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Please help - stupidly uninstalled mycelium wallet on phone without backing it up. Miss my BTC! (self.Bitcoin)

SemenShewa が 投稿

Hey everyone,

The title says it all but I really need your help. After my phone recently fritzed I needed a tune up. Apparently I had a load of viruses on it (thanks Android).

Anyway during course of tune up my phone was restored to default which meant I lost all of my apps. I had backed up all my pictures, documents and contacts but stupidly forgot to back up my bitcoin wallet (mycelium) . Now I feel really silly and have come to reddit desperate for help. Is there anyway I can get my bitcoin back? Please help a poor soul lost without his bitcoin!!!

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[–]Steve_Buscemi_ [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

There is only one thing I know that you can try:

Before you do anything else, find a way to make a 1:1 copy of the entire phone and put it on a flash drive or something. Even if you completely reset your phone, information stays on the drive until it is overwritten. DESKTOP programs do exist that can undelete files if they haven't been overwritten, and maybe you can find your key somewhere in there (don't install an app on the phone, you might be able to do a copy from recovery mode).

Outside of that, I can't think of anything else you can do. I hope you didn't lose much.

EDIT: Here is a program you can try:

http://extundelete.sourceforge.net/

[–]AltoidNerd [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Keep the clone of the phone and never write over it using any recovery software - that is make sure the recovery software reads only and doesn't attempt to change the clone. It can write undeleted/repaired files elsewhere.

I have had luck doing similar things with photorec.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

[–]_hilltopredditor for 3 days [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This is your best bet, you should immediately power down the phone and not turn it on again. Then clone the entire system. Then you can use a tool like scaple to go through the file system and find data like private keys. It most likely is still there but its a lot of work to retrieve it.

[–]Qewbicle [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I second this. I've had to dump make an exact copy of my memory before so I can undelete text messages for using in court. Can confirm it worked, just don't remeber what I used at this moment to undelete. But I think I used adb to dump the memory.

[–]NimbleBodhi [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Upvoting as a lesson to others, although since we see these types of post almost every week it doesn't seem to sink in. You'd think simply writing down twelve words to back-up your money would be a no brainer, but it seems people can't really be trusted to keep their own money safe, which kind of puts a crimp in the whole "be your own bank" concept.

[–]kinoshitajona [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

This is why I agree with Copay's stance of forcing the user to write it down before they show them their address.

[–]ktechmidas [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

how do they force that?

[–]UpGoNinja [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Copay will not display any receiving address until you have finished the "Backup Now" process:

Screen one shows your 12 word phrase. Screen two shows the 12 words out of order and requires you to tap them in the right order. It's hard to do unless you wrote them down.

[–]Paullinator [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

May I (biased'ly) recommend a wallet doesn't require a "backup" process? Give Airbitz a try. A simple username/password on any iOS Or Android device and you're back into your funds. Still fully user controlled, fully encrypted and private (#1 Android and #2 iOS wallet for privacy by OBPP report)

[–]gburgwardt [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How does that work?

[–]juansgalt [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Not that simple when you have to type it with your thumbs. I find the log in process to airbitz dreadfully painfull. Usernames and passwords don't go well with mobile.

Myceliyum on the other hand is plug and play and after you put a pin it is a 5-6 digit pass that is muuuch easier to type and remember then username and pass.

If you do the backup you don't have to worry about the login anymore.

So annoying do I find that system that I just stopped suggesting it to my nooby friends, its too frustrating for me and some of them.

[–]chrisrico [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Did you write down the seed words? If not, you're probably screwed.

[–]somatt [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Did you write down the 12 word seed? If so you're good! Just load up mycelium and type in the seed!!!

[–]bitservetorredditor for 2 days [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Just curious why didn't you write a seed down or save a backup? Mycelium throws these options at you very often.

restored to default

You are 98% likely fucked. As others mention you can take a snapshot of the filesystem on the phone/SD card and maybe recover the data if you are lucky, but that's a slim chance and it's especially lower because you formatted the entire phone.

[–]Bitcoin_foreverredditor for 2 months [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

nope. Sorry for you loss. This should be a lesson for you.
Mycelium wallets can be imported even in Electrum wallet using the private key backup, so if you fuck your phone you can still use your wallet in Electrum.

[–]iamautonomous [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Damn man. Shoulda used Airbitz.

[–]muyuu [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How much? if it's a lot you may want to contact a professional.

Also, try http://andriller.com/

[–]DakotaChiliBeans [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Sorry for ur loss, I might take pity and hire you as a servant when Bitcoin is worth a million per coin, that way you can be reminded of what you could have had!

[–]BitcoinNL [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Please just buy TREZOR. Don't use free web or mobile wallets.. Always use a physical hardware wallet.