I have the default_wallet.dat file and pretty much everything else i could restore.
I still remember the password of the wallet and got the 2FA google stuff here too.
If you're using a 2FA wallet (are you?), the seed cannot be recovered from the wallet file (it's not stored in there). Electrum tells you this when you first set up the wallet.
You need either your seed or a working wallet file to recover your funds.
If you have a completely corrupted / missing wallet file, you might be out of luck.
If your wallet file is only slightly corrupted, you may be able to fix it.
First (very important), make a backup of it so there's no chance of making things worse.
Next, open your wallet file in a text editor (such as Notepad on Windows).
It should look something like this:
{
"accounts": {
"0": {
"change": [
[
"03ac0342c7c8f92d41458bdb22f0abec55eedd5aa8f982e8c91318d68631337812",
"021b939f6db543de61e6c18b037c0aea1279a9c47b35b0f5ad6a45060487a99cc9",
"03ecc8024843d6da37c1b4a6096f7a30d67518402369d3cbbd8c893ee65672f8af"
],
[
"02407ab9bd1c32aceb0e42aea0e1ac69ac06fcb070ff8fcacbacb7b08d29cb8cba",
"028d07f31a64365bd63eaf6c3fe8379142264d468975a86376cf9bf861986c1824",
"03ffd76f226ccd257a015c9c437b693a5d2edf34e6f2e27d7a0c5ba8c33ac00670"
],
[
"03f1bbdfe1be7c533e7e789b04b6da25f74a8dcf4c2a2239fc867f63a32965cc64",
"02b7b63d7fc1d61124ad9ae0e97c15725c439d6e4d61bb3a3e9c958ebca43ea7e7",
"02979116cfc78f395719a5bd8ded064b49e6b5bf89963a5a1d817e8869b459aa7f"
]
],
"receiving": [
[
"037f4e76573fb495b0d96d7961e99b588c2bcf58bce2baef094156d62fc0a8cd45",
"02d082c279324b606dd925b77daed33a7a9b01355b7d653d0cdfa1e4d4f72eba8d",
"03f6e932c7e25f5e40c72c7d981ca76235c0b38f65b7858d41356472549a4c9790"
],
[
"025330a72b7311f94e519c679641f783e4f8efc3f9b8b146ba1f03b0689d0e6e5f",
"02881777cd44bf1cd724bccdf1a9b2f695b689c2da373b0c842a1ea64522eae277",
"035000d2b358b19566a4ea074a29f9095bb3c15b551783bc5bb632ab8a8a7686c1"
],
[
"036b1a078c412f7961eecb49bba365c279c4567ba937805dd9ac34e157f0b47e5a",
"038f22a1e99351b2aa9a482bfebc43890e8f5ac9be7d150d758f063b56ac647715",
"02175a44e790b3f3c8e41b8d5275e68f3aa0332f3d6631cbc99842ca723bfd7dab"
],
[
"0258cc18d2843702bde79bbcf4df74b2aee88ddf9fb4fae03005e7367196a4f69b",
"02f3f0237562f79bc95321b7d2c8ca2e946602e29939d9ac87a4cac534e4ca469e",
"0388246d6a3c73e9f3aa1e4370ad4f3dd9f20c67ec0fcfabc931151464adda090f"
],
[
"025bf61d138fea2e5868049d69bf627de5ed8e4e11daef757b19d1c6ce94f87a5c",
"02066c0e6ca63122f8a9e7413658d87dc04814236e999fa6cc6a5da0188ad4f2b9",
"02a63fd35ee7373d0b79fee31075d02ff53f11639fbf23a02c6d27fdab9acaf9e9"
],
[
"022ae832008e773d2126aadbfee6750827e4ed0d698e2d4700cc4f3c968bf51dee",
"03716958ed0073e38584a95d2ec9dad71884e93d8fa482c609ad702fe4157180bf",
"028a8b8f82d97fa5dfc61f065276acd63cca8eb45e9cb4101219db64bf4b1957b0"
],
[
"020decc7b97b3e8e355b8dcaa9cf66b2c6d56665d89abc46990d405a634efeeda4",
"03b90f527d22a3ac69114ef1646ede9d31bf83fb154f551f0645acdf8a2f581c7f",
"026c59a9fc1c16dc6efc6cac1caa0c1998e9c7a3ce09c0d6cc63a379bf55552f81"
],
[
"02b300cd992b2020b0a03954191ba8bef1a091cdc468b99212fb1070ad05f8560c",
"02038dca3242db4d107b6cf0ac7c5a66b9a9996e14522d8ef3cd836157618e82c8",
"03578b8f14ce86902213352da549f985b205800b533a1d1a447d6185ea90848de5"
],
[
"038a02fa807574173baa1f13dba508d26958417f209cb8d9564276c9ff05fd3377",
"02123ae61fb2dc5f134abf14c217b79c556f65ebe00ea344a54931c118afe663d7",
"0324f09a257fe5d583083bbc398495d4f3ecdcf2918a6499dde991262daf270f2b"
],
[
"0231dfa361f1f805067b7f2846c4fa62d793179f36af0b28ce32ac1cb775e76ae9",
"02e8eb42d24274473e3581609a3e7537ac8472fb8ac63e61fda074bf7ca57d5e47",
"03d3dd7b39b5fb812e1d8088f5ccc0a50c00cd9f9539a10d1155e71407d609b623"
],
[
"03b9e4444488511abeb992b682637e971f45d43e1f3256fe9377ac937313c9ec32",
"02593b49a6cd93ae929a2ffb14fc97977b144a692b40d4e01da4f43aede8cf4276",
"032412b8383bbd10a2d00ca1fbbc0887c5407e0dc7d0220c61623b8a84df54e6fd"
],
[
"03db584f5b6d5f7af655b525c800b7826b61f9fd8ba597371a286419a1ebfced73",
"0302d0d83b68a618d618a59a2fdb860634fcfc36314b11afd6ac44669101183ae6",
"03a1153c84ec94c702e148cc032cfefe17530674ea26568c799cb3a6aea3cdb672"
],
[
"03db20128d0ba7b1de844663e4072009c9a309cf3405171487dbd56752d99315a0",
"028aba0ea4fb17eb6de96e93c23b3299e4c07d5751cf4782fc73f3dff46542dd2c",
"03f30d88ce7743054046c75b558a136a6616a111e48b216e9d81caa5594593ebe4"
],
[
"022294e54daa3cb03dc264963fe2697e8372e81882d5b81222f728c1f7f2c1714a",
"03f0c9b27946dd3460c2261b6769c3cfbf256eb1dc108965377b9179ada8ee717d",
"0310a35c633e14cd3b94021b9928d2a3a71892940df47294e4e5bda52cc60b007a"
],
[
"034cb8e3e6b58a123d83882e6c45e86c2ff5eb16fd47c1f1feab7ad177782aafcc",
"022eb76270b1ac47e7701a0d77232446a8406671db39160a086c6740ab35d41c0d",
"0347a903bea538bf9e800f1ac59072ae0038bea30e8c3ac3b56c08ab35c9e672c1"
],
[
"03e565a126627b3ea1e4e5f2ce6064447c9ee2ca37543e27da36cf8dab7355d132",
"0279e9538ce91a7386fbec166b17bb42e4ecaba2de8db785b83bb70db6e4db21f7",
"021ec3738cd8889424768babaa46f77a69db027651c90e4132c82f68b8e0b90deb"
],
[
"023346f43393acdf93a2ccf92d9f44b4213f6e2aa7a1d9a5b5812ce85ddc6d45a6",
"0238a4deb9f67bf0b8f4bb6045a0ce17782d43a84875c2f4f90742ce745f6a46bf",
"02de5065f947ff944114fcc8fb5896efc9712beb7d148c073763de26fb2a9197b4"
],
[
"02d9e049b552386a66eb08e1ead8f4b55432df9002a7aa3269ae7ff146ab5fd040",
"020983271bc3ea8c466743997d29279e242fbb3c5456b78bc488b657f32079623b",
"022faf4d3d33cbe2b5cc1f20f8750941a4960a58a4c9e8d116801b43f82ebf8b4f"
],
[
"020d9ebff72467155429b16ff0042d05b23ce48dcbc1a49f1c47eab18fa1a724ac",
"036fd3c3e38834202c58dc28dba042756bb2d6b87c7b463a570f525a2e7f780226",
"023629847b9e38ef40d5b80526c1ec85dbc793f29026682537794ea7f1a4db2390"
],
[
"03e04943a31bd43d0bd112e59525aa5cc535b26ad9f32ebc92b3424e784cfd28fb",
"02c1fdf9ea0e4a82ba62eeb223b5c114b2190cde7a6578a38e1d3e462d2f9f8018",
"027046fe6d8d01629e48afc5d04d53ef843cfe5378f8550217aeab2434961c4dee"
]
],
"xpub": "xpub661MyMwAqRbcF7S3zTDZ1QBaDKi8eUjSETyxtajGrbNKHHoMv8vWt1yiamfQGvRaxcHRovmUzeGqPeySjRL6pKTb57Cu3dSrDaGkFbx7LaB",
"xpub2": "xpub661MyMwAqRbcFTQiUpNzWsZLa9tSpW1ut3Xet7gFUWzydmRzvfr8So9vkhseiftjuCAiMs6X8APqUf2VMp13XEU7fBAmhYoFXpTqxvVupwd",
"xpub3": "xpub661MyMwAqRbcGTQ1T3H5pmertr31JLddqwqVcWedoSFHY3AnjYQUnqiGAhNzofPf22kJXAtJQhmsFXin4T41k4xGLLzCt3RvskGmja4Buoj"
}
},
"accounts_expanded": {},
"master_private_keys": {
"x1/": "lvZ5FCGXcS6+qhc2aq9nENE6uEe6DdUJmEruIg30pdKS4doc5at50W5+aH0pkIYVJY1UM3QGoClTCFPxKJXJ/nkP9Vzn3sFHDdie/EbSMKmUDevhj8Wvf3ttfQ3NHTZuXq5twD2mTOLFDuKgcirEFPSp5FzDOQVXvypUhbiVUSg="
},
"master_public_keys": {
"x1/": "xpub661MyMwAqRbcF7S3zTDZ1QBaDKi8eUjSETyxtajGrbNKHHoMv8vWt1yiamfQGvRaxcHRovmUzeGqPeySjRL6pKTb57Cu3dSrDaGkFbx7LaB",
"x2/": "xpub661MyMwAqRbcFTQiUpNzWsZLa9tSpW1ut3Xet7gFUWzydmRzvfr8So9vkhseiftjuCAiMs6X8APqUf2VMp13XEU7fBAmhYoFXpTqxvVupwd",
"x3/": "xpub661MyMwAqRbcGTQ1T3H5pmertr31JLddqwqVcWedoSFHY3AnjYQUnqiGAhNzofPf22kJXAtJQhmsFXin4T41k4xGLLzCt3RvskGmja4Buoj"
},
"seed_version": 11,
"use_encryption": true,
"use_trustedcoin": true,
"wallet_type": "2fa"
}
You're looking for missing syntax. For example
- make sure all of the braces and brackets ( the {s and }s and the [s and ]s ) match up and that there's a closing brace at the very end of the file
- make sure there's nothing following the last closing brace
- make sure there a comma after each pair of items, except for the last item in a list
- make sure there's a colon between each pair of items
- make sure the double-quotes match up
If you find an error, try correcting it, saving the file and loading it in Electrum. If you can't find an error, you'll need to find someone you trust who understands JSON (that's Electrum 2's file format) who can look at the file for you.
If you can't find any problems, you could try getting a more specific error message by doing this:
1. Move your default_wallet file to a different directory.
2. Start Electrum and let it create a new wallet for you (you don't need it for anything).
3. Go to the console tab and type in this:
from PyQt4.QtGui import QFileDialog
util.json.load(open(QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(gui)))
It will ask you for your wallet file, and then print an error message that may help you find the problem.
If you get it fixed, you should create a new 2FA (or standard) wallet to transfer all of your funds to, and this time write down the seed!
Is the wallet file the same version of Electrum? If it was created with an older version you need to use that version to restore it, since I believe that the newer versions of Electrum have changed the file format? Not sure, but that is what I would try.
FYI the new version of Electrum can read either wallet format. If it finds an old format wallet, it converts it to the new format (which actually isn't a whole lot different).
