# Add Ledger Account to Nova Wallet

### How to connect Ledger Nano X, Stax, or Flex via Bluetooth

Before you connect your Ledger to Nova Wallet, please check the following:

1. Make sure that you have the **latest version** of **Nova Wallet** installed on your phone.
2. Ensure that the **latest firmware** is installed on your **Ledger device**. If not, please **update** it as described in this Ledger guide: <https://support.ledger.com/article/360013349800-zd>.
3. **Close** any **other apps** that can connect to Ledger, like Ledger Live or wallet apps.
4. If your phone runs on **Android 11** or earlier, check in your system **Settings** if Nova Wallet is allowed to **access your location**.&#x20;
5. Enable **Bluetooth** on your **phone** in your system **settings.**
6. Enable **Bluetooth** on your **Ledger device**. On Ledger Nano X, hold both buttons to access the **Control Center** and navigate to **Bluetooth** using the right button. If needed, press both buttons to **enable** it, then close Control Center. On Ledger Stax or Flex, tap the **Settings icon**, tap on the right arrow, and select **Bluetooth**. If needed, tap to **enable** it, then close Settings.

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The following steps include actions you must perform on both your **Ledger device** and your **Nova Wallet Device**.
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Actions for each device are clearly labelled below.
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1. Open the Nova Wallet application and `Select` **Already have a wallet** <mark style="background-color:blue;">(Nova Wallet Device)</mark>.
2. `Select` **Hardware wallet** and then `Select` **Ledger (Generic Polkadot app)**. <mark style="background-color:blue;">(Nova Wallet Device)</mark>.&#x20;
3. Read the on-screen prompt and `Select` **Continue** <mark style="background-color:blue;">(Nova Wallet Device)</mark>.
4. If requested, `allow` Nova Wallet access to finding **nearby devices** and enabling **Bluetooth**. On Android 11 or earlier, please also allow access to your **location**. Nova Wallet doesn't use your location information, but this permission is required for any app to be able to access Bluetooth devices <mark style="background-color:blue;">(Nova Wallet Device)</mark>.
5. Turn on and unlock your Ledger device <mark style="background-color:purple;">(Ledger Device)</mark>.
6. `Start` the **Polkadot** **application** <mark style="background-color:purple;">(Ledger Device)</mark>.
7. Once your Ledger display states **Polkadot Ready** <mark style="background-color:purple;">(Ledger Device)</mark>, `select` your **Ledger device** on your <mark style="background-color:blue;">Nova Wallet device</mark>.
8. If you're connecting your Ledger to your phone for the first time, both in <mark style="background-color:blue;">Nova Wallet</mark> and on your <mark style="background-color:purple;">Ledger device</mark> screen, you will see a **pairing code**. Compare the codes and make sure they **match** on both devices.
9. `Select` **Pair** in <mark style="background-color:blue;">Nova Wallet.</mark>
10. Confirm **pairing** on your <mark style="background-color:purple;">Ledger device</mark>.
11. `Select` your account from the list on your <mark style="background-color:blue;">Nova Wallet device</mark>. (Note: if you cannot see your balance or account, try pressing **Load more accounts**.)
12. `Select` **Continue** <mark style="background-color:blue;">(Nova Wallet Device)</mark>.
13. Read the on-screen prompts and review & **approve** the operations appearing on your <mark style="background-color:purple;">Ledger device</mark>. The addresses appearing on your Ledger must match the one shown in Nova Wallet.
14. `Input` a **nickname** for your account <mark style="background-color:blue;">(Nova Wallet Device)</mark>.


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