When using the SafePal X1 hardware wallet, you will need to connect it with the SafePal App via Bluetooth so that SafePal App can update all the details of your on-chain assets and you can view and manage your funds easily.
If you have created a new wallet on the X1 device and paired the S1 device with the App via Bluetooth, then you might want to manually add some coins into your X1 hardware wallet and transfer cryptos with the X1 device. This article will demonstrate on how to add, receive and send out $FIL(Filecoin) with a SafePal X1 hardware wallet.
This article contains the following four steps:
- Step 1 Prepare the X1 Device
- Step 2 Add the $FIL(Filecoin)
- Step 3 Receive $FIL(Filecoin)
- Step 4 Send out $FIL(Filecoin)
Step1 Prepare the X1 Device
Create/import a wallet on the X1 hardware and pair it with the SafePal App via Bluetooth. You can refer to the following detailed guidelines in case you don't know how to do it.
- How to complete the setup of SafePal App
- How to Create Wallet in SafePal X1 Hardware Wallet
- How to Pair X1 Hardware Wallet with Your SafePal App via Bluetooth
Step2 Add the $FIL(Filecoin)
Launch your SafePal App, click the icon with the three dots, then click ‘Manage Coins’ on the App homepage.
Search for the coin name that you would like to add.
Select the coin that you’d like to add (which is $FIL on the Filecoin network in this case ) and click the ‘+’ button.
Click Continue on the SafePal App and enter your PIN code on the X1 device to synchronize with your X1 device.
A notification ‘Added’ will pop up for a short while to indicate the $FIL(Filecoin) coin is successfully added. You can then check and find the $FIL(Filecoin) coin in the wallet asset list.
Step3 Receive $FIL(Filecoin)
Gently click on the coin that you want to receive on your SafePal App, and click ‘Receive’.
Copy or share the wallet address with your friends, then you can start to receive the $FIL(Filecoin) coins using the address!
Step4 Send out $FIL(Filecoin)
Open the X1 wallet on your SafePal App(which you paired via the Bluetooth), gently click on the coin that you want to send out, and click ‘Send’.
Enter the recipient address and the amount of the transaction, and click 'Send'.Since blockchain transfers are irreversible, double-check all the transfer details to avoid mistakes.
Then please launch your X1 device and check the $FIL(Filecoin) transaction details, after you confirm it, click OK button on your X1 wallet and then enter your pin code of X1 device to authorize this transaction.
Once the transfer is signed, it will be broadcast to the blockchain. Don't forget to check the status of the transfer and make sure it goes through successfully.
Caution: Once a transfer is confirmed on the blockchain, no one, including SafePal, can revert the transfer, even if the transfer is sent mistakenly. So do pay attention to the transfer details and avoid making wrong transactions.
The X1 hardware wallet is an offline device to keep your private key and mnemonic phrase protected, it can’t detect and update the balances automatically. To check the balance of the hardware wallet account, please pair the SafePal App with the X1 device, the SafePal App can display all of the asset details of your wallet.
