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XDA app issues

EDIT: app thread linked in following post

The thread is here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841646
(Not an android user so I can't answer your questions)
Thanks
Dave

twvance said:
I tried searching for 'XDA app,' but I guess thats too frequently used to find a thread dedicated to the app, so I thought I would start one in order to address certain issues with the XDA app.
Here are some complaints I have with the app:
1. It won't save my favorite threads. If I navigate to the thread, the menu tells me it is a favorite, yet the thread doesn't show up in my favorites tab.
2. Kind of minor, but I think adding a 'search this thread' option would be nice a well.
Can anyone else confirm these issues?
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1. It will show in the favorite tab if you refresh the app. But I personnally prefer to mark it with the star so it is immediately displayed in my favorite threads.
2. I agree. The search function isn't very useful on the application as you get results from all the forum threads which makes it hard to find posts related to your question.

[Q] Off topic but don't want to have another lost thread in some other forum...

I always thought the foums here at XDA were little counter-intuitive at times as far as navigation, but it never really mattered that much.... However, now I am stuck and cannot seem to do something rather simple... I dunno maybe I am tired.... but I thought I would ask so this doesn't become an obstacle.
I am trying to find all of my posts in this forum (HTC One-S). I didn't see an option, so I went to one of the sub-forums (like this one: One S General). Under advanced search, I entered my username in the correct place ("Find posts by..."). The result is 40 or so threads...but each thread has anywhere from 8 to 95 pages. I appreciate the helpful information to the left of each thread stating "you have X posts in this thread".... but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to bring up those posts.
[Also, I now see the widget icon next to Search All Forums on the Main Forum page... maybe I can search individual forums though that.]
But can someone tell me how to do a search which results in a page of only my posts????
Thanks in advance...!

On the advanced search page there is an option that lets you "show results as posts". It will show individual posts instead of threads.
Edit: nevermind they seem to have drastically simplified the advanced search and removed a lot of options. Try going to your profile page and the "Statistics" tab, then click "find all posts by syntropic".

Scroll to the top of the XDA Website where it says Welcome, "_______" <------ your name. Click on your name. Your profile should come up in the "About me" part of your profile. Scroll down toward the middle park of your profile and click on "Statistics". There should be a list that comes up. Click on "Find all posts by ______" (Your name)..

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This is not the place to ask this! Just use the statistics tab in your profile, it will show you all of your posts with a marker on which forum they were posted. You could of even PMed one of the moderation team, we are here to help.​

[Q] Help on searching XDA

People here love to use [Brackets] in their thread titles as described here. That's a great way to identify what the thread is about.
HOWEVER...
I have yet to find a way to search this site and limit my results based on those identifiers. I must be missing something obvious.
In other words, if I want to search a forum for an unroot guide, searching for "unroot guide" will return a gazillion results. I'd rather search for "[Guide] unroot". But the search engine discards the brackets.
Any help?

roachkv said:
People here love to use [Brackets] in their thread titles as described here. That's a great way to identify what the thread is about.
HOWEVER...
I have yet to find a way to search this site and limit my results based on those identifiers. I must be missing something obvious.
In other words, if I want to search a forum for an unroot guide, searching for "unroot guide" will return a gazillion results. I'd rather search for "[Guide] unroot". But the search engine discards the brackets.
Any help?
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If you want to search for a particular type of guide for a particular device is what you can do is navigate to that devices section, then go to the devices General section (Where most guides will be posted) or Development section (If the guides are particularly development related guides, I.E compiling a kernel from source, or building a ROM from source for a particular device), and then in the upper right hand corner is a "Search this forum" search box that you can then search for what your looking for. For example building on your example say I wanted to unroot my Nexus 10, I would navigate to the Nexus 10 General section and then using the "Search this forum" search box I would search "[GUIDE] Unroot Nexus 10" or similar search terms and I should be able to more easily find what I'm looking for. For other topics try narrowing your search range by visiting a particular forum section then using the forum specific search box. Another example might be say I wanted to learn more about ROM development I might navigate to the Android Chef Central forum and then using the "Search this forum" search "[GUIDE] Build your own ROM" or similar search time. Overall I would recommend trying to search in a particular forum section to get more accurate search results. Also you can try using Google search for example and including specific keywords like "xda unroot Nexus 10 guide" which would return a guide for unrooting the Nexus 10, while as you mentioned just searching "xda unroot guide" will return many results. Let me know if you still have questions.

Thanks for your reply!
shimp208 said:
using the "Search this forum" search box I would search "[GUIDE] Unroot Nexus 10"
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I've tried doing what you've suggested. My problem, however, that the brackets, [], get discarded in the search, such that the results return anything with "guide" (be it a title or message body search). This occurs whether I search from the site or from Google.
I was hoping to limit my searches, for instance, to only threads that specifically have [Guide] in the title, rather that every thread with "guide" in it.

roachkv said:
Thanks for your reply!
I've tried doing what you've suggested. My problem, however, that the brackets, [], get discarded in the search, such that the results return anything with "guide" (be it a title or message body search). This occurs whether I search from the site or from Google.
I was hoping to limit my searches, for instance, to only threads that specifically have [Guide] in the title, rather that every thread with "guide" in it.
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Another suggestion would be click on the search button in the upper right hand corner and then you should be presented with advanced search options. A couple options you could try is the search keywords section selecting the search titles only option, or the search by tag option searching for the guide tag.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

Use the search plug in for XDA built for Firefox or IE
Wayne Tech Nexus

zelendel said:
Use the search plug in for XDA built for Firefox or IE
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this still discards the brackets
shimp208 said:
Another suggestion would be...advanced search options...search by tag option searching for the guide tag.
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It appears "tags" are not the same as the [notations]. In other words, if I go into a particular thread and do an advanced search putting "guide" or "[guide]" in the tags section, I will not get a list of all threads with "[guide]" in the title

roachkv said:
this still discards the brackets
It appears "tags" are not the same as the [notations]. In other words, if I go into a particular thread and do an advanced search putting "guide" or "[guide]" in the tags section, I will not get a list of all threads with "[guide]" in the title
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Did you try searching the thread title only in advanced search options for the "guide" keyword?
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shimp208 said:
Did you try searching the thread title only in advanced search options for the "guide" keyword?
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Yes

Anybody?
No search gurus with existential wisdom to spare?

roachkv said:
Anybody?
No search gurus with existential wisdom to spare?
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Don't use the XDA search engine. Use El Goog and in the search box put;-
site:forum.xda-developers.com [GUIDE]
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as well as the keywords you want.
Not perfect, but more likely to return results for you.

[Q] Print a thread?

Maybe a stupid question but I cannot find the way to display a printable version of a thread or the Print thread button.
Is this possible on the forum?

enotar said:
Maybe a stupid question but I cannot find the way to display a printable version of a thread or the Print thread button.
Is this possible on the forum?
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Bump.

Well you can first convert the thread into a PDF file.. then you can easily print it..
Here, use any of the following websites to convert the webpage into a PDF file.. there must be some software(s) available for this too but first give any of those websites a try...
- http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/
- http://www.htmlpdf.com/
- http://pdfmyurl.com/
- http://pdfcrowd.com/

Sami Kabir said:
Well you can first convert the thread into a PDF file.. then you can easily print it..
Here, use any of the following websites to convert the webpage into a PDF file.. there must be some software(s) available for this too but first give any of those websites a try...
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That is not what we (at least I) ask for. There used to be and is in other forums an option to display the thread with less graphics and other things and more posts per page - so that the PDF is not bloated, but almost "text only". That is what I miss and what I think to remember was possible in this forum earlier.
Regards,
Jan

JanScheerer said:
That is not what we (at least I) ask for. There used to be and is in other forums an option to display the thread with less graphics and other things and more posts per page - so that the PDF is not bloated, but almost "text only". That is what I miss and what I think to remember was possible in this forum earlier.
Regards,
Jan
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Aha.. I just found out how to do that too!
Scroll down and switch to XDA 2010 theme... Now after the page reloads, see under Thread Tools and click on Show Printable Version.. Hope this helps you
(PS: To revert, just change back to the new XDA theme)

Sami Kabir said:
Aha.. I just found out how to do that too!
Scroll down and switch to XDA 2010 theme... Now after the page reloads, see under Thread Tools and click on Show Printable Version.. Hope this helps you
(PS: To revert, just change back to the new XDA theme)
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Thank you - that was what I was looking for!
/Jan

Awesome! I've been searching for that print button and thought I was losing my mind. Thanks for finding the fix

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Thanks, it seems to work

Trying now
Sent from my C2104 using XDA Free mobile app

IMO think that's showing u the last people u interact with or also if u visited other's profile. but its a good trick to know hahaha thx!

This isn't visitors to your page, it is in fact for the chatbox, if you look at the code immediately preceding list it shows this:
Code:
["InitialChatFriendsList",[],{"list":

I'm closing this thread as it is plain that it is not what the op user thinks it is.