yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
I think that even apart from the recent issues with the app crashing there's something wrong with the the search . In desktop browsers and in the app I get similar results to what you described. It almost seems like a universal wildcard search which finds the same posts each time. There is also a change in the behavior of the drop-downs that appear when typing criteria which is probably related if not causal.
[About XDA developers] Wolfcity:
Thanks for your feedback, it seems it's not just my incomprehension.

The "*" seems to be a wildcard that makes any In-thread-search impossible.

So it may be a bug appearing after the latest back-end changes.
[About XDA developers] david72262:
you have the old app the play store is showing you instead of the new updated one, that was my problem
[About XDA developers] aidanmacgregor:
oooh Will have to check This Out
[About XDA developers] Roarmaster:
Do you know how to add a device to the subscribed forums list? I used to have my pixel 3a, project treble, & Samsung galaxy tab a series forums on there, but now I can't even add the device forums to my watch list.
[About XDA developers] hunts31:
since the upgrade began I have been unable to login from my Oneplus 7 Pro rooted. I have deleted and reinstalled the app and switched browsers from Firefox to Brave and I keep getting "invalid username/password. Password was reset and still the same message. I can log in no problem with my computers. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

steve Hunt
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Does log in look like this?

https://xdaforums.com/t/index-xda-2021-navigating-the-new-forum-app.4199143/post-84059013
[About XDA developers] aidanmacgregor:
The logon for me redirected me to the browser and authorized the app to my account that was already signed in on chrome
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
As it should
[About XDA developers] stankyou:
For anyone looping at the "Authorize" part of the login process, check this post linked below. Particularly post #17

Basically clear the app defaults, then login, Authorize then pick one of the "Xda app" to open. Do not set as default just yet. If it loops back, login again, this time pick the other "xda app". It should log you in.

https://xdaforums.com/t/index-xda-2021-navigating-the-new-forum-app.4199143/post-84059013
[About XDA developers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
App is such a breath of fresh air, only things I've noticed is that participated threads doesn't seem to be a thing now?, This is a shame since I've not lost quite a few threads that I wasn't "watching".

& also the fact you can't set what device you're using & jump straight in to that forum, this was present in the XDA Labs app and was really useful.

But overall amazing job!
[About XDA developers] tcat007:
Finally got logged into app. Something behind the scene must have changed. I had uninstalled the app. Just installed again from PS, it asked to login. authorized, picked first XDA that showed up, and it went to new comments. Now I need to play.

Font is much larger in app, hard to change from large to normal, may change too small. Liking the app better than browser! Much better organized.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Participated is now contributed

[Index] How to Navigate the XDA Forum

[INDEX] How to Navigate the XDA Forum Welcome, this thread has been created to encompass everything you may need to navigate the XDA Forum. Please only post in this thread with feedback on how to improve this document. Do not post "Thank you"...

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[About XDA developers] bmwdroid:
I guess it's not my turn yet to get it as it's still the old one that's why I can't log in.
[About XDA developers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
Forgive me if I'm missing something but where is contributed threads located on the app, all I have is watching which is where they don't show, thanks.
[About XDA developers] INTRASERVER:
I'll not install this app as far there are included ads. Fix tapatalk please.
[About XDA developers] tcat007:
I haven't seen any ads yet and don't have Blokada turned on.

I also just tried Tapatalk on Chrome and XDA goes to current update, and it's fast.
[About XDA developers] derekclee:
Someone on here wrote the new app was a breath of fresh air. Normally adding 50mb to an app without any real functionality enhancement besides 'gestures' would suggest something else besides 'air'. I'm migrating to use only web based until or if there is a XDA Labs version which at least helps with xda apps. Thanks for the effort just the same, it does seem rather enhanced in Chrome.
[About XDA developers] DeltaHF07:
Does anyone else find that threads load faster in Chrome than in the app?
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Closest I could find.

Viewing Participated threads in App
[About XDA developers] Hausemaster:
Thanks!
[About XDA developers] :
Is there any change that the ability to see the news (the first page that opens when we start XDA old app) is going to be added back ?

It was an very handy feature to have. I used to use it regularly. While the new app looks really good and is an major improvement over the previous one really miss the news functionality.
[About XDA developers] La_Globule:
Hi,

The problem is still here with v2.15.41.

Is there any chance it will be fixed soon?

Thanks to the staff members for having a look.
[About XDA developers] acidspider:
is there hidden somewhere that i cant find or no option avaialbel in the app for the quick filters option?
[About XDA developers] lukval:
The same here @ Oreo 8.0 - every app startup my account authorization is needed + sometimes my dark theme is spontaneously switching to white theme + sometimes xda app crashing without visible the reason.

EDIT:

After appdata wipe the account authorization is no longer required.
[About XDA developers] Wolfcity:
So I'm still not able to use the in thread search, still the "*" as a wildcard in front.

It seems other users can use the search function.

Any news or anything I can do about it?

It's really annoying to not being able to use the search function. Here's another screenshot what happens when I try to search for any keyword in this thread, same happens when using XDA in a browser.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Still occurring here. I did not realize that some people were not experiencing it. I don't see how it could be as simple as an Android device setting because something similar happens in the web interface nor do I see how an account setting could cause it. That being said there must be a cause because it is occurring.
[About XDA developers] eriol1:
I am not affected.

I noticed however that if I search for an empty string I get results for "*", so maybe something is simply clearing your search string before sending it to the server? Maybe some security mechanism that's acting up?

I'd set up a proxy to catch the http request on its way out and see if there's anything in the search term.

If the search term is indeed empty it confirms the problem is not on the server side.
[About XDA developers] eriol1:
An offending character in the file name maybe?
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Perhaps on the right track though not in the file name which I've tested for but maybe in the contents. I'll test a log from a different logging app but at this point sharing log on XDA has become the bigger project than testing and logging an app glitch. There should be an error message in response to an attachment that does not fully attache (the icon never goes black as it does on successful attempts). It is obvious from my continued and engaged presence that I take in stride various complaints which I share with others about XDA but for it to be this difficult to share logs is not good. There should at least be an informative error message in such cases - from the live web UI... not requiring yet another logging project.

Anyhow, pardon the rant and thanks for the tip. I'm trying a different logging app which might use different syntax.
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
I've mentioned this problem a few times in the BBS thread. Sometimes, I'm able to attach a txt-file, othertimes I need to zip it first. Seems that in few cases something in the txt-file doesn't pass a filter and won't be allowed to attached; however, that's obviously masked if you zip.

So far, I wasn't able to figure out the reason but I've to admit I didn't invest much time yet.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Thanks. That description seems consistent with with what I've seen today, it must be some characters or formatting in the file. Logs from different logging app and from ADB via PC experienced the same problem but after being opened in Wordpad (windows native app) then saved as unicode format instead of plan text they can be attached successful. I had tried renaming as zip but not actually zipping so I'll remember that as an option for next time. Both the acts of zipping and saving as unicode may delete or obscure the offending character or formatting. It would be nice to know what formatting or characters are not allowed. Thanks again!.
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
@MikeChannon

Sir, may @IronTechmonkey's findings regarding the unicode format help to fix the occasional issues with attaching txt-files?
[About XDA developers] Thebear j koss:
Pastebin broseph. Or any file share app. Unless I'm misunderstanding you.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
I considered such but would rather post here. Saving the log in unicode format seems to work. I hope that does not render the log less useful to the developer, and since the item being blocked is something common in log files that get tossed around much on a dev focused site, I hope XDA can tweak filters to allow it ... once it is known what "it" is.
[About XDA developers] MikeChannon:
It may help... I've referred it for a look by those that have more expertize than me.

Mike
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Would it help if I could isolate the offending character or section of formatting by attaching increasingly smaller chunks of the file until the specific culprit is revealed? Depending how the file is handled while being divided into sections for testing this might or might not work but I've done it before and think that might be possible in this case. Depending on where the culprit resides within the file this might go quickly or take some time but if you think having a much smaller section of file to look at would help I can do this.
[About XDA developers] MikeChannon:
If you have the time and patience to do it then it could well help.:)

It crosses my mind that there might be a few characters that are being blocked but still it would be good to identify at least one for reference.

Mike
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
If it is specific characters they should be easy to isolate but if the issue is paragraph or end file markers that are not visible it might be trickier especially if they relate to each other as paragraph markers might. IDK why there would be such markers in logs but think that's where I'm at now. .

Down to 62 lines of the log file being used for testing; until this point trimming off the bottom or the top would yield one section that was good and one section that was bad but now if a few lines are trimmed from the top or the bottom it goes from bad to good, so the bad stuff seems to be at the beginning and end of the 62 line chunk but deleting material from only beginning or end seems to rectify. If I cant narrow the scope further in a few hours or by tomorrow morning I'll share what I've got via a 3rd party site.
[About XDA developers] La_Globule:
Hello,

@STAFF members around here: can you please have a look at my problem and pass it to the dev team?

Thanks for appreciated help.
[About XDA developers] yazzine:
So, i have a few things to say. First of all, i think im not the only one to say that i really miss xda Labs. It was really nice to have a "app store" like experience to find all kinds of nice apps especially if youre rooted and want to toy around with the new features you just unlocked. For which sadly i couldnt find any alternatives to. The new XDA app on itself has a few small quirks that annoy me, like how some options in the settings menu make a small window pop up that cant be closed by tapping the background or pressing the back button, forcing you to just pick the same option that was already selected if you just wanted to see the options (its a very small issue, but however VERY frustrating when it does randomly happen). However other than that the XDA app has drastically improved but also kinda is just...well, a forum reader. I hope at some point we could get an update where people can browse apps of users with the same simplicity Labs offered.
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
Check this now. The text file attachment was triggeting a bunch of OWASP rules which put it above a limit and the request was blocked. The specific rules it was flagging (one will not deny the request, but enough of them will):

960024 · Meta-Character Anomaly Detection Alert - Repetative Non-Word Characters OWASP Generic Attacks Log
950005 · Remote File Access Attempt OWASP Generic Attacks Log
981260 · SQL Hex Encoding Identified OWASP SQL Injection Attacks Log
981319 · SQL Injection Attack: SQL Operator Detected OWASP SQL Injection Attacks Log
959073 · SQL Injection Attack OWASP SQL Injection Attacks Log
981257 · Detects MySQL comment-/space-obfuscated injections and backtick termination OWASP SQL Injection Attacks Log
981245 · Detects basic SQL authentication bypass attempts 2/3 OWASP SQL Injection Attacks Log
981243 · Detects classic SQL injection probings 2/2 OWASP SQL Injection Attacks Log
uri-981172 · Restricted SQL Character Anomaly Detection Alert - Total # of special characters exceeded OWASP Uri SQL Injection Attacks Log
uri-981173 · Restricted SQL Character Anomaly Detection Alert - Total # of special characters exceeded OWASP Uri SQL Injection Attacks Log
973335 · IE XSS Filters - Attack Detected OWASP XSS Attacks Log
973334 · IE XSS Filters - Attack Detected OWASP XSS Attacks Log
973333 · IE XSS Filters - Attack Detected OWASP XSS Attacks Log
973332 · IE XSS Filters - Attack Detected OWASP XSS Attacks Log

I added a rule that should fix it, in theory. If still having issues, let me know!
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
A limit on special characters? But we are all special characters. Seriously some of those criteria seem a bit rough for technical log files.Thanks for adding the rule. With any luck it will cover whatever is the widely used syntax from log files that trips the filters. Thanks! I'll have a chance to test again in a few hours.

A remaining mystery is why a copy of the file saved in wordpad as unicode did not trip the filters but to your point maybe that action addressed one of several criteria which in toto caused the block, and with that one cleared up the others which appear in the log snippet that you shared don't cause the block.
[About XDA developers] pndwal:
broken in-app Search This Thread function

I see that the broken in-app Search This Thread function has been reported here as I expected.

I am surprised that this has not been fixed as it hasn't worked ever since we got the new look preset 'Search This Thread' button.

Using the App has very little advantage for me without working search; I am forced to use browser which works fine. (Incidentally, so did in-app search when it functioned like in-browser.*)

To be clear, if I search for the word "hey" in this thread using browser 13 results are returned. Same search in-app returns 1000 results (every post up to 1000 max), and it seems "*" was actually used in place of "hey". ☹️

It seems most (all?) users, at least in Magisk General Support and Discussion thread, can't use in-app search either...

Hey guys! Is this seemingly simple issue really such a doozy? Has it been investigated at all? Do very few members actually use Search This Thread?? 😬

I'll just keep using browser for now I guess...

(* "If it ain't broke, WHY fix it?") PW
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
If you are experiencing what I think you are, the search isvat first being converted to a wildcard search and you probably can see an asterisk listed as the search criteria. That asterisk is a live link which when clicked takes you to a full search panel which functions properly. This has been working in desktop web browser and Android app. See here for more details and a screenshot: https://xdaforums.com/t/xenforo-2-2-upgrade-post-bugs-issues-and-comments-here.4245677/post-86078287. Maybe that will work for you as well.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
[EDIT, the cause of the search limitation which requires the workaround described below is a limitation of the two user selectable app-based XDA. templates. The templates which are not based on apps do not have this issue and will have full search functionality. Additionally, since the migration at the beginning of October 2023, when using either of the two app based templates this work around will yield an error so at this point it is not viable. If the underlying search error is fixed then some people might have use for this workaround but at this point for normal search function the use of non-app based templates is recommended.]

Regarding in thread search in both the Android app and desktop browsers I might as well repost this here instead of just link to the other thread

If in thread search is showing all posts in the results and changing your criteria to an asterisk (in other words a wild-card) try this:

After performing the search your criteria is replaced by an asterisk indicating a wild card. That asterisk is a live link to a full search which allows you to modify the criteria (see red box in attached image) If you click that link you should be taken to the full search panel with an asterisk in the search field. If you replace the asterisk with your search criteria you should be able to conduct a proper search and after you search you will see your search criteria in the place of the asterisk and post based on that criteria will be listed.
[About XDA developers] pndwal:
Ah, thanks, great find / tip / workaround / bug-bypass... I'll pass it on... I noticed orange * (ie. a link) but never thought to click it!

Clicking wildcard (*) I now get 15 results for This Thread "hey" search! 😜

Still, Search This Thread button itself (coding) is broken and needs to be bypassed with extra steps. Ironically it seems it was introduced to reduce steps. 🙄 Love to see it working as intended and intuitively. PW
[About XDA developers] pndwal:
Bit further re.

Broken in-app Search This Thread function

workaround above:

Actually, I agree that this find / tip / workaround / bug-bypass is quite limited in value, and by no means fully resolves search issues.

Perhaps it's not 'great', but it does work as advertised 🤪 ; and yes, 'Restrict search to specified thread' is missing after using 'Search threads' tab at any stage, not that a means to specify or the 'specified thread' was ever shown either...

This is, however, in keeping with XDA app's frustrating / broken functionality in general, eg inability to return to a previous page, including search result list page after checking one result (forces you to re-do whole tedious search process for each time you look at a result!), due to both back arrow and back button not doing / allowing this or even working as expected, and often landing you back in the dumb 'partial thread' view...

For now, I'll continue to do most XDA posting & searching in browser. For practical purposes, XDA app sadly only has advantages for notification functions and browsing posts for me... lends itself largely to those who don't bother either searching or posting much... ☹️ 😜

To those concerned, I am actually grateful for the app and to those who contributed to it 👍👏, but the comments above do reflect the true state of XDA's app as I / many other users see it... I hope this is taken as the constructive criticism intended. 😛 PW
[About XDA developers] notstpaul:
Any chance of simplifying the login procedure? I'm happy to login via the app and not via a browser and then authorising my phone again.

Every few weeks when I'm forced to login again (not sure why) I have to copy paste passwords, 2FA details etc just to use the app. It's quite discouraging.

Of course, I may be doing something wrong and hopefully someone can let me know a better way of doing things.
[About XDA developers] pndwal:
Suddenly Mr frosty blue! 😝 Yay!
[About XDA developers] IamTheBRAVE:
I just noticed that. But only in webview. The app controls (back and three-dot menu) are still orange. Frankly i like the orange better. At least i'd like the option to choose the color myself...
[About XDA developers] mrjuniork:
Or Mr lantern green 😉
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Now I'm going to have to find that tiny orange search-link all over again in a different color but at least while I do it I'll know I'm an RC by the color of my username. :D

Bit seriously, I could not care less about color of links and care only a little about titles. Those things don't improve forum access (restore what was once possible) as would having links at top and bottom and ability to navigate back to where you were in thread. I will beat this drum any time it passes before me.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
If you have your default android browser configured to log in to XDA with remembered password the processes of logging back in when that happened should not require manually entering passwords; some annoying extra taps but no cutting and pasting unless the browser does not remember password.
[About XDA developers] pndwal:
I consider myself chastised for posting this in Magisk General Support / Discussion thread (it just got deleted along with other OT):

Thought I'd rescue it and post it here before refreshed page... Maybe it's more appropriate in this serious forum. 😝 PW
[About XDA developers] IamTheBRAVE:
Xda app is being wonky again... This morning the alert page wouldn't load. Removed the app from recents list, then started again. Got ****d out and had to log in again. Now, Articles won't update (last update 17h ago) no alerts all day, and i just realized i Haven't recieved alerts on a couple watched threads for 2 weeks (magisk support thread and a oneplus 9 pro custom rom one)

It feels like server connection problem...

Anybody else?
[About XDA developers] guitardoc64:
I just got an alert when you posted this, but I had to log back in to get to it.
[About XDA developers] freddienuxx:
The app is horrible please change it back how it use to be. I mean it's horrific. This why we are you using telegram again please change back.
[About XDA developers] t-ryder:
It's somehow ironic that the greatest smartphone forum has the worst smartphone app.
[About XDA developers] mrrocketdog:
@freddienuxx (or anybody else) have a link to share? did search from within telegram and sooo many results popped up i couldnt tell which was the "real/best" link. :)
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
+1

And this telegram migration is a fact.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
XDA's other social links

Hint: They are at the bottom of every XDA forum page
[About XDA developers] mrrocketdog:
just curious question , should it read "New Threads" or maybe "New Posts"?

(i reply to a post and it immediately shows up under "New Threads"?

[mods please move my post to correct location if this is the wrong location]
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
It's broken, I reported it May 31, 2021, others reported it before that.

https://xdaforums.com/t/new-threads-tab-showing-more-than-new.4285783/
[About XDA developers] IamTheBRAVE:
I have a couple of threads in my watch list that don't send me alerts for new posts (among them the magisk support & the report Spam threads)

Does anyone have this problem too?
[About XDA developers] notstpaul:
Please please please please change the app login procedure so that it's done via the app itself and not via a separate browser. :unsure:
[About XDA developers] Lord Sithek:
Gosh, I reported a crash on split screen many many months ago, attached logs and it hasn't been fixed until now 😩😩😩
[About XDA developers] MrBlubke:
I guess "you get what you pay for" works for free apps as well...