touch: beta_48 fixes - crash, boot hang, MQTT save, message times, keyboard, more

Chat typing crash (#98), SD boot hang after update (#142, #148), MQTT
settings not saving (#128), wrong message times (#100, #152), Dutch keys
1 and ! typing ij (#144, #164), compose length limit (#119), clipboard
truncation (#120), quick messages scroll (#151), Join screen name glyph
(#116), Tanmatsu emoji picker nav (#141).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

deploy/gen-meshamerica-catalog.py

@@ -42,40 +42,54 @@ if os.path.exists(nf):
     notes = "\n".join(l.strip() for l in open(nf, encoding="utf-8")
                       if l.strip() and not l.strip().startswith("#"))
 
-# Both touch boards are ESP32-S3, single touch-UI ("gui") role. ota_0 sits at
+# Every wadamesh tile here is ESP32-S3, touch-UI ("gui") role. ota_0 sits at
-# 0x10000 on both (partitions_t*_touch.csv), so flash-update@0x10000 is correct.
+# 0x10000 on every touch env (partitions_t*_touch.csv), so flash-update@0x10000 is correct.
 # `name` MUST match the official MeshCore device name character-for-character, or Mesh America lists it
 # as a NEW device instead of folding our firmware into the existing tile (TJ Downes, 2026-06). Canonical
 # names verified from apps.meshamerica.com/proxy/flasher/config.json. The V4 entry is the Expansion Kit
 # (Touch) variant only, per Kaj. `slug` still maps to our bin filenames on firmware.wadamesh.com.
+#
+# A board may carry `variants` instead of a single `slug`: one "gui" firmware entry is emitted per
+# variant, all under the one tile. The T-Lora Pager ships with either radio, and Mesh America folds both
+# under a single "LilyGo T-Lora Pager" tile distinguished by a [RADIO] title prefix — matching how their
+# own stock pager entries are labelled ([SX1262]/[LR1121]), so ours sit naturally alongside them.
 BOARDS = [
     {"name": "Heltec v4 + Expansion Kit (Touch)", "slug": "heltec-v4-tft"},
     {"name": "LilyGo T-Deck", "slug": "tdeck"},
+    {"name": "LilyGo T-Lora Pager", "variants": [
+        {"title": "[LR1121] Touch UI", "slug": "tlora-pager-lr1121"},
+        {"title": "[SX1262] Touch UI", "slug": "tlora-pager-sx1262"},
+    ]},
 ]
 
+def _firmware(title, slug):
+    merged, appbin = "wadamesh-%s-merged.bin" % slug, "wadamesh-%s.bin" % slug
+    return {
+        "role": "gui",
+        "title": title,
+        "version": {TAG: {
+            "notes": notes,
+            "files": [
+                {"type": "flash-wipe",   "name": merged,
+                 "url": "%s/%s" % (BASE, merged),
+                 "title": "Full install (bootloader + firmware)"},
+                {"type": "flash-update", "name": appbin,
+                 "url": "%s/%s" % (BASE, appbin),
+                 "title": "Update (app only)"},
+            ],
+        }},
+    }
+
 def device(b):
-    merged, appbin = "wadamesh-%s-merged.bin" % b["slug"], "wadamesh-%s.bin" % b["slug"]
+    # `variants` (per-radio builds) fold under one tile; a plain board is the single default variant.
+    variants = b.get("variants") or [{"title": "Touch UI", "slug": b["slug"]}]
     return {
         "maker": "wadamesh",
         "class": "wadamesh",
         "name": b["name"],
         "type": "esp32",
         "tooltip": "<img class='device' src='%s'>" % ICON,
-        "firmware": [{
+        "firmware": [_firmware(v["title"], v["slug"]) for v in variants],
-            "role": "gui",
-            "title": "Touch UI",
-            "version": {TAG: {
-                "notes": notes,
-                "files": [
-                    {"type": "flash-wipe",   "name": merged,
-                     "url": "%s/%s" % (BASE, merged),
-                     "title": "Full install (bootloader + firmware)"},
-                    {"type": "flash-update", "name": appbin,
-                     "url": "%s/%s" % (BASE, appbin),
-                     "title": "Update (app only)"},
-                ],
-            }},
-        }],
     }
 
 # Optional "what's this?" blurb Mesh America shows on a hover tooltip next to our provider badge

deploy/meshamerica-catalog.json

@@ -69,6 +69,61 @@
           }
         }
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "maker": "wadamesh",
+      "class": "wadamesh",
+      "name": "LilyGo T-Lora Pager",
+      "type": "esp32",
+      "tooltip": "<img class='device' src='https://wadamesh.com/wadamesh-icon-512.png'>",
+      "firmware": [
+        {
+          "role": "gui",
+          "title": "[LR1121] Touch UI",
+          "version": {
+            "beta_46": {
+              "notes": "Redesigned control center: round quick-toggle buttons that spread to fill the panel, a frosted-glass look, real lock/bell icons, and a confirmation popup on every toggle.\nDo Not Disturb: set quiet hours in Settings > Sound to silence the incoming-message chime during a daily window, with a bell in the status bar while it's active. (community contribution by Tesso Codemonkey)\nDo Not Disturb quick-toggle in the control center — a bell that gains a slash while quiet hours are on.\nContacts no longer go missing between reboots on microSD devices: saves are now atomic (written then swapped in) and the card is mounted far more reliably at boot.\nHeltec V4-R8: the microSD card now mounts, and the freeze when waking the device from sleep is fixed.\nLilyGo T-Pager: the map no longer shows a \"storage error\" under the launcher — it caches tiles to the microSD card, like the T-Deck.\nHeltec V4 in portrait: the Bluetooth icon no longer overlaps the clock in the status bar, and the control-center buttons no longer clip when tapped.",
+              "files": [
+                {
+                  "type": "flash-wipe",
+                  "name": "wadamesh-tlora-pager-lr1121-merged.bin",
+                  "url": "https://firmware.wadamesh.com/releases/TOUCH/beta_46/wadamesh-tlora-pager-lr1121-merged.bin",
+                  "title": "Full install (bootloader + firmware)"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "flash-update",
+                  "name": "wadamesh-tlora-pager-lr1121.bin",
+                  "url": "https://firmware.wadamesh.com/releases/TOUCH/beta_46/wadamesh-tlora-pager-lr1121.bin",
+                  "title": "Update (app only)"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "role": "gui",
+          "title": "[SX1262] Touch UI",
+          "version": {
+            "beta_46": {
+              "notes": "Redesigned control center: round quick-toggle buttons that spread to fill the panel, a frosted-glass look, real lock/bell icons, and a confirmation popup on every toggle.\nDo Not Disturb: set quiet hours in Settings > Sound to silence the incoming-message chime during a daily window, with a bell in the status bar while it's active. (community contribution by Tesso Codemonkey)\nDo Not Disturb quick-toggle in the control center — a bell that gains a slash while quiet hours are on.\nContacts no longer go missing between reboots on microSD devices: saves are now atomic (written then swapped in) and the card is mounted far more reliably at boot.\nHeltec V4-R8: the microSD card now mounts, and the freeze when waking the device from sleep is fixed.\nLilyGo T-Pager: the map no longer shows a \"storage error\" under the launcher — it caches tiles to the microSD card, like the T-Deck.\nHeltec V4 in portrait: the Bluetooth icon no longer overlaps the clock in the status bar, and the control-center buttons no longer clip when tapped.",
+              "files": [
+                {
+                  "type": "flash-wipe",
+                  "name": "wadamesh-tlora-pager-sx1262-merged.bin",
+                  "url": "https://firmware.wadamesh.com/releases/TOUCH/beta_46/wadamesh-tlora-pager-sx1262-merged.bin",
+                  "title": "Full install (bootloader + firmware)"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "flash-update",
+                  "name": "wadamesh-tlora-pager-sx1262.bin",
+                  "url": "https://firmware.wadamesh.com/releases/TOUCH/beta_46/wadamesh-tlora-pager-sx1262.bin",
+                  "title": "Update (app only)"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }

deploy/site/index.html

@@ -177,6 +177,28 @@
   .dl2 .dlver{display:block;font-size:.72rem;color:var(--mut);font-weight:600;margin-top:2px;padding-left:20px;letter-spacing:.03em}
   .dl2 .dlver:empty{display:none}
   .hint{max-width:760px;margin:18px auto 0;color:var(--mut);font-size:.86rem;text-align:center}
+  /* device selector — grouped by manufacturer, collapsible, searchable */
+  .devsel{max-width:840px; margin:20px auto 0}
+  .devsearch{position:relative; max-width:460px; margin:0 auto 18px}
+  .devsearch>svg{position:absolute; left:15px; top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%); width:17px; height:17px; color:var(--mut); pointer-events:none}
+  .devsearch input{width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; font:inherit; font-size:.95rem; padding:11px 42px; border:1px solid var(--line); border-radius:11px; background:#fff; color:var(--ink)}
+  .devsearch input::-webkit-search-cancel-button{display:none}
+  .devsearch input:focus{outline:none; border-color:var(--teal); box-shadow:0 0 0 3px rgba(21,182,166,.15)}
+  .devsearch-x{position:absolute; right:8px; top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%); width:26px; height:26px; border:0; border-radius:50%; background:var(--bg2); color:var(--mut); font-size:1.15rem; line-height:1; cursor:pointer; display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center}
+  .devsearch-x:hover{color:var(--ink); background:var(--line)}
+  .devsearch-empty{text-align:center; color:var(--mut); font-size:.9rem; margin:12px 0 0}
+  .devsearch-empty button{font:inherit; font-size:.9rem; color:var(--teal-ink); background:none; border:0; padding:0; cursor:pointer; text-decoration:underline}
+  .mfr{border:1px solid var(--line); border-radius:14px; background:var(--bg2); margin:0 auto 12px; overflow:hidden}
+  .mfr[hidden]{display:none}
+  .mfr>summary{list-style:none; cursor:pointer; user-select:none; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:11px; padding:15px 18px; font-weight:700; font-size:1.05rem; color:var(--ink)}
+  .mfr>summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}
+  .mfr>summary:hover{color:var(--teal-ink)}
+  .mfr-name{flex:1 1 auto}
+  .mfr-count{font-weight:600; font-size:.78rem; color:var(--mut); letter-spacing:.02em}
+  .mfr .chev{width:18px; height:18px; color:var(--mut); flex:none; transition:transform .18s}
+  .mfr[open]>summary .chev{transform:rotate(180deg)}
+  .mfr-boards{max-width:none; margin:0; padding:2px 16px 18px}
+  .board[hidden]{display:none}
   /* "install a previous version" picker */
   .verpick{max-width:760px; margin:16px auto 0; border:1px solid var(--line); border-radius:12px; background:var(--bg2); text-align:left}
   .verpick summary{cursor:pointer; padding:12px 16px; font-weight:600; font-size:.92rem; color:var(--ink); list-style:none; user-select:none}
@@ -367,55 +389,102 @@
         <div class="step"><div class="num">2</div><div><h4>Pick your board &amp; install</h4><p>Hit <b>Install</b> below, choose the serial port, and let it flash. It does a clean full install.</p></div></div>
         <div class="step"><div class="num">3</div><div><h4>You're on the mesh</h4><p>The device reboots into WADAMESH. Set your name + region in the first-run wizard.</p></div></div>
       </div>
-      <div class="boards">
+      <div class="devsel" id="devsel">
-        <div class="board"><h4>Heltec V4 + TFT</h4><p>ESP32-S3 with CHSC6x touch.</p>
+        <div class="devsearch">
-          <span class="sup full" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Fully supported<span class="pop"><b>Fully supported</b>Everything wadamesh offers works here — this is one of the two primary development boards, tested on every release.</span></span>
+          <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><circle cx="11" cy="11" r="7"/><path d="M21 21l-3.6-3.6"/></svg>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-heltec" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/manifest-heltec-v4-tft.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+          <input type="search" id="devSearch" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Search by device or maker — T-Deck, Heltec, P4…" aria-label="Search devices">
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="heltec-v4-tft" download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/wadamesh-heltec-v4-tft-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a></div>
+          <button type="button" id="devClearX" class="devsearch-x" data-devclear hidden aria-label="Clear search">&times;</button>
-        <div class="board"><h4>LilyGo T-Deck / Plus</h4><p>ESP32-S3 keyboard handheld.</p>
+        </div>
-          <span class="sup full" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Fully supported<span class="pop"><b>Fully supported</b>Everything wadamesh offers works here — this is one of the two primary development boards, tested on every release.</span></span>
+        <p class="devsearch-empty" data-devempty hidden>No devices match “<span data-devq></span>”. <button type="button" data-devclear>Clear search</button></p>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-tdeck" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/manifest-tdeck.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tdeck" download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/wadamesh-tdeck-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a></div>
+        <details class="mfr" open data-mfr="LilyGo">
-        <div class="board"><h4>ThinkNode M9</h4><p>ESP32-S3 QWERTY handheld (LR1110).</p>
+          <summary><span class="mfr-name">LilyGo</span><span class="mfr-count"></span><svg class="chev" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg></summary>
-          <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. Not every feature has been ported or hardware-verified on this board yet.</span></span>
+          <div class="boards mfr-boards">
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-m9" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-thinknode-m9.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+            <div class="board" data-search="lilygo t-deck tdeck plus esp32-s3 keyboard handheld"><h4>LilyGo T-Deck / Plus</h4><p>ESP32-S3 keyboard handheld.</p>
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="thinknode-m9" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-thinknode-m9-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <span class="sup full" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Fully supported<span class="pop"><b>Fully supported</b>Everything wadamesh offers works here — this is one of the two primary development boards, tested on every release.</span></span>
-          <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-tdeck" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/manifest-tdeck.json"></esp-web-install-button>
-        <div class="board"><h4>RAK WisMesh Tap V2</h4><p>ESP32-S3 touch node.</p>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tdeck" download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/wadamesh-tdeck-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a></div>
-          <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. Not every feature has been ported or hardware-verified on this board yet.</span></span>
+            <div class="board" data-search="lilygo t-display p4 tdisplay amoled rm69a10 esp32-p4 touch handheld"><h4>LilyGo T-Display P4 <span style="font-weight:600;color:var(--mut)">(AMOLED)</span></h4><p>ESP32-P4 &middot; AMOLED touch handheld.</p>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-rak" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-rak-tap-v2.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>Early port — it's known that not everything works yet, but the core does: LoRa mesh communication, chat, map, GPS and the phone-app link over Wi-Fi or USB. Bluetooth pairing isn't available on this board (a hardware limitation of its stock radio firmware).</span></span>
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="rak-tap-v2" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-rak-tap-v2-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-tdp4" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-tdisplay-p4.json"></esp-web-install-button>
-          <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tdisplay-p4" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-tdisplay-p4-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
-        <div class="board"><h4>Heltec V4-R8 <span style="font-weight:600;color:var(--mut)">(experimental)</span></h4><p>ESP32-S3 &middot; 8&nbsp;MB PSRAM &middot; SD card.</p>
+              <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
-          <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. This revision is still being hardware-verified — flash with care and report back.</span></span>
+            <div class="board" data-search="lilygo t-display p4 tdisplay lcd tft hi8561 esp32-p4 touch handheld"><h4>LilyGo T-Display P4 <span style="font-weight:600;color:var(--mut)">(LCD)</span></h4><p>ESP32-P4 &middot; TFT-LCD touch handheld.</p>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-v4r8" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-heltec-v4-r8-tft.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The LCD-screen model of the T-Display P4 (the AMOLED variant is listed above). Early port — the core works: LoRa mesh, chat, map, GPS and the phone-app link over Wi-Fi or USB. Bluetooth pairing isn't available on this board. Flash with care and report back.</span></span>
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="heltec-v4-r8-tft" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-heltec-v4-r8-tft-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-tdp4-lcd"></esp-web-install-button>
-          <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board, not yet hardware-tested &mdash; beta only. Please flash with care and report back.</p></div>
+              <a class="dl2" id="dl-tdp4-lcd" download><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" id="dl-tdp4-lcd-ver"></span></a>
-        <div class="board"><h4>Attaky Core <span style="font-weight:600;color:var(--mut)">(experimental)</span></h4><p>ESP32-S3 &middot; 16&nbsp;MB &middot; 8&nbsp;MB PSRAM.</p>
+              <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New screen variant, not yet hardware-tested &mdash; beta only. Flash with care and report back.</p></div>
-          <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. This community-contributed board (PR #158) isn't hardware-verified by us yet — flash with care and report back.</span></span>
+            <div class="board" data-search="lilygo t-lora pager tlora esp32-s3 qwerty rotary encoder lr1121 sx1262"><h4>LilyGo T-LoRa Pager</h4><p>ESP32-S3 QWERTY + rotary encoder.</p>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-attaky" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-attaky.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>New community port (thanks @codemonkeybr). The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. Pick the build that matches your radio chip.</span></span>
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="attaky" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-attaky-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.8rem;margin:0">Radio <b>LR1121</b>:</p>
-          <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board, not yet hardware-tested &mdash; beta only. Please flash with care and report back.</p></div>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-pager-lr1121" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-tlora-pager-lr1121.json"></esp-web-install-button>
-        <div class="board"><h4>Tanmatsu</h4><p>ESP32-P4 keyboard handheld.</p>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tlora-pager-lr1121" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-tlora-pager-lr1121-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
-          <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link over Wi-Fi/USB. Some features are still settling on this board (Bluetooth pairing has known gaps).</span></span>
+              <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.8rem;margin:8px 0 0">Radio <b>SX1262</b>:</p>
-          <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.84rem;margin:0;line-height:1.5">Already have one? No USB flashing needed — install WADAMESH straight from the <b>Tanmatsu app store</b> on the device.</p>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-pager-sx1262" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-tlora-pager-sx1262.json"></esp-web-install-button>
-          <a class="dl" href="https://shop.nicolaielectronics.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M6 2 3 6v14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h14a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V6l-3-4z"/><path d="M3 6h18"/><path d="M16 10a4 4 0 0 1-8 0"/></svg>Get a Tanmatsu</a></div>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tlora-pager-sx1262" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-tlora-pager-sx1262-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
-        <div class="board"><h4>LilyGo T-Display P4</h4><p>ESP32-P4 AMOLED touch handheld.</p>
+              <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
-          <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>Early port — it's known that not everything works yet, but the core does: LoRa mesh communication, chat, map, GPS and the phone-app link over Wi-Fi or USB. Bluetooth pairing isn't available on this board (a hardware limitation of its stock radio firmware).</span></span>
+          </div>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-tdp4" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-tdisplay-p4.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+        </details>
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tdisplay-p4" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-tdisplay-p4-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+
-          <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
+        <details class="mfr" open data-mfr="Heltec">
-        <div class="board"><h4>LilyGo T-LoRa Pager</h4><p>ESP32-S3 QWERTY + rotary encoder.</p>
+          <summary><span class="mfr-name">Heltec</span><span class="mfr-count"></span><svg class="chev" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg></summary>
-          <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>New community port (thanks @codemonkeybr). The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link, driven entirely by the keyboard and rotary encoder. Pick the build that matches your radio chip.</span></span>
+          <div class="boards mfr-boards">
-          <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.8rem;margin:0">Radio <b>LR1121</b>:</p>
+            <div class="board" data-search="heltec v4 tft esp32-s3 chsc6x touch"><h4>Heltec V4 + TFT</h4><p>ESP32-S3 with CHSC6x touch.</p>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-pager-lr1121" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-tlora-pager-lr1121.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <span class="sup full" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Fully supported<span class="pop"><b>Fully supported</b>Everything wadamesh offers works here — this is one of the two primary development boards, tested on every release.</span></span>
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tlora-pager-lr1121" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-tlora-pager-lr1121-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-heltec" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/manifest-heltec-v4-tft.json"></esp-web-install-button>
-          <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.8rem;margin:8px 0 0">Radio <b>SX1262</b>:</p>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="heltec-v4-tft" download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest/wadamesh-heltec-v4-tft-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a></div>
-          <esp-web-install-button id="inst-pager-sx1262" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-tlora-pager-sx1262.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+            <div class="board" data-search="heltec v4-r8 v4 r8 esp32-s3 psram sd card experimental"><h4>Heltec V4-R8 <span style="font-weight:600;color:var(--mut)">(experimental)</span></h4><p>ESP32-S3 &middot; 8&nbsp;MB PSRAM &middot; SD card.</p>
-          <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="tlora-pager-sx1262" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-tlora-pager-sx1262-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. This revision is still being hardware-verified — flash with care and report back.</span></span>
-          <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-v4r8" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-heltec-v4-r8-tft.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="heltec-v4-r8-tft" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-heltec-v4-r8-tft-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board, not yet hardware-tested &mdash; beta only. Please flash with care and report back.</p></div>
+          </div>
+        </details>
+
+        <details class="mfr" data-mfr="Elecrow">
+          <summary><span class="mfr-name">Elecrow</span><span class="mfr-count"></span><svg class="chev" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg></summary>
+          <div class="boards mfr-boards">
+            <div class="board" data-search="elecrow thinknode m9 esp32-s3 qwerty lr1110 handheld"><h4>ThinkNode M9</h4><p>ESP32-S3 QWERTY handheld (LR1110).</p>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. Not every feature has been ported or hardware-verified on this board yet.</span></span>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-m9" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-thinknode-m9.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="thinknode-m9" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-thinknode-m9-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
+          </div>
+        </details>
+
+        <details class="mfr" data-mfr="RAKwireless">
+          <summary><span class="mfr-name">RAKwireless</span><span class="mfr-count"></span><svg class="chev" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg></summary>
+          <div class="boards mfr-boards">
+            <div class="board" data-search="rakwireless rak wismesh tap v2 esp32-s3 touch node"><h4>RAK WisMesh Tap V2</h4><p>ESP32-S3 touch node.</p>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. Not every feature has been ported or hardware-verified on this board yet.</span></span>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-rak" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-rak-tap-v2.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="rak-tap-v2" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-rak-tap-v2-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board: beta channel only until the next stable.</p></div>
+          </div>
+        </details>
+
+        <details class="mfr" data-mfr="Nicolai Electronics">
+          <summary><span class="mfr-name">Nicolai Electronics</span><span class="mfr-count"></span><svg class="chev" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg></summary>
+          <div class="boards mfr-boards">
+            <div class="board" data-search="nicolai electronics tanmatsu esp32-p4 keyboard handheld app store"><h4>Tanmatsu</h4><p>ESP32-P4 keyboard handheld.</p>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link over Wi-Fi/USB. Some features are still settling on this board (Bluetooth pairing has known gaps).</span></span>
+              <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.84rem;margin:0;line-height:1.5">Already have one? No USB flashing needed — install WADAMESH straight from the <b>Tanmatsu app store</b> on the device.</p>
+              <a class="dl" href="https://shop.nicolaielectronics.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M6 2 3 6v14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h14a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V6l-3-4z"/><path d="M3 6h18"/><path d="M16 10a4 4 0 0 1-8 0"/></svg>Get a Tanmatsu</a></div>
+          </div>
+        </details>
+
+        <details class="mfr" data-mfr="Attaky">
+          <summary><span class="mfr-name">Attaky</span><span class="mfr-count"></span><svg class="chev" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg></summary>
+          <div class="boards mfr-boards">
+            <div class="board" data-search="attaky core esp32-s3 psram experimental"><h4>Attaky Core <span style="font-weight:600;color:var(--mut)">(experimental)</span></h4><p>ESP32-S3 &middot; 16&nbsp;MB &middot; 8&nbsp;MB PSRAM.</p>
+              <span class="sup part" tabindex="0"><span class="dot"></span>Partially supported<span class="pop"><b>Partially supported</b>The core works: LoRa mesh communication, chat, contacts, channels and the phone-app link. This community-contributed board (PR #158) isn't hardware-verified by us yet — flash with care and report back.</span></span>
+              <esp-web-install-button id="inst-attaky" manifest="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/manifest-attaky.json"></esp-web-install-button>
+              <a class="dl2" data-dl-board="attaky" data-dl-betaonly download href="https://firmware.wadamesh.com/latest-beta/wadamesh-attaky-merged.bin"><span class="dl2-row"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M12 3v12M7 11l5 5 5-5M5 21h14"/></svg>Download .bin</span><span class="dlver" data-dl-ver></span></a>
+              <p data-wm-betaonly style="color:var(--mut);font-size:.78rem;margin:6px 0 0">New board, not yet hardware-tested &mdash; beta only. Please flash with care and report back.</p></div>
+          </div>
+        </details>
       </div>
-      <details class="verpick">
+            <details class="verpick">
         <summary>Install a previous version</summary>
         <div class="verpick-body">
           <div class="verpick-row"><label for="verSel">Version</label><select id="verSel" aria-label="Firmware version"></select></div>
@@ -619,6 +688,19 @@ We use no tracking, analytics, or advertising cookies. Our CDN and security prov
   // toggle (beta-only boards stay pinned to latest-beta) and show the exact version
   // each feed serves — both channel tags are fetched once so every link is accurate.
   const WM_VER = {};
+  // The T-Display P4 LCD-screen variant ships only in the per-tag BETA archive (no
+  // rolling-feed bin, no server manifest), so wire its Install button to a manifest
+  // built client-side (same blob trick as the previous-version picker) and point its
+  // download at the immutable archive bin. Called once the beta tag is known.
+  window.wmWireP4Lcd = function(tag){
+    const bin = 'https://firmware.wadamesh.com/releases/BETA/' + tag + '/wadamesh-tdisplay-p4-lcd-merged.bin';
+    const btn = document.getElementById('inst-tdp4-lcd');
+    if (btn){ const m = { name:'wadamesh ' + tag + ' \u2014 T-Display P4 (LCD)', version:tag, new_install_prompt_erase:true,
+      builds:[{ chipFamily:'ESP32-P4', parts:[{ path:bin, offset:0 }] }] };
+      btn.setAttribute('manifest', URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([JSON.stringify(m)], {type:'application/json'}))); }
+    const dl = document.getElementById('dl-tdp4-lcd');
+    if (dl){ dl.href = bin; const v = document.getElementById('dl-tdp4-lcd-ver'); if (v) v.textContent = tag; }
+  };
   window.wmUpdateDownloads = function(){
     document.querySelectorAll('[data-dl-board]').forEach(a => {
       const feed = a.hasAttribute('data-dl-betaonly') ? 'latest-beta' : WM.feed;
@@ -627,10 +709,39 @@ We use no tracking, analytics, or advertising cookies. Our CDN and security prov
     });
   };
   ['latest','latest-beta'].forEach(feed => fetch('https://firmware.wadamesh.com/' + feed + '/version.json', {cache:'no-store'})
-    .then(r => r.ok ? r.json() : null).then(v => { if (v && v.tag) { WM_VER[feed] = v.tag; wmUpdateDownloads(); } }).catch(()=>{}));
+    .then(r => r.ok ? r.json() : null).then(v => { if (v && v.tag) { WM_VER[feed] = v.tag; wmUpdateDownloads(); if (feed === 'latest-beta' && window.wmWireP4Lcd) wmWireP4Lcd(v.tag); } }).catch(()=>{}));
   document.querySelectorAll('[data-wm-ch]').forEach(b => b.addEventListener('click', () => wmSetChannel(b.getAttribute('data-wm-ch'))));
   wmSetChannel('stable');
 
+  // ---- device selector: fill counts, remember default open state, live search ----
+  (function(){
+    const root = document.getElementById('devsel'); if (!root) return;
+    const input = document.getElementById('devSearch');
+    const clearX = document.getElementById('devClearX');
+    const empty = root.querySelector('[data-devempty]'), qout = root.querySelector('[data-devq]');
+    const groups = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll('.mfr'));
+    groups.forEach(g => { g.dataset.defopen = g.open ? '1' : '0';
+      const n = g.querySelectorAll('.board').length, c = g.querySelector('.mfr-count');
+      if (c) c.textContent = n + (n === 1 ? ' device' : ' devices'); });
+    const txt = b => (b.getAttribute('data-search') || b.textContent || '').toLowerCase();
+    function run(q){
+      const terms = q.toLowerCase().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+      let anyVisible = false;
+      groups.forEach(g => { let vis = 0;
+        g.querySelectorAll('.board').forEach(b => { const ok = !terms.length || terms.every(t => txt(b).includes(t));
+          b.hidden = !ok; if (ok) vis++; });
+        g.hidden = vis === 0;
+        if (!g.hidden){ anyVisible = true; g.open = terms.length ? true : (g.dataset.defopen === '1'); } });
+      if (empty) empty.hidden = !(terms.length && !anyVisible);
+      if (qout) qout.textContent = q;
+      if (clearX) clearX.hidden = !q;
+    }
+    function clr(){ if (input){ input.value = ''; input.focus(); } run(''); }
+    if (input){ input.addEventListener('input', () => run(input.value));
+      input.addEventListener('keydown', e => { if (e.key === 'Escape') clr(); }); }
+    root.querySelectorAll('[data-devclear]').forEach(b => b.addEventListener('click', clr));
+  })();
+
   // ---- community videos — add an entry here to add a video ----
   const VIDEOS = [
     // newest first

release-notes/beta_48.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# beta_48 - stability and fixes: crash, boot-stuck, MQTT, message times, keyboard and more
+# One user-facing note per non-blank, non-# line; # lines are section comments.
+
+# Fixed
+Fixed a crash that could reboot the device while you were typing in a chat.
+Fixed devices getting stuck on the boot screen after an update when a microSD card is fitted. The boot-time copy of your data to the card could hang on a slow or damaged card; it is now guarded and the device always boots.
+MQTT bridge settings now save and survive a reboot. They were being written to the wrong storage and getting lost.
+Message times now match the clock at the top of the screen, instead of showing 1910 or other wrong dates.
+Dutch keyboard: the "1" and "!" keys were typing "ij" and "IJ". Fixed.
+The message box now stops you at the real send limit instead of quietly dropping the end of a long message when you send.
+Copy and paste no longer cuts off long text.
+The quick messages list now scrolls when there are more entries than fit on screen.
+Room server names that start with an unusual character no longer show an empty box on the Join screen.
+Tanmatsu: you can now reach every emoji in the picker, not just the first half.

src/helpers/esp32/MqttBridge.cpp

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 MqttBridge mqtt_bridge;
 
 #if !defined(HAS_TANMATSU) && !defined(HAS_TDISPLAY_P4)   // ---- real PubSubClient/WiFiClient implementation; NOT built on the P4 boards ----
-#include <Preferences.h>
+#include "SdNvsPrefs.h"   // NOT raw NVS Preferences: the touch firmware abandoned NVS (tiny, shared,
+                         // doesn't survive Launcher) for a file-backed store. MQTT was the last setting
+                         // still on NVS, so its writes silently failed / didn't persist (GH #128).
 #include <WiFi.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ void MqttBridge::loadConfig() {
     _host[0] = _user[0] = _pwd[0] = _psk[0] = '\0';
     _port = 1883;
 
-    Preferences p;
+    SdNvsPrefs p;
     if (p.begin("mqtt", true)) {
         _enabled    = p.getBool("en", false);
         _port       = (uint16_t)p.getUInt("port", 1883);
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ void MqttBridge::publishChannel(int channelIdx, const char* channelName,
 void MqttBridge::saveConfig(const char* host, uint16_t port,
                              const char* user, const char* pwd,
                              bool pubDm, bool pubChannel, const char* psk, bool enable) {
-    Preferences p;
+    SdNvsPrefs p;
     if (!p.begin("mqtt", false)) return;
     p.putBool("en",     enable);
     p.putString("host", host);

src/main.cpp

@@ -234,15 +234,24 @@ bool meshcomodMigrateSpiffsToSd(bool force) {
     File s = SPIFFS.open(src, FILE_READ);
     File d = s ? SD.open(dst, FILE_WRITE) : File();          // FILE_WRITE truncates
     bool ok = s && d;
+    size_t since_feed = 0;
     while (ok && s.available()) {
       const size_t n = s.read(buf, sizeof buf);
       if (n == 0 || d.write(buf, n) != n) ok = false;
+      // Feed the task-WDT mid-file: a large history file on a slow/cold SD card can take
+      // longer than the 20 s task-WDT to copy in 4 KB chunks, and this runs on loopTask
+      // during setup() — without the feed the dog panics and reboot-loops the boot (GH
+      // #142/#148). The copy still can't tolerate a genuinely wedged FAT layer; the
+      // NVS breadcrumb at the call site handles that.
+      since_feed += n;
+      if (since_feed >= 32768) { esp_task_wdt_reset(); since_feed = 0; }
     }
     if (s) s.close();
     if (d) d.close();
     if (ok) { ++copied; if (strcmp(src, "/identity/_main.id") == 0) identity_ok = true; }
     else    { ++failed; Serial.printf("[BOOT] SD migrate FAILED: %s\n", src); if (SD.exists(dst)) SD.remove(dst); }
     f.close();
+    esp_task_wdt_reset();
     yield();
   }
   root.close();
@@ -253,6 +262,14 @@ bool meshcomodMigrateSpiffsToSd(bool force) {
                 copied, failed, identity_ok ? "ok" : "MISSING");
   return identity_ok;
 }
+
+// Clear the boot safe-mode latch (see the SPIFFS->SD migration above): called after a
+// successful manual "Copy internal data to SD" so a deliberate retry re-arms boot-time
+// auto-adoption. The boot path re-latches on its own if a later migration wedges. GH #142/#148.
+void meshcomodClearSdMigLatch() {
+  Preferences _mp;
+  if (_mp.begin("touch", false)) { _mp.remove("sd_mig_busy"); _mp.end(); }
+}
 #endif
 
 void setup() {
@@ -518,8 +535,26 @@ void setup() {
         // rather than adopting a card without the identity on it.
         bool adopt = true;
         if (SPIFFS.exists("/identity/_main.id") && !SD.exists("/meshcomod/identity/_main.id")) {
-          adopt = meshcomodMigrateSpiffsToSd(false);
+          // Boot safe-mode (GH #142/#148): a wedged or corrupt SD card can hang / WDT-reboot the
-          if (!adopt) Serial.println("[BOOT] SD migration incomplete -> staying on SPIFFS this boot");
+          // device mid-migration, stranding it on the boot screen EVERY boot (reset can't escape,
+          // only a downgrade could). Drop an NVS breadcrumb before migrating and clear it only if
+          // the copy RETURNS. If it's still set at the next boot, the last migration never finished
+          // -> skip it and boot from SPIFFS (the data is safe there); Settings > "Copy internal data
+          // to SD" re-arms a deliberate retry. A merely-slow (healthy) card completes thanks to the
+          // in-loop WDT feed, so it never latches here.
+          Preferences _mp;
+          const bool mp_ok = _mp.begin("touch", false);
+          const bool mig_busy = mp_ok && _mp.getBool("sd_mig_busy", false);
+          if (mig_busy) {
+            if (mp_ok) _mp.end();
+            adopt = false;
+            Serial.println("[BOOT] prior SD migration did not complete -> skipping (staying on SPIFFS); retry via Settings > Copy internal data to SD");
+          } else {
+            if (mp_ok) { _mp.putBool("sd_mig_busy", true); _mp.end(); }
+            adopt = meshcomodMigrateSpiffsToSd(false);
+            Preferences _mp2; if (_mp2.begin("touch", false)) { _mp2.remove("sd_mig_busy"); _mp2.end(); }
+            if (!adopt) Serial.println("[BOOT] SD migration incomplete -> staying on SPIFFS this boot");
+          }
         }
         if (adopt) {
           sd_storage = store.useSdStorage();

src/ui-touch/KeyboardLayouts.cpp

@@ -626,8 +626,9 @@ static const char* hw_de_upper[26] = {
 static const char* hw_de_digits[10]       = { nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr };
 static const char* hw_de_digits_shift[10] = { nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr };
 
-/* Dutch keeps the standard alpha matrix but exposes the common IJ digraph on a
+/* Dutch keeps the standard alpha matrix. (The IJ digraph used to sit on a hardware
- * digit slot so compact hardware still gets a language-specific shortcut. */
+ * digit slot, but slot 1 is the "1" key AND the back-mapped "!" key, so it broke both
+ * — GH #144/#164 — and the digraph now lives only on the on-screen keyboard's key.) */
 static const char* hw_nl_lower[26] = {
     "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j",
     "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t",
@@ -638,8 +639,8 @@ static const char* hw_nl_upper[26] = {
     "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T",
     "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"
 };
-static const char* hw_nl_digits[10]       = { nullptr, "ij", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr };
+static const char* hw_nl_digits[10]       = { nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr };
-static const char* hw_nl_digits_shift[10] = { nullptr, "IJ", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr };
+static const char* hw_nl_digits_shift[10] = { nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr };
 
 /* Spanish stays close to US QWERTY; use the number row to expose n-tilde on
  * compact hardware where the semicolon key is absent. */

src/ui-touch/UITask.cpp

@@ -2871,7 +2871,10 @@ static int       s_nav_count    = 0;           // # focusable widgets collected
 // Collected focusable widgets this rebuild, in tree order — used for 2D spatial
 // navigation (W/A/Z/D move to the nearest element in that physical direction, not
 // just the next/prev in the linear list).
-static const int kNavMax = 64;
+static const int kNavMax = 160;   // spatial-nav mirror capacity — MUST exceed the largest focusable
+                                  // grid or its tail is keypad-unreachable on the Tanmatsu: focusables
+                                  // past this cap land in the LVGL group but not s_nav_objs[], so
+                                  // navMoveDir() never reaches them (the 122-cell emoji picker — GH #141).
 static lv_obj_t* s_nav_objs[kNavMax] = { nullptr };
 static lv_obj_t* s_nav_tabbar   = nullptr;     // the bottom tab bar (btnmatrix), added last to the group
 static bool      s_nav_want_tabbar = false;    // after switching tabs from the bar, refocus the bar
@@ -7194,7 +7197,12 @@ static void openQuickReplyPicker(LvChatPanel* p) {
   lv_obj_set_style_border_color(card, lv_color_hex(0x18191A), LV_PART_MAIN);
   lv_obj_set_style_border_width(card, 1, LV_PART_MAIN);
   lv_obj_set_style_pad_all(card, pad, LV_PART_MAIN);
-  lv_obj_clear_flag(card, LV_OBJ_FLAG_SCROLLABLE);
+  // The card is clamped to the visible height above, but its rows are absolutely
+  // positioned and can extend past that clamp (small screens + Large/Huge UI scale) —
+  // enable vertical scrolling so the lower quick-replies + hint stay reachable (GH #151).
+  lv_obj_add_flag(card, LV_OBJ_FLAG_SCROLLABLE);
+  lv_obj_set_scroll_dir(card, LV_DIR_VER);
+  lv_obj_set_scrollbar_mode(card, LV_SCROLLBAR_MODE_AUTO);
   addCloseXBadge(card, qrSheetCloseCb);
 
   lv_obj_t* title = lv_label_create(card);
@@ -7607,7 +7615,9 @@ static void tdeckModalAutoFocusAsync(void* root) {
 // Mirrors MCterm's in-RAM clipboard. Anything the user long-presses to copy
 // lands here; long-press on a textarea pastes the contents at the cursor.
 // One global buffer keeps the code simple and avoids heap churn.
-constexpr size_t CLIPBOARD_MAX = 192;
+constexpr size_t CLIPBOARD_MAX = 640;   // must cover the largest copyable text — a full composer draft
+                                        // plus the 600-byte label-staging buffer (clipboardSet's callers);
+                                        // 192 silently truncated long copy/pastes (GH #120).
 static char s_clipboard[CLIPBOARD_MAX] = {0};
 
 static void clipboardSet(const char* text, const char* tag) {
@@ -10184,6 +10194,7 @@ static void useSdStorageToggleCb(lv_event_t* e) {
 // empty card (which then minted a fresh identity). Overwrites the card's copies
 // with EVERYTHING from internal flash, forces the SD pref on, reboots.
 extern bool meshcomodMigrateSpiffsToSd(bool force);   // main.cpp
+extern void meshcomodClearSdMigLatch();               // main.cpp (GH #142/#148 boot safe-mode)
 static void sdRestoreApply() {
   if (!g_lv.task) return;
   if (!fmSdTryMount()) { g_lv.task->showAlert(TR("No SD card"), 1600); return; }
@@ -10193,6 +10204,7 @@ static void sdRestoreApply() {
   const bool ok = meshcomodMigrateSpiffsToSd(true);
   enableLoopWDT();
   if (!ok) { g_lv.task->showAlert(TR("Copy failed (no internal identity)"), 2200); return; }
+  meshcomodClearSdMigLatch();           // manual copy succeeded -> re-arm boot auto-adoption (GH #142/#148)
   touchPrefsSetUseSdStorage(true);      // make sure the reboot adopts the card
   delay(400);                           // let the alert render before the restart
   board.reboot();
@@ -13140,7 +13152,7 @@ static void mqttSaveCb(lv_event_t* e) {
   bool pub_ch = !g_set_modal.mqtt_ch_sw || lv_obj_has_state(g_set_modal.mqtt_ch_sw, LV_STATE_CHECKED);
   bool pub_dm = g_set_modal.mqtt_dm_sw && lv_obj_has_state(g_set_modal.mqtt_dm_sw, LV_STATE_CHECKED);
   MqttBridge::saveConfig(host, port, user, pwd, pub_dm, pub_ch, psk, en);
-  { Preferences p; if (p.begin("mqtt", false)) { p.putBool("consent", consent); p.end(); } }
+  { SdNvsPrefs p; if (p.begin("mqtt", false)) { p.putBool("consent", consent); p.end(); } }   // file-backed, not NVS (GH #128)
   mqtt_bridge.reloadConfig();
   closeSettingsModal();
 }
@@ -13293,7 +13305,7 @@ static void buildMqttSettings() {
 
   // ---- Load current config ----
   {
-    Preferences p;
+    SdNvsPrefs p;   // file-backed, matches MqttBridge (GH #128)
     bool cur_en = false, cur_dm = false, cur_ch = true, cur_consent = false;
     char cur_host[64] = {}, cur_port_s[8] = "1883", cur_user[32] = {}, cur_pwd[32] = {}, cur_psk[33] = {};
     if (p.begin("mqtt", true)) {
@@ -14298,8 +14310,13 @@ static void openAdminLoginPrompt(const ContactInfo& c) {
   });
 
   const bool is_room = (c.type == ADV_TYPE_ROOM);
+  // Sanitize like every other name-display path: copyUtf8ReplacingMissingGlyphs swaps an
+  // unrenderable codepoint for '*'. This Join title skipped it and drew tofu (▯) for a name's
+  // leading unsupported codepoint, while the contacts list/details showed '*' (GH #116).
+  char safe_name[24];
+  copyUtf8ReplacingMissingGlyphs(&g_font_14, safe_name, sizeof(safe_name), c.name);
   char hdr_buf[40];
-  snprintf(hdr_buf, sizeof(hdr_buf), "%s %.20s", is_room ? "Join:" : "Login:", c.name);
+  snprintf(hdr_buf, sizeof(hdr_buf), "%s %.20s", is_room ? "Join:" : "Login:", safe_name);
   lv_obj_t* title = lv_label_create(card);
   lv_label_set_text(title, hdr_buf);
   lv_obj_set_style_text_color(title, lv_color_hex(COLOR_TEXT), LV_PART_MAIN);
@@ -27422,6 +27439,11 @@ static void makeChatDetail(LvChatPanel& p) {
   // — the physical-keyboard CR and the on-screen OK are handled before any
   // newline can be inserted, so the composer never actually holds a '\n'.
   lv_textarea_set_one_line(p.composer_ta, false);
+  // Cap input at the LoRa text limit so the user can't type more than can be sent (GH #119).
+  // (LVGL caps by codepoint; for ASCII that's exactly MAX_MSG_TEXT bytes. The send buffer,
+  // _compose_buf, is sized MAX_MSG_TEXT+1 to match — it used to be 128, silently chopping
+  // messages at 127 bytes, shorter than this limit.)
+  lv_textarea_set_max_length(p.composer_ta, UITask::MAX_MSG_TEXT);
   lv_obj_set_scrollbar_mode(p.composer_ta, LV_SCROLLBAR_MODE_OFF);
   lv_textarea_set_placeholder_text(p.composer_ta, TR("Type a message..."));
   lv_obj_set_style_text_color(p.composer_ta, lv_color_hex(COLOR_TEXT), LV_PART_MAIN);
@@ -33851,6 +33873,15 @@ if (g_lv.task && g_lv.task->isManualLock()) {
   // The on-screen keyboard is never shown on the T-Deck, but a textarea is still
   // bound to it on focus — that binding is our target.
   lv_obj_t* ta_focused = lv_keyboard_get_textarea(g_lv.keyboard);
+  // Guard a STALE binding (crash #98, decoded coredump: NULL spec_attr in lv_event_send).
+  // lv_keyboard_get_textarea() returns the last-bound composer; if that textarea was deleted
+  // without the keyboard being re-pointed (a chat-panel teardown that bypassed hideKb()), it's
+  // a dangling pointer and typing into it dereferences freed memory. Validate + self-heal the
+  // binding before anything below can insert into it.
+  if (ta_focused && !lv_obj_is_valid(ta_focused)) {
+    if (g_lv.keyboard) lv_keyboard_set_textarea(g_lv.keyboard, nullptr);
+    ta_focused = nullptr;
+  }
 #if CAP_KEYPAD_NAV && !defined(TLORA_PAGER)
   // Edit mode (keyboard-nav ON only): a focused field becomes the typing target after
   // select/Enter (below) — until then `ta` is null so the nav keys navigate. With
@@ -41369,14 +41400,15 @@ int UITask::appendMessage(const char* thread, const char* sender, const char* te
   int t_idx = findOrCreateThread(thread, channel);
   if (t_idx < 0) return -1;
   UIMessage& m = _ui_msgs[_ui_msg_head];
-  // Prefer wall-clock (RTC) over uptime — bubble timestamps want HH:MM, and
+  // Bubble timestamps must match the status-bar clock, which reads the NTP-synced ESP32
-  // last_ts/sort comparisons still work since RTC epoch (~1.7e9) outranks
+  // system clock (time(nullptr)) — NOT the mesh RTC (getRTCClock()). On boards whose
-  // any plausible uptime-seconds value. If RTC is unset, fall back to
+  // hardware RTC chip reads BCD/century garbage, getCurrentTime() returned wrong epochs
-  // uptime; the Info popup shows "—" when the value isn't an epoch.
+  // that rendered as 1910-09-03 / 1994 (GH #100/#152). Use the system clock; the ~1.7e9
+  // epoch still outranks any uptime-seconds value for last_ts/sort, and we fall back to
+  // uptime when the clock is unset (the Info popup shows "—" for non-epoch values).
   {
-    auto* rtc = the_mesh.getRTCClock();
+    time_t sys = time(nullptr);
-    uint32_t now_epoch = rtc ? rtc->getCurrentTime() : 0;
+    m.ts = (sys > 1700000000) ? (uint32_t)sys : (uint32_t)(millis() / 1000);
-    m.ts = (now_epoch > 1700000000) ? now_epoch : (uint32_t)(millis() / 1000);
   }
   m.channel = channel;
   m.outgoing = outgoing;
@@ -43544,7 +43576,10 @@ void UITask::newMsgImpl(uint8_t path_len, const char* from_name, const char* tex
   // (embedded ts ≈ now) are unaffected. Consume-once so it never leaks to the next.
   {
     uint32_t emb_ts = the_mesh.uiConsumeLastSenderTs();
-    if (emb_ts > 1700000000) _ui_msgs[msg_slot].ts = emb_ts;
+    // Sanity WINDOW, not just a lower bound: a peer with a garbage-future clock sends e.g.
+    // ~2.42e9, which as a signed 32-bit time_t wraps to 1910-09-03 06:42:07 (GH #100/#152).
+    // Same window as MyMesh.cpp's advert-time guard (>1.7e9 && <2.0e9).
+    if (emb_ts > 1700000000 && emb_ts < 2000000000) _ui_msgs[msg_slot].ts = emb_ts;
   }
   syncThreadMeshSlots(thread, channel);
 #if defined(HAS_TDECK_GT911)

src/ui-touch/UITask.h

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ private:
   bool _composer_mode;
   int _composer_char_idx;
   int _composer_action_idx;
-  char _compose_buf[128];
+  char _compose_buf[MAX_MSG_TEXT + 1];   // full LoRa text length; was 128 -> silently chopped sends at 127 bytes (GH #119)
   unsigned long _next_mesh_thread_refresh;
   TouchUiScreen _touch_screen;
   bool _active_dm_contact_set;