Any way to see what Kobo devices are registered?

[rcentros]

Over the years I've tried out a lot of Kobo readers (even a Literati reader). Is there any way to see a list of registered devices in your account like you can do with Nook or Kindle? I'm going to start selling or giving away old eReaders and I want to make sure they're not in my registered list.

Or can you just log out? (I would hate to do a factory reset on those no longer supported.)

[davidfor]

As far as I have seen, there is nowhere to see what Kobo devices you have connected to your account.

But, it is safe to do a factory reset. For the devices that are no longer supported, you can do the setup using the Kobo desktop application.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by davidfor

As far as I have seen, there is nowhere to see what Kobo devices you have connected to your account.

That's what I was afraid of.

Originally Posted by davidfor

But, it is safe to do a factory reset. For the devices that are no longer supported, you can do the setup using the Kobo desktop application.

Maybe because my only Windows (half) computer is Vista, but I tried to use Kobo Desktop to setup a Kobo Mini I bought recently and it kept stalling at the update. I finally had to "sideload" the update file using Linux and I got it to work. From there I could setup using WiFi.

If I delete all my side-loaded books and log out, would that work as a "semi-reset" while retaining the current firmware? And would others be able to set up their own account by logging in with their credentials in that situation?

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by rcentros

Maybe because my only Windows (half) computer is Vista, but I tried to use Kobo Desktop to setup a Kobo Mini I bought recently and it kept stalling at the update. I finally had to "sideload" the update file using Linux and I got it to work. From there I could setup using WiFi.

If I delete all my side-loaded books and log out, would that work as a "semi-reset" while retaining the current firmware? And would others be able to set up their own account by logging in with their credentials in that situation?

Signing out will wipe most of the contents of the .kobo directory and create a new database. Deleting all of the other directories would remove everything else.

But, I think what you did is the way to go. That gives the purchaser an as new device that they can setup. Of course, if someone asked me what to do with a second-hand ereader, I would tell them to start with a factory reset.