Restore WiFi credentials after network format

[macintoshjordan]

Apple forced me to reset my network settings, but I made a smart and dumb move, I did screenshot the network passwords so I can save them when I lose them. Now I had to reset my settings because my cellular network was not working. Now I lost my passwords and I did screenshot them but I just checked and they seemed to have showed only the wifi name, and not the password. So now I don’t have my passwords.

 

[russell_314]

You can log into your router from another device and see the network password. If you’re using your ISP’s router and haven’t changed the password it’s likely on the back of the router.

Also you can see the network passwords on another Apple device that wasn’t reset.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

You’ve learned a life lesson that a lot of people need to learn… keep track of your passwords.

 

[JasonHB]

Apple forced me to reset my network settings, but I made a smart and dumb move, I did screenshot the network passwords so I can save them when I lose them. Now I had to reset my settings because my cellular network was not working. Now I lost my passwords and I did screenshot them but I just checked and they seemed to have showed only the wifi name, and not the password. So now I don’t have my passwords.

Apple don’t allow you to screenshot passwords, they automatically obscure them when you try and take a screenshot of them

 

[Cinimod1000]

They may be gone, permanently. However check in the new Passwords app to see if they are still there?? Probably not, but worth a try.

 

[Paddle1]

I looked it up and if you have iCloud Keychain enabled you can reset network settings without losing Wi-Fi passwords by temporarily turning off password syncing on your device before the reset. Not useful now but maybe in the future.

 

[macintoshjordan]

Apple don’t allow you to screenshot passwords, they automatically obscure them when you try and take a screenshot of them

Yeah Apple is just so f***ing sh**** and I always have to do a network reset and of course you can’t screenshot them and it’s crazy how they’re backed up to the cloud and everywhere until you do a network reset. I don’t know how millions of people use Apple if my sh** even work correctly. I heard apples the only successful company and yet they can’t even give me a working phone and they wonder why people migrate from apple to Android or Google. This makes me miss blackberry or Nokia it’s crazy a 1000gb phone is almost 2000 and it can’t even work or get signal without rebooting every time or having to reset my wifi and lose my passwords.

 

[macintoshjordan]

Yeah Apple is just so f***ing sh**** and I always have to do a network reset and of course you can’t screenshot them and it’s crazy how they’re backed up to the cloud and everywhere until you do a network reset. I don’t know how millions of people use Apple if my sh** even work correctly. I heard apples the only successful company and yet they can’t even give me a working phone and they wonder why people migrate from apple to Android or Google. This makes me miss blackberry or Nokia it’s crazy a 1000gb phone is almost 2000 and it can’t even work or get signal without rebooting every time or having to reset my wifi and lose my passwords.

And I asked this on the Apple forums but nobody answers or cares so some of the users are just plain old useless

 

[macintoshjordan]

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Yeah Apple is just so f***ing sh**** and I always have to do a network reset and of course you can’t screenshot them and it’s crazy how they’re backed up to the cloud and everywhere until you do a network reset. I don’t know how millions of people use Apple if my sh** even work correctly. I heard apples the only successful company and yet they can’t even give me a working phone and they wonder why people migrate from apple to Android or Google. This makes me miss blackberry or Nokia it’s crazy a 1000gb phone is almost 2000 and it can’t even work or get signal without rebooting every time or having to reset my wifi and lose my passwords.

This is the type of stuff that makes me wonder why people are switching from Apple to something else

 

[ghostface147]

Someone has their panties in a wad. Once you get your passwords somehow, consider a password manager. In fact, iOS 18 now has a password manager