how can I backup my wifi passwords on my iphone to itunes?

I always make a backup through iTunes from my iPhone. I have now a new iPhone and I've used the latest backup from my old iPhone, and now all my Wifi passwords are lost !!


Is there a solution?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.2

Posted on Apr 4, 2015 6:13 AM

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Apr 4, 2015 6:23 AM in response to kraakmac

If you still have the old phone then take a new encrypted backup and restore that onto the new phone, passwords (wifi, email accounts, Safari) are not stored in an unencrypted backup for restoring onto a different device : Create and delete iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch backups in iTunes - Apple Support

Keychain. (Includes email account passwords, Wi-Fi passwords, and passwords you enter into websites and some apps.)
If you encrypt the backup, you can transfer the keychain information to a new device. With an unencrypted backup, you can restore the keychain only to the same iOS device. If you're restoring to a new device with an unencrypted backup, you'll need to enter these passwords again.


You can turn off encryption after restoring - or leave it enabled and remember the password that you use for it, if you forget the password you won't be able to restore to the backup or turn encryption off

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