Thanks for the zap. I will have to try but I think I lost the seed like a noobs, I just got the recovery file.

You should be able to restore with the recovery time too. Seed is in there. Let us know if there's any issues around that.

I tried from the same mobile but either it fails to losd the wallet or it says that Mutiny is already running. I tried on desktop firefox and there is no option to restore from json file. What can I try next?

If it says mutiny is already running, close the app and wait 2 minutes. Also make sure it is not running on another computer. Firefox should have the import file option. It's in emergency tool in the settings page.