Answers.Body: <p>Haven't reset my Kindle (Paperwhite 2) for a while, but as far as I remember the updates stayed there, so there was no need to update from scratch.</p>
  
  <p>I guess when you update a Kindle, you just update operating system of the Kindle. And when hard-resetting, you're just wiping all the data and restoring the default settings etc. for that version of a system.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I've updated my Kindle but am now selling it.  If I reset to factory default, will the updates need to be downloaded again?</p>
  
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Title: Does erasing data before selling a Kindle remove updates I've downloaded?
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ThreadText: # Does erasing data before selling a Kindle remove updates I've downloaded?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-05)
  
  I've updated my Kindle but am now selling it. If I reset to factory default, will the updates need to be downloaded again?
  
  **Tags:** kindle
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-17. Score: 1
  
  Haven't reset my Kindle (Paperwhite 2) for a while, but as far as I remember the updates stayed there, so there was no need to update from scratch.
  
  I guess when you update a Kindle, you just update operating system of the Kindle. And when hard-resetting, you're just wiping all the data and restoring the default settings etc. for that version of a system.
  
  
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