NOTICE: this guide was made for Umbrel v 0.4.x. It is not valid anymore for v 0.5.x. Please follow these instructiions for v 0.5.0x Here is a separate chapter about managing your Umbrel node, about methods/ways to restore/recover your Umbrel LND wallet in case of SHTF. There are many users that do…

[image] DarthCoin: /home/umbrel/umbrel/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/channel.backup Is it possible that the path changed in recent versions? For me it’s /home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/channel.backup

@melchizedek v0.5.0+ have the path in the location you specified.

@mayank @lukechilds Hi, unfortunityl my umbrel not ran into an error and i needed to install a new node. The problem is that i didnt get my backup file from the channels. Could you send them to me as mentioneted in the post ? best regards

Hey @Fatjoetan ! We introduced the restore UI in the latest Umbrel release. Can you try to restore your channels using this new method? Please keep me posted!

@DarthCoin , my Umbrel went down at the end of February '22. I used the Blixt method to recover my channels and all of them except 1 were sucsessfully closed. If you remember, I had to activate ToR in my Blixt settings for my channels to start closing. I guess this is because the channels were open…

In Blixt settings, did you make sure to activate ToR?

I’m trying to restore my umbrel wallet. I have tried Blixt, bluewallet and sparrow method. Blixt and sparrow only show my transactions up to a specific date and a balance of 0, bluewallet also shows the more recent transactions, but it does not show the taproot change addresses that were used. Any s…

hi, you wrote: “Don’t move any funds in onchain until you restore all your channels. That could break the anchor shit. Just wait to be closed and funds returned.” i think that is what happened to me. i reinstalled my broken umbrel with seed, recovered channels using the new backups. it flashed a…

Have u been able to recover these 2-year fund?

How to restore your node wallet (updated)

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techiejum October 12, 2023, 9:36pm 127

Hey guys, maybe my guide from this thread can help you or at least direct you to the solution: Force close LND channel but money did not go into wallet - #17 by techiejum

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