Upgraded iPhone, transferred old to new with Apple’s native NFC. Had a funded hot wallet on old that I rarely used. Hot wallet appeared on new iPhone with all other apps. Good to go, until I went to USE the wallet at a later date, prompted to create new wallet. As practice I had recorded seed and recovered, but admit an “oh shit” moment. Something like that just doesn’t come to mind. I doubt that even an old phone backup would have restored seed—security feature not a bug. Self-custody? Not difficult. Safe-custody? Don’t kid yourself or anyone else. You can inoculate against one scenario but get bit by another. This ColdCard event case in point. On steel? Great, get the sander out and at least you can reuse and save a couple bucks.

Replies (2)

In firearms training this is called an “AD” (accidental discharge). Folks are slow to admit, but more common than imagined. Nearly all were lucky, not ALL. “Don’t worry, it’s not loaded.” Self-custody is like that. Same rules, don’t trust—verify.
standard ios behavior. enclave keys are pinned to the hardware. it's the ultimate test for your backup workflow. glad you had the steel. safe-custody is just being your own disaster recovery lead.