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I have stored my Bitcoins in Android wallet (Coinomi wallet).

If I lost my phone then how come will I be able to restore them? I know there is this 12 word phrase key that I have backed up already. Could I use this 12-word key to restore my coins in case I lost my phone or stolen?

Please advice.

Sure,the bitcoins are not stored in your mobile they are just stored in online and your data were encrypted so you can access your bitcoin from anywhere in the world.You can recover your bitcoins through another phone,just download your wallet and login with your private key to get access of your bitcoins.But the important for recovering is that your private key,if you lost that keys you can never recover it.So make backup of keys and the information about wallets in a pen drive and keep it in a safe place to avoid other people using it.

The pass phrase you backed up can be use to restore your wallet if you log on to another phone and click forgot password.

If you lose your phone, you can't lose your bitcoin unless you lose the coinomi passphrase.
So back up that passphrase to always recover your coin.

When you have bitcoins in your wallets,  no need to worry about. As quick as you can, log into other device with your credential when your phone is lost.  It should not happen though.  Try accessing from different locations and ips to avoid hacked.

What you use in the mobile is just an interface. It gets stored in a common server and when the mobile gets reset, the app gets deleted and this doesn't mean your coins too got deleted. You can use the security phase logging in through some other device or from the computer.

If you have the parity phrase and the 12 words phrase then you dont have anything to worry about, because you can easily recover your wallet through using both things.
But what do you mean by if you lost your phone? are you using 2fa authenticator? If someone stole your phone, or if you lose it, you can inmediately change your device to another through your google account, it is not difficult to do so, only that you are going to need some patience because it takes some time to do it.
That is why i would never like 2fa authenticator..

Please look into some informational videos on youtube about how block chain works and how to use the seed to recover your wallet. Your coins are not stored in any device if you are having the private keys of the blockchain.
Just simply install a new wallet and use the seed you stored to backup that wallet.

Thanks for the response. But what if another guy got the access to my wallet from my phone? I have set password accessing the wallet can the thief still steal those coins from it?

Thats why we always backup our private keys.
If you backed up your private keys you can easyly restore your wallet to any device.

Well you are lucky if you have the paraphrase you can buy a new phone and install the walet app,problem solved.

Backing up passphrase is just a way to restore your wallet data, it is used to access your coins similarly as like private key.
Both the private key and passphrase are sensitive, having backup of both keys is good but if you have backed up only passphrase, it is also fine.
Be sure you keep your passphrase in a safe place, loosing this data means you lost you money forever

Just to make sure, I suggest you move your coins on another wallet, but make sure you backup the private key and seed. Moving the coins is easy, so you should do it as soon as possible. If you want to create another bitcoin wallet, I suggest you use Electrum Wallet on your pc

mate is right,u can recover it in any part of the world becoz it wasnt store just in your gadget instead in internet.what you need to do is save that 12 word key on you email or write it down and keep in safe place so anytime you need to open in other gadget or pc u can easily opened it

You get a new phone, install the app and then you recover the bitcoins.

Do you have another phone?
If yes, then download Coinomi wallet on that phone and recover your wallet with your pass phrase that you have which is already mentioned. If you don't have another phone then download a PC wallet like Electrum and recover there. Remember your Bitcoins isn't stored in your phone you are just accessing through it.

You can backup one time Google authenticator codes in the Google Account backend. If you saved it you can use one of these keys to login!

That's why having multiple backups for private key is a must. Dont rely in hardwallets alone.. make handful of backups that are offline.

Thank you all for your comments. For me, this topic also became relevant

By seed you mean that 12-14 phrase key? or is it something different? BTW thanks all for replying very simple but useful info.

I still have not tried it but if the wallet is connected with the email and you also activate 2fa I think you can also to go in the wallet though not another phone.

You must have a backup for your digital wallet or file or else if your wallet is an application for mobile then you can retrieve your password by using the same phone application. Bitcoin wallet isn't dependent on any phone or device.

I also use coinomi for a mobile wallet.. ive lost my old phone once and retrieved my account on a new phone with the passphrase. It was really simple process and a breeze. I retrieved a few hundred dollars that time haha.. which made losing my phone that so bad. But yeah good luck and hope you get your coins back.
And also lucky you backed up your passphrase or you wouldve been more pissd.

Indeed, your phone application for Bitcoin wallet can be Retrieved by email because when I signed up my first Bitcoin wallet in wallet.org I'm using my Gmail account so if you did the same then you can retrieve it through your email.

Reinstall the app and enter the 12 word recovery phrase. WARNING: There are a couple of fake coinomi sites out there. Only enter your seed into the official app.

That recovery phrase is tied to all currencies in your coinomi wallet including change addresses. Store it safely, and your coins are safe if your phone is unrooted.

And ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS guys keep your recovery phrase backed up in 3 locations, even encrypted on a CD at a family members house if you must, seriously :)

That's not problem if you lose your phone, because bitcoin not stored on your phone, bitcoin stored at your wallet. You can use another phone and install your wallet, then you can log in your account and access your wallet. Or if the wallet can be accessed from pc, you can use your pc to log in. So, you haven't to worry about it.

so it is possible to use same wallet with smartphone and desktop computer?

regards

You most need your phone to login. you can used other devices to login you're wallet as long you did not lost your private key.

It depends if you have an account or something that may contain your personal information so they know that whoever is trying to recover your account, it's you. Just don't have troubles with your password and all that.

Even if you lose your cellphone as long as you save important information you can still open it. These information are similar to Private Key and Password. But if it's just that you just save your note pad on your cp you'll probably lose your account again. But if you save it you can recover it again. Just people who do not have knowledge of bitcoins pick up your cp do not have to worry about it anymore

If its a BTC or LTC wallet, simply import the 12 word seed into electrum or Electrum LTC on your PC.

There's a program that works through linux that allows you to get your wallet file back though you have to compile it from github.

That is true but it is a lot harder with my wallet i would suggest to double check your wallet i use blockchain so i do not know which one you use but on blockchain i do not think it is possible to get it back.

There is nothing you can do if you don't have any access to the wallet.dat file and the private key.

Does the walled supports icloud or google backup ??
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One should always keep a copy of their private key in some other phone or should write it somewhere because if you lost your phone or your phone is not working then it will be impossible for you to access that wallet.If the private key of a wallet is known then it can be opened from any other phone also because only the key matters not the phone but if the key is lost then it is not possible for us to recover our money .Our all hard work and money will be wasted .

you can connect with ur site or wallet support with ur email address then they can disable 2 factor and you can enable 2 factor in other device.

If your address on the mobile wallet was password protected and you have the pass phrase, nothing to worry about. But if it was not protected, I would not wai much to transfer your bitcoins to some other address, for the unlikely case that the thief or whoever has got your phones understands what bitcoins are.

Unless you backed up your bitcoin private key elsewhere, you can not find your bitcoin back. The private key corresponds to your bitcoin, lost nothing, it is impossible to recover.

As other says if you have your private keys or seed for the phone wallet (i.e jaxx) you can restore it everywhere.

If you lost your phone, You haven't lost your Bitcoin...YET!

As long as you  have access to your private keys and another device to log into your account, you should be ok.
But change your passwords, just in case your codes have been compromised.

Upon signing up for Bitcoin wallet or any kind of wallet for any Cryptocurrency will must have a backup therefore if you ever lost your phone then you can still access it. It's a good thing that you realized that you'll recover your wallet if somethings happen to your phone. And now ang you'll regret later.

Wait a minute, you posting in the wrong subforum?

It's  Altcoin discussion. Are you confused bitcoin with an alt?

Go over here with bitcoin tech support https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=4.0

Your bitcoins are stored in your wallet, not in your mobile phone so if just access your wallet on a different phone or computer, you will still be able to see it. So no worries.

That was the link i was looking for too.

For the record, always back up your date and private keys.

When using my WAVES wallet for iOS, is the Seed the same as the private key?  On the mobile app there is no way to see the private key when backing up the wallet.  It only gives you the 15 word seed!!

the phrase is the most important thing to recover your wallet.make sure you save the phrase to a special place.you can use google drive to store the wallet.if you lost your phone you can restore the wallet easily.

Dont forget to backup your the private key wallet, if your phone is lose.
you can open your wallet using the private key.

Since you have not lost your phone, ensure  your private key is properly  stored in a secret  place where no one can access,you can also safe the 12 word phrase on your flash to  avoid  total lost  of  your  wallet.

so you must have to save and store some of the important information specially on your wallet the private keys are the most important thing on it so better to be secure so even you have lost something that are related on your wallet or some other important information make sure that you have some back up.

For future reference - Backup your files, and your private keys to ensure their safety.

Back ups are needed when storing Bitcoin private keys. I hope you restore everything back to normal.

You just open from another phone using your key passphrase and if you want to know in detail better you are passing through a guide or tutorial that you can search in google, I think at this time there is a lot of a site link that contains about how to guide how to reset a bitcoin account from a lost phone, and apart from that I strongly suggest to you that this can be a lesson for you so you do not do negligence for the second time because for someone who wrestle in crypto world of course the phone is as one of the tools for you to do a job. even you will of course save a very important asset in it if your phone is lost of course you will get a loss.

The most important thing which you need to have with you is not your cell phone but the private key. If you lost your phone but you remember your private key, then there are chances that you will recover your bitcoins. Otherwise, there is no possible way using which you can actually recover your bitcoins. In that case all your bitcoins will be lost which will result in huge loss.

You can access you bitcoin where ever you are as long as you have your key. Just save your key to a place that no one will know but only you, your wallet is not depends on your phone it's about the key you have.