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[About XDA developers] TravisBean:
Ok, it's back and you can delete "Three Word Story Part 2" that I started if you haven't already done so. (Thanks)
[About XDA developers] TravisBean:
Clown hates story :p
[About XDA developers] adfree:
How to save/backup Conversation?

Btw... I miss the old Private Message System... Easy to handle for me. And I was able to find the Backup Function...

Maybe I am tooo old...

Best Regards
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
I'm running Android 11 and can't open forum.xda links from Google search results in chrome browser. Chrome browser is set as my default browser. If I forward an forum.xda link to my email address and click on the link I have the same issue. Error I receive is 'no apps can perform this function'. I simply want the links to open in chrome. If I open the links in a new tab they open fine. If I browse in 'cognito' mode, the forum.xda links load as soon as I click on them.
[About XDA developers] svetius:
That's so strange. It's like you have a link dependency. Check the default app settings, and if anything is related to XDA links, reset it.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
Please explain what you are doing differently in these two cases.

I do not understand the difference.
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
If I click on the forum.xda link I get the error. If I long press on the link and select 'open in new tab' it opens fine in the new tab'.

FYI. I have a Xiaomi 10 lite and tried a couple of ROMs which I didn't like so reverted to stock. The problem occurred after freshly setting up my phone again on the stock ROM.

I just created a guest account on my phone and it works perfectly.
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
I have reset defaults for all and chrome but the problem remains. I installed chrome beta but have the same problem. I tried a couple of other browsers and they work flawlessly.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
Seems pretty clear that the fault lies with Chrome.

You say you made a guest account on your phone and "it" works. Is there an Android feature called "guest account", or did you just create a new User on your phone?

When you set up a device, it nags you to attach/associate a Google account. Did you do that? Did you do it again for the new account? Did you use a different Google account?

When you use Google in a browser, it very much wants you to "log in" using a Google account. Do you usually "log in" on Google when you use Chrome, and the other browsers that all work? Are you using the same Google account you associated with the phone? Are you using the same Google account in every browser session we're talking about?

Just for concreteness, tell me a Google search query that returns a forum.xda link.
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
There is an option in phone settings called 'multiple users' which allowed me to create a guest account or a new user. I did not sign into chrome but was greeted with 'open with' options for chrome and mi browser when I clicked on the forum.xda link. I did not log into Google on the other browsers. Chrome is a system app so I am unable to uninstall it as I don't have root access. Root access broke NFC payments and magisk hide did not fix this which is why I'm back on stock with the bootloader locked again. I'm thinking that there is a bug with the Xiaomi setup wizard although this wasn't an issue when I first set the phone up after purchasing it. I am performing a factory reset now.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I'm more confused than ever.

What is "sign into chrome" (which you didn't do)?

Did you log into Google in Chrome? Did you log into Google under the guest account? Have you tried logging out of Google in Chrome under the primary user?

Where are you seeing a "forum.xda" link? *What* is a "forum.xda link"?

Why do you want to uninstall Chrome?
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
Signing into Google in chrome - irrelavent as I haven't signed in.

If you simply Google XDA, You get search results for www.xda-developers.com and www.forum.xda-devolpers.com. If I click on a link that starts with www.xdaforums.com I run into said problem.

I have run a factory reset on the phone and gone through the setup wizard and the issue is gone.

The issue only after flashing the stock ROM then running through the setup wizard which I did twice and had this problem. Factory reset was run via the Android settings menu. Maybe there's a bug in the factory ROM?
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I have a Samsung. There is a warning in Odin to delete the Google account from the device before burning new ROM.

Maybe this kind of warning applies to other devices.

Do you have the patience to delete the Google account from the device and flash the stock ROM and set up again?
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
@the_scotsman I've just noticed that the Search dialog I get in a browser on a desktop has the query text box on the same line as the dropdown where I can change Everywhere to This Thread.

On my tablet, in a browser, in landscape orientation, the query text box is the line above the dropdown. It's part of the pinned top line of the page.

Another difference is that, on a desktop computer, there is no box to the left of the magnifying glass, I have to click on the glass to open the Search dialog. On the tablet, there is a box, and I have to click in the box to open the dialog. I keep clicking the glass, which on the tablet, launches a search -- uselessly, since there is no search string.

I wonder if this has anything to do with my inability to get the keyboard to stay open on the tablet.
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
The problem has returned. Also affects a couple of other sites including m.facebook linjs. Possible associated with apps that are associated with the links. I changed the Facebook app to always open supported links instead of 'ask everytime'. Also made the same change for the Kogan app. Not sure why it won't default to Chrome browser considering I am clicking on a link from Google search results in chrome browser. The XDA app isn't available as an option undrr the 'opening links' options.
[About XDA developers] curiousrom:
On Windows 10 & Edge: Click in the Search box & expand the dropdown menu. Et voilà! ;)

I can type the keyword(s) before of after choosing This thread.

What's your computer's OS & the name of your browser?

On LineageOS 17.1 & Chrome: Type keyword(s) first in the search box, then Cog to select This thread then hit Search. Or type keywords after selecting This thread, then hit Search.

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[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
The differences are just the way it changes to accomodate various screen sizes/devices. Just as it changes for mobile browsers too.

What specifically are you having an issue with? Keyboard doesn't stay open
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I think this "accomodation" is what's killing me.

Yes, "Keyboard doesn't stay open" is a big problem.

I have posted a number of times. I will collect and repost when I am on my desktop computer, where Search is usable.
[About XDA developers] lpedia:
What is the URL for XDA Ad-Free now, please? In Ads Suck. So bad. Remove Them with XDA Ad-Free, the XDA Ad-Free link is broken, as commented by @scandiun in #583. :(
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
To try to summarize:

I always use a browser (never the XDA app)

I can submit a search on a desktop computer

my problem is with submitting a search, not the results returned by a search

on my tablet I have tried Naked Browser, Chrome, and Samsung Internet -- no difference

in landscape orientation, there is a text box and a magnifying glass; clicking the text box gives me a dialog box, and I can choose "This Thread"; but the keyboard will not stay open, so I cannot type a search string; clicking the magnifying glass kicks off a useless search with no query string

in portrait orientation, there is no text box; when I click the magnifying glass the top line of the screen gets rewritten: now I have an "X" on the left, a text box, and a gear wheel on the right; I can type a search string in the text box, but the gear wheel is non-functional -- it does not open a dialog, I cannot select "This Thread"

I have found two perverse workarounds

I tripped over a description of a similar situation, with a highly technical explanation; I cannot tell if the explanation applies to this problem

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
I have the patience and will give that a crack. Between flashing custom and stock ROMs. This will be the 8th time starting from scratch in a week.
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
I am going to bump this. There's the scenario when you'd quote someone in need of asking them more information on something. But the quoted message is years-old and the person no longer visits XDA that much at all and also doesn't have the XDA app installed and running.

So in order for you to hope to get a reply from him, you'd hope that he would get an email message notification from XDA that he was quoted/mentioned on this.

XDA is about community and communication. This is a very useful and powerful feature to keep communication alive and continuous and it was available in the previous XDA. Please, bring it back.
[About XDA developers] gimpy1:
How to get rid of the "view" icon that pops up? I did it once before, but can't find the way to get rid of it now. Even tried a search:rolleyes:
[About XDA developers] It_ler:
Here is a short description how to toggle thread preview in the new xda app:
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
Right after the conversion, I was drowning in e-mails. I managed to shut off all of them. So I wouldn't know if the capability disappeared.

I just went to Watched Threads, ticked the box on this thread, went to the bottom and used "With selected threads..." to enable e-mail notification. I also went to my Preferences and ticked "e-mail" for "quote" and "mention".

Reply and I'll let you know what I see.
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
Google account removed, factory reset performed then stock ROM flashed again. The setup process and sync with Google was different this time. Previously there would be an impatient timeout that kept popping up whilst the setup process was running which I kept ignoring. This time there were no warnings or errors. Now if I select a forum.xda link in Google search it pops up with 'open with' and lists Chrome and Tapatalk as options. All problem sites appear to be fixed. Thanks J.Michael.
[About XDA developers] retiredtab:
@bitpushr, I can't edit my first post at

https://xdaforums.com/t/unofficial-rom-lineageos-17-1-for-galaxy-tab-a-8-0-sm-t350.4162573/

It says

Oops! We ran into some problems. Please try again later. More error details may be in the browser console.

I have a console log. Can I send this to you in a PM instead of public forum here?

BTW, the above URL incorrectly shows a preview to post #2 instead of post #1. My post #1 was one of the missing 1st post problems with it was switched over to Xenforo.

PS. I can't find how to disable WSIWYG editor anywhere in my account preferences?

Thank you.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Spoiler content hidden.

The default is WYSIWYG, Toggling that off shows BB codes
[About XDA developers] retiredtab:
@sd_shadow, Thanks for replying, but I tried that before posting my question and I still get

Oops! We ran into some problems. Please try again later. More error details may be in the browser console.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Toggling BB Code doesn't work in all cases.
[About XDA developers] retiredtab:
@sd_shadow, okay, I understand. I appreciate you taking the time to try and help.

I will wait for bitpushr to respond on where to send browser console messages.

Thanks again.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
osm0sis also posted about this here
[About XDA developers] retiredtab:
Thanks for that. It looks like /c is my problem. If I remove any text with that, then I can save post #1. Thanks. I have a workaround.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
@J.Michael wonders if this mention will trigger an e-mail; earlier quote *did* trigger an e-mail
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
@J.Michael did it work?
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
Mine did not work.

Yours did.

I guess the forum cleverly suppresses e-mail from autoreferences, since it's illegal in some states.
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
I want to note that I'm speaking about email notifications only when I'm quoted or mentioned, NOT when I am following a thread or a forum. For instance you quoted me and I didn't get an email for that. The same happens when I am mentioned.

The only way for me to learn about this is if I go on XDA and see the bell icon. And I don't use the XDA app as the website is much better.

So what happens if I don't visit the site and someone needs to get my reply on something? He simply has to wait till I visit the site the next time, which may be months.

I don't even see an option for what I am talking about in XDA preferences (attached screenshot). There are only options for "Alert", which is visible only when in the website and "Mobile app push", which I don't use.

This undoubtedly cripples the communication chain in some scenarios, which I gave in my previous post. And again, it was available in the previous XDA and I hope the admins make it available again as soon as possible.
[About XDA developers] MLX:
So, what'll happen with all those old posts which clearly can't be updated by the post owner? What with all those old projects which still are useful for people but have a missing post owner? What with all those legacy devices, again almost abandoned by deprecating DevDB after impulsing his use?

Something similar happened when dev-host died. Still there are a lot of useless posts with dead dev-host links.

Please, not again...
[About XDA developers] TonikJDK:
I have the same issue and have not found a solution. It is a shame, the other day I was helping someone and they had follow up questions that I could have answered. They quoted me, no email, and I didn't check the thread for a couple of days. They didn't get an answer from anyone else until I came back.
[About XDA developers] theelderstatesman:
"Illegal in some states", that's a joke, isn't it?
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
Is it working now? That might actually have been the WAF. I have tweaked it so it should allow the editing of posts with certain content it didn't like.
[About XDA developers] osm0sis:
Success!! Now to see if that fixes all instances of what looked like a captcha challenge in the console log. 🤞
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
yes. (it was funnier in FORTRAN)
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I think you did not perform *both* steps.

From your screenshot, I think you have the right choices in Preferences.

Did you do what I said to do in the Watched Threads display?

There are options in Preferences that look like they control whether you receive an e-mail. I think they are only applied at the moment you start watching a thread. Maybe only if the watching is because of another Preference saying "watch anything I comment in".

Check the "Watched threads" list. If it doesn't say "Email" next to the checkbox, you have not "asked" for e-mail for that thread. You have to check the box, then use the dropdown at the bottom of the page to "Enable email".

Say something when you have done that.
[About XDA developers] osm0sis:
The only part of the issue now remaining is that turning the WYSIWYG editor off or on while editing certain posts still triggers an Oops, and seemingly on the same posts that used to trigger the WAF, so perhaps some more tweaking is still required?
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
I know what you mean and I've tried it.

If I do do what do you suggest I'll start getting emails for every new post in those traits. And I don't want that.

I want to get emails only if I'm quoted or mentioned by someone.
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
Yeah... Precisely what I'm talking about.

Thank you.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I only get an e-mail when I am quoted or mentioned. I get more e-mails than I would have under the old system -- it used to send one e-mail, then no more until you visited the thread.

I'm confused: did you enable e-mail for a thread? (The Watched threads list is the only place I know of where I can do that. There may be other paths.) Did you get e-mail for all activity in the thread?
[About XDA developers] retiredtab:
If I put this into post #1 /c, when I hit preview, it gives the same error ("Oops! We ran into some problems. Please try again later. More error details may be in the browser console."), but when I hit save, it actually saves it.

However, when I post

adb shell cat /proc/ cmdline

here, it gives me the Oops error in preview and post reply.

Note there should be no space before the cmdline. I only put the space there so I could post this reply.

So something's still incorrect with the way it parses consectutive /c. That is

[ code ] /proc/ cmdline [ /code]
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
c/c
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I just saw an e-mail because someone replied to a thread I was watching, so I no longer know when I'll get e-mail.
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
When I am subscribed to a thread and activate emails for it, I get sporadic emails that someone posted a new post there. Not every time though. So this doesn't work proper. But I anyway don't want that. I just want emails when I get quoted or mentioned.

Obviously this needs work. Let's wait patient and see. I'm sure the admins are on it.
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
I got the cookies acceptance message from XDA just now. Wow! The Vendors List... I've never even seen a longer one. I am extremely happy that the popup for this was so tyny and difficult to deal with on my mobile phone browser. This gave me the rare chance to test my stylus better than ever, especially considering that laggy animation added to those switches. Took me a while and lost >2% of my battery to finish it.

I do feel like a customer after this, to be honest. Especially after this popup was conveniently missing a "decline all" button...
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
Just an update on this. I am copying all DevDB downloads as I speak to a new server. After the download is done, I'll install h5ai or something so that these files can be downloaded. I'll probably also set up some system so a filename can be searched.
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
A lot of the issues with certain posts is the Web Application Firewall detecting code within post variables, which then issues a denial or captcha. I have allowlisted certain endpoints that should fix that problem.

With the <Switch to BBCode> button, it was a similar issue. I disabled the rule causing that error.

adb shell cat /proc/cmdline

Interesting enough, when I first posted a reply with that, it put a space. But I can go back in, edit the response, and remove the space. I haven't gotten an error message yet. It could be that rule I disabled fixed that error as well.
[About XDA developers] vpwrf:
I absolutely hate the new design. I can no longer see the exact number of replies if there's more than 1000 and tooltips on the page numbers no longer work so can no longer see in advance how many posts are on the last page before clicking on it. This grinds my gears immensely. Not happy at all about these changes. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
[About XDA developers] adfree:
Still need help... please.

A

How to save/backup Conversation?

Old PM System was easy to save as txt csv xml

B

How to search inside Thread?

Sorry to be blind... but I am blind and old and not able to learn new tricks... so fast...

Thanx in advance.

P.S.

I mean on PC with Firefox as Browser for instance...
[About XDA developers] It_ler:
A. I don't think that new conversations can be saved for each user, as it is now a kind of shared conversation for multiple users. No longer a private message like an email between two users.

B. Have a look here how to search in a thread via browser:
[About XDA developers] adfree:
Thanx, this work for me.

This would be very bad... for me.

As I had important stuff inside my PMs... and not all saved before "Facelift"

No idea if it is really impossible to add export to text...

I mean I can star... unstar them...

Mark and unmark... and wow leave

Best Regards
[About XDA developers] retiredtab:
Thanks bithpushr. I will come back here if I run into problems with it.

Under the old system, I found that if I posted 20 lines of log inside [ code ], I would always get captcha which was annoying.
[About XDA developers] retiredtab:
I miss this feature too.
[About XDA developers] Lz3807775t:
I think you guys having e mail because when you hit watch in the options it gives you you have pick the first 1
[About XDA developers] pbezza:
The issue returned but is now resolved. I though it was a result of updating to the latest firmware via ota. Turns out it is caused by disàbling miui optimisation in developer options which I did as required during the installation of YouTube vanced nonroot. As soon as I enabled miui optimisation again, everything immediately normalised and YouTube vanced still functions.
[About XDA developers] GoJo ^^:
As expected, as with any "new/nextgen" version of any website i like, THE FORMER WAS MUCH BETTER.

I haven't discovered all the tragedy yet, but for example, search in topic bar disappeared. How horrible is that? BRING IT BACK
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Like this?

In Thread Search

Edit: wrong link

Search within a thread
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I think we understand enabling/disabling *all* e-mail for a thread.

The puzzle is which new posts will result in an e-mail. I have selected options I thought would produce e-mail when I am quoted or mentioned. I have received e-mail citing a post that does neither.
[About XDA developers] GoJo ^^:
I

I'm not sure what i'm supposed to find on your link? I still don't see thread search and i'm on a computer right now, not app.
[About XDA developers] curiousrom:
The two biggest lost in usability with this migration, missing badly in the right sidebar:
[About XDA developers] scootley:
Thanks for the response, @sd_shadow. Selecting "This category" does not work for searching the Pixel 5 forums at least. If I select it, I get no search results (when I know that there are results present if I search an individual forum within the category)

And as to my second question, it seems there is no way to sort results by date when searching a specific thread or forum. I don't see any option in the UI nor in that post of yours that you linked to
[About XDA developers] curiousrom:
https://xdaforums.com/account/preferences > Search Options.

"The search order to use for quick searches, searching by thread, and the default value when loading the search form."
[About XDA developers] scootley:
Thanks much! An option to change on the fly (and per search) would be a lot better but at least it exists and seems to work.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
@svetius and @osm0sis

Unless I'm miss understanding, this option is broken.

When in a Category like

General

Moto G7 Power

You have the option to search "This category" which should include

all forums under that category.

Spoiler content hidden.

All searches result in No results found.

Edit: clarified search "This category"
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I did what I thought you described, and it found posts in several threads in several forums. I am using a browser. Maybe I wasn't limited to the current forum.

I never saw the popup you showed.

I used the menu bar option "Search forums". That took me to a search page. "Search threads" under that found posts in different threads in different forums. "Search forums" found things, but didn't have the option of displaying posts. Both options had "sort by date" as an option, although one had more sort options than the other.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
You will only see the "This category" option if there are subforums.

Like the links I posted.

Edit: Updated my earlier post to clarify that it's "This category" search that is broken.