Mycelium allow exporting the private keys ? If it's the case then print your private keys just to make sure that you can restore everything in case your phone get stolen and you won't be able to get it back .
for Locking phone you could use AppLock : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock&hl=fr , I'm not sure if it's possible to get bypassed though .
Topic: Ways to encrypt an Android phone to protect your BTC? (Read 376 times)
I don't have many BTC, but I like to have some on my phone on the Mycelium wallet, just like you carry some cash with you I like to carry some BTC too just in case.
But anyone can steal your phone in crowded areas, or you can simply forget it somewhere.
I have an Android phone, and I was wondering if there is a way to fully encrypt the whole thing so when you don't use for 30 seconds, it automatically goes into locked mode, and the content get's all encrypted unless you type the password. Well it's a bit overkill to type a long password everytime you want to check your phone, so maybe the digital sensor for the fingertip should be safe enough to unlock it (even tho I trust long passwords more than this type of protection but like I said before, typing long passwords to unlock your phone all the time is very annoying).
If someone steals it, they would need to find a way to decrypt it. I have no idea if there are ways to bypass fingertip verification but while the stealers are trying to figure it out, this would buy me enough time to simply go home and get the funds out of the Mycelium seed into another wallet that I control outside of the phone, so if they every decrypt the phone they wouldn't find any BTC (I would be worried that they find personal information tho..)
So tell how to do this, im sure there is a way.
But anyone can steal your phone in crowded areas, or you can simply forget it somewhere.
I have an Android phone, and I was wondering if there is a way to fully encrypt the whole thing so when you don't use for 30 seconds, it automatically goes into locked mode, and the content get's all encrypted unless you type the password. Well it's a bit overkill to type a long password everytime you want to check your phone, so maybe the digital sensor for the fingertip should be safe enough to unlock it (even tho I trust long passwords more than this type of protection but like I said before, typing long passwords to unlock your phone all the time is very annoying).
If someone steals it, they would need to find a way to decrypt it. I have no idea if there are ways to bypass fingertip verification but while the stealers are trying to figure it out, this would buy me enough time to simply go home and get the funds out of the Mycelium seed into another wallet that I control outside of the phone, so if they every decrypt the phone they wouldn't find any BTC (I would be worried that they find personal information tho..)
So tell how to do this, im sure there is a way.
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