Want to regain WiFi passwords- but how?

[Brucio]

iphone4-16gb, 4.3.2 jailbroken.

I was trying to fix FaceTime, because all I get is the "Waiting for activation" message. After trying just about every fix I could find by Googling, it still doesn't work. Screw it.

But one of the recommended fixes was to "Reset Network Settings", which I did without results. So I realize now that I erased? all the WiFi passwords on my phone

Is there any way to get them back? I sync regularly with iTunes and have AptBackup also. Help!

 

[-aggie-]

Restore from a backup.

 

[Brucio]

Restore from a backup.

Won't that erase everything on my phone? It sounds worse than the problem.

 

[MaxBurn]

Wifi and email passwords are only saved in your backup if you encrypt your backups. If you do that then a restore will bring the phone back to how it was when the backup was done, as long as the backup was before you did this you should be good.

 

[Brucio]

So if my backups aren't encrypted then the passwords are gone?

If that's true, it sucks, but I thank you for the good information

 

[-aggie-]

Wifi and email passwords are only saved in your backup if you encrypt your backups. If you do that then a restore will bring the phone back to how it was when the backup was done, as long as the backup was before you did this you should be good.

Not true:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

Keychain (this includes email account passwords, Wi-Fi passwords, and passwords you enter into websites and some other applications. If you encrypt the backup with iOS 4 and later, the keychain information is transferred to the new device. With an unencrypted backup, the keychain can only be restored to the same iPhone or iPod touch. If you are restoring to a new device with an unencrypted backup, you will need to enter these passwords again.)

Restore from a backup, OP

 

[Brucio]

OK. Thanks for the support article link, -aggie-. It looks like a longer afternoon than I planned on

 

[-aggie-]

OK. Thanks for the support article link, -aggie-. It looks like a longer afternoon than I planned on

FYI, make sure you copy the backup before you do anything and put it in another location, just to be safe, in case you overwrite it.