v1.5.1-RC-5

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Tip

You can flash stable and pre-release builds using Crossink's web companion app, Inky.

This release brings compatibility to the X4 Pro.

Changes in RC-5

• Touch devices: New in-reader menu re-design.
• Night mode now affects every screen, not just the reader. Some displays/devices may see significantly worse ghosting. If there are enough complaints about this, the feature may get reverted.
• Added new shortcuts for Previous Page and Nearby Position Sync.
• Non-touch devices: Moved Book Options to the bottom of the menu so a single Up click can get to it.
• Up + Down Combo shortcut removed for X3/X4 devices since it's not supported (the buttons share the same electrical input)
• Navigating to a chapter via the TOC item should no longer continually take you back to the TOC.
• Quick Lock should properly unlock with its assigned shortcut (fixes The Quick Lock feature, which uses the Power + Up button combination, cannot be unlocked using the Power + Up button combination. #625)
• Improvements to X3's sleep and wake screen artifacts (fixes Striped lines after waking to Home screen #607, Sleep screen is posterized #608, X3 UC8279: dark sleep screen remains after wake #611)
• Incomplete directory listings in the web server are now reported instead of silently dropped (fixes Root directory listing silently truncates: folders past the cut-off are invisible everywhere but still resolvable by path #610)
• The Quick Actions menu should no longer pop-up again when selecting items (fixes Quick Action: Confirming "Dark Mode" with Power Button brings up Quick Actions again #613)
• Dictionary mode exists when exiting from a word that's not found (fixes Selection mode still active after word not found in dictionary #614)
• Clipping highlights start in the middle of the page now (Suggestion: Start highlighting from the middle of the page #609)
• Fixed dictionary's "Not Found" screen not displaying properly in dark mode (X4 Pro: Dictioary Not Found page does not display text in dark mode #612)
• Removed most emojis (faces, hands, etc.) from built-in fonts to reduce overall firmware build size. SD card fonts still include them.
• Dictionary and clippings can advance to the next page on touch devices (Tap-and-drag highlighting on X4 Pro cannot continue across pages #621)

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New

• Full touch support for Xteink X4 Pro
• New Quick Actions menu where you can set 5 shortcuts accessible via any of the shortcut buttons. Settings > Controls > Quick Actions
• The Power + Up button combo can now be assigned to a shortcut. Get to it from Settings > Controls > Power Button > Power + Up Combo
• On X4 Pro and Sticky, the Up + Down button combo can be assigned to a shortcut. Get to it from Settings > Controls > Side Buttons > Up + Down Combo
• New Quick Lock shortcut for locking the device without actually putting it to sleep. This disables all buttons (and the touchscreen) and must be unlocked with the same button shortcut.

Changed

• Fonts now display their installed point sizes next to their name (addresses Same font in multiple sizes does not work intuitively #491)
• The boot-up splash screen has been removed. You will now wake directly to your last screen
• Mark as Finished and Controls have been moved to the third tab (settings gear icon) in the reader menu
• Wi-Fi passwords are now shown while entering them.

Fixed

• Flashing when accessing Wi-fi related activities (fixes [FIXED - FIRMWARE ATTACHED] - Screen flash when access Wifi network  #495)
• Landscape dictionary navigation (fixes orientation aware does not work within look up #493)
• Enables touch on end-of-book suggestions (The menu in the next book doesn’t work on the touchscreen. #496)
• Improve loading of custom dictionary font (fixes Dictionary font falls back to book font #501)
• XTC table of contents getting cut off (fixes TOC only showing 128 pages in every .xtc manga #494)
• Inaccurate clipping/highlights after font/font-size changes (fixes Clippings are wrongly rendered after font size change or font change #492)
• "Change Font" shortcut not working on front buttons (fixes Assigning "Change font" to a front button long press doesn't work #507)
• Overlapping pages in XTC (fixes Overlaping pages in XTC, strange ghosting #485)
• Improved table rendering for large, complicated tables (fixes Tables in some books do not render. #506)
• Some data missing after lightweight network restarts (fixes Same defect as #421 in RECENT_BOOKS and KOREADER_STORE — and reproducible on hardware #512)
• Battery drain on Seeed Sticky (fixes Battery drain on Seeed Sticky #516)
• Empty crash report after flashing due to false watchdog error
• Custom sleep-image folders load faster and rebuild correctly after file changes.
• Quick Resume no longer shows a blank page after EPUB next-chapter indexing (fixes Quick Resume shows blank screen #535).
• Large EPUBs with thousands of chapters should now finish indexing more reliably on X3/X4 without running out of memory.

Tip

If you experience any problems, please clear your caches before opening an issue. Start with the least invasive and work your way down to the most invasive if problems persist after each step.

1. Delete book cache (In-reader menu > Delete book cache)
2. From your SD card: Delete the individual .crosspoint/epub_<hash> folder for the book giving you issues
3. Delete all reading cache (Settings > System > Files & Cache > Clear Reading Cache)
4. From your SD card: Delete ALL .crosspoint/epub_<hash> folders and recent.json and state.json
5. Back up your global_stats.bin and then delete the entire .crosspoint/ folder

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