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Quote from: ddboulia on February 08, 2021, 10:18:10 PM

I was very unfortunate to have lost a phone that had bitcoin sitting in the wallet. I was foolish and did not back the wallet up. I am wondering if there is any way to get my bitcoin at this point? I should also mention that I lost this phone 2 years ago and the lost bitcoin is now worth about 60k so whatever I could do to get it back.

Any advice is extremely welcome.

Considering the fact that you don't have any back up and it was lost two years ago, we can already say it is impossible that you will get it back. All you can do right now is regret because the bitcoin you hold on that phone has a greater value right now and you can't even cherish it. Next time, make sure to have all the sorts of back up, like private keys and such. The way you give importance to the bitcoin you are holding will reflect in the future and in times of trouble. So if you really consider it valuable, might as well do everything to protect it and make sure it wouldn't slip out of your hand no matter what happens.

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Sorry for the loss of your mobile device. Many people have lost all their crypto in the past because they forgot their password and wallet address recovery phrase.
This is a lesson for everyone, always back up your wallet to make sure you can recover your assets.
For your mobile device, the probability of retrieval is unlikely because it could be reinstalled by thieves or disassembled components for sale.

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Quote from: ddboulia on February 08, 2021, 10:18:10 PM

I was very unfortunate to have lost a phone that had bitcoin sitting in the wallet. I was foolish and did not back the wallet up. I am wondering if there is any way to get my bitcoin at this point? I should also mention that I lost this phone 2 years ago and the lost bitcoin is now worth about 60k so whatever I could do to get it back.

Any advice is extremely welcome.

Your previous experience about losing your Bitcoin should serve as a lesson for you to back up your wallet but since it happened again, it's really unfortunate to say that you couldn't recover your funds anymore. Just be careful and be mindful about your wallets next time especially if you're holding huge funds. You have lost a big amount due to the same reason 2 years ago, you shouldn't let the same thing happen again for the third time.

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Hello dear, you lost your Device with your Bitcoin and on this time we know that One Bitcoin price is 50-60k usd. You said you lost your Mobile on 2 years ago and i think now you can't find your mobile.
But why you don’t save your Wallet information on any Notebook, now you understand that has a Big loss your life.

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The incident you have been through is really awful in your part considering that you haven't backed up your crypto wallet before it got lost and it seems that you have no other ways to recover it considering that you might not be having the private key with you or you might have already forgotten where you have copied or stored it. This must serve as a lesson that always do take good care of your things if you know important files or documents are being stored in there. But you can locate your phone if you will be trying to recover such if you allow your goggle account in phone to let track once you lost it.

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2 years is a long time to remember such chaotic events. The chances of getting your cell phone back are nearly impossible. Even the most sophisticated smartphone will not be able to live with the greatest battery life to keep data and background applications alive for 2 years.

With this error, I am sure you will be even more careful in storing digital assets on smartphone. And the very first thing you do is back up the key first.

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You wouldn't be able to get a hold of the bitcoins inside that wallet unless you either saved up a private key or seedphrase needed to access the wallet itself, or anyway you can get the phone back. Otherwise the money is lost and no one, except for a guy who can easily access the phone with some hacking tools, would be able to get a hold of the bitcoins inside your wallet. Let this be a lesson to you on how important it is to back your wallet up by all means necessary.

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As long as you don't back up your private keys, it is unlikely that you will be able to get your Bitcoin back. This is a lesson for all of us,
because there have been many incidents that have lost their devices and in them there are private keys. It would be a good idea to always
back up your private keys in at least two places, so if anything happens we can still access our wallets. Actually, the best and safest way is
to remember the private keys, but not everyone can't do it. Therefore it is necessary to back up the private key.

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Quote from: ddboulia on February 08, 2021, 10:18:10 PM

I was very unfortunate to have lost a phone that had bitcoin sitting in the wallet. I was foolish and did not back the wallet up. I am wondering if there is any way to get my bitcoin at this point? I should also mention that I lost this phone 2 years ago and the lost bitcoin is now worth about 60k so whatever I could do to get it back.

Any advice is extremely welcome.

Make sure your phone has been carefully secured. No one has a password and account to steal Bitcoin wallet on your phone. Immediately log in and change your account immediately to avoid bad guys using your phone to steal. Then can ask the professionals to regain your money. Good luck!

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IF you haven't backed it up in any way whatsoever, then I would like to break the bad news, whoever has got your phone, if he's smart enough as to not reformat or reset it, will be able to get a hold of your hard-earned bitcoins, otherwise if he's a regular dime-a-dozen guy who picks a phone up, reformats it, and then resells it, then those coins are gone forever with no way of gaining access.

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its really unfortunate because there is no way virtually to recover the wallet. thats why its always important to back up your seed phrase because of issues like this. aything that hold value needs to be given proper attention as well as knowing the DO"S and DONT"S so you will avoid every mistakes that will cost you like this. sorry for your loss.

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The first thing to be done while opening a wallet is to take a diary and a pen, then safely back up the phrase, until this is done, the truth remains not your key, not your money. Nothing can be done, however, if this wallet is blockchain .com, you can just look for the login ID inside your email and input your password to proceed to fund recovering.

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Quote from: ddboulia on February 08, 2021, 10:18:10 PM

I was very unfortunate to have lost a phone that had bitcoin sitting in the wallet. I was foolish and did not back the wallet up. I am wondering if there is any way to get my bitcoin at this point? I should also mention that I lost this phone 2 years ago and the lost bitcoin is now worth about 60k so whatever I could do to get it back.

Any advice is extremely welcome.

there's nothing you can do but give it up. You've lost it for 2 years and you don't have any private backups. it was so hard to come back. should, this is a valuable lesson for you that always back up your wallet in different places. With experiences like this, you won't repeat it.

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According to your mentioned, mobile was lost 2 years ago, so why do you want a solution after long time?

there is no way to get recover without private seed. back up is important because accidentally mobile can be lost anytime.
no one can help if you did not find private key.

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If you have private key recovery seed then you can recover your bitcoin. You lost it 2 years ago, So i think you haven’t any recovery seed. Unfortunately, I don't know any other way.

And It’s better for everyone, Don't believe any electronics device and online storage. Store your private data on a note book or in a paper.

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Quote from: ddboulia on February 08, 2021, 10:18:10 PM

I was very unfortunate to have lost a phone that had bitcoin sitting in the wallet. I was foolish and did not back the wallet up. I am wondering if there is any way to get my bitcoin at this point? I should also mention that I lost this phone 2 years ago and the lost bitcoin is now worth about 60k so whatever I could do to get it back.

Any advice is extremely welcome.

Bro, you can't find your phone again unless the person who found your phone returns it to you. but keep in mind if you have a backup code pashprase you can restore your assets. and make it experience if starting today you can copy the code pashprase on your computer to avoid the same incident

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Quote from: ddboulia on February 08, 2021, 10:18:10 PM

I was very unfortunate to have lost a phone that had bitcoin sitting in the wallet. I was foolish and did not back the wallet up. I am wondering if there is any way to get my bitcoin at this point? I should also mention that I lost this phone 2 years ago and the lost bitcoin is now worth about 60k so whatever I could do to get it back.

Any advice is extremely welcome.

That was already years ago and you did not try to find it when you lost it 2 years ago? I think it is already hopeless for you to find that phone or even if you found it, it has a possibility that the wallet was uninstalled already if the one who got that is not familiar with crypto. Now for your wallet, if you knew your account(password/username) and if it is connected to your email, maybe it is possible to retrieved. But if not, it is kinda sad. For now, make a countermeasure like creating a back up of your accounts especially of your wallets to avoid this kind of situation to happen again. Make a file that will contain passwords or maybe write on your notebook.

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Quote from: pinggoki on February 11, 2021, 07:27:33 AM

It is really sad that you've never backup your phone, O feel you brother. I've also lost my phone way back then and didn't back up all of my necessary files including my wallet that has a ethereum that if we will convert it right now it is almost 28k but still I forget it and move on.

If you have the audacity to install sensitive information especially the coins in your mobile wallet then who is to be blamed. Anyone who is in the cryptocurrency platform should know better about storing the coins, i do have mobile wallets but i will only use them while travelling to use small transactions and i will not more than a couple of $100 in my mobile wallets.

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Quote from: ddboulia on February 08, 2021, 10:18:10 PM

I was very unfortunate to have lost a phone that had bitcoin sitting in the wallet. I was foolish and did not back the wallet up. I am wondering if there is any way to get my bitcoin at this point? I should also mention that I lost this phone 2 years ago and the lost bitcoin is now worth about 60k so whatever I could do to get it back.

Any advice is extremely welcome.

This is a very serious problem, I think you have lost your bitcoins for good. When creating a bitcoin wallet, you should save the private key of your bitcoin wallet or if you store it in an application and you remember the password then you can take your bitcoins back, if everything has been forgotten then you must be willing that your bitcoins are lost forever.

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Don't worry if you have saved Key Phrase. or the secret key. Then you can easily recover your wallet. But if you have not saved these keys then i think there is no way to recover the wallet. Because this is a decentralized technology, and you are the only person that is holding keys.

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