Version 1.4 released
https://github.com/byteball/byteball/releasesIt includes:
* Full backup and restore. The backup file is compressed, encrypted, and compatible with all platforms
* Improved speed of sync
* Multiple bugfixes
Please upgrade. Android version is already in Google Play.
If you plan to move your wallet to another device using backup/restore, please close the wallet and don't use it on the first device after creating the backup. Overlapped use of the same keys on multiple devices can lead to multiple issues such as non-delivered blackbytes and lost chat messages. If what you want is access to the same money from multiple devices, use multisig instead.
I have plans to move my wallet to another device. Do I need to complete a full sync on the new device before restoring from full backup?
No, you don't, you can move it half-synced.
The PC I'm moving my wallet to has never had any version of byteball software, so I'm syncing from scratch. It took about 12 hours to get to 69% and then it was stuck on 69% for about five hours. At this point, I closed the wallet and re-opened to see if it would help get me over this 69% hump. The wallet is back at 69% and it's been stuck for approximately six hours. Is this normal for a new install?
The PC I've been using since the initial 12/25 distro never became stuck at any point while syncing. Although, I was opening my wallet daily, since 12/25, so it may have never got stuck because I was syncing regularly.
Any insight would be appreciated
This is not normal. Your cpu and disk usage should normally be high during sync. If it is not, something is wrong, a restart usually helps.
You don't need to sync the 2nd PC before moving. As far as I understand, you already have a fully synced wallet on the 1st PC and since you are doing full backup that contains the entire database, you'll get a fully synced wallet after restore. The old data on the 2nd PC will be deleted during restore anyway.
Okay, so I just successfully restored from full backup on my new PC.
You are also correct, on the initial pc, my wallet was fully synced up to the time of the 1.4.0 release. Seems that the new PC is not liking byteball, as it's still syncing very slow, with the fully restored wallet. I'm gonna just let it go and see what happens......
I'll catch you in slack if I can't fully sync. Sure hope I don't have to go back to my initial PC.....I really don't want future BB distro's or my chat activity to be hosed up.
EDIT: wallet on new PC made it past the 69% mark, so I assume I'll be golden from here
EDIT#2: fully synced on new pc. thanks for the assist @tonych
