‘Default device’ setting does not persist

tomsem · 10-17-2017, 09:27 PM

One is supposed to be able to set a ‘default device’ for Kindle book purchases using a web browser. And it did work at one time. However for many months, it only persists for a few days. Then it picks the first device registered to my account (first in alphabetical order of device name). I reported it to Amazon but wondered if anyone else is having this problem.

I know: I could probably work around this by renaming my desired device ‘1 Toms Voyage’ or something like this. But that would just trade one annoyance for another.

The other thing I would try would be to re-register the device Amazon keeps wanting to set default to: maybe the data associated with it is corrupt. But it is a couple of thousand miles away with a family member and doesn’t seem worth the trouble of the many tries it will probably take for them to get my ‘secure’ password typed in correctly with the virtual keyboard.

HarryT · 10-18-2017, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

One is supposed to be able to set a ‘default device’ for Kindle book purchases using a web browser. And it did work at one time. However for many months, it only persists for a few days. Then it picks the first device registered to my account (first in alphabetical order of device name). I reported it to Amazon but wondered if anyone else is having this problem.

No, it's working fine for me. I've got 13 "devices" (which are mostly apps) registered, and the default one (the Kindle app on my laptop) is midway down the list.

tomsem · 10-18-2017, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

No, it's working fine for me. I've got 13 "devices" (which are mostly apps) registered, and the default one (the Kindle app on my laptop) is midway down the list.

Thanks, that’s helpful. I’m going to rename the ‘first’ device to see if that helps.

badgoodDeb · 10-18-2017, 01:48 PM

Yeah, I've got half a dozen devices, 3 of which are physical kindles. I've had no problem with the default moving around.
I did *used* to rename them, so the desired one was first. That was either before they allowed us to pick, or before I figured out how to do so.

copyrite · 10-18-2017, 01:53 PM

I've had that happen in the past, but not recently. It's quite annoying.

HarryT · 10-18-2017, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by copyrite

I've had that happen in the past, but not recently. It's quite annoying.

Yes, I've had it happen in the past, but not for years now.

Cinisajoy · 10-18-2017, 02:29 PM

I have 2 named Cindy's kindle.

10-17-2017, 09:27 PM	#1
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,486 Karma: 26425959 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	‘Default device’ setting does not persist One is supposed to be able to set a ‘default device’ for Kindle book purchases using a web browser. And it did work at one time. However for many months, it only persists for a few days. Then it picks the first device registered to my account (first in alphabetical order of device name). I reported it to Amazon but wondered if anyone else is having this problem. I know: I could probably work around this by renaming my desired device ‘1 Toms Voyage’ or something like this. But that would just trade one annoyance for another. The other thing I would try would be to re-register the device Amazon keeps wanting to set default to: maybe the data associated with it is corrupt. But it is a couple of thousand miles away with a family member and doesn’t seem worth the trouble of the many tries it will probably take for them to get my ‘secure’ password typed in correctly with the virtual keyboard.

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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Yeah, I've got half a dozen devices, 3 of which are physical kindles. I've had no problem with the default moving around. I did used to rename them, so the desired one was first. That was either before they allowed us to pick, or before I figured out how to do so.

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copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,814 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: ...lots! ;) mostly reading on a Kindle Voyage	I've had that happen in the past, but not recently. It's quite annoying.

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