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December 21, 2014, 07:27:43 PM
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Hello,
My old Android crashed and I got a new one. Installed the standard bitcoin wallet on there and I recovered the wallet. Now it says  "synchronizing with network, 8 months behind."  and im 24 hours in.

WTF is it doing? downloading the whole blockchain?

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December 21, 2014, 07:32:42 PM
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DO you downloaded the bitcoin core?

If yes then sync will take some time because you need to download all blockchain.

You can use other wallets like multibit if you want quicker sync, but you have to trust that miners won't cheat you
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December 21, 2014, 07:33:13 PM
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It is trying to download the whole blockchain from stratch. Do you have a recent copy of the blockchain so you can copy it onto the SDcard and save time?
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December 21, 2014, 07:35:15 PM
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You can download the bootstrap torrent and make things faster Smiley
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145386.0
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December 21, 2014, 07:35:38 PM
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Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there.

It is downloading the whole block chain again.
Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days.....
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December 21, 2014, 07:35:55 PM
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Waiting for the wallet to sync  is a pain in the ass. Ive been waiting 24 hours now.

Looking forward to invest some money in bitcoins.
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December 21, 2014, 07:38:05 PM
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It is trying to download the whole blockchain from stratch. Do you have a recent copy of the blockchain so you can copy it onto the SDcard and save time?

what other wallet can i use that allows me to recover a wallet that was backed up by the bitcoin wallet?
mycelium won't work
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December 21, 2014, 07:39:27 PM
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Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there.

It is downloading the whole block chain again.
Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days.....


how can i export the private key from a bitcoin wallet backup?
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December 21, 2014, 07:40:58 PM
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Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there.

It is downloading the whole block chain again.
Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days.....


how can i export the private key from a bitcoin wallet backup?

Code:
dumpprivkey YourAddress

In Bitcoin Core's console.
Also check this out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8091.0
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December 21, 2014, 07:42:15 PM
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Export your private key and use a lighter client and import it there.

It is downloading the whole block chain again.
Unless you don't mind waiting a couple of days.....


how can i export the private key from a bitcoin wallet backup?

Code:
dumpprivkey YourAddress

In Bitcoin Core's console.
Also check this out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8091.0


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December 21, 2014, 07:54:34 PM
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Ok, so I moved the the file "bitcoin-wallet-backup-2014-07-16" from my phone to Ubuntu laptop that has bitcoin-qt running on it. Full blockchain has been download on the laptop as well.

How in the monkey balls do i recover that wallet using the full client? is it even possible?
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December 21, 2014, 07:57:23 PM
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Here's a nice read for you Wink
https://code.google.com/p/bitcoin-wallet/source/browse/wallet/README.recover
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December 21, 2014, 08:13:17 PM
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you sir are awesome.
Im having a little problem with running wallet-tools.. trying to figure out what that means.

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root@showrun-ThinkPad-X201:/home/showrun/Desktop/bitcoinj/tools# ./wallet-tool
Compiling WalletTool to a JAR
./wallet-tool: line 9: mvn: command not found
root@showrun-ThinkPad-X201:/home/showrun/Desktop/bitcoinj/tools#


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December 21, 2014, 08:32:06 PM
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I think you'll need Maven. http://maven.apache.org/
mvn is the Maven command IIRC.
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December 21, 2014, 09:02:02 PM
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I think you'll need Maven. http://maven.apache.org/
mvn is the Maven command IIRC.

awesome thanks!
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December 22, 2014, 12:34:23 AM
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You should always have private keys exported before using any wallet or address

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December 22, 2014, 12:54:21 AM
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You should always have private keys exported before using any wallet or address

I know! this was my very first wallet that i got when i installed the app on my phone in late 2013
all my other wallets are paperwallets from bitaddress. That was my hot wallet.
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December 22, 2014, 01:43:24 PM
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downloading full blockchain from core is pain

just use https://multibit.org/ imo

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December 22, 2014, 01:49:02 PM
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Do you use that Android as controller for ASICs? I doubt that.

Then get a light wallet! I recommend Multibit, but really, read a little and do as you think.
I doubt that you need a full core wallet...

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December 22, 2014, 11:04:54 PM
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Do you use that Android as controller for ASICs? I doubt that.

Then get a light wallet! I recommend Multibit, but really, read a little and do as you think.
I doubt that you need a full core wallet...

Im having a hard time importing a backup made by the bitcoicn android wallet in june, to any new light wallet (hive, myceilium, etc.)

I will figure it out soon.
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