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Is it just me or is the search function on the app pretty much useless? When I'm logged in on my laptop and do a search I get relevant results. When I user the search on the app the results are crap, often from other forums even though I am in the Inspire form when searching.
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i find "search" on the app useless, 2 different results appear comaparing from desktop and app. and also Q&A doesnt appear in the APP for INSPIRE section.

Perseids said:
Is it just me or is the search function on the app pretty much useless? When I'm logged in on my laptop and do a search I get relevant results. When I user the search on the app the results are crap, often from other forums even though I am in the Inspire form when searching.
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It's not just you. It does suck. Apparently the search mechanism within the XDA app only does a global search, and only returns a limited number of results, so you end up maxing out with only a few results relevant to the device you're using, if it's more of a device-specific search you're doing.
The problem is there's no way of choosing the scope of the search. If they would simply add three options...
Search site
Search current section
Search current thread
...It would be search heaven.
Since holding my breath waiting for these changes to be implemented wouldn't be good for my health, I just open up the site in the browser to do a search, or do a site search using Google with "inspire" somewhere in the search string.

....XDA is cool and all, but My Inspire browser is awesome Why do you use an app? I don't use apps for anything I can do with the browser... ..Search function works this way 100%.

tweaked said:
....XDA is cool and all, but My Inspire browser is awesome Why do you use an app? I don't use apps for anything I can do with the browser... ..Search function works this way 100%.
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A page in the browser version of the site takes considerably longer to load/render.
For reading/basic posting the app is considerably quicker. But there's no thanks button and as you say, search is fully implemented.

Scott_S said:
A page in the browser version of the site takes considerably longer to load/render.
For reading/basic posting the app is considerably quicker. But there's no thanks button and as you say, search is fully implemented.
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You are impatient. Lol - It takes like 3 seconds to load any forum page. Especially on wi Fi. Maybe 5 seconds on 4g...er, I mean 3g extended.

tweaked said:
You are impatient. Lol - It takes like 3 seconds to load any forum page. Especially on wi Fi. Maybe 5 seconds on 4g...er, I mean 3g extended.
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Using the web browser loads far more than you need. I just want the text in an easy to read format where you just scroll up and down and don't have to pan left and right. Also, posting pics is less cumbsersome with the app. I also find it quicker using the app.
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fernandezhjr said:
Using the web browser loads far more than you need. I just want the text in an easy to read format where you just scroll up and down and don't have to pan left and right. Also, posting pics is less cumbsersome with the app. I also find it quicker using the app.
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There is no such thing as more then I need. I want the works, I want the whole works, Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises, Of all shapes and sizes, And now, Don't care how, I want it now. ~ Veruca Salt

tweaked said:
There is no such thing as more then I need. I want the works, I want the whole works, Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises, Of all shapes and sizes, And now, Don't care how, I want it now. ~ Veruca Salt
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Hah hah. My bad. I meant to post more than "I" need. I don't need all the extra landscape.
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tweaked said:
You are impatient. Lol - It takes like 3 seconds to load any forum page. Especially on wi Fi. Maybe 5 seconds on 4g...er, I mean 3g extended.
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You, sir, are absolutely completely correct. I want that **** loaded *yesterday*.
Don't get me wrong, the full site has far more functionality, some of it unique, but as mentioned, it does load alot of stuff that's unnecessary, and for quickly moving from page to page, especially when looking for something, the XDA app can't be beat in terms of responsiveness in that situation.

Thinkfree? Office app?

Hi guys, I'm running atoores miui port and when I flashed it some of the stock Samsung apps got lost. Including the think free office app which I need for school to read PDF files. Could someone that has it give me the .apk please?
Thanks in advance
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josepresas said:
Hi guys, I'm running atoores miui port and when I flashed it some of the stock Samsung apps got lost. Including the think free office app which I need for school to read PDF files. Could someone that has it give me the .apk please?
Thanks in advance
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Download a cwm version of any rom. Make sure it's a zip file. Extract said zip file, and pull the thinkfree apk file (not sure what it'd be named) out from /system/app/

Be sure to keep it too. Some ROMs don't have ThinkFree in it. I think Valhalla doesn't either. I made it a habit to add it into all ROMs (in /system/app before I flash), just in case.

there is a bloat.zip file floating around. it has every app that comes on the stock phone. you should keep that saved in case you need apk's like this.

Adobe app will read pdfs as well.. but think free or documents to go will read all office apps
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yea, i bought documents to go. totally worth it. i use it on 4 phones and two tablets. together with sugarsync, it is soooo convenient; especially for my job.

Thanks guys ill look into those
I donwloaded adobe reader for now but when I have time ill find the thinkfree app. I also had documents to go on my old mytouch 3g but I lost the phone at a concert haha.
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jager555 said:
there is a bloat.zip file floating around. it has every app that comes on the stock phone. you should keep that saved in case you need apk's like this.
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I remember that I think it was for froyo.
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it will work on gb. its an app

Does anyone know of a good system cleaning app?

Can anyone recommend an app that will search my tablet for unused files and folders and delete them? I'm currently using SDMaid but it's not very effective.
After noticing I was running low on room internally I used Storage Analyzer to find what the heck was taking up so much room. As it turns out a lot of installing/uninstalling games and a bunch of ROM flashing and upgrading has left a lot of kruft on my system. Manually going through and deleting stuff yielded an extra 3 gig of internal space without having to remove a single app.
I'm pretty sure there's a lot more crap buried on this tablet. Has anyone got a recommendation on something a little more powerful than a cache cleaner?

I wish I knew, I would like to know as well.

R: Does anyone know of a good system cleaning app?
SD Maid does some of the job
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
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Sd maid is good, but complicated.
Try this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard

EP2008 said:
Sd maid is good, but complicated.
Try this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard
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I have that installed. I'm thinking that's as close to a full cleaning as I'm going to get short of digging through directories again.

Yeah, pretty much. I use several tools when I clean my device, but I've yet to find one that's perfect.
Clean Master has a beta version and the devs are looking for feedback and suggestions. They are on xda if you have any ideas to send their way.
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EP2008 said:
Yeah, pretty much. I use several tools when I clean my device, but I've yet to find one that's perfect.
Clean Master has a beta version and the devs are looking for feedback and suggestions. They are on xda if you have any ideas to send their way.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093507
Thanks. I didn't notice the beta option, or their thread. Will check into it.

One click cleaner is bst search playstore
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How often do you use multi-window?

Wondering how many people use the feature, or its just something nice to have..

reading/web browsing + messaging mostly.
watching video/messaging
checking fantasy sports/messaging

i been using it for everything just because i can. Until i get bored of it

I also mostly use it for messaging while browsing.

Ohhhhhh OK so dumb question. How do I turn THAT on? Sounds neat!
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putney1477 said:
Ohhhhhh OK so dumb question. How do I turn THAT on? Sounds neat!
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Need to have a ROM that supports it, like
SynergyROM w/Multiwindow r169

I've been using it more and more. Just now drafted a Tapatalk post while looking up info in Chrome.
In the morning, I'll open Gmail and K-9 Mail in split windows on landscape. It's nice to go through the bulk morning emails.
Spotify and Facebook
Google Task Organizer and Biz Calendar
Wikipedia and Evernote
Just to name a few. It's fun to experiment with and find good matches.
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omair2005 said:
Wondering how many people use the feature, or its just something nice to have..
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Nice feature for the kids to show off to their friends before everybody has it.

I like it when texting and surfing the web

Griffey121 said:
I like it when texting and surfing the web
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doesn't the keyboard then take up half the space? but yeah I see its uses forsure. can imagine it being more utilized on a bigger screen like note2 or tablet.

I prefer not to use it

I like using it while using pandora and notepad, jotting down songs while I play ps3! And also use it for youtube or music applications and messaging.

freestyle350z said:
I like using it while using pandora and notepad, jotting down songs while I play ps3! And also use it for youtube or music applications and messaging.
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Can't you just save songs in Pandora?
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Multi-window in its current state is too clunky. A gesture-based system would be more pleasant

I personally don't find it useful on a phone without a styles.

xda 'how to'
&
Text editor

Only fun to brag to my iPhone friends.
sent from that young galaxy s3!

omair2005 said:
doesnt the keyboard then take up half the space? but yeah I see its uses forsure. can imagine it being more utilized on a bigger screen like note2 or tablet.
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The Note 2 has the same screen resolution as our S3's, therefore it really shouldn't be much different.

AtariDroid said:
The Note 2 has the same screen resolution as our S3's, therefore it really shouldn't be much different.
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It's not the resolution it's the real estate...
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ddurandSGS3 said:
reading/web browsing + messaging mostly.
watching video/messaging
checking fantasy sports/messaging
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+1

Desktop file explorer

Hey guys ima try to ask this question best I can lol. I'm looking for some sort of file explorer for a computer. I.E, something equivalent to ES file explorer or solid explorer for mobile...
Thing is, I'm looking to edit scripts and apks on my computer, main reason being to change permissions before I add them to a rom and zip it up.
Ive added certain elements to a rom, and although it showed in system apps it would either force close consistently or just not work at all... Anyone have any ideas to help me out? Thanks!
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I havent seen one for android, seen alot for non-smartphones and ios
Edit: found this http://androidcommander.com/ and setup an ftp on phone with root access

DvineLord said:
I havent seen one for android, seen alot for non-smartphones and ios
Edit: found this http://androidcommander.com/ and setup an ftp on phone with root access
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Awesome man! Thanks I've been looking but couldn't really find anything.. I'll try it out and see how it goes... Im just a dev noob and not sure how people gets apks to work as system apps.
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Dvinelord thanks a bunch man, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for
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Airdroid. It's awesome.
Nvm... not what you're looking for. Still an awesome program though