Develop Bugs

Forum search

Is it working? mine doesn't return any results.

mine neither!

Its defo broke!

yep, no more searching here either...

I think I broke it, I did a search for "install Vista on Pocket PC" then it stopped working...

Not to worry I found what I was looking for.
Thanks.

yep, very few results when searching. not very useful that way :-/

Any prevision when it will be fixed??

Yes, I just did a search and it only returned results going back to Feb. 11. It is a topic that has definitely been discussed prior to that. Guess I'll wait and hope it gets fixed.

http://www.google.co.uk/advanced_se...-developers.com&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&as_qdr=all

i sent this to the feedback form on the site many moons ago, but apparently nobody has taken notice.
Has anyone else noticed this??
If you are not logged in,
The quick search (click search so the box comes up with "show threads", "show posts", and advanced search options) is pointless.
If you try top search with it, you will alwasy receive an error. Because you have to answer the no spam question via the advanced search page. Whats the point of having the quick search in this case?
I propose the admin either gets rid of quick search (have it go right to advanced search), OR add a box in the quick search for the spam question .. for guests that aren't logged in.
I know it has frustrated me more than once!!
thanks for listening

Hi Guys,
We switched the search function on 12-02 as posted in news.
Could you give me some feedback on if this improved the search or not?
Concerning the nospam issue it should only be an issue for unregistered or not logged in users, if you have problems as a logged in user please let me know asap.
Greetz,
Flar

as just posted in the thread in news: search has been switched back too fulltext boolean which is what we we're using before, we're looking into other alternatives..
Greetz,
Flar

Ahh, great, thkx a lot for fixing it

Thanks for switching it back. It's much easier to find things again.

Ditto to the two opinions above me.
My opinion on other search options:
I frequently also use google site search to find posts on XDA.... I find it works very well for me (so well I have set up a keyword shortcut in firefox. All I hvae to do is type "xda " and the terms i am looking for in the address bar, and hit enter.)
this is what i used to type into the google box when I did it manually:
site:forum.xda-developers.com the keywords your looking for
This is especially true when I am looking for terms less than 3 characters, the normal search won't work.
Maybe you guys should consider offering direct access to a google site search in addition to the boolean?
(( An example is how Webmasterworld does it. They go two steps further with a yahoo and MSN. In fact, 3rd party is their only search system:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/searchform.cgi
))

well the forum search was working good for me yesterday..and today all i get is the Google search "Search XDA-Developers using Google" choice.. i like the older forum search..
am i doing something wrong?

ha! I thought they would use my suggestion in addition to, and not in place of, the normal search.
But just to confirm w/ the poster above me .. yes it seems that is the only search option now, your not doing anything wrong.

I dont mind using google search, in general it can find topics on here pretty good, but it has limitations.
For example, if the site search is turned off, you cant search individual threads. Some threads on here get VERY big, and without the "search this thread" function there are going to be plenty of questions asked and answered multiple times in each thread, which leads to annoyed people saying the question has already been answered, etc.
With that said, I really do hope the site search does come back for this reason.

i concur for the same reasons. +1 vote for that

Changing the display/print order of forum messages

Hi moderators... sorry if this is a 'noobie' question, but I couldn't find anything in the Wiki or FAQ's for the site. (just point me, if I missed it...)
Is there a way I can consistently get a forum thread to display in linear mode starting from message 1 and showing the last message on the last page? It works sometimes for me that way (most notably with older threads), but on newer ones, it seems to always show the latest message on the first page (and the first on the last page.)
Also, when I try to 'print this thread', it always goes in reverse order (most recent message first). Is there anyway to switch this to oldest first?
Many thanks.
/drt

drtolson said:
Hi moderators... sorry if this is a 'noobie' question, but I couldn't find anything in the Wiki or FAQ's for the site. (just point me, if I missed it...)
Is there a way I can consistently get a forum thread to display in linear mode starting from message 1 and showing the last message on the last page? It works sometimes for me that way (most notably with older threads), but on newer ones, it seems to always show the latest message on the first page (and the first on the last page.)
Also, when I try to 'print this thread', it always goes in reverse order (most recent message first). Is there anyway to switch this to oldest first?
Many thanks.
/drt
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Click on UserCP on the top left had corner of the page (the horizontal menu a the top). Go into Edit Options - Thread display options- Linear - Oldest first.

I'm sorry to re-animate this old thread... but I was just searching some info on how to print a thread and I found only this.
Am I wrong or there isn't anymore a "Print this thread" option/button??
I'm on IE11...
Thank you!

Can't edit Wiki Homepage

I tried to create another Wiki-page for the development of the FM Radio driver, to keep track of progress, which device works/doesn't work et cetera.
So, I tried to edit the homepage and add a link to this new page to be.
However, it seems that there's a problem editing the homepage. If you hit 'save' or 'preview', you just get an empty, white screen.
Editing another page in the Wiki works just fine.

Looks like the Front Page is too long for phpWiki to cope with .
It is really a peice of crap, that software. There is no admin options I can see to resolve the issue. Normally it's because something is running out of memory on the wiki server.
I'd try again tomorrow after the server's backup tonight. If it's still not fixed by then, let me know and I'll see what else we can do for you
If you want to create your page and let me know the link, I'll try and add it also.
Dave

says i have a text message but i don't

im sure this has proably been asked before. but i have the HTC Tilt 2 from AT&T and says i have a new message when i dont. i have tried deleting all the messages in my sent, deleted, inbox, and drafts but touch flow still says there is one at the bottom. i also dont have a notice for one. how do i fix this?

I have a touch pro 2 and I have the same issue. I tried calling HTC and they said to shut the phone, have someone text me an amount of times equal to what the number of text messages it says I have is, then wait 5 minutes and turn the phone on. That didn't work. I need to get around to waiting on hold 15 minutes to ask them again. :/

ive had this issue before and there is a fix for it...
1) unzip the attached file to your storage card
2) run the exe file
3) restart your phone
let me know if you guys need more help, but that should do it. it always works for me.

Worked. Thanks. Now to figure out why Visual Voicemail isn't working and how to fix that 1 hour 2 minute thing on the clock.

This sms issue has been discussed in at least 50 different threads on here. There is no way you guys used the search feature to solve your issue. The last thing this forum needed was YET another thread about this
If you don't know how to use the search feature (which if you look at the top of nearly EVERY page here on XDA you'll see the "search box" so I really don't know how you couldn't) that's built into the forums, in google do something like search "sms count problem XDA" and I bet you'll come up with threads that have the fix in it...
common sense goes a long way.
Regardless... glad you found your solution

If you want to turn this thread into condescending posts, I can post screenshots of Firefox's history from the last 2 days using the search feature for a handful of other things. Convenience goes a long way. Searching isn't the most simple thing. Things have to be worded correctly, versions have to match.

thanks puff601 the programs worked like a charm. and Aaron yesterday before i made this thread i did use the search function and i got so many pages that it would take me hours to look through. i looked through the first ten and found nothing pertaining to my issue.

raz1337 said:
If you want to turn this thread into condescending posts, I can post screenshots of Firefox's history from the last 2 days using the search feature for a handful of other things. Convenience goes a long way. Searching isn't the most simple thing. Things have to be worded correctly, versions have to match.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
JWJR said:
thanks puff601 the programs worked like a charm. and Aaron yesterday before i made this thread i did use the search function and i got so many pages that it would take me hours to look through. i looked through the first ten and found nothing pertaining to my issue.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not meaning to be condisending at all... the reality is like I said.. searching isn't hard, might take you a bit but compared to what? Making a post and then waiting for someone to search for you and post the fix that's been discussed a million times? How dare users on here call people out on that!!!!
If you do a search, even just in this sub forum you'll probably find 20 threads started by people who have less then 10 posts asking about the exact same thing... The other day I looked and at the top of the post's there were 2 threads about this... this one and another one right under it. Come on! Just for kicks I punched in what I recommened above by searching in google the "sms count problem XDA" and low and behold the third link down was a link to a touch pro 2 sms problem... the first link showed what you had to look for, the "fixunreadcount" program, as did the 3rd link. Now, am I claiming to be a genious because when I had this issue way way back I did just that and came up with the answer almost right away? No, but the fact is I looked and found it.. Luck? Maybe... but before I post anything I look and look... or if anything say I loaded on a custom rom and had the issue I would post in that thread asking if anyone had the same issue. I'm sure someone would ring in!
Google Result for sms count problem XDA
You're right.. searching isn't the most convenient thing... Especially when you don't know how to search properly I'm sure that can be a real pain in the butt.
Regardless you got your fix one way or another and that's all that matters as I'm sure it annoyed you beyond belief... maybe this post will stay at the top of the charts for a while so other people who have the issue can find it right away and not have to use the search feature...
better yet a mod should just start a new sticky thread with fixes and known issues with the phones..... Update it every few weeks and it would make the forum a lot cleaner place.

Aaron McCarthy said:
Blah blah blah
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You just don't get it. There's a difference between human interaction and the strict wording requirements of the search function. You seem to be so dead set on proving why a certain method works so well that you fail to understand the human interaction aspect of a forum.

"Subscriptions" link now points to "register"

Got a bit of a weird one to report here. It appears that anytime one clicks on the "subscriptions" link, (forum.xda-developers.com/subscription.php) it automatically directs to the registration page (https://forum.xda-developers.com/register.php?from=permissions). This is the page that is linked to from the "quick links" at the top.
In the meantime, I've found a workaround: https://forum.xda-developers.com/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription links to the subscription page as well as the original did.
Just thought I'd report this problem so that it doesn't confuse other folks.

Fixed!
Looks like it's working now. Whatever you did, it worked. :good: