The manual backup files are encrypted using your chosen password. You can use OpenSSL to decrypt: openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -a -in FILENAME From: https://github.com/schildbach/bitcoin-wallet/tree/master/wallet openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md md5 -a -in FILENAME and then use wallet-tool from bitcoinj Instruction: https://github.com/bitcoin-wallet/bitcoin-wallet/blob/master/wallet/README.recover.md