Android and armory

[ChazM]

I sent some coins to an address I controlled with the Android Wallet, but they've not been confirmed by the wallet (but have been added to a block) so I can't move them out from that address. I was thinking of importing the private key to Armory, but it seems like that's not possible as the Android private key has a different format.

It is possible to regain access to those coins with the unencrypted Android private key and the address I control?

[bitpop]

Just temporarily use blockchain
You'll probably lose the key with armory

[ChazM]

That worked, finding a way to dump all the private key backups to test was an ordeal though.

I'm just wondering why the android key wouldn't import to armory? The app calls it a base58, and Armory specifically states that they should allow such keys to be imported.

[bitpop]

It might be compressed
There's many versions
The calculator on brain wallet may help you convert it
But blockchain now also gives you many formats which you could import

[bitpop]

Remember armory will not normally backup imports