Sorry I may have given the wrong impression. I'm familiar with android, but not with my new tablet. My big problem right now is that I can't work out how to post anything. I skimmed through the first few pages of the link, but it seems to be about using android devices. I need some basics on how to use this site, including which forum to use if it doesn't seem to fit any or no one seems to know how to help. Also are my comments, questions answers I have received kept somewhere, so I can find it again? And (last one) if I'm brousing and find a post that I know will be useful, can I save it?
Thanks
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Ok, first you need to distinguish between 3 different ways that you can access Android Central:
1. The AndroidCentral.com website, best viewed on your computer. Using the website gives you the most flexibility and features.
2. The Android Central app for your Android device--this is the one whose icon is the white Android character on a green background. This is a great app that allows you to access the news from Android Central as well as the forums. It is different from ...
3. The Android Central Forums app--this is the one whose icon is the orange Android head peeking up with the blue background. According to your signature, that is the one you're using on your new tablet. This app is only for the forums, and you can't access any of the news articles from the website here.
The Android Central Forums app works pretty well, and has a couple more useful features than the other Android Central app in regard to using the forums. It's a little difficult to go into detail, so I'll just see if I can answer your questions about the Android Central Forums app.
First, make sure you're logged in with your AC account. Tap the "Login" at the upper right, then enter your login information.
Along the top of the screen, you should see "Latest" for latest posts, "Forums" which gives you a list of all of the forums available on the site, "Favorites" which are the forums you can save as your favorite ones, "PM" for Private Messaging to other members, and "More" for more options.
To start a new topic, first go to the forum that you want to post in. For example, under Forums, select "Android Central Community," then "General Help and How To." (By the way, this is the best forum to post questions about a device that doesn't have its own forum.) You should now see a whole lot of existing topics (also called threads). To start a new topic, tap the menu key (either the tablet's menu button or the soft menu button on the screen, next to your Home and Back buttons). Tap "New Topic," and you can now enter a title subject and then start typing your post.
The AC Forums app keeps track of any posts that you have made up to a point. You can review them by tapping the "More" button at the upper right, then "Profile," then "View [user]'s Posts." Unfortunately, you're limited to viewing your last 20 or so posts. The website can show you many more, under the "Participated" button that Golfdriver97 mentioned.
If there's a topic that you find important and want to save for later, then you can do it two ways. The first way is to go to the Forum view, press and hold the topic that you want to save, then tap "Subscribe" when the window pops up. The second way is to enter the topic by selecting it, then tap the menu button and select Subscribe. To find these topics that you've subscribed to, tap on "Favorites" on the top bar, then tap on "Topics," which is to the right of "Forums." You'll see your subscribed topics there.
You can mark certain forums as Favorites as well, which is helpful if you usually only browse through a few different ones. The process is similar to subscribing to a topic. Just press and hold the forum that you're interested in, then tap "Subscribe." That forum will now appear in your Favorites.
Hope that helps!
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