beta-0.1.44-RC6

SigurdOS T-Deck Firmware — beta-0.1.44-RC6

Flash with esptool

# Full flash (first install):
esptool.py --chip esp32s3 --port /dev/ttyACM0 write_flash 0x0 firmware-merged.bin

# App update (keep settings):
esptool.py --chip esp32s3 --port /dev/ttyACM0 \
  write_flash 0x10000 firmware.bin

Web Flasher

Use manifest.json with esptool.js.

File	Use
firmware.bin	App only (flash at 0x10000)
firmware-merged.bin	Full flash (flash at 0x0)
SigurdOS-tdeck-launcher.bin	For bmorcelli/Launcher install
firmware-debug.bin	Debug build with verbose logging
manifest.json	Web flasher manifest
sigurdos-tdeck-bootloader.bin	Bootloader (web flasher)
sigurdos-tdeck-partitions.bin	Partition table (web flasher)
sigurdos-tdeck-boot_app0.bin	Boot app0 (web flasher)
sigurdos-tdeck-firmware.bin	App firmware (web flasher)
sigurdos-tdeck-full.bin	Full image (web flasher)

What's Changed

• fix: safe SPIFFS init with erased-partition auto-format (closes #750) by @hermes-gadget in #751
• Phase 1: Switch keyboard to key mode for multi-model T-Deck compatibility (#752) by @hermes-gadget in #753
• Phase 2: Multi-language keyboard layout system (12 layouts) — #752 by @hermes-gadget in #754
• Phase 3: I2C robustness improvements — #752 by @hermes-gadget in #755
• fix: keyboard doesn't work — I2C timeout kills cold boot (#752) by @hermes-gadget in #756
• [codex] use C3 key mode for multi-model keyboards by @hermes-gadget in #757
• [codex] Add persisted international keyboard layouts by @hermes-gadget in #758
• [codex] Harden shared I2C initialization and recovery by @hermes-gadget in #759
• Fork Merge: Radio profiles, diagnostics, RX-only mode, CI fixes by @hermes-gadget in #760
• fix: battery -% on menu nav, cursor visibility, RSSI chart labels by @hermes-gadget in #766
• fix(ci): exclude LauncherCompatibility.md from doc reference check by @hermes-gadget in #767
• docs: comprehensive repository-wide audit (audit.md) by @hermes-gadget in #770
• fix(gps): correct GPS-to-Unix-epoch conversion (BUG-001) by @hermes-gadget in #771
• fix(ui): prevent dangling g_wifi_icon use-after-free (BUG-002) by @hermes-gadget in #772
• fix(hw): guard deep-sleep RTC-GPIO calls on non-RTC DIO1 pin (HW-001) by @hermes-gadget in #773
• fix(mesh): hoist sender_buf out of if-block to prevent use-after-scope (BUG-003) by @hermes-gadget in #774
• fix(mesh): return correct contact in processAck instead of contact[0] (BUG-004) by @hermes-gadget in #775
• fix: batch of low-severity fixes (HW-002, DEAD-002..004, DOC-001, BUILD-001) by @hermes-gadget in #776
• fix(security): add OTA PIN brute-force rate limiting (SEC-001) by @hermes-gadget in #777
• docs: add remediation status to audit.md (7 PRs submitted) by @hermes-gadget in #778
• perf(display): lazy-allocate emergency buffer, reclaim 12.8KB DRAM (PERF-003) by @hermes-gadget in #784
• perf(touch): adaptive poll interval — 50ms idle / 10ms active (PERF-004) by @hermes-gadget in #785
• fix(store): eliminate atomic-replace race and add .tmp recovery (RELI-003) by @hermes-gadget in #779
• fix(companion): align device PIN range with on-device 4-digit gate (SEC-002) by @hermes-gadget in #780
• perf(store): O(1) file opens in messageExists (PERF-001) by @hermes-gadget in #781
• fix(touch): bounded GT911 re-init after persistent I2C wedge (RELI-001) by @hermes-gadget in #782
• perf(display): double-buffer PSRAM + DMA push for flush overlap (PERF-002) by @hermes-gadget in #783
• fix(ui): add lv_obj_is_valid guards to global widget pointers (ARCH-001) by @hermes-gadget in #786
• docs: final audit update — resolve/defer remaining Phase 3-5 findings by @hermes-gadget in #787
• fix(touch): restore bounded GT911 recovery retries by @hermes-gadget in #789
• fix: resolve LVGL screen-load deadlock causing UI freeze (progress toward #761) by @hermes-gadget in #768
• fix(spi): isolate the native FSPI fallback by @hermes-gadget in #828
• fix(mesh): bound and validate persisted advert blobs by @hermes-gadget in #795
• docs(companion): publish command support matrix by @hermes-gadget in #823
• fix(ui): bind WiFi and OTA timers to object lifetimes by @hermes-gadget in #793
• fix(chat): preserve protocol message timestamps by @hermes-gadget in #807
• fix(mesh): bound PONG numeric parsing by @hermes-gadget in #826
• docs: reconcile current implementation and artifacts by @hermes-gadget in #829
• fix(storage): transact channel NVS updates by @hermes-gadget in #801
• chore: remove proven unreferenced helpers by @hermes-gadget in #824
• fix(display): make framebuffer allocation failure-safe by @hermes-gadget in #827
• security(ota): protect local update sessions by @hermes-gadget in #830
• fix(power): short-circuit critical timer wakes by @hermes-gadget in #832
• docs(flash): preserve DIO image headers by @hermes-gadget in #791
• fix(wifi): service STA connection state in loop by @hermes-gadget in #825
• perf(map): reuse contacts and preserve cache on misses by @hermes-gadget in #835
• fix(spi): probe SD before radio ownership by @hermes-gadget in #834
• refactor(storage): add validated atomic replacement by @hermes-gadget in #797
• fix(storage): atomically persist identity and contacts by @hermes-gadget in #798
• fix(storage): atomically persist chat history by @hermes-gadget in #799
• fix(storage): recover companion message transactions by @hermes-gadget in #800
• fix(storage): preserve complete contact metadata by @hermes-gadget in #803
• fix(ble): make companion delivery retry-safe by @hermes-gadget in #805
• perf(storage): checkpoint chat history only when dirty by @hermes-gadget in #831
• refactor(chat): extract history checkpoint state by @hermes-gadget in #836
• test(ci): add sanitizer and static-analysis gates by @hermes-gadget in #833
• refactor(chat): extract the per-channel message buffer by @hermes-gadget in #839
• fix(ble): synchronize the companion receive-frame handoff by @hermes-gadget in #838
• fix(ui): remove screen load animations to prevent LVGL deadlock by @hermes-gadget in #840
• refactor(ui): extract a screen lifecycle guard for LVGL pointers by @hermes-gadget in #842
• refactor(mesh): extract the companion adapter into its own translation unit by @hermes-gadget in #841
• fix(mesh): migrate companion_adapter serial logs to SIG_LOG* by @hermes-gadget in #847
• fix(ui): route remaining screens through show_screen auto_del=false by @hermes-gadget in #848
• fix(hal): keyboard key-mode only (CMD 0x04), never raw matrix by @hermes-gadget in #849

Full Changelog: beta-0.1.43-RC5...beta-0.1.44-RC6