The answer is simple. If you lost your phone, than you're done.
But if you could erased the data of your phone (by any method) before someone's using it it, than you're pretty safe.
Topic: How safe is it to store your bitcoins on a mobile phone? - page 5. (Read 7342 times)
In my opinion it is better to move it to computer or laptop and store it in offline wallet, laptop provide a more secure security
Totally agree with this. Storing your bitcoins on anything online is risky. Since it can be hacked. The hacking part is worse, but since it can't be reserved you can lose all
Which is 1 reason to not store it online..
U mean mobile offline wallet or online wallet ?
In my opinion it is better to move it to computer or laptop and store it in offline wallet, laptop provide a more secure security
if I do not have a transaction that often every day. I would prefer to keep on the desktop bitcoinku online wallet or purse like blockchain. because I thought it would be safer in an appeal using an online wallet
I prefer to use electrum wallet and also using blockchain.info. Electrum is based if you like to hold your coins for long term. You just have to save private key of the address you will use and also the recovery phrase they provide at start. Blockchain.info is very handy if you like to keep sending and receiving bitcoin everyday.
I wouldn't store most of your Bitcoins on blockchain if I were you, as that is quite dangerous. Electrum is a good alternative to other online wallets though.
For me it is safe ,from now and then i only use a mobile phone to earn ,to trade coins etc . But safety of our bitcoins i think it will depends on the apps that we installed because some of the apps have a permission to browse our hisyory and some passwords yo be stealed . So for me installed only the apps that is trusted.
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How safe is it to store your bitcoins on a mobile phone?
if you have some clue what you're doing i guess your phone wallet is fairly safebut its by no means a long term storage solution.
I think all of this depends on the user. We wary of malwares on mobile phones as well as we wary of malware in our pc (especially laptop because of its portability like mobile phone). We encrypt the mobile wallet as we encrypt wallet in our pc. So it depends how you secure your mobile phone. Will necessarily be different it feels bring a mobile phone that contain 5 BTC anywhere with only contains $10 in your mobile phone.
I think working with bitcoin is anyway safe if be attentive to scammers who want to get your money for free 
I have wallet on my iphone and i have no problem for 1 year. And i hope it will not happen
use the wallet phone is basically similar to an online wallet. so it will be safe if you use multiple verification and lock your wallet application with a password. then it will be more secure dude I have wallet on my iphone and i have no problem for 1 year. And i hope it will not happen
I think working with bitcoin is anyway safe if be attentive to scammers who want to get your money for free
I have wallet on my iphone and i have no problem for 1 year. And i hope it will not happen
I have wallet on my iphone and i have no problem for 1 year. And i hope it will not happen
I cannot assure for 100% but when my mobile is with me all my funds will be secured. I'm using mycelium android wallet. And i've backup my wallet 3 times on different places and different methods. Also i've set password for my wallet as well as to open the app.
Mycelium is a good Android wallet but it is only a matter of time until there is Android malware stealing bitcoin through key logging or transposition of bitcoin addresses. I would never store more than needed for a days shopping on Mycelium. That is just asking for theft. The good thing about Mycelium is it works perfectly with Trezor.
I cannot assure for 100% but when my mobile is with me all my funds will be secured. I'm using mycelium android wallet. And i've backup my wallet 3 times on different places and different methods. Also i've set password for my wallet as well as to open the app.
100% not safe.. if you want to store your bitcoins on mobile use 2FA, Screenlock, Fingerlock and other apps to use before they can open specific bitcoin wallet. It's better safe than never. Being handy is not bad but you must be responsible on your own way. It's your money it's your life you must keep it safe at all times. Don't put your phone or leave it anywhere else even your drunk. put it where you not gonna loose it.
I use my phone exclusively to store Bitcoins. Well that's only the half truth. I watch all of my Bitcoin addresses on Mycelium but 99% of my Bitcoins are on paper wallets I generated on an Ubuntu Live USB. I don't really use a computer this day and age, other than if I want to create some new vanity wallets or a new paper wallet.
So depending on how your setup is, smartphones can be a very safe way to 'watch', and to a lesser extent actually store Bitcoins. You'll always need a hot wallet anyways it might as well be on you at all times with a few mBTC ready to be spent.
Same here and I've had no trouble thus far. But I don't have a lot anyway, so if I lost it all I wouldn't exactly be ruined financially. So depending on how your setup is, smartphones can be a very safe way to 'watch', and to a lesser extent actually store Bitcoins. You'll always need a hot wallet anyways it might as well be on you at all times with a few mBTC ready to be spent.
I personally save bitcoin on my phone, the safety is not 100% that these coins will not be touched every by anyone, but even if you store on the phone try to ask for 2FA, lock the screen, lock the apps with an additional password or mazelock
yeah save bitcoin wallet phone is basically similar to the store in the wallet in general. but it may be more easily stolen when others people borrow your cell. therefore you should add some authentication such as passwords or other authy. it will make your bitcoin safe in the phone
I personally save bitcoin on my phone, the safety is not 100% that these coins will not be touched every by anyone, but even if you store on the phone try to ask for 2FA, lock the screen, lock the apps with an additional password or mazelock
yeah save bitcoin wallet phone is basically similar to the store in the wallet in general. but it may be more easily stolen when others people borrow your cell. therefore you should add some authentication such as passwords or other authy. it will make your bitcoin safe in the phone
I personally save bitcoin on my phone, the safety is not 100% that these coins will not be touched every by anyone, but even if you store on the phone try to ask for 2FA, lock the screen, lock the apps with an additional password or mazelock
yeah save bitcoin wallet phone is basically similar to the store in the wallet in general. but it may be more easily stolen when others people borrow your cell. therefore you should add some authentication such as passwords or other authy. it will make your bitcoin safe in the phone 
I personally save bitcoin on my phone, the safety is not 100% that these coins will not be touched every by anyone, but even if you store on the phone try to ask for 2FA, lock the screen, lock the apps with an additional password or mazelock
Overall I think its pretty safe but keep in mind a paper wallet is of course way more secure, with a mobile its maybe pretty secure but it still can be hacked.
True, any Sophisticated equipment that we use there is definitely a gap to hackers, as well as for the wallet in a mobile phone. There must be a gap that could be searched by the hacker, I hope if you did do a cell phone inside the BTC storage, do not use the mobile phone to open a site that is not yet known.
Im using my mobile phone where i store my wallet and its pretty safe i dont see people claim that there mobile wallet is beinh hack not mention those hook by phising sites maybe it depends really on users how they handle their wallet tonbe safe
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