<p>This is what I would do:</p>

<ul>
<li>Find/borrow an android device (from a friend, relative, co-worker, etc)</li>
<li>Install the Bitcoin software you used to have</li>
<li>Restore the wallet from the seed (when restoring from a seed, in most cases the password isn't needed, because you can set a new password after the restoration of the seed)</li>
<li>Make a new transaction and transfer all bitcoins to the new wallet address on iOS/OSx</li>
</ul>

<p>Caution! <strong>The seed is the most important thing</strong> you have. Don't show/give the seed to anyone because they can recreate the wallet!</p>

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<p>Ok, so I have this bitcoin wallet backup. </p>

<ul>
<li>I have the 12 word seed</li>
<li>I have <em>a</em> password</li>
<li>I have a number in this format ****/** that I wrote down.</li>
</ul>

<p>I made this backup on an android tablet. Not sure which app. I <em>think</em> "Bitcoin Wallet", which is android only, apparently.</p>

<p>I obviously would like to restore it, but I don't own anything android anymore. Any way I can do this on any Mac/iOS app? </p>

<ul>
<li>I tried putting my backup in Electrum's wallet folder, with no success.</li>
<li>I tried decrypting it as described <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/49023/how-to-restore-from-backup-of-android-bitcoin-wallet">here</a>. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with the "decrypted" file that is as unreadable as the original.</li>
</ul>

<p>help.</p>

<p><strong>Update</strong> : I tried restoring with Multibit, which I read was compatible with Android Bitcoin Wallet because <em>bitcoinj</em>. Multibit accepted my seed and the ****/** number as a timestamp, did not recognize the backup file (which according to MB docs is not a big deal) and went on an all-night journey to 'sync' with the network.</p>

<p>In the morning I had a new wallet with 0 bitcoins in it.</p>

<p>Does this mean my wallet was empty all along? That I'm using the wrong seed? That I just need to find an old Android phone to try again?</p>

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# Restore android wallet on a mac

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-22)

Ok, so I have this bitcoin wallet backup.

* I have the 12 word seed
* I have *a* password
* I have a number in this format \*\*\*\*/\*\* that I wrote down.

I made this backup on an android tablet. Not sure which app. I *think* "Bitcoin Wallet", which is android only, apparently.

I obviously would like to restore it, but I don't own anything android anymore. Any way I can do this on any Mac/iOS app?

* I tried putting my backup in Electrum's wallet folder, with no success.
* I tried decrypting it as described [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/49023/how-to-restore-from-backup-of-android-bitcoin-wallet). Not sure what I'm supposed to do with the "decrypted" file that is as unreadable as the original.

help.

**Update** : I tried restoring with Multibit, which I read was compatible with Android Bitcoin Wallet because *bitcoinj*. Multibit accepted my seed and the \*\*\*\*/\*\* number as a timestamp, did not recognize the backup file (which according to MB docs is not a big deal) and went on an all-night journey to 'sync' with the network.

In the morning I had a new wallet with 0 bitcoins in it.

Does this mean my wallet was empty all along? That I'm using the wrong seed? That I just need to find an old Android phone to try again?

**Tags:** client, electrum, wallet-recovery, multibit-hd


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-24. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

This is what I would do:

* Find/borrow an android device (from a friend, relative, co-worker, etc)
* Install the Bitcoin software you used to have
* Restore the wallet from the seed (when restoring from a seed, in most cases the password isn't needed, because you can set a new password after the restoration of the seed)
* Make a new transaction and transfer all bitcoins to the new wallet address on iOS/OSx

Caution! **The seed is the most important thing** you have. Don't show/give the seed to anyone because they can recreate the wallet!


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