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Originally Posted by Capably8357
Just wanted to clarify before asking: I tried searching everywhere here and on XDA but I couldn't find this information.
I am trying to reset (accidentally connected it to WiFi before realising it would ask for an account) and use my GlowLight 4 without activating it with a B&N account. I found how to do it for other devices but when I tried the methods for the GL4 they don't work. Does anybody know how to do it?
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I had to comb through the forums but I managed to do it. I report the steps here in case anybody (or - most likely - myself in a few years) stumbles on the same problem .
First you need to enable USB debugging following the top left top right corner touching from
here. Touching right at the corner is crucial, otherwise it won't work (my device is 8.x/6.x and this still works by the way).
Once you have ADB shell (if on Windows use Google's official drivers, Universal ADB doesn't have the right VID/PID in its .inf), reboot to recovery and factory reset (there is only one button, you cannot miss it).
Now you have a pristine device, so you need to enable USB debugging again following the same steps as before.
Next install an alternative launcher (I used Simple Ink Launcher) following
this post. The commands we are going to need afterwards require root, so follow this
other post to do it.
Finally run the commands
here to disable the OOBE and launch directly into the new launcher.