Returning the Snowcone Device - Amazon Snowcone User Guide
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Returning the Snowcone Device

When you've finished transferring data on to the Snowcone device, prepare it for its return trip to Amazon. Before you continue, make sure that all data transfer to the device has stopped.

When all communication with the device has ended, simply turn it off by pressing the power button. It takes about 20 seconds for the device to shut down.

Disconnect the Snowcone Device

Disconnect the Snowcone cables. When the return shipping label appears on the E Ink display on top of the device, it's ready to be returned. To see who your region's carrier is, see Shipping Considerations for Amazon Snowcone.

Job-Type Specific Consideration

Important

If you are importing data, don't delete your local copies of the transferred data until the import to Amazon is successful at the end of the process and you can verify the results of the data transfer.

Note

Once you return the Snow device for import into Amazon S3, Amazon will start ingestion of the data after ensuring the device has not been tampered with and that the device is healthy. In case you do not want the data on the device to be ingested to your destination S3 bucket, you can request to cancel the Snow job. If you cancel the job, we will skip the data transfer and securely erase the device following the established processes. We are not able to hold a device containing your data at our facilities due to our strict chain of custody and operating procedures.

For information about to ship the device, see Shipping Considerations for Amazon Snowcone.