diff --git a/src/modules/wallet/services/WalletWebSocketService.ts b/src/modules/wallet/services/WalletWebSocketService.ts
index 5243b79..1285a8b 100644
--- a/src/modules/wallet/services/WalletWebSocketService.ts
+++ b/src/modules/wallet/services/WalletWebSocketService.ts
@@ -437,39 +437,6 @@ export class WalletWebSocketService extends BaseService {
       // Resume polling if we were using fallback
       this.schedulePolling()
     }
-
-    // Reconnecting is not enough on its own — see below.
-    await this.reconcileMissedActivity()
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Re-sync balance and history after the app was backgrounded.
-   *
-   * `onPause` closes the socket to save battery, and the LNbits websocket
-   * only pushes on live events — it replays nothing on reconnect. So any
-   * payment that settled while we were away produced a notification that
-   * reached no one: the balance and the transaction list both stayed at
-   * their pre-pause values until the user hit Refresh by hand.
-   *
-   * Reconnecting therefore has to be paired with an explicit refetch. Both
-   * halves are needed: the balance comes from PaymentService, the rows come
-   * from WalletService, and neither implies the other.
-   *
-   * `allSettled` so a failure in one does not leave the other un-refreshed.
-   */
-  private async reconcileMissedActivity(): Promise<void> {
-    console.log('WalletWebSocketService: Reconciling activity missed while paused')
-
-    const results = await Promise.allSettled([
-      this.fetchAndUpdateBalance(),
-      this.walletService?.refresh?.()
-    ])
-
-    results
-      .filter((r): r is PromiseRejectedResult => r.status === 'rejected')
-      .forEach(r =>
-        console.error('WalletWebSocketService: Resume reconciliation failed', r.reason)
-      )
   }
 
   /**
@@ -589,51 +556,46 @@ export class WalletWebSocketService extends BaseService {
    */
   private async performPollingUpdate(): Promise<void> {
     try {
-      await this.fetchAndUpdateBalance()
+      const wallet = this.paymentService?.getPreferredWallet?.()
+      if (!wallet?.inkey) {
+        console.log('WalletWebSocketService: No wallet available for polling')
+        this.schedulePolling() // Continue polling
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Fetch balance from LNbits API
+      const baseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_LNBITS_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:5000'
+      const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/v1/wallet`, {
+        headers: {
+          'X-Api-Key': wallet.inkey
+        }
+      })
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        console.error('WalletWebSocketService: Polling failed', response.status, response.statusText)
+        this.schedulePolling() // Continue polling despite error
+        return
+      }
+
+      const data = await response.json()
+
+      if (data.balance !== undefined) {
+        // LNbits API returns balance in millisats
+        const balanceMsat = parseInt(data.balance)
+        console.log('WalletWebSocketService: Polling update - balance:', balanceMsat, 'msat')
+
+        // Update balance via PaymentService
+        if (this.paymentService?.updateWalletBalance) {
+          this.paymentService.updateWalletBalance(balanceMsat, wallet.id)
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Schedule next polling
+      this.schedulePolling()
+
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('WalletWebSocketService: Polling error', error)
-    } finally {
-      // Keep polling regardless of the outcome of this round.
-      this.schedulePolling()
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Fetch the authoritative wallet balance from LNbits and push it into
-   * PaymentService. Shared by the polling fallback and by resume
-   * reconciliation.
-   */
-  private async fetchAndUpdateBalance(): Promise<void> {
-    const wallet = this.paymentService?.getPreferredWallet?.()
-    if (!wallet?.inkey) {
-      console.log('WalletWebSocketService: No wallet available for balance fetch')
-      return
-    }
-
-    const baseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_LNBITS_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:5000'
-    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/v1/wallet`, {
-      headers: {
-        'X-Api-Key': wallet.inkey
-      }
-    })
-
-    if (!response.ok) {
-      console.error(
-        'WalletWebSocketService: Balance fetch failed',
-        response.status,
-        response.statusText
-      )
-      return
-    }
-
-    const data = await response.json()
-    if (data.balance !== undefined) {
-      // LNbits API returns balance in millisats
-      const balanceMsat = parseInt(data.balance)
-      console.log('WalletWebSocketService: Balance fetch -', balanceMsat, 'msat')
-      if (this.paymentService?.updateWalletBalance) {
-        this.paymentService.updateWalletBalance(balanceMsat, wallet.id)
-      }
+      this.schedulePolling() // Continue polling despite error
     }
   }