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porcupine59 · 12-28-2025, 11:25 AM

I'm running in Kobo Clare HD with "SideloadedMode: true" enabled. I can still sync for instapaper and firmware updates, but I don't want to sign into the kobo account.

Yesterday I was syncing for an instapaper update, and after it was finished, the menu offered me a "sign in" option. I wasn't thinking, or I mistook it for another sync prompt... and I absent-mindedly clicked it, like a dummy.

That launched me into a protracted drama of signing off, then having to re-sign in to authorize the device, unintentionally wiping my content, then having to reload and get "SideloadedMode: true" re-enabled in my config file. Ugh.

I know it's my own stupidity, but is there any way to more completely disable "sign-in" or "sign-in" prompts from the device? Let's say I never want to sign in to the Kobo account from the device.

Can that be accomplished with a config file setting?

ALTERNATIVELY, when I do something dumb like that again, and the device maddeningly starts all over by offering me the option to set up via WIFI or connect to the Kobo desktop app, is there a way to jump past (or side-step) that option and establish a USB connection so that I can pre-emptively load in one of my pristine backups?

12-28-2025, 11:25 AM	#1
porcupine59 Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: OHIO USA Device: Kobo Clara HD	disabling "sign-in" I'm running in Kobo Clare HD with "SideloadedMode: true" enabled. I can still sync for instapaper and firmware updates, but I don't want to sign into the kobo account. Yesterday I was syncing for an instapaper update, and after it was finished, the menu offered me a "sign in" option. I wasn't thinking, or I mistook it for another sync prompt... and I absent-mindedly clicked it, like a dummy. That launched me into a protracted drama of signing off, then having to re-sign in to authorize the device, unintentionally wiping my content, then having to reload and get "SideloadedMode: true" re-enabled in my config file. Ugh. I know it's my own stupidity, but is there any way to more completely disable "sign-in" or "sign-in" prompts from the device? Let's say I never want to sign in to the Kobo account from the device. Can that be accomplished with a config file setting? ALTERNATIVELY, when I do something dumb like that again, and the device maddeningly starts all over by offering me the option to set up via WIFI or connect to the Kobo desktop app, is there a way to jump past (or side-step) that option and establish a USB connection so that I can pre-emptively load in one of my pristine backups?