Nano Ledger S Seed and Nano Ledger S Recovery

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Since Ledger manufactures its devices, no one has determined that such a possibility exists - but we can't say that any device is 100% safe. While it may not be directly related to your question, it’s good to know how Ledger devices generate seed.

https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010073520-Quality-of-randomness

I never know my seed in the ledger device I have. Is there are a way to know the seed?

I think too much attention has been paid to Ledger and their devices to even try something of this magnitude - and in the end I think they are very transparent in terms of all the components that anyone with technical experience can test themselves. Your concern is something that worries many users, because if something is generated on a device we wonder if there is a way for that same device to pass that information (unauthorized) to someone else.

I remember buying my first hardware wallet few years ago and it was Ledger nano S. At that time I think only one other hardware wallet existed, I can not remember their name. I think the reason of attention is because they were pioneer if I am not wrong. Obviously simplicity of the use counts as well.

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[o_e_l_e_o]

I never know my seed in the ledger device I have. Is there are a way to know the seed?

No, there is no way to display the seed phrase again after the initial set up. It does have a "Recovery Check" where you can input your seed phrase and it will confirm that you have written it down correctly, but it won't just display the seed phrase in plain text to you.

It's very risky to hold coins in a hardware wallet where you do not have the seed phrase. You are a single piece of hardware failure away from losing your coins. I would suggest that you move the coins out to a different wallet, reset the Ledger, back up your new seed phrase, and then return the coins to this new wallet.

[HCP]

I never know my seed in the ledger device I have. Is there are a way to know the seed?

If this is true, and you don't have any record of your 24 word seed mnemonic, you need to follow o_e_l_e_o's advice as soon as possible!!?! After all, if you don't have any way to recover, what happens if your device is lost/stolen/damaged?

[bob123]

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I hope you just don't know the mnemonic code in terms of you don't have it memorized.
It is absolutely necessary to have a backup of the mnemonic code.

Your hardware wallet could break at any time. Quite often (or at least more often than it should), hardware wallets simply get rest after an update. You'd be out of luck (and out of your BTC) in such a case.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

If this is true, and you don't have any record of your 24 word seed mnemonic, you need to follow o_e_l_e_o's advice as soon as possible!!?! After all, if you don't have any way to recover, what happens if your device is lost/stolen/damaged?

Oh no no!
I meant I never was able to see my seed in the computer screen. Phew!
The seeds are safe and accessible anytime so all good. Sorry about my incomplete statement on that post. I should have explain it better.

Mentioning o_e_l_e_o, bob123 too.

[HCP]

I meant I never was able to see my seed in the computer screen. Phew!

That is correct... the seed should never be displayed on the computer screen. It will only ever been shown once on the Nano S screen during initial setup. After that, the seed mnemonic is not "recoverable".