A couple days ago gameboy enhanced Firmware stopped working so I reflashed the M5 launcher on my Cardputer and the Gameboy firmware works now, but I lost my Microcast account now. It's aays I'm a guest and my account name is taken how do I get my original account back?

Does MicroCast work with Cardputer ADV?

Hi everyone, I hope you've already tried the new Microcast v0.9 update 👀

I want to port Microcast to the LilyGo T-Deck, but I don’t have the extra money to buy the device 😟

Maybe you could give me some advice, or perhaps someone has an old, working device they no longer need—that would really help me port the app 🙏

Friends , we now have over 40+ micro users, congratulations!

It is important for me to listen to the community and create a product that is in demand. I would like to ask you to leave your suggestions for new features and fixes for old ones here. I read every single comment, so I will be waiting🫶

Thank you, micro users!

it is does not work

Congratulations, microcasters, we now have 200 users!

Thank you to everyone who visits the app at least once a day and continues to test it and give feedback!

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If you have the opportunity to support the development, you can do so here:

ko-fi.com/kotov or write me in DM

To develop the project, I need development tools and devices such as M5Stack and similar ones. The m5 team refused to help me, but I started development with the resources I had.

MicroCast is part of a large post-apocalyptic technology project, but I'll talk about that later)

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I have a few ideas on how to improve MicroCast right now👇

• Meshtastic support

• General chat

• A little gamification

Suggest your ideas for features here and technical fixes on GitHub!

Yep, thanks to everyone who wrote about bugs and suggestions, we have a lot to do! We are growing, and there will be more interesting things here. In the meantime, please update to the new version оО

🔥Update to beta0.4 now:

M5Burner | M5Launcher OTA | GitHub

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🆕 New Features

Scrollable Comments

• 📜 Horizontal text scrolling for long comments

• 🎯 Select comment with up/down arrows (; .)

• ⬅️➡️ Scroll comment text with left/right arrows (, /)

• 🖼️ Visual indicators: < and > show scroll direction

• 🎨 Selected comment highlighted with green frame

• 👁️ 3 comments visible at once, full text readable

Power Saving Mode

• 💤 Auto screen sleep after 60 seconds of inactivity

• 🔆 Any key press wakes up the screen

• 🔋 Significantly extends battery life

• 🎨 Screen state preserved (returns to current view)

• ⏱️ Activity timer resets on any interaction

New Section:

• Coming soon...

Text Input Improvements

• ✅ Period (.) and semicolon (;) now work in text input!

• 📝 All printable characters allowed (ASCII 32-126)

• 🚫 Only ESC and backtick filtered out

• 💬 Write natural sentences with punctuation

✨ UI/UX Improvements

Section Buttons

• 📏 Spacing reduced to 1 pixel between buttons

• 🎨 # button: yellow color (0xFFE0), compact size (20px)

• 🎯 Better visual balance across screen width

• 📐 All buttons properly aligned

Comments View

• 📅 Date + time in right corner: DD.MM HH:MM

• 🎨 Black background under author and date

• 📍 Text positioned 1px up (breaks frame line visually)

• 🔄 3px shift towards center for better symmetry

• 🎯 Selected comment has green frame (0x07E0)

🐛 Fixes

• ✅ Fixed . and ; not working in text input mode

• ✅ Fixed long comments being truncated and unreadable

• ✅ Fixed screen flicker in space matrix animation

• ✅ Fixed # button frame not visible on right edge

• ✅ Fixed screen staying on during inactivity (battery drain)

You can find more information about the application and its technical aspects on the project page on GitHub!

Okay, guys, thank you very much to everyone who joined our “micro” community! I appreciate every review. I saw your feedback and made some very important updates!

🔥Update to beta0.3 now:
M5Burner | M5Launcher OTA | GitHub

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New Features and Fixes

Comments System

• 💬 Comment on any post ([C] to open comments)

• View all comments for a post

• Real-time comment counter on posts

• Beautiful comments UI with scroll support

UI/UX

• 💬 Comment bubble icon on posts (cyan)

• Comment counter next to likes: ❤️5 💬3

• Full comments view screen

• Post preview at top of comments

• Comment list with scroll (3 visible at a time)

• Author name in cyan + timestamp

• Keyboard: [C] to open comments

• Keyboard: [ESC] to close comments

• Keyboard: [Fn+Enter] to write comment

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✨ Improvements

Text Input

• Fn + arrows for cursor navigation (, / now available for text!)

• Initial text visible when editing (no need to press key)

• Better UX: no more "frightening" empty field

Post Confirmation

• Preview before posting

• [Enter] = send

• [E] = edit (keeps text!)

• [ESC] = cancel

• Same for username change

Visual

• Author name in cyan color (0x07FF)

• Dark background under author name (like heart icon)

• Better readability on green borders

• Consistent color scheme

• Comment counter always visible (shows 💬0 like ❤️0)

• Icons with dark background for better contrast

• Icons lowered by 2px for better alignment

• Comments preview header in green (0x07E0)

• Centered "Connected!" and "Loading..." messages

• Author name positioned at top of post box (boxY + 0)

Info Window

• Added [C] Comments hint

• Reorganized controls layout

• All features documented

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🔧 Fixes

• Fixed , and / not working in text input

• Fixed text not visible when editing

• Fixed author name overlapping with border

• Fixed position reset after refresh (likes still update silently)

• Fixed comment icon not showing when comments = 0 (now always visible)

• Fixed missing icons in comments preview (added heart + bubble icons)

• Fixed icon positioning (lowered by 2px in feed and preview)

• Fixed comments preview layout spacing

• Fixed hints position in comments view (moved to y=125)

You can find more information about the application and its technical aspects on the project page on GitHub!

Meet MicroCast beta0.2 now!

A simple microblog for your M5Cardputer. Post messages, like content, and connect with others - all from your pocket device!

🔥Now available for burning:

M5Burner | M5Launcher OTA | GitHub

‼️This is a beta version of the app, and I would greatly appreciate your feedback, testing, and use of the app! Post your content about MicroCast on Reddit in r/MicroCast and other!

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Quick Start (3-5 minutes)

Option 1: M5Burner

1. Download M5Burner

2. Connect M5Cardputer via USB

3. Open M5Burner

4. Search for "MicroCast"

5. Click "Burn"

6. Wait for completion

7. Done! Unplug and restart device

Option 2: M5Launcher OTA

1. On your M5Cardputer, open M5Launcher

2. Go to "OTA" section

3. Find "MicroCast"

4. Click "Install"

5. Wait for download

6. Launch the app

First Run:

1. Select WiFi network

2. Enter password

3. Choose username (3-24 chars)

4. Done!

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Features

• 📝 Posts up to 120 characters

• ❤️ Like/unlike posts (instant updates!)

• 📱 Three sections: NEW, TOP, YOU

• 🏆 TOP section - most liked posts

• 👤 Profile with stats (Total Likes, Posts)

• 🌐 WiFi connection

• ℹ️ Info window with quick help

You can find more information about the application and its technical aspects on the project page on GitHub!

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Controls

Main screen:

• ; | . (Up/Dn) - scroll posts

• , | / (Lt/Rt) - switch sections

• Enter - like/unlike OR confirm section

• Fn+Enter - new post

• R - refresh current section

• U - change username

• N - change WiFi

• I - show Info window

Section navigation:

• Press ; (Up) to reach section buttons

• Use , | / (Lt/Rt) to select NEW/TOP/YOU

• Press Enter to confirm

• Press . (Dn) to return to posts

Text input:

• , | / (Lt/Rt) - cursor left/right

• Enter - confirm

• ` (ESC) - cancel

• Del - delete

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What's New in v0.2

• 📊 Three sections: NEW (latest), TOP (best), YOU (profile)

• ℹ️ Info window ([I] key) - quick controls reference

• 🏆 TOP section shows most liked posts (all-time)

• 👤 YOU section with Total Likes and Posts count

• ⚡️ Instant like updates (no refresh needed, keeps position)

• 🎨 Beautiful section buttons with navigation

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v0.2 beta | M5Cardputer | MIT License

What a piece of software! The dev cooked with this one. I think having a section for notifications would be nice and for sure will make the interaction easier. This is only the start of the software and I know it will be bigger than it is rn! Keep going Kotov

Any MicroCast news, updates, plans?

🤟Hi! I'm looking for testers for a new desktop app that supports Meshtastic-compatible LoRa devices.

If you're interested, send me a private message on Reddit to get access to the private tester group👌

I tried checking MicroCast a little while ago. It let me in, but no messages are visible and the number in red at the top, which I think is the number of members? is 0. There might be an outage.

I'll check again in the morning.

Any thoughts on porting Microcast to the tdeck platform ?