Backed UP Wallet Recovery

[jbbar82]

Here is the situation,

I have a back up file from 2014-04-03 from a BB device running the Bitcoin Wallet.

I do not remember the password to decrypt it following the UBUNTU instructions provided by Andreas.

Questions,

1- Was a password required? I am usually good with passwords and in this case im thinking I did not use one, or was it required?

2- When following the instructions to decrypt using the guide by andreas, after entering a blank password, it sends me back to the command prompt but when looking into the decrypted file it is empty. I guess this means there is a password set?

3- I read the guide and all, and if I get as far as sending out the funds (there are none) I actually need to get the actual private key out of the backup. The reason for this is because the private key associated with the public key is required to redeem some maid safe coins I had purchased in the pre-sale. Yes, I know it should have done properly from a desktop etc..etc... but it was last minute and I did it from my BB device which is now busted. What do you suggest to recover the actual private key?

Looking forward to your help.

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[shorena]

Here is the situation,

I have a back up file from 2014-04-03 from a BB device running the Bitcoin Wallet.

I do not remember the password to decrypt it following the UBUNTU instructions provided by Andreas.

Questions,

1- Was a password required? I am usually good with passwords and in this case im thinking I did not use one, or was it required?

2- When following the instructions to decrypt using the guide by andreas, after entering a blank password, it sends me back to the command prompt but when looking into the decrypted file it is empty. I guess this means there is a password set?

3- I read the guide and all, and if I get as far as sending out the funds (there are none) I actually need to get the actual private key out of the backup. The reason for this is because the private key associated with the public key is required to redeem some maid safe coins I had purchased in the pre-sale. Yes, I know it should have done properly from a desktop etc..etc... but it was last minute and I did it from my BB device which is now busted. What do you suggest to recover the actual private key?

Looking forward to your help.

Yes, you need a password, you actually need both. The PIN to unlock the wallet on start and the password to spend funds.

Maybe this[1] can help?

[1] https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover

[aleiby]

I have a backup file, but when I select Safety, Restore Wallet, the field above the password is empty, and no amount of clicking on it seems to work.  I've saved the backup file to my Download folder.  The text in the dialog specifies /Download.  As far as I can tell, the file the backup is in is actually at /sdcard/Download.  There is no ability to create root directories since there is no storage associated with it.  This is on a Galaxy S7 Edge.  What am I missing?

EDIT: I see what my problem is.  The latest "backup" file just contains the following text:

> The attached encrypted file contains Bitcoin private keys and should be kept safe at all times.

The older backups are named similarly (e.g. bitcoin-wallet-backup-2015-06-20), but those actually contain the encrypted data.  Did the wallet change how it stores its data at some point?  That's really annoying, as I see no evidence of the mentioned "attached" file.