Bitcoin chai re-import doesn't show any bslanace

[hoonius]

maybe it's the other wallet.dat then

it imported, there was one red box which flashed up, then two toher green ones, but no coins ,


does it need to get verified by the network or soemthing firdt?

[John (John K.)]

No, it should show up almost instantly (after the live status turns to "SUBSCRIBED TO WALLET" )
What does the red boxes and the green boxes say? Are you sure the wallet.dat is correct? You might have loaded your new wallet.dat(without the coins in). Try running with:

Code:

--datadir=DATADIR

Replace DATADIR with the location of your OLD wallet that contains the coins.

If you're sure it's the correct wallet, try importing the keys one by one.
The privatekeys are (bolded):
 "sec": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxjxFRxc4z8V6Vybhzckmycj9aSb4sify"

Copy them, and paste them in the Import private key in blockchain.info. Select "Sipa wallet import format", and try importing them one by one.

[hoonius]

still no dice with the full json import.  Should it not be populating the addresses as it imports casue all i have is the default one you get when you set the wallet uo

the red message comes and goes so fast it's imposible to read

i;ll try the manual import amd see what happens

[hoonius]

well not quite sure what happened

added a fw just raw addresses to the address book but nothing, as expected cause there was no private key
added one with the private key, no money appeared still, so i trhought ;d fire up my local client to see if there was any transaction today and all of the coins wwere there


so, thanks to you both, i can see you both have addresses in youtr signatures so expect 2BTC from me presently.  You really helped a n0b out today, i thought they were done for

[Raoul Duke]

Well, not sure what happened there, but I'm glad you got your coins back.
Even if we didn't gave you a solution to your problem, maybe this thread will help someone else, so, not everything was lost.

[John (John K.)]

The bitcoin client can be queer sometimes. Just glad that nothing were lost though. 

[hoonius]

it was something in the registration of a private key and address that kicked it all off.  as soon as i'd done that, a rescan of the blockchain added about 18 hours worth or transactions, but all m transactions were included there also.  however, i started the fog process 48 hours ago at least tso who knows

anyway, enjoy your coins boys, you've earned them

[John (John K.)]

Got the coins, thanks again! 

[Raoul Duke]

Also woke up to the sound of the coins arriving at my wallet

Thanks a lot!