I used coinbase and trasferered $5 into my electrum account as a test. Everything worked fine so i sent a semi large $400 deposit and now my electrum says not connected, i am new to bitcoin i found it very interesting and i am love all the new tech stuff. But this is a lot of bitcoin and i haven't the slightest idea how to handle this. Can somebody please lend me a hand i just started learning ubuntu so its linux that i run. Can somebody with expertise walk a noob through this? I am up at 3;30 am stressing this. Ughhh
Like RustyNomad said this is only a sync (connection) problem.
Do not worry.
1. Click on the red dot (eventually its a syncing symbol)
2. Now activate the auto-connect:
You should connect to network now.
regards,
ca333
#EDIT: Enzyme (the poster below) dropped a good clue:
ALWAYS SECURE (BACKUP) YOUR PRIVATE-KEYS or the wallet SEED! This is very very important. Best thing is to print out on paper and hide at secret safe place.
In future do this BEFORE you transfer BTC to your wallet. (You can still do it afterwards, even offline, but i recommend to do it at very beginning)