I found out what my problem is, but i haven't had the time to attempt to fix it. The LED display i was using is a small graphics color display. so i can't just print numbers or letters that's in a loop. having something fixed on the screen is easy, but if i need it to display and update a number. i have to use the (char) function. and i'm not familiar with that very much.
so for the meantime. i was able to download an arduino app on my tablet and just keep it hooked up to the arduino while i'm using it..... which for the moment, is working good. But in the future i'll have to fix it right.