Loving my new case! It doesn’t add a ton of bulk and the buttons are great. They actually improve my experience with the device! The light is the infamous Ulanzi one from Amazon and I have nothing but good things to say about that as well :)
I have two strong recommendations for X4 Pro owners:
- Buy the X3 pogo charger cord, works waaay better than the awful dongle.
- Buy the tempered glass screen protector. I was worried it would affect the touchscreen or, even worse, make the screen look worse. I have had the same experience with the X3, the X4, and the Pro: the tempered glass seems to finish the product and actually seems to make the screen stronger, sharper and cleaner. Touchscreen works great with it.
Is it actually better resolution? Probably not, but for me the glossy shine is somehow preferable to the e-ink texture. Without the protector, the X4 Pro felt kind of somewhere in between e-paper and gloss. With it, it feels like it has a stronger identity to me somehow.
Two weeks in, this continues to be my all time favorite reading device.
PS- No kidding, get the X3 charger
PPS- Third recommendation:
Set the brightness at 10% and the warmth at 75% pretty much all the time. Battery holds up well and it’s visible in all kinds of light.
Came home today to find the cable that was included with my x3 has melted itself. I assume it's a defective cable, has this happened to anyone else?
I'm installing from with a Mac in Chrome. It's totally fine while using the stock OS but everything is backwards and it is stuck on the boot screen after installing Crosspoint. If I mess with the buttons for a while, it takes me to the menu seen above but I can't click anything. Anyone know what's going on here?
Edit: typo and clarity
Hey everyone, after such a strong response to my original post and update I have been tirelessly working to bring this to as many of you as possible. I have settled on a final version moving the thumbwheel to the middle, adding a second independent switch for the charger pins, and lots of improvements to the light arm. The light is turned on with a manual switch on top, and the charger is turned on with an identical switch on the side. There is also an option to leave out the pogo pin charger entirely (maybe even just a battery pack charger option in the future). I have set up a simple website with Stripe checkout where you can go and order the files and bill of materials, a kit with printed parts, an assembled unit, or one assembled with professionally printed nylon parts.
This is a one man operation, so please have some understanding if something does not work correctly on the website or the guide has a problem, just let me know and I will get it fixed. The first order of parts is on the way and I will ship out as fast as I can in the order they are received. The assembly guide is currently a work in progress with a major update coming as soon as the first units are built and tested.
I tried to satisfy everyone I could with options, but you should know that sourcing the parts to build it yourself cost about the same as the assembled unit. This was a pure coincidence as you can't easily get each part by itself for cheap and have to order multiples. I understand if this is not for everyone, but it works for me and I am sure it will work for many of you.
Without further delay, please feel free to peruse my wares at https://lightcharge.cc and place an order if you find what I have to offer satisfying.
Sold!!! Thanks so much for all the interest :)
Hello!!! I am looking to sell my X4 Pro, payment via Paypal, shipping within the US only. $90 (Paypal G&S included) + shipping.
It is as new and unblemished as it gets besides being, you know, taken out of the box. I used it for a few hours but I ended up ordering an X3 and I just really prefer it! It is running Crosspoint but I can flash the stock firmware before shipping if preferred. I have magnetic cases in Raspberry Red and Blossom Pink to go along with it (sorry pink haters), although unfortunately I botched applying the screen protector and had to dispose of it rather than constantly subject myself to my shameful failure. I will include a pogo charging cable in addition to the adapter it comes with. Let me know if I'm missing any info here!
I wanted to test out a library book on my x4, but I don't seem to be doing it right. I downloaded the acsm file to my phone. Then, found that the "send to x4 app" doesn't seem to be able to send an acsm file. No worries. So, I plugged in my card reader and used files to copy the acsm file onto my SD card. Plugged the card back into my x4, but I'm not seeing the acsm file under "browse files". I can't click ok the plugin, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to configure it.
Is there a doc someplace that I can read? I'm pretty sure this is user error...
I wasn’t a fan of the free pink case so I used a spare roll of washi tape on it. The edges aren’t perfect but the adhesion is great and the magnets still work!
Hi everyone,
I’ve released CrossPDF, a fork of CrossInk that adds on-device PDF reflow for Xteink readers.
Instead of displaying a complete PDF page scaled down to the small screen, CrossPDF extracts the reading content and sends it through the existing EPUB reader. You can use the device’s normal font, text size, spacing, margins, page turns, bookmarks, clippings, and reading progress.
Everything happens directly on the reader. There is no desktop conversion, upload service, or duplicate converted book to manage. Copy a PDF to the SD card and open it. The first opening prepares reusable reading data, while later openings use the cached version.
The current release includes:
CrossPDF is based on the original open-source CrossInk firmware. The PDF work is intended primarily for readable, text-based documents, so feedback on unusual or complex PDFs is especially useful.
I tried the Obook5 first, mainly because I thought the lighting for the screen would be worthwhile. Problem for me is that the font size at its smallest setting still feels like not enough text for each screen. It only will give me 22 lines of text per screen/page, with only an average of 5 or 6 words per line.
Can either the xteink 3 or 4pro fit more text than that on each screen? (I'm assuming that I would run it using FlashPoint.)
Thanks!
Hi Guys,
excited to try it out. I wanted the most portable one and want to develop a reading habit. Do you all use the stock firmware?
Hi! I don’t have any xteink at all and am considering the X4 Pro. I was wondering if anyone here got a Chinese version of the X4 Pro (from taobao or aliexpress maybe) and can tell me if it’s easy to switch to English? Is the stock OS enough? I’m not tech-savvy so idk if I’ll be able to do any of the crosspoint/crossink stuff. I already have epubs so ideally I just need to be able to sideload. Oh, and are the buttons noisy? Any info would be much appreciated, thank you!
They have updated on website that X4pro orders shipping will start on August 22.
Yesterday, it got bruised (because I put it in a pocket with keys and a metal carabiner), even after some wiping. It turns out I didn't wipe it hard enough. Today, it still looks pristine after some more wiping with a dry microfiber towel.
I'm having trouble changing out my SD Card. I have read over and over that the original SD card is terrible, so I got a nice Sandisk 16GB card to switch to. I'm using Crosspoint (the new 1.6 RC version) and I'm not in the middle of any books, so I don't need to preserve anything on the old card.
I formatted the new card exFAT and put books in root according to the readme, and I got "SD Card Error" when I tried to boot up the device. I then tried it with FAT32, still got the error. I've looked through the subreddit and the documentation on Crosspoint and I don't understand why I can't get this SD card to read. It reads fine on my computer (Macbook Pro M2). The OEM card does not read on mac or PC - on mac it just doesn't show up, on PC it says it needs to be formatted.
Is there something simple I'm missing about the formatting? Should I format on PC?
In the future I think any community guide/documentation should include formatting instructions for a new card. It's not easily findable.
After one frustrating charging session with the pogo pin alignment, I created a 3D printable stand.
The pogo pin charger slides into place via the guide hole.
Two models are available: one for devices in a case (your mileage may vary on a case-by-case basis), one for devices not in a case.
Print the stand on its side, hole facing up. No supports needed.
For best results, use 100% infill and 5 perimeters. The added weight helps keep the stand from lifting with the device when you remove it.
This might work for a x3 but I don't have one to test with, feel free to let me know!