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!!!!<<The Xda Search Culture>>!!!!

Hello fellows !!!!​
Here is + QUE PPC trying to give you some tools to enjoy this site even more!!!!​
Well… as you see, the forum XDA-Developers becomes even more and more bigger with every year that offers many many information! Making some posting on Off-Topic Forum I reed many people said_-_- “This is in CHAOS!!!!!” this web forum is a MAZE!!!!! And many other things that disappoint me!
But why? Because that kind of threads allows to be more chaotic the forum and so… is not in chaos just are many many… threads give and asking for info… everybody wants to be heard as usual and is natural! Obviously, and is the real truth! This becomes a little hard to find what we are looking for…
I am!!! Te ONE that begins the SIGN INFO THREAD! But nobody wants to follow the info there… (Well, many people already has his info wrote there and thanks for it…) many more people reeds my thread and thinks… OH ****!!!! Its truth…
We can get faster solutions if we all give the entire info of our devices on our signatures… but I can use that mini mini mini space to place my Thoughts! And what!!!!????? Is Fine!!! Many thoughts are good and full of knowledge phrases so… why I wouldn’t wrote my info and restore many time FIRST! Searching… then ASKING then… ANSWERING….
So the question is…. How many time can we spend on answer a question and give it on the right answer? Days???? Weeks?? For some people MINUTES OF REAL PAIN, can be released even more faster.
So we can do more to assist efficiently this kind of problems like a big City on construction becoming a Metropolis!
(I know I’m the one that blame, insult and speak too much, almost then obligates to search or READ… and I offer my apologize to everybody… Im sorry for that and for everything I said wrong… many senior ask me to help them with a guy that makes us mad! And I need sometimes Assist from others [Thanks Zabardast, Ather, Ashasaur and many many more]maybe im not the very right person to said this but I think we can reach a new SEARCH Culture before start a new thread).
So please this time use the search tab right at the upper level bar of this web site. (and so sorry my english is so bad!!! )
...To enable the advanced search tool for XDA developers...​
XDA-Developers advanced search plug-in for IE and Firefox
Thanks Noonski
Just click there and accept!!!! (see the picture)
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The tutorial!
THE FIRST SEARCH TUTORIAL TO USE THE SEARCH TAB GOOGLE ENHANCED TOOL​
(Thanks Admins this is a great IDEA)​
First of all… We can have many many doubts but some words can be used by tags… like Downgrade… QVGA… HardSPL… Wizard… “the name of the application”… “.cab” etcetera.
So lets start searching for an application maybe a skin for Audio Manager????
Lets go to the tab!
I type: Audio Manager Skins Diamond QVGA
click on the search button then it goes to GOOGLE and shows answers in XDA and in many other pages other answers.
Obviousli number 1 not wastin time...
number 2... mmm maybe
and the circule number 3 maybe...
Lets try the one that say Kidnamed ALBERT user ok? NUMBER #3 BIGGER(note that arrows points to all answers to XDA developers)
Nice work and he got a zip and a cab! good work but....
I heard (read) somebody's called Poorlyduck that creates really good work... so repeat the steps and perform the search....
I type "Poorlyduck diamond skins" and this is what i got now... I already read before on the hacking and development but never see his thread and now i have a beautyfull skins!!!!
CONTINUES...--->>>>>

<<<<<------continuing
So this is what I have now...
We all thinks that simple explains are for idiots so dont feel like those idiots and please perform a search before starta a new thread maybe your question is already answered... and if you have a question ABOUT SEARCH!!!!! make it her we are all happy to help contributing even more.
Your friend + QUE PPC

Well,although,for some your attitude might be pinching,but I personally have always enjoyed your lightheaded humour and appreciated your way of helping the community.
YUP! no doubt,'SEARCH' is the best option,as the forum has grown enormous over the time and the 'SEARCH' option really sometimes works wonders,only if you enter or put the query correctly.It cud be very beneficial and helpful,I still,after so much extensive reading,utilize it fully,when I have to know something.
Its your Best friend,when you need one
Thats my vote for it,count it!
Read my sigy :-
"Anything you still can't cope with is,therefore,your own problem.

Hey you didn't mention the True Hardcore XDA method!
Install the Plugin in my Signature

You are RIGHT!!!!
Im so sorry Noonski I will update the first post... thanks can I use your sigy????? I remember that the first time you come here I saw your sigy and install that and men I dont kew how to use it remember? hahahaha what a n000000000000b!!!!!
How can I forgot the most important?????
Ciao and Thanks!
Edit......
Updated the first post.

[Q] delay in ringing...??

i all
When i get a call, my diamond start flashing for 2 rings, andonly in the third ring, it start to ring with sound...
An when i open the phone, the other side cancel thecall and i loos is...
Any help please
David

been covered a hundred times already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.../8172.html

the link you attached is not working

oh it works...lol

how come? i am redirecting to the search page

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sagi4422 said:
how come? i am redirecting to the search page
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i vote this comment of the day!
you my friend have won the internet!

Blazeitup123 said:
i vote this comment of the day!
you my friend have won the internet!
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you laugh at me?

sagi4422 said:
how come? i am redirecting to the search page
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He's dropping a thumping big hint.

DomSim said:
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That sums it up perfectly!

well if your going to post a link with a different url to what's displayed and then taunt the guy who has asked a perfectly civil question that just makes the lot of you (Lady garden cleansing product that is dispensed in bags)....

I need help about this problem too, this issue was discussed previosly but now there is no link about this. Can anyone help us?

this is a major bugbear to me too and although if i search for it i'll get loads of threads to trawal though the chances are none of them will come back with THE definitive answer.
Can't we have a sticky thread with original questions and just the correct answer thats been confirmed posts in them

I've not been long a member of this site but I tell you, it's almost like being a member of the Royal British Legion! Or, walking into the Slaughtered Lamb! (movie reference, not WoW reference!)
It's rare that I come across a community that constantly belittles people for asking questions. Yes, I get frustrated seeing new threads that people have started in relation to another thread (why not ask that in the thread you've just quoted?), however, i've just searched "delay with ringing" on the Diamond thread to no real satisfaction. It led me to a thread that quoted another thread that never answered the question.
I agree that we shouldn't keep answering OP's that have been answered weeks, maybe months before, but linking the search page takes the piss! Especially knowing when it takes one person who has had a similar problem, or has read the page with the solution on it to reply with either the answer or the link to the post (not the thread) with the answer on it.
I'd probably feel more welcome on an Apple forum.....

Since we are putting cool pics on a lame thread let me do this:
Search you must.
DomSim said:
been covered a hundred times already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.../8172.html
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If not thousands of times.
midastocar said:
I'd probably feel more welcome on an Apple forum.....
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Go ahead and let us know if it was a better experience.

Shaady said:
That sums it up perfectly!
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indeed -
Now what's wrong with an apple discussion? anyway using the serch on here is not advised this search engine is much better.

Indded, been covered a hundred times already ,
BUT NO SOLUTION !!!
I would like to see solution in stikcy and New CAB for solution (not that lame and old cab since 2005 that working or not...)

hmmm no solution? argh.

midastocar said:
I've not been long a member of this site but I tell you, it's almost like being a member of the Royal British Legion! Or, walking into the Slaughtered Lamb! (movie reference, not WoW reference!)
It's rare that I come across a community that constantly belittles people for asking questions. Yes, I get frustrated seeing new threads that people have started in relation to another thread (why not ask that in the thread you've just quoted?), however, i've just searched "delay with ringing" on the Diamond thread to no real satisfaction. It led me to a thread that quoted another thread that never answered the question.
I agree that we shouldn't keep answering OP's that have been answered weeks, maybe months before, but linking the search page takes the piss! Especially knowing when it takes one person who has had a similar problem, or has read the page with the solution on it to reply with either the answer or the link to the post (not the thread) with the answer on it.
I'd probably feel more welcome on an Apple forum.....
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I agree with these sentiments entirely. IMHO you would be hard pressed to find a less welcoming set of forums for a newcomer anywhere else on the internet than these ones. Sometimes it is like a little boy's club for nerds - sniggering at the new boy who does not know as much as them, and has dared to ask a question that they think is "obvious".
Linking to the search engine rather than the answer is a funny little trick to them, at the new boy's expense. It gives them a good giggle and makes them feel superior. And as often as not when you try the search they say you should you come up with nothing.
Oops not made myself popular now with the in-crowd - will be eating my school dinners by myself from now on.

Sergio PC said:
Since we are putting cool pics on a lame thread let me do this:
Search you must.
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"dark the other side is, my son, dark...."
"shut up yoda, and eat up your toast"

Any devs seen this little goody

I know you probably have and it may be useless but interesting non the less.
http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

Hmm I might check it out later when I'm at home

This will flood the market with crap apps.

jcase said:
This will flood the market with crap apps.
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Agreed. But its not like Android didnt have that already. Now it will be 10x as bad.

there goes the neighborhood

Sjflowerhorn said:
there goes the neighborhood
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No shiza. I'll bet every, single carrier went "Ouch" when that hit. Better gear up the call centers fellas.

It doesn't inform them how to publish the apps to the market.
For all the negatives there are a lot of positives that can come of this.

I agree with jcase this might not be a good thing

Is everyone ready, because here comes malicious applications lol
lol it might be malicious in its own i signed up and no e-mail no developing page nothing just my experience
this is what happens when you sign up its bogus i think.
"App Inventor for Android
Thank you. Your information has been sent to the App Inventor team. "
no app developer no e-mail just thanks for your info

Well we'll get flooded with crap... but frankly so is the iPhone lol 500 apps to simulate farts...
we will also get some people who use this tool and we can get some decent apps out of it.

this was my experience
website
"sign in please"
me
"ok"
website
"we will be granting access over the next few weeks while you are waiting here are some links to look at"

It wont be malicious. I'm sure they're just rolling this thing out slowly like they did with Google Voice. It took me two weeks to get an invite from Voice. I bet it would take the same amount of time for this.

Sjflowerhorn said:
Is everyone ready, because here comes malicious applications lol
lol it might be malicious in its own i signed up and no e-mail no developing page nothing just my experience
this is what happens when you sign up its bogus i think.
"App Inventor for Android
Thank you. Your information has been sent to the App Inventor team. "
no app developer no e-mail just thanks for your info
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It's actually a google application, so I don't think so.

There is a $25 fee to register as a dev to be able to submit apps, hopefully that deters most of the crapware

Think they are really using this to get ideas from other peoples crap LOL. Then make it better. Love the royalty free part. If you come up with gold they get to put it out there and only pay you small amount of what you should get.

Sjflowerhorn said:
this was my experience
website
"sign in please"
me
"ok"
website
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right now they are only opening the beta to pretty much teachers of some sort (for some reason its what i have read don't remember if it was on lifehacker or some other site) ... so basically when you filled out the app for the beta you should have put on there somewhere that you were a teacher... or just wait until its released to the public.

My nephew is really interested in app development, but he's 10 so teaching him how to build an app the good old fashioned way won't hold his interest. This on the other hand will. I signed up last night. We'll see.

I singed up as well,
hope it doesn't take to long to get this out to people
I don't think the market could ever be as bad as when i was on 1.5
it was all soundboards, and the $25 fee will probably help as well

Building a research tool.
I'm gonna experiment with making apps for my own use - mainly data-mining. For instance, I'm going to build an app to automatically gather general econ data GDP, unemployment rates, Fed Funds rate, crude oil prices, etc.) so I can have them at my fingertips during class.
I'll probably do the world a favor & NOT put them on the market since no one would download it, unless I name it EconFart
Carry on my XDAers!

Son of a gun. From the looks of the Cat add this will encourage even more soundboards
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Adventures of Andy the Android

Hi all,
Here is a small project that I posted in Android General. Just wanted to share with you guys. I think it is a great idea and it'll be a lot of fun! Take a look!
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Hi all.
Mods, please move this thread to a more appropriate place if needed.
My name is Kevin, or aka DarkOnion. Many of you guys in the general Android community probably won't know me, but for those in the Droid X and Droid 2 community related the name DarkOnion to the scripts used to root the Droid 2 on Froyo and then the Droid X when 2.2 was made available. Anyways, that is not why I am here today. I just wanted to share an experiment that I am planning to start in the very near future.
It is kind of a social experiment of sorts. What I would like to do is send an Andy the Android plushy around and have people take pics of him doing cool things. Really anything you think would be cool. Trying to get the ball rolling. I got a website going, and I'll be setting up a blog in the near future to keep track of Andy's movements.
Please check out my blog and webpage for more info about how I want to do this. It'll be a lot of fun.
Blog here: http://kimete.com/blog/2010/11/14/adventures-of-andy-the-android-experiment/
Website here: http://kimete.com/andy.html
Sample image!
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-Kevin
aka DarkOnion

Input? Feedback? No one has any thoughts on this?

A way to request Andy would be a nice addition
Although this does kinda go against what your website says :/

csscmaster3 said:
A way to request Andy would be a nice addition
Although this does kinda go against what your website says :/
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I don't mind about the request part. I just don't like the idea of mailing him. Especially across country. He just sits in a box for 5-7 days... But you certainly can request for him!

Bumpers?? No one thinks this is a cool idea?

I like it but it seems like something that's going to be difficult to get started. Once it catches on it will be easy

Well, I already ordered the two plushies. As long as everyone likes the idea, then it is all good. I hope everyone makes the time to read the blog when I get it up.

Bumpers. I can't wait to get the plushies and get them out and about!

bookmarked! gonna keep an eye on this one.

SiL3nTKiLL said:
bookmarked! gonna keep an eye on this one.
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Look, it is the guy that stole my code!! JKJK. What's up dude? Yeah, this project is going to be super fun. I should see those guys in my mailbox pretty soon.
Dude, I got a great story. I got a friend who was like... why are you writing a root program, there is one that already exists. And I was like "What?!" I didn't know about it. And then he gives me a link to your program. And I looked at it, and sent an image back to him with a screen shot of your program with my name circled and was like... hey dude... you know that DarkOnion and I are the same right?

Bumpers. No Andy's in the mail today.

Bumpers. No Andy again today. probably see him next week some time.

Cool idea, but what if a secret Apple guy steals Andy and does (insert unimaginable thing) to him?

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Cool idea, but what if a secret Apple guy steals Andy and does (insert unimaginable thing) to him?
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Then we'll steal apples and make apple pie!
It should be okay! That's what the rules are for, so we can avoid that kind of situations.

Bump. Expected delivery tomorrow. Started the blog. Blog can be found here:
http://kimete.com/andy

Cool. How can I help you guys out?
Sent from my Droid using XDA App

qipengart said:
Cool. How can I help you guys out?
Sent from my Droid using XDA App
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Sure. You see the donate button next to my name. Do that!
Hehe. Sure you can, I think I'll be starting a waiting list. I do prefer hand-off's as opposed to mailing, but if someone gets stuck, we can have them mailed to a new person.
BTW. Andy's are here. Check them out.
http://kimete.com/andy

Andy is in Davis, CA!!
See the post here:
http://kimete.com/andy/2010/11/23/andy-in-davis-california/

Bumpers.
I would like to get a list going on people interested in hosting an Andy. Please PM me or... email me at darkonion (a) kimete.com.
I would like to hit most of the states before the end of the year!
-Kevin

Backdraft11 said:
Cool idea, but what if a secret Apple guy steals Andy and does (insert unimaginable thing) to him?
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Then we'll steal apples and make apple pie!
It should be okay! That's what the rules are for, so we can avoid that kind of situations.
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Lol, apple pie Good idea though, catchy

[GUIDE] How To Use Search

How To Search XDA Forums​
XDA Forum Rule 1.
1. Search before posting.
Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.
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Firstly you need to identify what you need to find.
Aww, that ROM I like. The download link doesn't work. I need to find a working link.
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Now, enter the ROM thread you wish to search & click this button -->
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Now enter your search term -->
Wow, there is a few results. What next?
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Now XDA has done a little of the work for you, you have to do the rest.
IF after exhausting every post that is returned from the search you cannot find the answer. Use the same technique that you just learn't to search the General & Q&A forums.
This time the button looks a little different. Don't let that put you off. Click this one instead -->
But Wait, I'm using the XDA App!
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Have no fear, you don't think XDA would have an app that wouldn't let you adhere to the rules, surely not.
Just open your XDA App, hit this -->
then this -->
If your lucky enough to have a hardware "Search" button, you can hit that too.
Now if you still don't find what you are looking for. You may post.
Failure to adhere to the XDA Forum Rules may lead to a Warning and/or Infraction.
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Essential Reading
Forum Rules
OP Iron Fist
Legacy Search Guide

the best thread!!

youp20 said:
the best thread!!
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This needs to totally be sticked permanently. and it is.
I think more emphasis needs to be placed on the new Iron Fist policy.

+100
my first reaction " " then i LOL'd really hard.
this thread is a blessing to people who dont know or dont want to know how to search ..

thanks for posting this.. it was needed!!

This is great...thanks
How about us that uses the xda app on our phone how can we search the thread
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App

best thread...it should be post in every first page on the thread

pahildo said:
How about us that uses the xda app on our phone how can we search the thread
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When you've got the thread open in the app, press Menu, then Browser, then follow the instructions exactly as described above.
Or, follow the steps in the first post referring to searching with the xda app and just be more specific with your search terms.

pahildo said:
This is great...thanks
How about us that uses the xda app on our phone how can we search the thread
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App
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Greetings troll.
Seriously nice thread though. Personally it's the people who post how can I do X, when the past 2-3 pages have been discussing just that who get my goat.

Good thread. An alternative is to use the Search feature in my sig. It uses Google and, for me, is easier.

what radio is recommended for this rom?

the best thread!!

you should also explane how to search multywords 'cause if you serach
for download mirror the engine will search for "download" and "mirror" instead the exact phrase.

Will do, cheers for the feedback.

I've tried searching for "rmt_storage" etc, but it returns zero hits. But I've certainly seen this in posts on the forum. But the search automatically gets rid of the "_" so I think this is why it won't find anything. If I search rmt or storage I don't find "rmt_storage" either.
Is there a way to escape special characters to be searched for?

Try wrapping your search in "" (quotation marks).

The search doesn't always work though. Not to no fault of anything or anyone but the search terms. Sometimes it's hard to go through 20 pages of posts. One thing that would help is if people actually used the tags the right way.

HAHA! I'll bite; where the hell did the search button go?

XDA has stopped paying the unicorns that power the search system, once we broker a new deal, it will be back.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks.
Thanks
i was necessary