Change Mobile Phones with Wallets - page 2.

Mhd-Bobbi

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Quote from: worldtraveller321 on July 07, 2018, 01:24:57 PM

Just a question I have a few wallets on my phone. like Coinomi. etc.
What I am thinking is getting a new phone.
What should I do with my wallets? how would I transfer them over?
if i delete the app on present phone, do i loose everything?
or just getting the app download on new phone, i get retrieve everything with my login information from Coinomi? thanks

You must have backup data, if you install the latest software. But if you have not made a backup then you will lose all the contents of your wallet. My suggestion You must have a backup provided by the wallet.

btcdevil

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Very simple method: If you have the Seed phrase with you then no problem as you can install a new copy of wallet in your new mobile phone and after installation it will ask to enter old seed key or generate new one, just copy your old seed phrase and here your old wallet is installed in your new mobile phone. But if their is no seed key then you have to copy the private key of the wallet and then install it in new mobile when it will ask you after you install new copy of that wallet in your new mobile phone. But take care that first you proceed all setup step by step and after you are fully sure that your all wallets are loaded in your new mobile phone after that you can format your old mobile phone as if you are selling or trying to dispose it then other should not be able to get your wallet so that you should not be in loss of theft.

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You should get the seeds (private keys?) for all the old wallets for 2 reasons:
1. Transferring funds from one address to another usually costs money (even 1 cent is money).
2. You should also keep those seeds in a safe place (on a paper, offline, for example), since if you lose your phone or it gets bricked for whatever reason, you'll also lose your coins.

PS. You should also re-create and backup the 2FA seeds if you have 2FA enabled anywhere.

Hamy1995

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Just export your private seed (like you should initially when you installed the app and generated the wallet). If you don't have your private seed written down in a save place DO IT IMMEDIATELY. If you drop your phone or your phone gets stolen you lose everything ...

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You can try to just export the seeds of those wallets on your phone as adviced by someone above, but if you want to permanently remove the risk of getting your private keys leaked from unwanted people(if you plan to throw away or sell your old mobile phone after moving your funds), You should just transfer your funds out of your wallets from your old phone to the wallets you will create on your new phone.

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Looks like with Coinomi you need to export your secret seed. I would imagine the other apps have a similar process. If you delete the app before you export this seed, you will lose your money.

You should always have backups of your wallets, even your phone wallets. That backup is the same information you need to access the same wallet on another phone. Search for the name of your wallet and "backup" or "restore" to find specific procedures.

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Just a question I have a few wallets on my phone. like Coinomi. etc.
What I am thinking is getting a new phone.
What should I do with my wallets? how would I transfer them over?
if i delete the app on present phone, do i loose everything?
or just getting the app download on new phone, i get retrieve everything with my login information from Coinomi? thanks

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