How to save assets after a metamask wallet crash

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What if a Metamask wallet has crashed or been corrupted and a user is afraid of losing all their digital assets? To ensure a successful recovery of a lost crypto wallet, users should consult the advice of wallet recovery experts from KeychainX, the trusted service provider specializing in this type of recovery.

Restore metamask even if a user loses the 12 words

Many DeFi users have turned to Metamask as their go-to wallet of choice. Unfortunately, the rise of Metamask’s popularity has also resulted in mega buggy code. When panicked users try to upgrade their wallet or run out of disk space, they are met with screens saying that their wallet has been corrupted (?) due to disk space limitations or, more worryingly, their wallet address appears empty or disappears after upgrading to popular browsers such as Chrome or Firefox.

Users of Metamask should take a closer look at these simple steps for what to do and not to do when the inevitable happens, whether or not the wallet is broken and funds are gone.

Well, if users follow the instructions above, and their seeds are not properly backed up, users will virtually DELETE their wallet data by following the Metamask instructions.

In the Metamask plugin there are several bugs and errors.

• When the drive is full, Metamask stops working.
  
• The wallet disappears when the Metamask plugin is upgraded in specific old versions.
  
• Metamask words do not work due to user negligence.
• A forced upgrade occurs when the phone is synchronized with the computer’s browser.

There are several methods to “save” the wallet, but users should avoid the following at all costs:

• Not remove the plug-in.
• Not reinstall the plugin.
• Not format the drive.
• Not upgrade the app.
• Asking for help in public forums may lead to the theft of funds by a fake Metamask support team.
• REDDIT, DISCORD, TWITTER or TELEGRAM are not places where users should give away words. Please use the community forums only. In addition to some tips, click this link to get to the forums.

Several articles have been written about what to do when a user’s Metamask crashes and if a user has saved their 12 words, but what if they didn’t? What help is available?

The KeychainX team would like to share some important advice to keep in mind:

1. It is possible to view vault data from the browser. Metamask Zendesk provides the most comprehensive guide to this topic. Please find the link: metamask.zendesk.com.

2. If this method does not work, there is a small chance that the files may still be stored in the users’ cache. Users should check the cache data of the browser.

Users with WINDOWS boxes should refer to this example format folder:

C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn

Users with MAC boxes should refer to this folder structure example:

Library>Application Support>Google>Chrome>Standard>Local Extension Settings>nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn

Users should be aware of this filename structure.

There are various files inside and users should open them in a text editor or hex editor and look for the string “vault” or “data” followed by a similar string [“vault”:” [/” data/” :/” wwpX…

Next, change all \” to “without the \ and enter the full string into the vault decryptor: metamask.github.io.

3. If a user’s decryptor does not recognize the password, it is likely that the user has recalled it incorrectly. The team can assist if users have some understanding of what it is and need assistance. Please send an email to [email protected], and the team will investigate.

There is a last chance to retrieve data if there is no vault data or if the user has removed the plug-in. For deleted files, users would need to look at the sector level.

There are different tags to look for depending on the browser.

The vault data is encrypted by Firefox using Snappy tools so that it may appear scrambled, but the user should be able to locate it if they are lucky by searching for the string “sNaPpY” or in HEX mode FF060000734F.

For other browsers look for a string beginning with {“vault”:”{\”data\”:\”

As a last resort, contact the team to see if they can assist.

Don’t give up; the vault is somewhere to be found. GOOD LUCK!

Crypto Wallets Recovery Experts

If users are not yet familiar with KeychainX, it is a cryptocurrency wallet recovery service operating since 2017. The company recovered wallet keys for many clients from all over the world and people can see some of their raving reviews on Trustpilot where KeychainX has an almost perfect 4.9 ‘Excellent’ score. Read this article about how it unlocks different types of wallets, here about its work with blockchain wallets, here about cracking hardware wallets and here about specifically recovering keys from Multibit Classic or Multibit HD.

KeychainX has relocated in 2021 from its birthplace in the U.S., to Zug, Switzerland – a part of the world known in the blockchain community as Crypto Valley due to its concentration of relevant companies. Robert Rhodin, the CEO of the company, is naturally one of the leading experts in the field of crypto wallet recovery.

To learn more about the company visit KeychainX.io or just send an email to [email protected] if someone needs to talk about password recovery.

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