"Searching has been disabled." it says to me on this forum....
Why can't I search?? Is this only for my account or is it site wide??????
It's not limited to your user account, it's a site-wide issue. See a few threads further down in this subforum, or in About xda-developers.com.
XDA Admins are aware of the issue and working to resolve it.
I just tried the search and it's working for me...
Try it now and see if it works for you.
Still down for me =/ o well I'll just use the dread search bar
To me also it's disabled? Anything to do from my side?
I too am having this issue. It happens every time I click on advanced search or try to view my posts from my profile page. I can still use the thread search feature and the search bar in the xdadevelopers bar though.
Yeah I have tried mutliple browsers and can't search either no matter how I try.
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If you would have checked the time on my post, you would see that I posted that before the announcement was up.
But yes, thank you for being the master of the obvious now.
So are the "search before posting" trolls out of a job?
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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.
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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
If I try to do a search of the forum using my GTab I "lose" the keyboard, I click on the "Search this Forum" box and a small search box pops up right under it, when I click on that box my keyboard pops up and then disappears immediately so I can't even enter text, what is going on???
Hi,
That's a kind of known problem (funny, huh ?). When you get the dropdown, press the "Advanced Search" link, and then search from there. It's kind of inconvenient, but it's the only way I found to search XDA forums with a browser on Gtab.
Jim
I have the same issue. The only solution I have found is to click on the "Advanced Search" at the bottom of the search box and put in your search terms using that instead. A bit of a pain but at least it will give you the ability to search.
Just a suggestion, look at the Tapatalk app, works great.
OP, I'm so glad you asked this question....I thought it was just me!
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...?
How do I do this?
Trying to find a thread I started. Even when I do a search under my username it only comes back with one reply I made a couple of days ago.
In your profile, statistics tab, you can find a link to all your posts.
Or at home, general tab, you can select participated tab which will list all the threads you have ever posted on.
banjara said:
In your profile, statistics tab, you can find a link to all your posts.
Or at home, general tab, you can select participated tab which will list all the threads you have ever posted on.
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Thanks.
I think they must've all been deleted as it shows just this one & the one I mentioned.
A shame, someone replied to a question which I've just found the time to try. Now I can't find the thread
arb76 said:
Thanks.
I think they must've all been deleted as it shows just this one & the one I mentioned.
A shame, someone replied to a question which I've just found the time to try. Now I can't find the thread
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I mostly use google to search in forums, cause the built in searchers suck badly. Try using google: arb76 site:forum.xda-developers.com