v1.5.0-bookorbit.1-rc2

[agosez]

Summary

Second release candidate of this fork built on CrossInk v1.5.0-rc3.

As stated in the release note:

This RC version should have the fixes for all known X3 and X4 display variants.

Warning

This build does not bring support for the XTEINK X4 Pro

It brings several changes: everything upstream added in 1.5.0, and the fork's own features / fixes below. For the upstream half, see the CrossInk changelog.

Installing

Copy the firmware for your device over USB. Updating from the device will not offer this build: it is a pre-release, and the updater only follows stable releases.

There is no tiny or xlarge variant this time. CrossInk 1.5.0 reworked the build targets and those two no longer exist, so if you were running the tiny build you will get the default font size and will want to set it again in Settings.

New features

• Add highlights synchronization with BookOrbit by @agosez in Feat/bookorbit highlights #16

Fixed in this fork

• Reopening a book returns to the page you left, instead of the one before it.

Security — please read before installing

BookOrbit connections can no longer confirm that the server answering is really yours.
Your credentials and reading data are still encrypted in transit; what is no longer checked is the identity at the other end. That matters on a network you do not control rather than your home WiFi.

The same limitation applies to the OPDS catalog since CrossInk 1.5.0, and has always applied to KOReader Sync. It will be lifted once the SDK exposes a certificate store to that transport, until then, sync from a network you trust.

Known issues in this RC

Check your button shortcuts after updating. CrossInk added a Lookup Word action that took the slot this fork used for BookOrbit Sync, and shortcuts are stored as numbers. If you had a short Power press or a long press set to BookOrbit Sync, it will now be Lookup Word — set it back in Settings > Controls. Nothing else is affected, and there is no need to reset any other setting.

What is most useful to test

• Reopening books, especially chapters with full-page images, and after changing font or margins.
• BookOrbit highlights synchronization
• BookOrbit progress sync, statistics upload and browsing the catalog. And anything from CrossInk 1.5.0 you rely on since this is the first build of the fork on that base.

Full Changelog: v1.5.0-bookorbit.1-rc1...rc-1.5.0-bookorbit.2-193e820

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