Merge upstream companion-v1.17.1 into power-saving

Pulls in real fixes: scoped-reply routing, RX boosted-gain restored
correctly after AGC reset, T-Echo Lite/Card SPI pin corrections
(unused pins now map to NRFX_SPIM_PIN_NOT_USED via 0 instead of -1)
and TCXO voltage fix, Heltec T096/T1 and MeshPocket pin fixes,
T-beam Supreme S3 display fix, LR2021 preamble/IRQ timeout handling.

None of the touched variants overlap with our active Heltec V3/V4,
Cardputer ADV, GAT562, or WioTracker builds.

# Conflicts:
#	examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
#	examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
#	examples/companion_radio/NodePrefs.h
#	src/helpers/radiolib/CustomSX1262Wrapper.h
#	src/helpers/radiolib/RadioLibWrappers.cpp
#	src/helpers/ui/SH1106Display.cpp
#	variants/lilygo_techo_lite/platformio.ini
#	variants/lilygo_techo_lite/variant.h

examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp

@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ SensorMesh::SensorMesh(mesh::MainBoard& board, mesh::Radio& radio, mesh::Millise
   _prefs.gps_interval = 0;
   _prefs.advert_loc_policy = ADVERT_LOC_PREFS;
   _prefs.radio_fem_rxgain = 1;
+  _prefs.radio_fem_txgain = 0;
 
   memset(default_scope.key, 0, sizeof(default_scope.key));
 }
@@ -771,6 +772,7 @@ void SensorMesh::begin(FILESYSTEM* fs) {
   radio_driver.setParams(_prefs.freq, _prefs.bw, _prefs.sf, _prefs.cr);
   radio_driver.setTxPower(_prefs.tx_power_dbm);
   board.setLoRaFemLnaEnabled(_prefs.radio_fem_rxgain);
+  board.setLoRaFemPaGainEnabled(_prefs.radio_fem_txgain);
 
   updateAdvertTimer();
   updateFloodAdvertTimer();

examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.h

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 #define PERM_RECV_ALERTS_HI    (1 << 7)   // high priority alerts
 
 #ifndef FIRMWARE_BUILD_DATE
-  #define FIRMWARE_BUILD_DATE   "9 Aug 2026"
+  #define FIRMWARE_BUILD_DATE   "14 Aug 2026"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef FIRMWARE_VERSION
-  #define FIRMWARE_VERSION   "v1.17.0"
+  #define FIRMWARE_VERSION   "v1.17.1"
 #endif
 
 #define FIRMWARE_ROLE "sensor"