Help - electrum is no connected - how to do it?

[elfienine]

Hi everybody
i'm a newbie, i need help please

i made a transaction on localbitcoins.com for 100 euros
 i transferred this BTC on my electrum wallet and the transaction was ok :     send to XXXXXX5k4xiWoozYF
txid b77ad2ca29799bd81e1c6201b4XXXXXXXX

but when i start electrum i see it is not connected. and there is no trace of my transaction. it does not appear
i waited 1 hour and still nothing

what should i do? i thought electrum connect automaticaly on a server.
please help.
what is the manipulation?

i'm afraid of having lost 100 euros.

thanks very very much

[torusJKL]

Go to the connections setting and try to change it to another mode.
E.g. tcp, https, ssl.
Also try to restart the client.

From my experiences one of the above will work.

[elfienine]

thanks for your answer

i wil try to be as precise as possible

i use electrum 1.9.5. for me the connections settings are in network (window tools)
 
i use the auto connect (to connect to server). i am on windows 7. i have a firewall and i desactive it to test.

i made all you advices : change to another mode : protocol https, http, tcp, ssl and nothing happens
i test with proxy : none, socks4; socks5 and http and nothing happens

i restart at everytime electrum and nothing happens, always no connected to servers

please help me i dont know what to do

[flatfly]

thanks for your answer

i wil try to be as precise as possible

i use electrum 1.9.5. for me the connections settings are in network (window tools)
 
i use the auto connect (to connect to server). i am on windows 7. i have a firewall and i desactive it to test.

i made all you advices : change to another mode : protocol https, http, tcp, ssl and nothing happens
i test with proxy : none, socks4; socks5 and http and nothing happens

i restart at everytime electrum and nothing happens, always no connected to servers

please help me i dont know what to do

Try to proceed as follows:
- NO auto-connect, NO proxy.
- select electrum.datemas.de, default port (it's 50002 I believe)
- close and re-open electrum -> it should connect within 2 seconds

[360998186]

just have a look~~thanks

[elfienine]

hi everybody and thanks for your quick answers

i tried but it doesnt work

this is the firewall. i'm in my office in a business center.
the firewall preventes me form ping. i cannot ping electrum.datemas.de

i'll see two options now :
1 - contact the network administrator and ask him to autorize me to connect to this server
2 - : install electrum on another computer : do you think it's possible?
new installation in another computer and get back my btc?
with my seed.

thks

elfie

[xs101]

You can try to have Electrum connect manually to some server in the provided list. Electrum does not need open ports, it simply polls the server for updates, so it's firewall friendly.

If all else fails, you can allways use another wallet like blockchain.info or Multibit to spend the bitcoins, by taking the corresponding private key and importing it into the other wallet.

[elfienine]

it works on another computer with my seed!

thanks a lot guys for helping!

[edutBTC]

ok but is your internet is connected ?