diff --git a/frontend/src/components/HDWallet.jsx b/frontend/src/components/HDWallet.jsx
index 331407d..f56ba50 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/HDWallet.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/HDWallet.jsx
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export default function HDWallet() {
                   value={saveFilename}
                   onChange={e => setSaveFilename(e.target.value)}
                 />
-                <span className="form-hint">.json · saved to ~/.wallet-generator/hdwallet/</span>
+                <span className="form-hint">.json · Desktop: ~/.wallet-generator/hdwallet/ · Android: app storage</span>
               </div>
               <div className="form-group">
                 <label className="form-label">Encryption password (optional)</label>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SingleAddress.jsx b/frontend/src/components/SingleAddress.jsx
index c92f651..1795bf8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SingleAddress.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SingleAddress.jsx
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export default function SingleAddress({ initialTab = 'p2pkh' }) {
                   value={filename}
                   onChange={e => setFilename(e.target.value)}
                 />
-                <span className="form-hint">.json · saved to ~/.wallet-generator/single/</span>
+                <span className="form-hint">.json · Desktop: ~/.wallet-generator/single/ · Android: app storage</span>
               </div>
               <div className="form-group">
                 <label className="form-label">Encryption password (optional)</label>
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/api.js b/frontend/src/services/api.js
index 0fe592f..9b9fc06 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/api.js
+++ b/frontend/src/services/api.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const WALLET_DIRS = {
 }
 
 let _fs = null
+let _storageDirectory = null
 async function fs() {
   if (!_fs) {
     const { Filesystem, Directory } = await import('@capacitor/filesystem')
@@ -30,49 +31,141 @@ async function fs() {
   return _fs
 }
 
+function walletDir(kind) {
+  const dir = WALLET_DIRS[kind]
+  if (!dir) throw new Error(`Unsupported wallet kind: '${kind}'.`)
+  return dir
+}
+
+function normalizeFilename(filename) {
+  if (typeof filename !== 'string') throw new Error('Filename must be a string.')
+  const trimmed = filename.trim()
+  if (!trimmed) throw new Error('Filename is required.')
+  if (trimmed.includes('/') || trimmed.includes('\\') || trimmed === '.' || trimmed === '..') {
+    throw new Error('Invalid filename.')
+  }
+  return trimmed
+}
+
+function unique(arr) {
+  return [...new Set(arr.filter(Boolean))]
+}
+
+function toMtime(value) {
+  if (!value) return 0
+  if (typeof value === 'number') return value
+  const parsed = Date.parse(value)
+  return Number.isNaN(parsed) ? 0 : parsed
+}
+
+function isMissingFileError(err) {
+  const msg = String(err?.message || err || '').toLowerCase()
+  return (
+    msg.includes('not found') ||
+    msg.includes('does not exist') ||
+    msg.includes('no such file') ||
+    msg.includes('directory at')
+  )
+}
+
+function directoryLabel(directory, Directory) {
+  if (directory === Directory.Documents) return 'Documents'
+  if (directory === Directory.Data) return 'Data'
+  return 'Storage'
+}
+
+async function directoryCandidates() {
+  const { Directory } = await fs()
+  return unique([Directory.Documents, Directory.Data])
+}
+
+async function resolveWritableDirectory() {
+  if (_storageDirectory) return _storageDirectory
+  const { Filesystem } = await fs()
+  let lastErr = null
+  for (const directory of await directoryCandidates()) {
+    try {
+      await Filesystem.mkdir({ path: 'wallet-generator', directory, recursive: true })
+      _storageDirectory = directory
+      return directory
+    } catch (err) {
+      lastErr = err
+    }
+  }
+  throw lastErr || new Error('No writable storage directory available.')
+}
+
+function orderedDirectories(preferred, all) {
+  if (!preferred) return all
+  return [preferred, ...all.filter(d => d !== preferred)]
+}
+
 async function androidSaveWallet(filename, data, kind) {
   const { Filesystem, Directory } = await fs()
-  const path = `${WALLET_DIRS[kind]}/${filename}`
-  await Filesystem.mkdir({ path: WALLET_DIRS[kind], directory: Directory.Documents, recursive: true })
+  const safeName = normalizeFilename(filename)
+  const dirPath = walletDir(kind)
+  const path = `${dirPath}/${safeName}`
+  const directory = await resolveWritableDirectory()
+  await Filesystem.mkdir({ path: dirPath, directory, recursive: true })
   await Filesystem.writeFile({
     path,
     data:      JSON.stringify(data, null, 2),
-    directory: Directory.Documents,
+    directory,
     encoding:  'utf8',
   })
-  return path
+  return `${directoryLabel(directory, Directory)}/${path}`
 }
 
 async function androidListWallets() {
-  const { Filesystem, Directory } = await fs()
+  const { Filesystem } = await fs()
   const out = { hd: [], single: [] }
+  const preferred = await resolveWritableDirectory().catch(() => null)
+  const dirs = orderedDirectories(preferred, await directoryCandidates())
   for (const [kind, dir] of Object.entries(WALLET_DIRS)) {
+    const byName = new Map()
     try {
-      await Filesystem.mkdir({ path: dir, directory: Directory.Documents, recursive: true })
-      const { files } = await Filesystem.readdir({ path: dir, directory: Directory.Documents })
-      out[kind] = files
-        .filter(f => (f.type === 'file' || !f.type) && f.name.toLowerCase().endsWith('.json'))
-        .map(f => ({
-          name:    f.name,
-          size:    f.size  || 0,
-          mtimeMs: f.mtime ? (typeof f.mtime === 'number' ? f.mtime : Date.parse(f.mtime)) : 0,
-        }))
-        .sort((a, b) => b.mtimeMs - a.mtimeMs)
-    } catch {
-      out[kind] = []
+      for (const directory of dirs) {
+        try {
+          await Filesystem.mkdir({ path: dir, directory, recursive: true })
+          const { files = [] } = await Filesystem.readdir({ path: dir, directory })
+          files
+            .filter(f => (f.type === 'file' || !f.type) && f.name?.toLowerCase?.().endsWith('.json'))
+            .forEach(f => {
+              const item = {
+                name: f.name,
+                size: f.size || 0,
+                mtimeMs: toMtime(f.mtime),
+              }
+              const prev = byName.get(item.name)
+              if (!prev || item.mtimeMs > prev.mtimeMs) byName.set(item.name, item)
+            })
+        } catch {
+          // Try next storage directory.
+        }
+      }
+    } finally {
+      out[kind] = Array.from(byName.values()).sort((a, b) => b.mtimeMs - a.mtimeMs)
     }
   }
   return out
 }
 
 async function androidReadWallet(kind, filename) {
-  const { Filesystem, Directory } = await fs()
-  const { data } = await Filesystem.readFile({
-    path:      `${WALLET_DIRS[kind]}/${filename}`,
-    directory: Directory.Documents,
-    encoding:  'utf8',
-  })
-  return JSON.parse(data)
+  const { Filesystem } = await fs()
+  const path = `${walletDir(kind)}/${normalizeFilename(filename)}`
+  const preferred = await resolveWritableDirectory().catch(() => null)
+  const dirs = orderedDirectories(preferred, await directoryCandidates())
+  let lastErr = null
+  for (const directory of dirs) {
+    try {
+      const { data } = await Filesystem.readFile({ path, directory, encoding: 'utf8' })
+      return JSON.parse(data)
+    } catch (err) {
+      lastErr = err
+      if (!isMissingFileError(err)) throw err
+    }
+  }
+  throw lastErr || new Error('Wallet file not found.')
 }
 
 // ── Exported API ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -145,6 +238,8 @@ export const api = {
 
   getWalletDir: async () => {
     if (isElectron) return window.electronAPI.getWalletDir()
-    return 'Documents/wallet-generator'
+    const { Directory } = await fs()
+    const directory = await resolveWritableDirectory()
+    return `${directoryLabel(directory, Directory)}/wallet-generator`
   },
 }