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Zap Wallet - Cross platform Lightning Network wallet focused on user experience and ease of use ⚡️
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Restoring a wallet from backup #3437

Open codenamecoder opened 4 years ago

codenamecoder commented 4 years ago

I have my seed, I have my backup file on iCloud Drive, I have Zap on my iPhone and Zap Desktop, how do I restore and get the funds out of the channel?

I installed mynodebtc on a Pi 3, it wasn't enough power so I started over with a Pi 4, not before putting some coin in a Zap wallet. Now I need to restore the wallet and get the funds out of the channel. I have entered the seed on the desktop and it seems to be stuck on importing the wallet but from research I can see that this takes "a long time" - can we add a feature that shows progress, or a message that says approximately how long it takes?

Can this process be done on the iphone app? I connected to my new mynodebtc and now I have a new wallet with no funds and a new backup file - can I restore from seed and backup file on the mobile app and/or desktop?

I've spent a couple of hours researching on google, github, reddit - restoring a Zap wallet is a tough nut to crack, it seems like there should be a dry run sequence as well as clear instructions on how to do this within the desktop and the mobile app. I would add, when you type the word "restore" in the search bar on the documentation on the mobile app, you get zero results.

At the top of the iOS app it says Syncing to blockchain... 0%

It doesn't appear to be syncing at all after waiting a long time.

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bolatovumar commented 4 years ago

Some points here:

  1. If you are using the same wallet on both desktop and mobile -- don't do that. It will backfire
  2. I'm not sure how mynodebtc ties into the picture. Are you using it to connect your Zap wallet to to your own full node? Try restoring your seed just on your desktop without trying to connect to your node to rule out any issues with your node setup.