Title: Lost Cellphone Post by: roysay on June 01, 2014, 06:17:20 PM Hi
I lost my cellphone, I was using the Bitcoin app on android. Thank god I backed up my wallet with dropbox. Now the question is how do I recover my wallet? I set up my password on the wallet Please, it would be really nice if someone could help me. Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: shorena on June 01, 2014, 06:26:06 PM I assume you used this wallet https://github.com/schildbach/bitcoin-wallet
by Andreas Schildbach see here: https://code.google.com/p/bitcoin-wallet/source/browse/wallet/README#25 Code: The manual backup files are encrypted using your chosen backup password. You can use OpenSSL to decrypt: If you have linux you can install openssl via the package manager and use the command above. Same with Mac OS, for Windows you can get the needed files here: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/openssl.htm Hope this gives you a hint in the right direction. Without more information on the OS you want to restore the keys and into which wallet its hard to help further. Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: roysay on June 01, 2014, 06:36:46 PM I don't really understand the steps you provided me
Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: shorena on June 01, 2014, 07:01:39 PM I don't really understand the steps you provided me you have a PM Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: byt411 on June 01, 2014, 08:22:54 PM If you have a wallet.dat file, import it into blockchain.info. That's like the easiest way of all.
Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: shorena on June 01, 2014, 09:09:51 PM If you have a wallet.dat file, import it into blockchain.info. That's like the easiest way of all. I made a test wallet with the same app. The exported file looks like this: Code: U2FsdGVkX1+2nd3IA4RB11CUX59CeyNXdDA7UWawA2tDmQ1XqKrZF5o3IZGdTJ3C5BIgqPhyQvd5 password is: kkk When I tried to encrypt it with the command Code: openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in <filename> I get this https://i.imgur.com/LbHjYCq.png Which is not a base58 private key. Can anyone help here? I assume the openssl command is wrong. Will also ask the mods to move this to the correct board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=100.0). Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: roysay on June 01, 2014, 09:11:52 PM I'll rephrase my problem.
I know my identifier, and I remember my password, I just don't know where to log in with it. When I go to download the application on another cellphone, it gives me a new wallet right away and there's no option to use an old identifier wallet. I use the bitcoin wallet on Android (Not blockchain) Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: byt411 on June 01, 2014, 09:19:40 PM I'll rephrase my problem. I know my identifier, and I remember my password, I just don't know where to log in with it. When I go to download the application on another cellphone, it gives me a new wallet right away and there's no option to use an old identifier wallet. I use the bitcoin wallet on Android (Not blockchain) That's not how Bitcoin works. What you are saying is App-Specific. Are you using this app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet The most logical method would be to download the app on another mobile device, and then enter your "identifier" and "password". Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: roysay on June 01, 2014, 09:24:15 PM There's no option to enter another identifier, or maybe I just don't know where to type it in
Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: Josepht on June 01, 2014, 09:26:34 PM Options -> safety -> restore wallet
That is how to do it Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: byt411 on June 01, 2014, 09:26:52 PM There's no option to enter another identifier, or maybe I just don't know where to type it in I have no idea about what "identifier" you are talking about. As I said, that isn't part of the bitcoin protocol. Can you bother to answer the question above and try it out? Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: roysay on June 01, 2014, 09:48:20 PM My other wallet was on my lost cellphone, I backed it up on dropbox, now how can I use my back up wallet file to get back my coins
Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: Josepht on June 01, 2014, 09:50:33 PM My other wallet was on my lost cellphone, I backed it up on dropbox, now how can I use my back up wallet file to get back my coins Like I said:Options -> safety -> restore wallet That is how to do it Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: roysay on June 01, 2014, 10:02:32 PM I am not able to use my dropbox file in the restore option
Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: escrow.ms on June 01, 2014, 10:04:41 PM Which is not a base58 private key. Can anyone help here? I assume the openssl command is wrong. Hey I've tried that too but it doesn't works properly. https://github.com/schildbach/bitcoin-wallet/issues/85 base64 util works. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21766932/openssl-one-line-base64-input-error-reading-input-file Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: Josepht on June 01, 2014, 10:07:15 PM I am not able to use my dropbox file in the restore option Try to put the file on the internal storage of your new phone. Then try the steps I provided you. Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: escrow.ms on June 01, 2014, 10:07:45 PM I am not able to use my dropbox file in the restore option If you have another cellphone, install bitcoin wallet-> download that backup file from dropbox and place it in "Download" folder then try to import. Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: roysay on June 01, 2014, 10:26:47 PM Thank you very much.
I just had to take my dropbox file and put it in my ''downloads'' on my cellphone then apply it in the restore section Thank you again! Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: shorena on June 02, 2014, 07:26:49 AM Thank you very much. I just had to take my dropbox file and put it in my ''downloads'' on my cellphone then apply it in the restore section Thank you again! I wish I knew you had another phone ready ;) Oh well, Im glad you have your coins back. Which is not a base58 private key. Can anyone help here? I assume the openssl command is wrong. Hey I've tried that too but it doesn't works properly. https://github.com/schildbach/bitcoin-wallet/issues/85 base64 util works. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21766932/openssl-one-line-base64-input-error-reading-input-file Not sure if we should maybe make a new thread for this, but I will answer here for the time beeing. I tried this Code: base64 -d encrypted | openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc > decrypted with my testwallet and it still shows the same result. The results look identical to be honest. Also on github it states "error reading input file". I dont get that error. Openssl can decrypt the file, but the decrypted data makes no sense or is an format that is not useable. Here is another screenshot directly from the terminal: https://i.imgur.com/HRlif9R.png I only removed the user@machine:/pathfromroot/ part This looks like its in hex format, but I checked that as well and it still does not look like a private key. Title: Re: Lost Cellphone Post by: Meuh6879 on June 03, 2014, 09:25:56 PM https://multibit.org/blog/2014/04/28/private-key-safety-improvements.html
Quote It is of critical importance that private keys are kept secret and safe. Therefore to avoid this happening to any user in the future we have removed the ability to import Blockchain.info 'json' and 'json.aes' wallet backups into MultiBit. |