Update CHANGELOG for version 0.9.7

Added new features, improvements, and bug fixes for version 0.9.7.

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+name: Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve
+title: ''
+labels: bug
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Describe the bug**
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+
+**Which device are you using**
+LilyGO T-Deck
+LilyGO T-Deck Plus
+SeeedStudio SenseCap Indicator D1Pro, D1L
+
+**Which Firmware are you using**
+
+**To Reproduce**
+Steps to reproduce the behavior:
+1. Go to '...'
+2. Click on '....'
+3. Scroll down to '....'
+4. See error
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context about the problem here.

.gitignore

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+.DS_Store

CHANGELOG.md

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 All notable changes to this project.
 
+## [v0.9.7]
+
+### Added
+- Sync settings to SDCard and load from SDCard on boot (if present) for easy backup/restore of settings.
+- MAP; GPS Accuracy Circle Implementation - when GPS accuracy is available, a light blue circle is drawn around the GPS position indicating the accuracy radius (HDOP-based accuracy estimation (HDOP × 2.0 meters)).
+
+### Changed / Improved
+- Contacts / Repeater Admin Menu; Modified the contact selection logic to only reset the repeater admin state when actually switching to a different repeater.
+- MAP; improved GPS accuracy circle rendering (smoother edges).
+- Contacts / Repeater Admin Menu; improved to be allowed to login with empty password.
+- Discovered (Contacts) - Discovered Contacts list is now only sorted by "last heard" (newest on top) to make it easier to find recently discovered nodes for adding them as Contacts.
+
+### Fixed
+- Mgmt / UI - MAP; "Tiles Folder", fixed cosmetic issues fixed.
+- Mgmt / Telemetry; when opening the Graphs overlay, now you can close it with a "back" button!
+- Mgmt / GPS; fixed an issue where GPS could not be enabled/disabled properly.
+- Mgmt / GPS; cosmetic issues fixed.
+- MAP; Fix map scrolling bug: restrict map dragging to content area only
+- I2C initialisation was broken - fixed!
+- Indicator/RP2040; optimized the communication between RP2040 coprocessor and ESP32
+- Indicator; fixed an issue where the bootsound was not working.
+- Add SD persistence for UI preferences; Implement optional SD mirroring of UI prefs to /MCTerm/prefs.txt; NVS remains source of truth, SD provides backup across device erases; Add sync versioning to prevent stale data issues; Support both direct SD (T-Deck) and remote SD (SenseCap via RP2040); Live SD presence detection with automatic sync every 10 seconds; Include prefs: UI timeout, navigation, battery, contacts, NTP, sounds, map settings; Keyboard blink prefs only for T-Deck (conditional compilation)
+- Cyrillic letters updated/fixed.
+
+---
+
+## [v0.9.6] prerelease for testers
+
+ * Updated MeshCore Base to latest v1.12.0!
+
+### Added
+- Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Show Zoom Buttons toggle (On/Off).
+- Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Show Navigation Buttons toggle (On/Off).
+- Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Default Follow Me toggle (On/Off).
+- Mgmt / UI -> Map; Added Map Default Zoom Level setting (1-20).
+- long Tap on Contacts Tab button; toggles between normal Contacts view and Discovered Nodes view to be able to add nodes when you do not activate in Mgmt / Channels the Auto Add Contacts option.
+- Repeater Admin Menu; Implemented role-based gating (Guest/Admin) across Repeater Admin, Overview now visually disables admin-only buttons (ACL, CLI, Reboot, Passwords) when role isn’t Admin, and taps show a short popup instead of entering the screen. Device/Status/Telemetry overlays allow read-only viewing for Guest/RO, but write actions (edits/toggles/off/sync/reboot) are disabled visually and blocked on tap with a “RW/Admin required” popup.
+- Indicator; (NEW IMAGE for RP2040 needed) Sound is now Supported & can be configured in Mgmt / UI -> Sound settings and will be processesd on the RP2040 coprocessor.
+- Indicator; (NEW IMAGE for RP2040 needed) Added SenseCAP RP2040 SDCARD Support for remote SD access (read/write/list) does not yet offer direct services but will be used in future updates.
+- Indicator; (NEW IMAGE for RP2040 needed) Added SenseCAP RP2040 Sensor Support for Temperature, Humidity, CO2, TVOC telemetry values (when RP2040 firmware is flashed with the new coprocessor image).
+- MAP; tiles now can be donwloaded while you are connected to WiFi (when enabled in Mgmt / UI -> Map). If there is a SDCard present, it will automatically cache the tiles on the SDCard in the correct folder structure for offline use! (Indicator not yet supported!)
+- Mgmt / UI -> Map; added info text about tile caching when WiFi is connected.
+- Mgmt / UI -> Map; changed Map Tile folder structure from SD-Card.
+- Mgmt / Messages; Addeed Auto Retry / Auto Reset Path / Direct Message Acks / Mark Delivered faster (like you know from the companion APP) but need to be setup separately because not connected to companion!
+- MSGs / new button in Message "Reply" to quickly reply to the last DM or Channel message sender.
+
+### Changed / Improved
+- MAP; improved hop-count display in Contact detail view (shows "Direct" for 0 hops now and "1 hop", "2 hops", ... for others).
+- Mgmt / Advert; neighbor adverts refactored to show more relevant information, and added the possibility to add discovered nodes as Contacts directly from the neighbor adverts list.
+- Mgmt / Advert; changed button text "Advert Zero Hop" to "Advert - Direct"
+- Mgmt / UI - moved Sound settings to Mgmt / UI for better grouping.
+- Mgmt / Global - moved Mgmt / Admin into this menu for better grouping.
+- Mgmt; changed some Texts&Buttons for better clarity (toggle, enabled/disabled)
+- GUI; finally you can switch between BLE / WiFi or turn both completely off (without reboot!).
+- Repeater Admin Menu / Advert; when disable both advert types, a warning popup (yes/no) is shown to inform the user that no adverts will be sent out anymore when accepted.
+- MSGS; changed the top statusbar text from "msgs" to "Channels" and from "users" to "DMs" for better clarity.
+- Contacts / soting; when you tap the contacts tab to cycle through sort orders, the view will automatically scroll to the top of the newly sorted list, making it much more user-friendly!
+- Mgmt / CLI; fixed an issue while switching away from CLI breaks the touch.
+- Mgmt / Stats; added the [>] buttons for the Radio section's Noise Floor, Last RSSI, and Last SNR lines in the Management > Stats view to see that this is clickable to open the Radio Stats overlay.
+
+### Fixed
+- Mgmt / CLI; fixed an issue after switching away from Mgmt / CLI to not be able to go back to the Mgmt / Overview due to a bug!
+- Mgmt / GPS; GPS could not be disabled properly — fixed.
+- MAP; fixed an issue where the MAP would not center on own GPS position when opening the MAP page.
+
+### Removed
+- Mgmt / UI -> Map; Removed overlay when there are no GPS Contacts with GPS coordinates available.
+
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 ## [v8] — 2026-01-14

README.md

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 Would be nice if you support me: https://buymeacoffee.com/bmks — thank you very much!!
 > Important: Use at your own risk. You, the device owner, are responsible for any damage, data loss, or bricked devices.
 
+# Firmware "MC Term"
+Finally there is a name, "MC Term", M(esh)C(ore) Term(inal). We like Retro, you like Retro, we stay retro :-).
+
 # MeshCore / additional GUIs for embedded mesh radios
 
-MeshCore is a lightweight hybrid routing mesh protocol for packet radios... this Repo is mainly about the companion firmware for user-friendly UIs and (actually) support for devices such as the LilyGO T-Deck Plus and Seeed Studio SenseCap Indicator-TFT.
+MeshCore is a lightweight hybrid routing mesh protocol for packet radios... this Repo is mainly about the companion firmware for user-friendly UIs and (actually) support for devices such as the LilyGO T-Deck Plus and Seeed Studio SenseCap Indicator-TFT AND you can connect via BLE or WiFi with the typical APPs (WebUI, iOS,...).
 
 ## Table of contents
 - [Features](#features)
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 - Messaging: messenger-style channels and DM threads, send confirmations, unread counts, IRC-style transcript view, full message detail view, timestamps, and quick-send actions.
 - Message metadata: display of path/hops, best-effort RSSI and SNR, overheard repeaters list, and route hints.
 - Contacts: sortable/filterable contact list (Azimuth, LastHeard, LastMessage), badges for GPS/reachability/online, favorite/tel flags, and detailed contact view with public key.
-- Map: slippy-tile map with zoom, pan/drag, auto-centering, jump-to-me, map selection of contacts, and tile fetching/caching behavior configurable per target.
+- Map: slippy-tile map with zoom, pan/drag, auto-centering, jump-to-me, map selection of contacts, and tile fetching/caching behavior configurable per target. (look here for maps: https://github.com/mattdrum/map-tile-downloader)
 - Management features: edit device name, WiFi SSID/password, BLE PIN, screen timeout, radio parameters (frequency, bandwidth, spreading factor, coding rate, TX power), GPS pins/baud, and other device settings.
 - Diagnostics & logs: neighbor scan helper, Rx-raw packet log viewer with parsed metadata, parsed packet detail view, telemetry request/pending state and telemetry history, and ping records for reachability tests.
 - Telemetry & sensors: manual telemetry requests, telemetry records (voltage, temperature, humidity, CO2, TVOC), and support helpers for CayenneLPP / LPP payloads.
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 Flash using the MeshCore web flasher:
 
 1. Open https://flasher.meshcore.co.uk/ and choose "Custom Firmware".
-2. For first-time installation, perform a full flash erase (this removes all settings).
+2. For first-time installation (use the *-merged version), perform a full flash erase (this removes all settings). *take care*, if you upgrade the version to a newer one, use the non-merged version!
 3. Upload the built firmware image and flash to your device.
 
 Notes:
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 ## Contributing
 
 Contributions welcome. Please open issues for bug reports, improvements, enhancements, or device support (thats more tricky when i do not own one).
+
+## Device pictures (samples)
+
+* see "images" folder for more!
+
+![pic_tdeckplus](/images/IMG_2694.jpeg)
+![pic_sensecapindicator](/images/IMG_2717.jpeg)