<p>I've followed the advice found <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/17176/how-to-decode-private-key-from-android-bitcoin-wallet">here</a> and also on the <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Github article</a> linked from that post, but I'm still having issues decrypted a wallet backup using the latest version of Bitcoin Wallet on Android (v5.26 released 7/28/17)</p>

<p>I was able to take the BIN file in question and import that between Bitcoin Android wallets, so I know the backup is not corrupted and the password works.</p>

<p>When I run the <code>openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in &lt;filename&gt;</code> command, targeting the BIN backup file, it prompts for the password, which is inputted. The resulting decryption fails.</p>

<p>Is there a change made to the encryption algorithm that I'm not taking into account? Any/all help is appreciated.</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

<p>EDIT: To be clear, I also attempted the <code>openssl</code> command string found on the Github article, but that also fails (it includes the <code>-md md5</code> parameter)</p>

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Bitcoin Wallet for Android - Issues decrypting the wallet backup BIN file using OpenSSL
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# Bitcoin Wallet for Android - Issues decrypting the wallet backup BIN file using OpenSSL

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-02)

I've followed the advice found [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/17176/how-to-decode-private-key-from-android-bitcoin-wallet) and also on the [Github article](https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md) linked from that post, but I'm still having issues decrypted a wallet backup using the latest version of Bitcoin Wallet on Android (v5.26 released 7/28/17)

I was able to take the BIN file in question and import that between Bitcoin Android wallets, so I know the backup is not corrupted and the password works.

When I run the `openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in`  command, targeting the BIN backup file, it prompts for the password, which is inputted. The resulting decryption fails.

Is there a change made to the encryption algorithm that I'm not taking into account? Any/all help is appreciated.

Thank you

EDIT: To be clear, I also attempted the `openssl` command string found on the Github article, but that also fails (it includes the `-md md5` parameter)

**Tags:** android, bitcoin-wallet-app


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