I dont know what happened, but i am not able to find the buttom to "search" in threads.
Maybe i am blind, but I cannot find it anymore.
Please help
Just confirming search seems to be deactivated.
Also if we had search we could try to search why it has been deactivated.
But also if you click onto a username to "find all posts by..." it says it's disabled. Don't know why anyway. I am a n00b on XDA-developers
One mod said they were looking into it yesterday... no repair ETA.
The missing search function also happens to break the "participated topics" tab of the tapatalk app.
I can't believe we have all these really smart developers and they can't figure out how to get the search back. Very ironic.
I can't believe we have all these really smart developers and they can't figure out how to get the search back. Very ironic.
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More ironic is, that everyone is *****ing that nobody uses the search button, but there are really some users realizing, that it's missing.
putti71 said:
I dont know what happened, but i am not able to find the buttom to "search" in threads.
Maybe i am blind, but I cannot find it anymore.
Please help
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Searching has been disabled.
We are working on it guys, please be patient
I feel lost without the search button......lol
paulpaulwong said:
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Searching has been disabled.
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Ya was wondering, as i had the same..we are waiting ..
VDub2174 said:
I feel lost without the search button......lol
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now "THAT'S" funny! haha
Ok as search is back online, this thread is closed
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I searched a bit and haven't found anything so thought I'd post. Something that is annoying is that I can't use the search function on any forum site with the phone browser, all that happens when I click the search on a forum website is the text input pops up then right away disappears. Is there a fix for this or can some developer attempt to fix this problem? I'm sure I'm not the only one that this bothers
Kman Gymrat said:
I searched a bit and haven't found anything so thought I'd post. Something that is annoying is that I can't use the search function on any forum site with the phone browser, all that happens when I click the search on a forum website is the text input pops up then right away disappears. Is there a fix for this or can some developer attempt to fix this problem? I'm sure I'm not the only one that this bothers
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Can't speak for other forums, but for XDA just hit "advanced search" I do it all the time.
gIMpSTa said:
Can't speak for other forums, but for XDA just hit "advanced search" I do it all the time.
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Thanks that works, but is a bit more complicated. Will have to work for now but would be nice if the normal search worked too.
Kman Gymrat said:
I searched a bit and haven't found anything so thought I'd post. Something that is annoying is that I can't use the search function on any forum site with the phone browser, all that happens when I click the search on a forum website is the text input pops up then right away disappears. Is there a fix for this or can some developer attempt to fix this problem? I'm sure I'm not the only one that this bothers
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I just use Google and the "site:" tag. For example: Nexus themes site:forum.xda-developers.com
So, The search function/ability has gone missing or has it just been moved with this new rule?
Thanks!
Joe Blough said:
So, The search function/ability has gone missing or has it just been moved with this new rule?
Thanks!
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i dont know why...
^ So you do not have a search function on your screen either?
I understand limiting posts in development ares but being search-less makes for a lot of duplicate posts
I have found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13588922
You mean thread search or general?
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You mean thread search or general?
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I have no thread search or general search. I am of course logged in but the "buttons" are not on my screen. Is it just my account? Thought this might have something to do with low post count(<10) accounts
There was a post about this in the general section - it was down for maintenance, and was for about 9 hours. It's back up now so you should be able to see it.
Is it already back up? Not yet for me. Because I understand spam posts but restricting search is kind of weird when you want newbies to search before they even try to post.
edit: Sorry, refreshing cache worked.
edit2: Oh gosh, the restrictions are terrible. -.-
No search still, ran crap cleaner, running firefox 9.0.1. Is there a specific area to clear cache that cc wont get?
Thanks!
After the last post I made the search is back on!
Crap cleaner worked.
Thanks for all the responses and help
uhm... i can't find search in the upper right anymore, i mean the "search thread" tool?
do you know where to find/it did go?
geri
Wondering the same thing here. Wanted to "search this forum". Guess they moved it to the app instead of copying it.
Wow, I thought I was loosing my mind...so others don't see it as well
It's a bug that admin are aware of and are looking into.
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Here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php
For specific threads just change the id number based on the url of the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchthreadid=1436854
but i can see the search this forum tool
andro-maniac said:
but i can see the search this forum tool
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indeed, it is back now.
hopefully it will never disappear again...
Mine is still missing.
Mine still missing as well...
and I also noticed that when I browser on the xda site from my tablette and trying to do a search, the tablet's keyboard was having trouble... could be related...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528160
mine still missing too....!
stamatis16 said:
mine still missing too....!
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yea mine also gone again.
but yesterday it was there for a short period of time.
that sucks, cause even if you would use search... u cant.. and scanning through 1000s of pages... omg
Try using the xda app instead
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IceCream_Sandwich said:
Try using the xda app instead
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Not a very good option for someone who is having problems with there phone/device. I'm glad I checked here I though I thought they had dissabled it for me because I was under the 10 post limit
Iether way it is still missing for me as well. I also noticed that the advanced search is not allowed for me either... I end up with the welcome new user you need 10 helpfull posts to use this feature page.
Did they up the restrictions for "new users"?
thats an excellent question. I salute you for being different and actually asking it, rather than ignoring it like most of us.
Worst case scenario :
Use the xda app on ur PC via android emulator
THANKS if helpful
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search.php doesn't work either.
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vBulletin Message [LEFT] Searching has been disabled.
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What the hell?
Also not working... "Searching has been disabled"
tuxo87 said:
search.php doesn't work either.
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[LEFT] Searching has been disabled.
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Same result here. I'm unable to search by http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php or by clicking the wheel cog icon in the top header bar (Advanced Search). The regular search bar at the top just gives generic non forum results.
Can someone tell me how one normally limits a search to a specific forum? Should that be an option in the "Forum Tools" drop down menu?
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Same result here. I'm unable to search by http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php or by clicking the wheel cog icon in the top header bar (Advanced Search). The regular search bar at the top just gives generic non forum results.
Can someone tell me how one normally limits a search to a specific forum? Should that be an option in the "Forum Tools" drop down menu?
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No, the search option is right next to the "Forum Tools" button you said before, on the left side. Or at least, it should be there..
Nothing at the moment, no tools for searching the forum. Someone told us to use the xda app on android but afaik its search function ain't working at all.
Now it is back, for me at least, and from work where I use IE8.
I'll see from home (Chrome)...
Is it just me and my cheap computers/phones, or have the search buttons disappeared on the xda forums? I used to be able to search forums and threads, and now I can't find the search button. have they changed, or am I just going crazy?
Nope, not you hardware, can't find them to
This is annoying as hell! Where is the search.
And please dont reply with a "use the search" standard reply.
The missing search also broke the "participated topics" tab in the Tapatalk app...
paleh0rse said:
The missing search also broke the "participated topics" tab in the Tapatalk app...
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I can confirm this..
*signed
Try to use the xda 2010 theme, when I use xda classsic I don't see a search bar
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I have tried using both the classic and 2010 themes and both do not have the search button. Is there any work around for searching the forums?
I know you can use google to search specific sites by typing "site:gizmodo.com" into the search box. This method would search only web pages on gizmodo.com or whatever you typed in there. Does anyone know how well that method would work for find specific information in posts?
I really can not believe that xda would just remove the search feature...
Tested the "site:gizmodo.com" search method and it was not a very good tool for trying to dig up specific posts/replies. I hope they get the search button back soon, god knows I could use it.
Wozzie said:
I have tried using both the classic and 2010 themes and both do not have the search button. Is there any work around for searching the forums?
I know you can use google to search specific sites by typing "site:gizmodo.com" into the search box. This method would search only web pages on gizmodo.com or whatever you typed in there. Does anyone know how well that method would work for find specific information in posts?
I really can not believe that xda would just remove the search feature...
Tested the "site:gizmodo.com" search method and it was not a very good tool for trying to dig up specific posts/replies. I hope they get the search button back soon, god knows I could use it.
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This has happened on this site before, so I think they just need to wake up the same admin who fixed it last time...?
I am the biggest noob ever, but I have searched everywhere in Control Panel. Can someone please tell me how to do this?
Wafes said:
I am the biggest noob ever, but I have searched everywhere in Control Panel. Can someone please tell me how to do this?
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You need at least 10 posts to get rid of the ac**** related restrictions. Once 10 posts done you can find it by clicking "QUICK LINKS"
LS.xD said:
You need at least 10 posts to get rid of the ac**** related restrictions. Once 10 posts done you can find it by clicking "QUICK LINKS"
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Ah, thank you very much! I thought it was just me and I couldn't find it.