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Title: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 21, 2014, 07:27:43 PM Hello,
My old Android crashed and I got a new one. Installed the standard bitcoin wallet on there and I recovered the wallet. Now it says "synchronizing with network, 8 months behind." and im 24 hours in. WTF is it doing? downloading the whole blockchain? Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Brewins on December 21, 2014, 07:32:42 PM DO you downloaded the bitcoin core?
If yes then sync will take some time because you need to download all blockchain. You can use other wallets like multibit if you want quicker sync, but you have to trust that miners won't cheat you Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: PolarPoint on December 21, 2014, 07:33:13 PM It is trying to download the whole blockchain from stratch. Do you have a recent copy of the blockchain so you can copy it onto the SDcard and save time?
Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Parazyd on December 21, 2014, 07:35:15 PM You can download the bootstrap torrent and make things faster :)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145386.0 Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: 548845 on December 21, 2014, 07:35:38 PM Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there.
It is downloading the whole block chain again. Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days..... Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: JNord on December 21, 2014, 07:35:55 PM Waiting for the wallet to sync is a pain in the ass. Ive been waiting 24 hours now.
Looking forward to invest some money in bitcoins. Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 21, 2014, 07:38:05 PM It is trying to download the whole blockchain from stratch. Do you have a recent copy of the blockchain so you can copy it onto the SDcard and save time? what other wallet can i use that allows me to recover a wallet that was backed up by the bitcoin wallet? mycelium won't work Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 21, 2014, 07:39:27 PM Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there. It is downloading the whole block chain again. Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days..... how can i export the private key from a bitcoin wallet backup? Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Parazyd on December 21, 2014, 07:40:58 PM Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there. It is downloading the whole block chain again. Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days..... how can i export the private key from a bitcoin wallet backup? Code: dumpprivkey YourAddress In Bitcoin Core's console. Also check this out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8091.0 Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: 548845 on December 21, 2014, 07:42:15 PM Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there. It is downloading the whole block chain again. Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days..... how can i export the private key from a bitcoin wallet backup? Code: dumpprivkey YourAddress In Bitcoin Core's console. Also check this out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8091.0 ^^^^ This Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 21, 2014, 07:54:34 PM Ok, so I moved the the file "bitcoin-wallet-backup-2014-07-16" from my phone to Ubuntu laptop that has bitcoin-qt running on it. Full blockchain has been download on the laptop as well.
How in the monkey balls do i recover that wallet using the full client? is it even possible? Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Parazyd on December 21, 2014, 07:57:23 PM Here's a nice read for you ;)
https://code.google.com/p/bitcoin-wallet/source/browse/wallet/README.recover Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 21, 2014, 08:13:17 PM Here's a nice read for you ;) https://code.google.com/p/bitcoin-wallet/source/browse/wallet/README.recover you sir are awesome. Im having a little problem with running wallet-tools.. trying to figure out what that means. Quote root@showrun-ThinkPad-X201:/home/showrun/Desktop/bitcoinj/tools# ./wallet-tool Compiling WalletTool to a JAR ./wallet-tool: line 9: mvn: command not found root@showrun-ThinkPad-X201:/home/showrun/Desktop/bitcoinj/tools# Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Parazyd on December 21, 2014, 08:32:06 PM I think you'll need Maven. http://maven.apache.org/
mvn is the Maven command IIRC. Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 21, 2014, 09:02:02 PM I think you'll need Maven. http://maven.apache.org/ mvn is the Maven command IIRC. awesome thanks! Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: jubalix on December 22, 2014, 12:34:23 AM You should always have private keys exported before using any wallet or address
Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 22, 2014, 12:54:21 AM You should always have private keys exported before using any wallet or address I know! this was my very first wallet that i got when i installed the app on my phone in late 2013 all my other wallets are paperwallets from bitaddress. That was my hot wallet. Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Guido on December 22, 2014, 01:43:24 PM downloading full blockchain from core is pain
just use https://multibit.org/ imo Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: NeuroticFish on December 22, 2014, 01:49:02 PM Do you use that Android as controller for ASICs? I doubt that.
Then get a light wallet! I recommend Multibit, but really, read a little and do as you think. I doubt that you need a full core wallet... Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 22, 2014, 11:04:54 PM Do you use that Android as controller for ASICs? I doubt that. Then get a light wallet! I recommend Multibit, but really, read a little and do as you think. I doubt that you need a full core wallet... Im having a hard time importing a backup made by the bitcoicn android wallet in june, to any new light wallet (hive, myceilium, etc.) I will figure it out soon. Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: bornil267645 on December 23, 2014, 02:39:03 AM I have never faced anything like thhis, But my friend did, So hang in there. :)
Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: slaveforanunnak1 on December 23, 2014, 05:46:26 AM I have never faced anything like thhis, But my friend did, So hang in there. :) thanks man. i have .49 freshly mined coins in there lol I will recover them. Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Andreas Schildbach on January 06, 2015, 09:10:25 PM Im having a hard time importing a backup made by the bitcoicn android wallet in june, to any new light wallet (hive, myceilium, etc.) Backup files are not interchangeable between apps. Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: apetersson on January 07, 2015, 02:43:32 PM Im having a hard time importing a backup made by the bitcoicn android wallet in june, to any new light wallet (hive, myceilium, etc.) Backup files are not interchangeable between apps. note: you made the backup in june it was still for the 3.x version of A.S. Bitcoin Wallet. Mycelium did include an importer for single private keys from that time. if you download mycelium 1.3.3 for example from http://mycelium.com/assets/btcwallet/mbw-prodnet-release-1.3.3build133.apk you might be able to get back your key (start mycelium->accounts->add key->import schildbach wallet) i did not got through the whole thread but it might help you. Title: Re: having a hard time recovering a wallet Post by: Andreas Schildbach on January 07, 2015, 02:55:52 PM Im having a hard time importing a backup made by the bitcoicn android wallet in june, to any new light wallet (hive, myceilium, etc.) Backup files are not interchangeable between apps. note: you made the backup in june it was still for the 3.x version of A.S. Bitcoin Wallet. Mycelium did include an importer for single private keys from that time. if you download mycelium 1.3.3 for example from http://mycelium.com/assets/btcwallet/mbw-prodnet-release-1.3.3build133.apk you might be able to get back your key (start mycelium->accounts->add key->import schildbach wallet) i did not got through the whole thread but it might help you. The protobuf-based backup format was introduced in v3.47 (May 2014). |