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.īut with that being said, even though the smartphone remembers the wifi password of a particular wifi network, it doesn’t show it to you. This app opens and reads this system file and neatly displays the wifi network name and passwords in a beautiful material design interface.One of the best things about modern android smartphones that it remembers all the different wifi networks you have previously connected to. This is a system file and you need Super User Access (just a fancy name for ‘root’) to even view this file. Whenever you save a wifi password in your device, it is saved in a file named ‘wpa_nf’. You don’t have to be connected to the network to view the passwords. WiFi Password for AndroidĪs the name says, this app lets you view your saved Wireless network passwords. One more awesome reason to root your Android device. To view the saved Wifi password with the tap of a button, wouldn’t it be nice? Guess what, there is an app for that and yes, it is nice! Although, before getting your hopes high, I should tell you that this app requires root to work. Can’t blame you, could happen to the best of us.Īs with everything in Android, if only there was an app to do that. You have set up the password when you first set up your phone and you have forgotten it ever since. And then he casually asks for your WiFi network’s password so that he can use it. Tell me how many times this has happened to you: A good friend of your visits you at your place.

Wifi password viewer app