RE: "Insufficient space" on Ledger Nano S Cold Wallet

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"Insufficient space" on Ledger Nano S Cold Wallet

in cryptocurrency •  7 years ago  (edited)

I got same error while installing multiple coin apps,although Ledger Nano S supports multiple cryptocurrencies but it can support about 5 at a time(exact count may vary) but don't be disheartened as you can still install and manage 10 Crypto currencies using the same Ledger Nano S as below:

(Apart from the 10 above there are Komodo,PoSw,Hello,Fido U2F--not sure what are these though--may be some Ledger interfaces for enhanced security )
But for using all 10 coin wallets all you need to do is uninstall the one that you are not currently using and install the other one,yes i know it sounds crazy but don't worry you coins will not get lost because the coins are managed at the addresses on the blockchain ; for example you have 3 Eth in your hardware wallet and now you want to access Dash wallet but you don't have enough space on the hardware ledger nano s ,all you need to do is that since you are not currently using the Eth on your wallet,you uninstall the Eth wallet from the Ledger device you have using Ledger Wallet manager see below:
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After you have uninstalled the Eth wallet,you can download and install the Dash wallet from Ledger Manager and may be receive some coins in it.
Now suppose you want to access your Ethereum that you previously held at your ledger wallet,so you can repeat this process again but in a reverse manner...meaning you can uninstall Dash wallet and reinstall the Ethereum wallet using Ledger manager and there you go..you have full access to your
Ethereum again..yeah i know it sounds crazy,but its cooool. :)
Hardware wallets are probably the safest means of storing your valuable cryptos.
But again friends ..don't go on my word,do your due diligence,i found some information from ledger support as below:

http://support.ledgerwallet.com/knowledge_base/topics/unable-to-install-dot-dot-dot-error-message

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This is good explanation but it's a bummer ledger nano is soooo not user friendly as it requires all these extra moves

I would also advise you to get more than one ledger and sync them - recovering security words on the second/third ledger
this way:

  1. in case that you loose one or destroy one ledger you will have the other straight away and will not need to wait for weeks buying a new ledger
  2. you can configure 5 currencies in one ledger and 5 in another ledger and so on - this way you don't need to uninstall and install wallets all the time.

I'm going to do this good advice

Good news: apparently with the firmware update to version 1.4 you can now have 18 different wallets/apps at the same time! :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/82e8ju/new_ledger_nano_s_firmware_14_install_up_to_18/#form-t1_dv9e7hj298

Thank you this is exactly what I needed to know!

If I had known before ordering it that it would be so tedious I would have waited for a better alternative which I have no doubt is just around the corner.

thanks for the explanation, I guess it makes sense in a way still scary to remove a wallet where you have coins in.

If I uninstall a wallet to make room for another currency, while the wallet is removed can I still receive payments from the wallet which has been removed?

the blockchain is decentralised. Payments are done on the blockchain, not on a wallet. You can always accept payments. The wallet is a way to access your account on the blockchain, it uses the keys that are stored on the Ledger.
Even the keys are technically not stored on the Ledger, they are generated from your 24 word seed. This allows you to restore your keys on a different Ledger in case you lost yours.

Thank you for the post! The user interface is confusing. Hmmm maybe I like my Trezor better.

muchas gracias por el post... la verdad no me volvería a comprar este aparato... me ha decepcionado su poca capacidad.

I transferred tron (trx) to the ledger etherium wallet of nano S. I uninstalled the etherium wallet and reinstalled it in the ledger nano S. Now, my account says zero etherium. Please help.

TRX is a token on the ethereum network, not ether. You can see the TRX on your ethereum address by using etherscan.io

I cannot uninstall anything, I must say this is very user unfriendly ...trezor much easier ...I am stuck with older version, unable to instal upgrade and unable to do much with this cold wallet