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Old 02-14-2023, 09:01 AM   #1
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Deregistering a Kobo ereader.
I have a Kobo GLO HD and a Kobo Forma that I want to sell or give away.
How do you deregister the devices?
Do you do a factory reset or is it enough to simply sign out from the devices?

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Old 02-14-2023, 09:19 AM   #2
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I would do a factory reset. In fact, I've done it with all the devices I've sold. Better safe than sorry.
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Old 02-14-2023, 11:54 AM   #3
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As Sirtel says, a factory reset wipes things nicely. But just logging out of your Kobo account will deregister the device.
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Old 02-14-2023, 01:47 PM   #4
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Beware that (I'm pretty sure) a factory reset will not revert any patches you may have applied. Only an issue if you've both applied patches, and wish to reset those for a device that will behave the same as a new one. If that is important to you then check the KoboPatch docs; I think KoboPatch will revert any that it had applied by simply removing any custom lines in kobopatch.yaml and then repatching.
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Old 02-15-2023, 06:28 AM   #5
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Beware that (I'm pretty sure) a factory reset will not revert any patches you may have applied. ...
That doesn't sound right. My understanding is that patches "patch" the current firmware. If firmware is updated, patches need to be reapplied. So doing a factory reset, which reverts back to a previous firmware, can't have patches applied.

I may be wrong, but I don't think so.
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Old 02-15-2023, 08:53 AM   #6
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That doesn't sound right. My understanding is that patches "patch" the current firmware. If firmware is updated, patches need to be reapplied. So doing a factory reset, which reverts back to a previous firmware, can't have patches applied.

I may be wrong, but I don't think so.
In my experience, doing a factory reset does not reset the firmware version. But I'm not checking firsthand before I leave this comment, so like you I'll leave some room for error in my assertion.
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Old 02-15-2023, 09:44 AM   #7
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In my experience, doing a factory reset does not reset the firmware version. But I'm not checking firsthand before I leave this comment, so like you I'll leave some room for error in my assertion.
I am a little fuzzy, but I believe there are two factory resets: a "factory reset" and a "full factory reset". I would guess that a full factory reset completely resets the device (reverts the firmware, reformats the storage, ...). I would think that a factory reset would at least revert firmware.

Who knows?
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Old 02-15-2023, 10:55 AM   #8
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I've done the full factory reset a couple of times now:

https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017765853

Basically, power off the unit, then, while holding one of the page turn button, press and hold the power button until it resets.

It definitely resets the firmware version back to something a year or so old. You'll need to sync and update afterward and then put everything back on.
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I've done the full factory reset a couple of times now:

https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017765853

Basically, power off the unit, then, while holding one of the page turn button, press and hold the power button until it resets.

It definitely resets the firmware version back to something a year or so old. You'll need to sync and update afterward and then put everything back on.
OP's Glo won't have any physical page turn buttons, do you know how a full reset would be accomplished without? Thanks for sharing these details!
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Old 02-15-2023, 11:57 AM   #10
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OP's Glo won't have any physical page turn buttons, do you know how a full reset would be accomplished without? Thanks for sharing these details!
From Kobo's web site: Manual reset your Kobo Glo.

Basically, it uses the light and power buttons.
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Sorry about my link to a non-Forma factory reset, above. I thought this thread was tagged with Forma. But, that was another thread I was looking at. But, DNSB got it.
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