v1.5.1-RC-5

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. Swiping up from the bottom edge of the reader menu will also take you home.
• 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 #625)
• Improvements to X3's sleep and wake screen artifacts (fixes #607, #608, #611)
• Incomplete directory listings in the web server are now reported instead of silently dropped (fixes #610)
• The Quick Actions menu should no longer pop-up again when selecting items (fixes #613)
• Dictionary mode exists when exiting from a word that's not found (fixes #614)
• Clipping highlights start in the middle of the page now (#609)
• Fixed dictionary's "Not Found" screen not displaying properly 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 (#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 #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 #495)
• Landscape dictionary navigation (fixes #493)
• Enables touch on end-of-book suggestions (#496)
• Improve loading of custom dictionary font (fixes #501)
• XTC table of contents getting cut off (fixes #494)
• Inaccurate clipping/highlights after font/font-size changes (fixes #492)
• "Change Font" shortcut not working on front buttons (fixes #507)
• Overlapping pages in XTC (fixes #485)
• Improved table rendering for large, complicated tables (fixes #506)
• Some data missing after lightweight network restarts (fixes #512)
• Battery drain on Seeed Sticky (fixes #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 #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