Android phone wallet... crap...

[spazzdla]

I e-mailed myself the address before I encrypted it...  I sent a 200 milli bits there.... 

Are they gone?

[shorena]

I e-mailed myself the address before I encrypted it...  I sent a 200 milli bits there.... 

Are they gone?

Why would they? Did you delete anything or have you lost your phone?

[oblivi]

It doesn't make sense. What did you encrypt? why would you encrypt "an address"?

[spazzdla]

I e-mailed myself the address before I encrypted it...  I sent a 200 milli bits there.... 

Are they gone?

Why would they? Did you delete anything or have you lost your phone?

Haven't deleted anything... It might be a differnet wallet and not my new phone.. I was pretty positive it was my new phone though.   I figured as soon as I encrypted it that it scrapped the old wallet address thus.. I don't have the private key ne more.

[RodeoX]

Did you make a backup? Use that if you have it. But I'm not sure what you encrypted. Was it a public key?

[spazzdla]

Did you make a backup? Use that if you have it. But I'm not sure what you encrypted. Was it a public key?

I encrypted the wallet.  Well encrypted it / made a back up.  I was thinking it made a totally new wallet thus the old wallet is gone.  I am hoping I am wrong.

I do have that backup on my phone though but it's the same wallet.. I will try it and see what happens.

[spazzdla]

Ahhh I was wrong on what I did...

I send BTC to a paper wallet then imported it to my phone and recorded the paper wallet's address as my phone address by mistake :S.... 

The wallets don't keep the private keys they have swept in memory eh..?

[Muhammed Zakir]

Ahhh I was wrong on what I did...

I send BTC to a paper wallet then imported it to my phone and recorded the paper wallet's address as my phone address by mistake :S.... 

The wallets don't keep the private keys they have swept in memory eh..?

I didn't actually understand what exactly is the problem. Can you answer these?

1) Which wallet are you using?
2) After you imported, you saved the public key in wallet and deleted private key?

[thebitcoinquiz.com]

Ahhh I was wrong on what I did...

I send BTC to a paper wallet then imported it to my phone and recorded the paper wallet's address as my phone address by mistake :S.... 

The wallets don't keep the private keys they have swept in memory eh..?

Didn't get what you were trying to say but can figure out a few things, so you sent the money to paper wallet right?
And then how did you import the paper wallet to your mobile? Did you import the address only(without the private key)? Or did you import it with its private key?
Although it doesn't matter how did you import it, the balance should have been visible.
And if you sent the money to paper wallet and still have that paper wallet's address and private key intact with you(generally written on the paper wallet) then your money can be recovered.
Just open a blockchain.info wallet and import the key there(google out for instructions, blockchain.info is well documented), doing this will recover your wallet.

[Muhammed Zakir]

I depreciate using Blockchain.info for spending coins from a paper wallet especially if you are reusing. Either use Mycelium or import it to an Android wallet like Bither.

[spazzdla]

Ahhh I was wrong on what I did...

I send BTC to a paper wallet then imported it to my phone and recorded the paper wallet's address as my phone address by mistake :S....  

The wallets don't keep the private keys they have swept in memory eh..?

I didn't actually understand what exactly is the problem. Can you answer these?

1) Which wallet are you using?
2) After you imported, you saved the public key in wallet and deleted private key?

Hum... Version 4.24,  https://github.com/schildbach/bitcoin-wallet.

That help?

It was an actual peice of paper... I threw it out.. :S..  Pretty sure I am screwed lol, o well.  I sent coins to it from my one phone and imporated it with the other.. alas I recorded that address as my "new phone" address.. bad move.  Just thought maybe my old phone stored the private key it scanned but I have my doubts.

I really had no intention to reuse the wallet.

[LoyceV]

I mainly dislike this wallet because it is so slow...

[favdesu]

Highly recommend either blockchain.info or even better mycelium. it's a great wallet for android

[spazzdla]

Highly recommend either blockchain.info or even better mycelium. it's a great wallet for android

I've heard a lot about mycelium.  Blockchain has way to many things required to log in for my daily wallet use.

[Muhammed Zakir]

When you import private keys, it will be stored in root folder. I don't know if they removed private key from it. Can you tell me what exactly is your problem? Is there any other doubts?

[coinpr0n]

Highly recommend either blockchain.info or even better mycelium. it's a great wallet for android

I've heard a lot about mycelium.  Blockchain has way to many things required to log in for my daily wallet use.

I should try Mycelium again. I tried it quickly once but the dark theme put me off a lot. I usually like dark themes but somehow it didn't feel right for a wallet. Maybe there's an option to change? Anyway, I'll give it another try.

[dothebeats]

Highly recommend either blockchain.info or even better mycelium. it's a great wallet for android

I've heard a lot about mycelium.  Blockchain has way to many things required to log in for my daily wallet use.

Been using Andreas Schildbach's wallet for almost a year now, and haven't got any problems so far. Reading from OP and the progressions of the thread, I still couldn't figure out what exactly is your problem.

[btchris]

Hum... Version 4.24,  https://github.com/schildbach/bitcoin-wallet.

That help?

It was an actual peice of paper... I threw it out.. :S..  Pretty sure I am screwed lol, o well.  I sent coins to it from my one phone and imporated it with the other.. alas I recorded that address as my "new phone" address.. bad move.  Just thought maybe my old phone stored the private key it scanned but I have my doubts.

I really had no intention to reuse the wallet.

There seems to be a bit of guessing going on in this thread.... regardless OP, you are unfortunately right.

The Schildbach wallet will not import private keys. It can sweep the current UTXOs, after which it discards the private key.

Regarding whether or not the Schildbach wallet is solid: I certainly think so. While there may be other wallets that offer some useful features not offered by this one, the Schildbach wallet offers superior privacy compared to any other android wallet (that I'm aware of). Only breadwallet for iOS offers similar privacy features. Edit: I forgot about Bither, sorry....

[spazzdla]

When you import private keys, it will be stored in root folder. I don't know if they removed private key from it. Can you tell me what exactly is your problem? Is there any other doubts?

Humz.. I'll take a gander then.


Only problem is  I am a tool and sent BTC to an address with out double checking LOL. I thought it was my new phones address but it was the address of a paper wallet (from bitaddress.org) I was playing with moving BTC from one phone to another.

So this is what happend, I sent bits from my phone to a paper wallet, I swept the wallet with the other phone, I recorded that address as my new phone address(super tool move).  I sent bits to the paper wallet address(99% sure I burnt the wallet LMAO).

I will take a gander in the root folder but I've pretty much accepted I derped it and they are gone.

[spazzdla]

Thanks for the help guys!