Xteink (CrossPoint) and the Kevra plugin

Xteink's pocket readers can run CrossPoint, a free system for them, and with it the Kevra plugin: you see your Kevra books on the Xteink, download them, and Kevra gets where you are and how long you've read.

Note: plugins are new in CrossPoint 2.0, which is still in testing (a pre-release version). It may have bugs that don't depend on Kevra.

What you need

• An Xteink X4 Pro, X4 Classic, X4 or X3.
• A computer with Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge (Mac, Windows or Linux) and a USB data cable.
• The reader charged above half.

Installing it from the web

Open joinkevra.com/xteink on your computer. The page guides you step by step:

1. Which Xteink do you have? Choose your model.
2. Connect it. Plug in the reader, turn it on (awake) and pick it in the window that appears.
3. Make a backup (optional, recommended). It's saved on your computer; with it you can return the reader to how it came with Go back to how it came. Nothing is uploaded.
4. Install CrossPoint. The factory system stays saved in another area of the memory.
5. Put the Kevra plugin. On the X4 Pro and X4 Classic, through File Transfer → USB Drive. On the X3 and X4 you download the plugin and upload it over Wi-Fi from the reader's own page; the website explains how.

If you already have CrossPoint 2.0, you only need the plugin step.

Signing in to your account

1. On the Xteink, turn plugins on (Settings → Connectivity → Plugins → Enabled) and connect it to your Wi-Fi.
2. Open Home → Plugins → Kevra. It shows a code and a QR code.
3. Scan the QR code with your phone and confirm in the app. Or, in the app, go to Settings → Link a reader and type the code.

What you can do

• See and download your lists, with search: Ex libris, Leyendo (what you're reading), Tus bibliotecas (your libraries), Enviados a Kevra (sent to Kevra) and Tu nube de Kevra (your Kevra cloud). For now the plugin's lists are only in Spanish. Only EPUB books appear.
• What you download is saved in the reader's Kevra folder, and you open it from its Library. What you already have is marked as already on the reader.
• When you close a book or put the reader to sleep (with Wi-Fi), Kevra gets where you are and how long you've read. If there's no Wi-Fi at that moment, it arrives the next time it connects.

Bringing your phone position to the Xteink

The plugin sends your reading to Kevra, but doesn't bring your phone position by itself. For that, also set up CrossPoint Sync: create a device password in the app (see KOReader: sync your position) and enter it on the Xteink under Settings → CrossPoint Sync, choosing "Smart sync" mode.

Then, inside a book: on the X4 Pro, a long press on Home syncs; on the others, open the reader menu and choose "Sync Progress". Today CrossPoint doesn't do it without a press.

What it doesn't do

• Only EPUB: no PDF, comics or audiobooks.
• No notes and no reading companion.

Plus plan: your libraries and what you've sent to Kevra need Plus; your Kevra cloud, Pro. See Plans.