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WTF with the XDA Flash advert!!

Just opened up my FF to read XDA and was confronted with a big box Flash ad that covered the forum (the forum underneath was greyed out and ad said it was an XDA advert) . No way to get rid of it, no little box and Adblock didn't give an option so I was forced to either follow the advert or close the browser. Guess what I did. And I will continue to close the browser on XDA permanently if this is the kind of money making garbage that I am confronted with.

Didn't know there were ads running on here... paused AdBlock quickly and what do you know, 30 second page render delay due to some crappy ad!
*turns Adblock extension back on*

buy the premium XDA IF you don't want add's! $1
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starbuck777 said:
buy the premium XDA IF you don't want add's! $1
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I run forums myself so I know the importance of adds. The problem with this one was it locked you in. You either had to click and follow or shut the browser altogether there was no other choice, no way just to close the add. It was like the iffy web sites of a few years ago where everytime you tried to close it would mean you opened another window. Not good practice at all.

I've heard of these before. I've never actually seen one though. Either way, this is in the wrong forum, so I'm moving it.

ive never seen this either

Well I know they exist... I've seen screenies

I started using adblock because greedy forum owners starting using the most annoying adverts ever.
Now you all suffer. Adblock plus ftw

The admins are aware of these and are looking to remove them.

Thank you. I really should have taken a screen shot but at the time I was so annoyed I just closed the browser. If it helps in tracking the ad was for a laptop but unfortunately I cannot remember the make.

Whenever this happens, take a screenshot and send me a PM with the image. We hate pop up ads and want to kill them when they appear.

XFreeRollerX said:
I started using adblock because greedy forum owners starting using the most annoying adverts ever.
Now you all suffer. Adblock plus ftw
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good idea, I'll try

Here it is again but this time with an X so you can close it.

I hate the expanding ads currently :/ Ones that "drop down" when you mouseover and run over the top of the forum menus - i have to wait for ad to bugger off before you can go to subs page etc.
I've got adblock running now, but more than happy to add an exception for xda if the ads stay contained to their box
(premium app user - just so you know i'm genuine about supporting, but not when it actually makes the forums harder to use)

Ban "Sent from my XXX using App" garbage

I can't be the only one who is getting bored of every second post (at least in the i9000 forum) containing:
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Something should be done about it, because it's getting out of hand.
1) It makes quoting posts frustrating. It actually punishes us, because we need to manually remove the crap, which is ironically MUCH more difficult on mobile webbrowsers, than PC.
2) It makes posts more difficult to read. Most of them add a few blank lines and itself, making less fit on a screen without scrolling
3) It's totally unnecessary.
4) It is spam by the apps themselves.
5) Users who need an XDA app, can just type "XDA" into their app stores. So it can't even be argued that it is difficult to find such apps otherwise.
My Proposal:
1) Automatically filter the comment out of posts. They are lame, and unneccessary. Get rid of them automatically (simple string substitution).
2) Give a 3 month warning that users utilising clients which post such garbage, will be given 3 warnings, and will be temp banned if they use them. It is fair.
3) Start a shame list of poorly designed XDA clients.
I agree it isn't the end of the world, but its a lot of wasted productivity, and it's unnecessary. It's bad enough that I have noticed that some people here have massively long/intrusive signatures. Some of those people also have these annoying tags, so they have 3x more "crap", than they do actual post.

I agree with this, but it's up to the admins, will flag this to them.

TheDeadCpu said:
I agree with this, but it's up to the admins, will flag this to them.
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It's been flagged!
The thing with the signature is that it serves the same purpose as the default signature of your mobile phone in the email client (for example: "Sent from my Verizon Droid X"). It helps to inform people that your message was written while mobile, and so the text might contain errors, or might not be as well thought out as it would have been if you were in front of your computer. The signature is activated by default on our Android apps (and, actually our Windows Phone 7 app).
That said, if there is huge support for turning off the default signature in the application, we'll do it, but this is the first time we're hearing about it being a problem. As mentioned, it serves a practical purpose.
Thanks for the feedback.

svetius said:
It's been flagged!
The thing with the signature is that it serves the same purpose as the default signature of your mobile phone in the email client (for example: "Sent from my Verizon Droid X"). It helps to inform people that your message was written while mobile, and so the text might contain errors, or might not be as well thought out as it would have been if you were in front of your computer. The signature is activated by default on our Android apps (and, actually our Windows Phone 7 app).
That said, if there is huge support for turning off the default signature in the application, we'll do it, but this is the first time we're hearing about it being a problem. As mentioned, it serves a practical purpose.
Thanks for the feedback.
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I can respect that, but surely, there must be better means of doing so, or at least filter them when using Quoting capabilities.. I recall seeing people get in trouble because they included the comments in their quotes (but I might be imagining it)

Auzy said:
I recall seeing people get in trouble because they included the comments in their quotes (but I might be imagining it)
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Huh? I agree it's useful ... more so than not, at least, as an identifier and a screaming 'hello I'm on my mobile so if this doesn't make sense you know why' kinda thing. I don't see how this is a big deal ... at all. LOL ... ? I also fail to see how it gets in the way of anything, like quoting especially, as it is essentially another single line that still precedes the quote tags.
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conqu1stador said:
Huh? I agree it's useful ... more so than not, at least, as an identifier and a screaming 'hello I'm on my mobile so if this doesn't make sense you know why' kinda thing. I don't see how this is a big deal ... at all. LOL ... ? I also fail to see how it gets in the way of anything, like quoting especially, as it is essentially another single line that still precedes the quote tags.
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It's useful IMHO and I am not aware of any issues in including the signature in quotes- it's a single line... who cares? I imagine someone quoted an entire, incredibly long OP, to say "thanks"...

I don't know if it is possible, but how about making the signature from the tapatalk app's just smaller than average text? That way, people can still be informed it was written while mobile, and it would be less obtrusive for the ones who don't like it.... And I'm sorry, I know my normal signature is long
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RANT
You have to post one way or another - we don't need to know how or what you used to post. It is getting easier to post so more people are posting. Teens are no longer getting flip phones and now populating this forum with more and more silly questions looking for answers you can easily find using google. People have the EVO 4g and think they can post anything they want in the EVO General forum because you have an evo and you are posting in the general section. I want to see general information about the EVO and not other phones on other networks and other random things you find interesting. There are other forums for that.
We all have to start somewhere I know that and when I joined in 2006 the first 4 years I probably posted 100 times and now I am posting like crazy trying to help these people find answers hoping people learn something. People are here 1-2 years with over 1,000 posts.
Yeah, it helps to know that is was posted on a phone but with keyboards and big screens take a couple extra seconds to make sure everything is typed right. I do it why can't other people.

But what if you could have the benefits of knowing which client it was posted with, without having that crap in posts too? Surely that would be better, correct?

svetius said:
It's been flagged!
The thing with the signature is that it serves the same purpose as the default signature of your mobile phone in the email client (for example: "Sent from my Verizon Droid X"). It helps to inform people that your message was written while mobile, and so the text might contain errors, or might not be as well thought out as it would have been if you were in front of your computer. The signature is activated by default on our Android apps (and, actually our Windows Phone 7 app).
That said, if there is huge support for turning off the default signature in the application, we'll do it, but this is the first time we're hearing about it being a problem. As mentioned, it serves a practical purpose.
Thanks for the feedback.
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No, please, don't turn off signatures in the app. Can't they be stripped, however, the way they're stripped when quoting and responding on the desktop app? I agree, they're difficult to remove if you're responding on the app, but as you said, they're useful to indicate the poster is swyping, or whatever may account for little errors in their post.

rushco said:
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You have to post one way or another - we don't need to know how or what you used to post. It is getting easier to post so more people are posting. Teens are no longer getting flip phones and now populating this forum with more and more silly questions looking for answers you can easily find using google. People have the EVO 4g and think they can post anything they want in the EVO General forum because you have an evo and you are posting in the general section. I want to see general information about the EVO and not other phones on other networks and other random things you find interesting. There are other forums for that.
We all have to start somewhere I know that and when I joined in 2006 the first 4 years I probably posted 100 times and now I am posting like crazy trying to help these people find answers hoping people learn something. People are here 1-2 years with over 1,000 posts.
Yeah, it helps to know that is was posted on a phone but with keyboards and big screens take a couple extra seconds to make sure everything is typed right. I do it why can't other people.
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I fail to see how this post is even for or against the 'signature' argument.
Its a single line.
Like me finishing off my post with this single line.
Or this one, or below.
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Xda Premium Photo Upload issues.

Any idea why this message shows up trying to upload photo to "tapatalk hosted" and if in try to upload to "this forum" it works but the option later dissapears and I'm stuck with an option that doesn't work...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Probably because the xda app is worse than Facebook. It only barely works.

Because they stopped supporting free hosting. You have to purchase unlimited hosting now if you want to host images through Tapatalk.
Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.

Just get tapatalk. Never have this problem again.

Or better yet, use neither, they should be banned.
People who use these tools are inconsiderate to others, they're being selfish.
1. Full forum search doesn't exist. The first rule of this forum is to search.
2. There is advertising by default as a signature. That's also banned on this forum.
3. It causes double signatures from idiots (app signature and forum signature).
4. There's no demarcation to the signature so it appears part of the message, this is horrible.
5. It only seems to work 50% of the time and leaves threads looking like a mess.
All because some people think it suits their personal need.
Bin it and ban it.

djmcnz said:
Or better yet, use neither, they should be banned.
People who use these tools are inconsiderate to others, they're being selfish.
1. Full forum search doesn't exist. The first rule of this forum is to search.
2. There is advertising by default as a signature. That's also banned on this forum.
3. It causes double signatures from idiots (app signature and forum signature).
4. There's no demarcation to the signature so it appears part of the message, this is horrible.
5. It only seems to work 50% of the time and leaves threads looking like a mess.
All because some people think it suits their personal need.
Bin it and ban it.
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We have a right to access our forums through mobile, and the forums themselves have included the plugins necessary for the app to work, so obviously they support it.
As far as what you're saying, when each of these forums fully supports a functional and usable mobile version, maybe I'd give up Tapatalk.
Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.

Zeinzu said:
We have a right to access our forums through mobile, and the forums themselves have included the plugins necessary for the app to work, so obviously they support it.
As far as what you're saying, when each of these forums fully supports a functional and usable mobile version, maybe I'd give up Tapatalk.
Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
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They all work fine with a mobile browser and your personal preferences have nothing to do with the points I raised.

djmcnz said:
They all work fine with a mobile browser and your personal preferences have nothing to do with the points I raised.
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Untwist your panties and go make me a sandwich.
Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.

djmcnz said:
Or better yet, use neither, they should be banned.
People who use these tools are inconsiderate to others, they're being selfish.
1. Full forum search doesn't exist. The first rule of this forum is to search.
2. There is advertising by default as a signature. That's also banned on this forum.
3. It causes double signatures from idiots (app signature and forum signature).
4. There's no demarcation to the signature so it appears part of the message, this is horrible.
5. It only seems to work 50% of the time and leaves threads looking like a mess.
All because some people think it suits their personal need.
Bin it and ban it.
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Ahem..
At least 899 of my 901 posts have been through a mobile app. Never had 1 problem with tapatalk.
Therefore, your argument is invalid.
good day sir!

djmcnz said:
Or better yet, use neither, they should be banned.
People who use these tools are inconsiderate to others, they're being selfish.
1. Full forum search doesn't exist. The first rule of this forum is to search.
2. There is advertising by default as a signature. That's also banned on this forum.
3. It causes double signatures from idiots (app signature and forum signature).
4. There's no demarcation to the signature so it appears part of the message, this is horrible.
5. It only seems to work 50% of the time and leaves threads looking like a mess.
All because some people think it suits their personal need.
Bin it and ban it.
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I agree with the first one. Tapatalk takes care of the others though.
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Isn't this in the wrong section anyhow? I've notice for a while, that when people need to know something about apps, they post here instead of Q&A. Maybe I'm used to the HD2 forum, because they used to crack the whip on stuff like this, but it seems perfectly fine here Just saying.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Please use the following thread for reporting bugs with the xda app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841646

New Posts (participated)

On the xda android app there's a "participated" unread posts tab so that I can see all of the new posts in threads I've posted in but I can't find that here on the desktop version, just the "new posts" thing at the top which shows ALL new posts, even ones I haven't posted in. Am I missing this somewhere? (btw on 2010 theme, I really don't like the 2013)

orangekid said:
On the xda android app there's a "participated" unread posts tab so that I can see all of the new posts in threads I've posted in but I can't find that here on the desktop version, just the "new posts" thing at the top which shows ALL new posts, even ones I haven't posted in. Am I missing this somewhere? (btw on 2010 theme, I really don't like the 2013)
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In the XDA app I just go to Favorites -> Threads. All the threads I post in show up there automatically, no matter on my desktop or phone. I'm pretty sure you're talking about UserCP, no?

Product F(RED) said:
In the XDA app I just go to Favorites -> Threads. All the threads I post in show up there automatically, no matter on my desktop or phone. I'm pretty sure you're talking about UserCP, no?
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No just from navigating the site on FireFox on my desktop normal style, I haven't even thought it might be a UserCP option, lemme see.
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There's no option in userCP for it.
I am talking about on my computer btw, not on my phone.

orangekid said:
No just from navigating the site on FireFox on my desktop normal style, I haven't even thought it might be a UserCP option, lemme see.
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There's no option in userCP for it.
I am talking about on my computer btw, not on my phone.
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I'm confused. You want to know where all the threads you posted in are, on your desktop? UserCP.

Product F(RED) said:
I'm confused. You want to know where all the threads you posted in are, on your desktop? UserCP.
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If you use the XDA android app, in the "unread" button there's a "participated" and it shows every thread that someone has posted in that you have not read that YOU have at one time posted in.
On your computer I cannot find this option, only the "new post" button at the top that shows EVERY new post, even if you have never posted in that thread.
It seemed odd that the android app would have a feature the regular computer browser version doesn't, so I figured I must just be stupid and cannot find it.
Ideas?

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If you use the XDA android app, in the "unread" button there's a "participated" and it shows every thread that someone has posted in that you have not read that YOU have at one time posted in.
On your computer I cannot find this option, only the "new post" button at the top that shows EVERY new post, even if you have never posted in that thread.
It seemed odd that the android app would have a feature the regular computer browser version doesn't, so I figured I must just be stupid and cannot find it.
Ideas?
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I'm confused. Maybe it's because my settings are set to auto-subscribe me to any thread I post in? That's the way it was when I signed up and the way it's been on every forum I've been a part of. Clicking UserCP at the top (2010 theme) takes me to a listing of all the threads I've participated in & am subscribed to & have unread replies. They're shown in bold and ordered by which has the latest reply.

Product F(RED) said:
I'm confused. Maybe it's because my settings are set to auto-subscribe me to any thread I post in? That's the way it was when I signed up and the way it's been on every forum I've been a part of. Clicking UserCP at the top (2010 theme) takes me to a listing of all the threads I've participated in & am subscribed to & have unread replies. They're shown in bold and ordered by which has the latest reply.
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I see, well I didn't realize that I had to be subscribed for that.
I just did a "no emal" subscribe, so that should start showing up for me too.
Thanks.
I think a good addition might be to just add a "participated new post" button like they have in the tapatalk xda app

Yeah, that was definitely it. I guess the app somehow can keep thread subscriptions ("participated") without the website actually keeping them. That's weird. That's why I was always wondering, why is there a participated tab and a favorite threads tab? Because in the app I use Favorites -> Threads; it's the equivalent of UserCP.

Product F(RED) said:
Yeah, that was definitely it. I guess the app somehow can keep thread subscriptions ("participated") without the website actually keeping them. That's weird. That's why I was always wondering, why is there a participated tab and a favorite threads tab? Because in the app I use Favorites -> Threads; it's the equivalent of UserCP.
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Sounds like it. Apparently you don't have to be "subscribed" to it for the app to show it but on the PC you do.
Anyways it works now because I just tried it and this thread showed up with your unread post for me. Cheers.

Hey, I'm New to this Site. Obviously haha. I have a question about my IPhone 4s and I have no clue where or how to start the thread. Point me in the right direction?
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EasyAsAbstract said:
Hey, I'm New to this Site. Obviously haha. I have a question about my IPhone 4s and I have no clue where or how to start the thread. Point me in the right direction?
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I think you should join the right site first...
iphone-developers.com
- Via xda premium

what is the point of XDA Android app when you have tapatalk?

can someone please explain the point of installing XDA and XDA premium when I already can access XDA forum using tapatalk?
Seems to me that XDA just wanna some buck?

it's just like asking why superman wears his underwear on the outside.
user preference.
period.
XDA has real expenses like server maintainance,
with 4,000,000 registered users and 30,000+ people online,
they need some financial aid to help them provide you people the service,
XDA never forced you to pay a dime but have given you a tremendous amount of service,
i'd like to see you manage a server with 4,000,000 users and let's see how well you go

deathnotice01 said:
it's just like asking why superman wears his underwear on the outside.
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I don't know you can draw XDA app to superman wearing his underwear on the outside? May be except they both don't make sense to me as a user.
deathnotice01 said:
user preference.
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yet, the rest of your argument is from server-sidepoint of view, not users...
deathnotice01 said:
XDA has real expenses like server maintainance, with 4,000,000 registered users and 30,000+ people online, they need some financial aid to help them provide you people the service,
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that's fine, I understand, I have no issue with XDA asking for donation or anything. But how is this an reason for an independent forum app? There are thousands of forums, many with millions of members and I am a member of many forums. I don't see the logic for me to download independent app for each of these forum if they each had one.
deathnotice01 said:
i'd like to see you manage a server with 4,000,000 users and let's see how well you go
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what does my ability to manage a server with 4m users have to do with my original question?

FinancialWar said:
I don't know you can draw XDA app to superman wearing his underwear on the outside? May be except they both don't make sense to me as a user.
yet, the rest of your argument is from server-sidepoint of view, not users...
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you lack creative thinking and i find your knowledge disturbing,
FinancialWar said:
that's fine, I understand, I have no issue with XDA asking for donation or anything. But how is this an reason for an independent forum app? There are thousands of forums, many with millions of members and I am a member of many forums. I don't see the logic for me to download independent app for each of these forum if they each had one.
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USER-PREFERENCE,
i never use tapatalk,
i use the xda app FYI,
it's XDA's project,
and from my point of view,
i find it pretty useful since i only have XDA as my active forum so why bother getting a 3rd-party app when you can download a version directly from XDA.
FinancialWar said:
what does my ability to manage a server with 4m users have to do with my original question?
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it's kinda rude, saying that XDA is doing it for bucks,
since they did this to provide users an independent forum app,
you justified the means without proper knowledge,

And to put it, Tapatalk is a paid app. And XDA offers free as well as premium app. So users who don't have Tapatalk has the option to get the free XDA app, if they have only registered on XDA for browsing the forums. Not many users are members of different forums.

i got both...but to be honest i only use XDA app now as this is the only forum i check. and if by me having the premium version helps support for the maintenance of the site, it is the least i can do for what i have learned from XDA over the last two years and the goodies that i have done to my phone to make it better

The reason? I find 1.50 € for learning english a very, very, fair price (i have both premium apps)
Sent from my Xperia Pro using XDA Premium HD app

the reason they need money and this is one of the easiest methods to earn it

my question was direction at people who post at a number of forums, use tapatalk and use XDA app as well. I don't get the point of having XDA app.

Im using it rightnow.. well its a choice by thet way..
Sent from my Cherry w500 using xda premium

More choices in how you want to browse xda is not a bad thing.
I don't understand the problem.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

I really enjoy xda and tapatalk so different choices for all lol
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

some people like xda app some people like tapatalk. simple like that..

Run XDA, run Tapatalk, go to settings and look at running services..

FinancialWar said:
my question was direction at people who post at a number of forums, use tapatalk and use XDA app as well. I don't get the point of having XDA app.
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Reread your thread title and OP. Nowhere does it state that it's directed to people who use multiple forums, and you probably would have received different replies completely if you had made that clear. All you did was make the XDA app seem useless, which is wrong, because for people who only use XDA there's no point paying for tapatalk.

kev1njenius said:
some people like xda app some people like tapatalk. simple like that..
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Personally, I don't see any difference between the two. They are identical to me, except that Tap can have multiple forums in it, obviously.
But I am having a problem with both and can't use any of the four forum apps I have purchased:
XDA Premium (phone)
XDA HD (tablet)
TapaTalk HD
TapaTalk 2
Don't get me wrong, I am more than happy to support the developers! I'm not bragging, but I have purchased about 300 apps in the last year and most of them worked fine without paying for them. I just wanted to make clear that this is not about complaining because of spending the money. I just sincerely want to be able to use them and I can't use any of the four.
What I mean by that, is that after scouring XDA and Google, I cannot find any help on how to view messages that I have received email notifications for, like when someone responds directly to one of your posts, or even when they post in a thread/forum you are Subscribed to.
I know that I can go into the XDA/TapaTalk (2) apps and go to:
LATEST >> PARTICIPATED
... But that doesn't take me to the posts that I have been notified about, like if I tap the link in the email and it takes me right to the message, ya know?
So I end up tapping the link and trying to view the messages in the browser on my phone, but since XDA does not have a mobile version of their web site, I end up double-tapping it to try to blow it up and then moving it all around the screen, back and forth, to try to read the message.
And of course, posting that way is Hell! It is very difficult to get it to go back up in the message and you can't even see a whole sentence, because it's blown up and the regular display is microscopic!
Does anyonne know how it is done? I love the concept of these apps, but I cannot believe that they would have left that sort of feature out, given that people would constantly be responding to posts they are notified about, right?
So I figure that I must be missing something. But I have looked at these apps for almost a year now (and recently purchased the new TapaTalk 2, hoping it had stuff the original doesn't) and I just can't find how to do this.
Does anyone know how this is done? Please?
Again, going to LATEST >> PARTICIPATED does not list/take me to the messages I am being notified about. The threads are in the list somewhere, I'm sure, but I'm hoping to do it like I do when I tap on the link in an email message. It would be really cool if you tapped on one and it opened Tap right to that specific message that you're being notified about!
I may have missed this answer somewhere in these forums, but I swear, I did scour them as best I could and I just cannot find this specific help! Nor did I find any help from the Tap folks, except how a forum owner could add their forum and a Google search produced the same result.
I apologize for the long message. I just wanted to make sure that I was absolutely clear, so that folks did not just guide me to "LATEST >> PARTICIPATED".
Thanks!!!

Zeuszoos said:
Personally, I don't see any difference between the two. They are identical to me, except that Tap can have multiple forums in it, obviously.
But I am having a problem with both and can't use any of the four forum apps I have purchased:
XDA Premium (phone)
XDA HD (tablet)
TapaTalk HD
TapaTalk 2
Don't get me wrong, I am more than happy to support the developers! I'm not bragging, but I have purchased about 300 apps in the last year and most of them worked fine without paying for them. I just wanted to make clear that this is not about complaining because of spending the money. I just sincerely want to be able to use them and I can't use any of the four.
What I mean by that, is that after scouring XDA and Google, I cannot find any help on how to view messages that I have received email notifications for, like when someone responds directly to one of your posts, or even when they post in a thread/forum you are Subscribed to.
I know that I can go into the XDA/TapaTalk (2) apps and go to:
LATEST >> PARTICIPATED
... But that doesn't take me to the posts that I have been notified about, like if I tap the link in the email and it takes me right to the message, ya know?
So I end up tapping the link and trying to view the messages in the browser on my phone, but since XDA does not have a mobile version of their web site, I end up double-tapping it to try to blow it up and then moving it all around the screen, back and forth, to try to read the message.
And of course, posting that way is Hell! It is very difficult to get it to go back up in the message and you can't even see a whole sentence, because it's blown up and the regular display is microscopic!
Does anyonne know how it is done? I love the concept of these apps, but I cannot believe that they would have left that sort of feature out, given that people would constantly be responding to posts they are notified about, right?
So I figure that I must be missing something. But I have looked at these apps for almost a year now (and recently purchased the new TapaTalk 2, hoping it had stuff the original doesn't) and I just can't find how to do this.
Does anyone know how this is done? Please?
Again, going to LATEST >> PARTICIPATED does not list/take me to the messages I am being notified about. The threads are in the list somewhere, I'm sure, but I'm hoping to do it like I do when I tap on the link in an email message. It would be really cool if you tapped on one and it opened Tap right to that specific message that you're being notified about!
I may have missed this answer somewhere in these forums, but I swear, I did scour them as best I could and I just cannot find this specific help! Nor did I find any help from the Tap folks, except how a forum owner could add their forum and a Google search produced the same result.
I apologize for the long message. I just wanted to make sure that I was absolutely clear, so that folks did not just guide me to "LATEST >> PARTICIPATED".
Thanks!!!
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So basically what you want is when you click on a link on any other app (mail for eg. since its giving you notifications). You need to clear all the defaults you have set around with your browsers. (do it from settings»applications»manage»here).
After that whenever you click on a link, it will show up a popup to chose the app to procede for the link. If the link is from xda use tapatalk (it'll take you to the post right away), if from other site, use your preffered browser. Again do not set anything as default as tapatalk cannot open other sites and you will need to clear the defaults again.
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Dear Bruce Wayne,
Okay, I did what you said and it did not take me to the exact message. But it did take me to the same page, which makes it just a matter of scrolling down a few swipes up worth to scroll down to the message, which is certainly plenty good enough!
Plus, now I understand why this app's default posts per page is set to 10.
Thanks a bunch for your help, Bruce! I mean that! I can now, finally, use TapaTalk after a year of owning it! And that's because you took a few minutes out of your time to answer my question simply and plainly, without first assuming a certain level of knowledge on my part and I really appreciate that!
And I'm sincerely not trying to patronize you. As I said, I do mean that. It can be very difficult to get help, when so many people see a question as being "stupid" and you can't find anything on the web, ya know?
There was one thing I noticed though in the TapaTalk 2 app, which was that there was no option to "Quote" when responding (I wanted to quote a couple of sentences of you response when I replied).
Is there a trick to making it show that option that you know of?
If there isn't one, how would you know if it's responding to the message you're looking at on the screen?
Sorry to bother you again, Bruce! Last time, I promise!
Sent from TapaTalk2 on my way cool
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@Zeuszoos... I think this might help you as well ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891120
A guide to that app by kidcarter93
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Deadly said:
@Zeuszoos... I think this might help you as well ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891120
A guide to that app by kidcarter93
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"The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking."-Albert Einstein
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That's for the XDA app. But that and TapaTalk are so close, that I yea, it just might help at that!
I'll read it and thanks for passing it on. I appreciate it!