using it is simple and straightforward despite requiring you to go through command lines and doing technical stuff.

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How To View Saved Wi-Fi Pass­words On Android and iOS

Ashish Mundhra

09 May 2014

I love working from cafes, especially the ones with free Wi-Fi. Nothing better than working with a bit of white noise around and writing with a hot cup of coffee by my side. That’s the reason I have saved Wi-Fi passwords of many cafes in my locality. However, sometimes you don’t go to these places alone and are accompanied by your friends who might as well need the Wi-Fi access. If you have your laptop with you then it’s not that difficult to make it show the passwords. But on a phone, it isn’t that straightforward. And the chances of our phones being with us than our laptops is significantly more.

Asking the baristas is always an option, but why bother them when you can retrieve it from your phone itself. Plus this is a useful method to know because it can come in handy in many other situations when you desperately need the Wi-Fi password of a network you previously connected to on the phone.

Before we get started, it’s important to make it clear that the process only works on rooted and jailbroken Android and iOS devices respectively (the part about this not being straightforward on phones).

There’s no way you can get the Wi-Fi passwords without gaining admin access as this information is stored in the system folder of the device. If you haven’t rooted your Android yet then you should check our collection of posts on rooting your Android and decide for yourself. For iOS users, here’s our collection on jailbreaking. Yes, we are platform-agnostic like that.

With that out of our way, let’s now see how we can get the passwords. We will first see the process for Android and then move on to iOS devices.

Retrieving Wi-Fi Passwords on Android

As we will have to open a system file on Android, we cannot use the traditional file explorer that comes pre-installed on the device. We will use ES File Explorer for the task. We have already seen a guide on how we can use ES File Explorer to view and edit system files on Android. Please have a look at the it if you are unaware of the process.

Now move up a folder (to the root folder) in ES File Explorer and you will see a directory called data. Navigate to data/misc/wifi folder and you will find a file named wpa_supplicant.conf. Tap on the file to open it up and make sure you use ES File Explorer ‘s built-in text/HTML viewer for the task.

In the file you should be able to see the network SSID and their passwords next to it. You can now search for the SSID (network name) and note down the password next to it and close the file.

Please make sure that you don’t edit the file or you might start having problems with your Wi-Fi connectivity. There are a certain number of apps listed in the Play Store for the task but it’s better to use this manual method to get the passwords than to install that adware crap.

Let’s now have a look at how we can get the passwords on an iOS device.

Retrieving Wi-Fi Passwords on iOS

If you have jailbroken your device, install a nifty tweak called NetworkList from Cydia. After you have installed the tweak, all you need to do is go to the Wi-Fi settings of your device and you will see a new button named Network Passwords in there. In iOS 7 it will be shown as Known Networks. Just tap on it and you will be able to see all the Wi-Fi passwords that are stored on your device.

Network list is very basic and only displays the passwords. You don’t even have the permission to select and copy it to your clipboard to send it as a text message. You just need to use the conventional method of a pen and a paper, and write it down (or memorize it).

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Conclusion

So that was how you can get the saved Wi-Fi passwords on your iOS and Android devices. If you know of a better way to get the task done, please don’t forget to share it with us in the comments.

Last updated on 20 Jul, 2018
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