Methods, systems, and devices for wearable devices are described. In particular, the methods, systems, and devices described herein may be used to perform factory resets and perform other control actions for wearable devices without the use of user interfaces or wearable applications. A wearable device may detect that the wearable device is coupled with a charging device, and acquire motion data during a time interval that the wearable device is coupled with the charging device. The wearable device may identify a series of movements associated with the wearable device and the charging device during the time interval that the wearable device is coupled with the charging device, and compare the series of movements to a predefined reference pattern. The wearable device may then perform one or more control actions associated with the wearable device (e.g., factory reset, self-diagnostics, etc.) based on the series of movements matching the predefined reference pattern.