Summary
Second release candidate of this fork on CrossInk v2.0.0-RC-2, for testing ahead of v2.0.0+bookorbit.1. It also includes everything in v1.6.1+bookorbit.8.
New from CrossInk since rc1: EEGO A4 / A4 Lite support, a Tilt Sensitivity setting in Controls, single-pass anti-aliasing on the X4 Pro, X4 Classic and EEGO, a close button on dictionary definitions on touch devices, and fixes for custom sleep images, dictionary button hints and back swipes in the File Browser. See the CrossInk v2.0.0-RC-2 notes for the full list.
Important
The X3 and X4 no longer have an OPDS browser. CrossInk v2.0.0's latest changes no longer fit on them alongside BookOrbit, and the BookOrbit catalog covers the same need. Saved OPDS servers stay on the SD card. The X4 Pro, X4 Classic, Sticky, Picco and EEGO A4 keep it.
English is still the only built-in menu language. If you skipped rc1, the reader shows English after the update until your language is installed again: What's New offers to download it, or use Settings → System → Device → Download Languages. To install without Wi-Fi, copy the .crossink/languages folder from crossink-languages-2.0.0-bookorbit.1-rc2.zip to the root of the SD card. Hyphenation other than English is installed from Settings → Reader → Page Layout → Hyphenation Packs.
Sync Server stays out of this fork. CrossInk's Sync Server (formerly KOReader Sync) and its Sync Book, Sync Folder and Sync Books actions are not included.
Installing
This is a release candidate. On a device already running this fork (v1.6.1+bookorbit.5 or newer), turn on Settings → System → Include Release Candidates, then Check for Updates installs it over the air. A device on an older version of the fork can update to v1.6.1+bookorbit.8 first.
A device running CrossInk has to be flashed once by USB or from the SD card: see the installation guide, which also covers USB-locked devices and reverting to upstream. The BOOX Picco installs over USB only, for every update: see BOOX Picco. Pick the file for your device:
| Device | File |
|---|---|
| Xteink X3 / X4 | firmware-x3-x4-v2.0.0-bookorbit.1-rc2.bin
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| Xteink X4 Pro | firmware-x4-pro-v2.0.0-bookorbit.1-rc2.bin
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| Xteink X4 Classic | firmware-x4-classic-v2.0.0-bookorbit.1-rc2.bin
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| Seeed reTerminal Sticky | firmware-sticky-v2.0.0-bookorbit.1-rc2.bin
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| BOOX Picco | firmware-picco-v2.0.0-bookorbit.1-rc2.bin
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| EEGO A4 / A4 Lite | firmware-eego_a4-v2.0.0-bookorbit.1-rc2.bin
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Caution
On a USB-locked device, flash only the file for your model: another model's file can damage the reader for good.
Warning
I do not own a BOOX Picco, an EEGO A4, an X4 Pro or an X4 Classic.
Turning Include Release Candidates back off keeps this candidate installed until a newer stable release comes out, since the updater never installs an older version. To go back to v1.6.1+bookorbit.8 now, flash it by USB or from the SD card.
What's Changed since rc1
New device
- Releases now include a firmware for the EEGO A4 and A4 Lite, which CrossInk v2.0.0-RC-2 supports.
From v1.6.1+bookorbit.8
- One BookOrbit sync now brings every highlight across, both ways, with a count for each direction, and no longer restarts the X3 and X4 on books with many highlights.
- The BookOrbit Home theme's Library shelves can show Discover, Recently Added, Want to Read, a collection or a SmartScope (#111), and "All (N) >" on the Also Reading tile opens the catalog's Continue Reading list.
- The Home menu of the BookOrbit, Minimal and Dashboard themes is a grid of tiles.
- Sync on Sleep fixes for the BookOrbit tile's last sync time.
See the v1.6.1+bookorbit.8 notes for details.
Languages
- Fixed: Download Languages and Hyphenation Packs work on the X3 and X4. The download failed every time after a minute of waiting: with Wi-Fi on, the reader had too little memory left for the secure connection it opened.
- The BookOrbit screens, sync messages and Home theme are also translated into Estonian, new in CrossInk v2.0.0-RC-2.
X3 and X4
- The OPDS browser is removed on these two readers, as explained above. Its File Transfer entry, its settings and its section of the web settings page are gone there.
Full Changelog: v2.0.0+bookorbit.1-rc1...v2.0.0+bookorbit.1-rc2