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[Fix] Facebook in HTC Album

There is nothing wrong with eitheryour HD2 or Facebook; the problem is with a particular tweak that I find irrevocabley pernicious across my phones! It ALWAYS causes my ELF, Diamond, and HD2 to behave erratically and without adding the alleged performance boost everyone is convinced it does!
I have tried it, it caused my album to lose the ability to load Facebook photos, fixed that, recreate the problem and saw the same result, and finally fixed it again!
NOTE:Most of our tweaking apps apply this legacy em3.w tweak mindlessly to our wm6.x systems.
The fix is simple:
After you have applied all your performance tweaks, go into your registry and:
1. Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\FATFS
2. Change the DWORD value "CacheSize" to 0
3. Reboot
4. Launch Album, goto Facebook albums, load your favorite one, browse the pics
5. Rejoice!
Cheers
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Go into your registry

Or you just download the hotfix at the official HTC site....

Hi shirreer,
thanks a lot for this, unfortunately this seems not to be the problem I'm facing. This Reg is on 0 already.
I've been using a lot of Manila versions (currently 20142924)
But also 2011 and 2012 had the same issue.
Maybe its the FacebookSDK build in the ROMS I used so far. Dutty once issued an different one, but with this album works, but contacts doesn't any more....
Thanks although.

Oh hey, that works nicely. Guess there is such a thing as too many tweaks. Heh! Don't generally use the feature, but it's nice to have it working anyway.

alexwijn said:
Or you just download the hotfix at the official HTC site....
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Do you know if this hotfix is available somewhere for custom ROMS? Anyone extracted it from the official one?
Edit: I found the files from the hotfix and installed them, no change (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5989296&postcount=12)

I don't have a Leo, but this fix works for me on my Raphael & Rhodium: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=268518&d=1263662460
It simply creates a folder called "PINET_ROM" in the root of your device. The FacebookSDK.dll is hard-coded to look for Flash Storage there, but for some reason, the driver that's supposed to create the folder (OEM_FLASHDRV_1.DLL) doesn't mount the drive properly (or something like that). So this should get the online Album working. Also, make sure these registry keys are set so that you see the option to view FB Albums for linked contacts:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila]
"EnableOnlineAlbum"=dword:1
"Facebook.Disable"=dword:0
(The latter value shouldn't actually be there at all)
The downside here, of course, is that the Facebook Online Album cache is going to take up quite a bit of storage on your device, but for you Leo users, I assume that's not a big deal, right?

Captain_Throwback said:
I don't have a Leo, but this fix works for me on my Raphael & Rhodium: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=268518&d=1263662460
It simply creates a folder called "PINET_ROM" in the root of your device. The FacebookSDK.dll is hard-coded to look for Flash Storage there, but for some reason, the driver that's supposed to create the folder (OEM_FLASHDRV_1.DLL) doesn't mount the drive properly (or something like that). So this should get the online Album working. Also, make sure these registry keys are set so that you see the option to view FB Albums for linked contacts:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila]
"EnableOnlineAlbum"=dword:1
"Facebook.Disable"=dword:0
(The latter value shouldn't actually be there at all)
The downside here, of course, is that the Facebook Online Album cache is going to take up quite a bit of storage on your device, but for you Leo users, I assume that's not a big deal, right?
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Hi Captain_Throwback!
I cannot believe it, as my Reg-Key on my TD2 Rom (Yin.09) was anyhow correct, I followed your advice and created the directory via Resco Explorer on my Root of the phone...and it really works....simly as that, just createa dir, I still cannot believe it....
THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!

Hi.
I've the same problem.
But i can't create the directory in the root. It says that's impossible.
I've resco explorer.
Can you help me?

nothing...
i can't resolve.
help me

I dont seem to have a problem loading any friends albums anywhere, in the app, in the htc albums or where ever.
THE problem i have is, i cant get my own album to load in the fb app normaly .....
I can see my wall and all that, but when i go to my album tab to tag or whatever, in the fb app, it just sits there loading forever.
The only way i can get it to load, is by adding the fb app to rotate i bsb tweaks and rotating the app to landscape and they show. It wont load any thumbnails though.

masdan said:
Hi.
I've the same problem.
But i can't create the directory in the root. It says that's impossible.
I've resco explorer.
Can you help me?
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You don't have to create the directory. That's what the CAB I linked to does for you. Just install it.
carhigh said:
I dont seem to have a problem loading any friends albums anywhere, in the app, in the htc albums or where ever.
THE problem i have is, i cant get my own album to load in the fb app normaly .....
I can see my wall and all that, but when i go to my album tab to tag or whatever, in the fb app, it just sits there loading forever.
The only way i can get it to load, is by adding the fb app to rotate i bsb tweaks and rotating the app to landscape and they show. It wont load any thumbnails though.
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The Facebook app is an entirely different animal - that's an MS app. You'll have to search around to find fixes for that issue. My response relates only to the Sense online Album integration.

i've tried to install the cab, but appear the message : impossible to install "t-back..."
why??

masdan said:
i've tried to install the cab, but appear the message : impossible to install "t-back..."
why??
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I don't know. That doesn't make any sense. The CAB doesn't even contain any files, so there's no reason it shouldn't install. There's also no reason you shouldn't be able to create a directory. I assume you have an HD2? Can you provide your device ROM info, Manila version, etc? The best to allow people to help is to provide all those details.

Yes I've an HD2.
The rom version is 1.66.408.1
Manila 2.5.xxx
Radio 2.06.51.07

masdan said:
Yes I've an HD2.
The rom version is 1.66.408.1
Manila 2.5.xxx
Radio 2.06.51.07
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If it's not letting you create the folder, that likely means the Flash Drive is actually working, so I don't think you need this fix. Do you not get pictures when you go to Facebook Online Album?

When i go to create the folder, a message appear: impossible to cerate folder, the folder already exists.
When i go on facebook on line album... i see nothing (only the list of my friend)
when i touch on refresh (on a friend's name) appear the message: the customer doesn't have an album to visualize

masdan said:
When i go to create the folder, a message appear: impossible to cerate folder, the folder already exists.
When i go on facebook on line album... i see nothing (only the list of my friend)
when i touch on refresh (on a friend's name) appear the message: the customer doesn't have an album to visualize
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The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? I can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.

Captain_Throwback said:
The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize? in what it consists?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? YESI can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. in both ways I visualize nothing.
From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.
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masdan said:
Captain_Throwback said:
The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize? in what it consists?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? YESI can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. in both ways I visualize nothing.
From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.
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See excerpt from the OP below. Have you tried this?
shirreer said:
.....it caused my album to lose the ability to load Facebook photos, fixed that, recreate the problem and saw the same result, and finally fixed it again!
The fix is simple:
After you have applied all your performance tweaks, go into your registry and:
1. Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\FATFS
2. Change the DWORD value "CacheSize" to 0
3. Reboot
4. Launch Album, goto Facebook albums, load your favorite one, browse the pics
5. Rejoice!
Cheers
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sorry i've already tried the tweak in the first post, but nothing, the value of DWORD is already on"0"

Can I create Rmaps from PNG or similar?

I want to use OS maps on my Android device. RMaps seems to be a popular choice for the app but I want to use the 1:25K maps I already have rather than use a tool to download the tiles.
Can I export them from GlobalMapper and get them into a format for RMaps? I've searched extensively and it looks like RMaps wants a SQLite format. I can export from GlobalMapper in various formats including PNG but I can see no way of turning this into something RMaps camn handle.
Any advice on conversion, or a more suitable (free or cheap) app appreciated.
Thanks.

Creating maps for Rmaps
Hi
Rmaps can support a format called 'mnm', as well as SQlite. It does mention this on the rmaps site, but some of it is in russian, so a bit confusing!
(Sorry, I'm also a new user, so can't post links. If you google "welcome to rmaps" you should find the page).
I've outlined the conversion process below:
If you can open your maps in global mapper you should be able to export them as 'geotiff's, which can be converted to mnm maps using a program called 'map nav editor'.
From the rmaps site there is a link to download that program. I downloaded it yesterday fine, but today there seems to be a problem with the other site.
The file I download is "mapnaveditor_59.7z", I googled 'mapnaveditor_59.7z android' and found the same file.
It seems map nav editor only excepts geotiffs with 'mercator' projection. I set this in global mapper before exporting the maps - Tools > configure > Projection tab > projection.
Open the tiff file in map nav editor ('select map to convert') and it should export it as a mnm file and mno file.
The resulting mnm file can then be used with Rmaps, in the same way sqlite maps are used.
The first time the map is used with Rmaps it will be indexed. This took a while on the maps I converted, but afterwards the maps worked fine.
That is how I converted my maps to use with Rmaps. It's not very difficult to do, but I bit of a nuisance when you have a lot of maps to convert. If anyone knows of a better program than Rmaps, I would also be interested.

aled99 - You're a genuis! Thanks a million. I will certainly give this a try.

pealy said:
aled99 - You're a genuis! Thanks a million. I will certainly give this a try.
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Hope you can follow what I said - I've only converted a few maps, so I'm not sure if it's the optimum way of doing it.
I have found that it doesn't seem to make any difference assembling the mno and mnm files together, just using the original mnm file seems to work fine. (I've edited my first post).
There doesn't seem to be a clear guide on the rmaps site and I don't know exactly what the two types are for. There are some instructions on the rmaps site for converting a mno file to mnm, but I don't know why this would be necessary.

aled99 said:
Hope you can follow what I said - I've only converted a few maps, so I'm not sure if it's the optimum way of doing it.
I have found that it doesn't seem to make any difference assembling the mno and mnm files together, just using the original mnm file seems to work fine. (I've edited my first post).
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Thanks for the update, I tried one of my 1:25K maps and it took a while so I left it overnight but the first step certainly worked. I had to abort the mno/mnm merge as I left for work the next working so didn't get to test properly. I intend to have another go this w/e when I have a bit more time.
If it works out I'll try to get the process listed on the rmaps site.

I have had good results using the Globalmapper->Geotiff, Geotiff->SQLLite approach. I have been able to get my 1:25 Memory Maps into Rmaps and the GPS is getting the position on the map just perfect.
The only thing I want to try to improve is the zoom level in Rmaps. On Max zoom I'm still one level of detail away from where I would like to be. I believe I'm using the max levels (6) in Mobile Map Creator but need to have a look at the options to see if it can be improved.
Big thanks again to Aled99 for all the help.

rmaps
hi there sounds like I'm doing a similar thing, I'm using global mapper to create ecw maps then compegps land 7 to converted ecw to rmap, ready to use with twonav, android
note when making ecw in global mapper you can set export to current screen pixel size/zoom as long as your map has original detail.

[Q] A-GPS I617 Blackjack II

Hi,
I have a blackjackII smartphone and was trying to figure out how to use A-GPS.
I opened a file called gpstest.exe in the Windows folder (Is a hidden file so I had to use a tool name totalcommander to be able to see it) and was wondering if that would control the use of Assisted GPS, meaning that will download satellite ephemerides to faster lock.
Is there any tool such as quickGPS for the SGH-I617 phone?
any one has used A-GPS on this phone succesfully?
thank you,

matimont said:
Hi,
I have a blackjackII smartphone and was trying to figure out how to use A-GPS.
I opened a file called gpstest.exe in the Windows folder (Is a hidden file so I had to use a tool name totalcommander to be able to see it) and was wondering if that would control the use of Assisted GPS, meaning that will download satellite ephemerides to faster lock.
Is there any tool such as quickGPS for the SGH-I617 phone?
any one has used A-GPS on this phone succesfully?
thank you,
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you need an aplication to use it because it is not independent as GPS.... try googlemap, garmin or tomtom....
also you need to update your gps information.....

[APP][2013-02-12][UPDATE] Pictures Near Me

Hi everyone
I uploaded my new app to the Play store yesterday, but figured I'd post here too
Here's the link: Pictures Near Me
It does what it says on the tin really, shows pictures near your current location, and you can view a map showing where you are in relation to it. The main aim is it might be useful on vacation to find interesting or less obvious stuff to go visit.
I've tested on my Galaxy Nexus, and also the emulator under 2.3. A few friends have tried it on various handsets, but that's still not very representative. Please let me know if it breaks, or any features you'd like to see (I'm already thinking of adding Panoramio support and also a map-view for the 'index'

2013-02-12 1.9 released. Adds location search and picture saving.
2013-01-21 1.8 released. Performance improvements and Daydream screensaver
2012-11-27 1.7 released. Pan around Map search results to view photos in other locations
2012-10-29 1.5 released. Added pinman to map-search results.
2012-10-25 1.4 released. Added caching of search results to help performance.
2012-10-22 1.3 released. New Map View of search results
2012-07-30 1.2 released. Adds navigation button, larger thumbnails, and more columns on tablet devices.
2012-07-19 1.1 released, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29020922&postcount=7

Works Ok once I put the search area up to maximum. Currently in South end on sea UK.
Using HTC One X.
Cheers
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

Congrats, your app has crossed the Atlantic and reached your country's old colonies, haha. North Carolina, kind of middle of nowhere. Default settings had it show the same Pepsi truck twice; I set it to the max (32km?) and now a bunch of stuff is coming up.
This is really neat. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks , this is a sweet app.

Glad it seems to work - surprised at the lack of pictures coming up, in my little town there's quite a lot! But then we get a fair few tourists.

I've pushed version 1.1 live to the Play store.
This adds a few new features, specifically:
- share pictures you find with your friends via many of your other apps (Facebook, Twitter, Email etc.)
- picture descriptions now shown
- added an approximate address of the picture when viewing the map
- added warning when your location not found
- pinch-to-zoom when viewing picture full-size

I've just updated to 1.2.
This adds more thumbnail columns on tablets, and increases the size on phones. Also there's now a button to launch Google Navigation while viewing the photo

This is a great little app! I like it :good:

the_scotsman said:
This is a great little app! I like it :good:
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Thanks!

Pictures Near Me has been updated to 1.3 - now you get the option of viewing search results in a grid as before, or on a map to give a bit more context of what's around you.
The update should be live in the Play Store now.
Next version I'm looking at caching the search results and thumbnails to speed it up when you repeat search in a similar location to previously...

1.4 released today.
I've added caching so repeat searches in the same kinda area should be noticeably faster.

1.5 released. Small update to show Pinman on the map-search screen so you can see where all the results are in relation to you before tapping through to an individual picture

A few more updates have been rolled out- you can now pan around the map to view photos from other locations!

New update released!
Repeat searches in a location are now much faster as more information is cached
I've also added a "daydream" screensaver option!

this is indeed a nice little app.. thx!

iamelton said:
this is indeed a nice little app.. thx!
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Thanks! Do let me know of any bugs you find or feature ideas

jmbillings said:
Thanks! Do let me know of any bugs you find or feature ideas
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a few ideas for ur consideration..
(1) put an option to show/hide the "cache" folder in/from other gallery apps (a .nomedia file trick maybe).. or to make it simpler just put a .nomedia file there as its a "cache" folder after all..
(normally the cache folder files are named cryptically and wont interfere with gallery app, however, i found out that there were a few properly-named files in the cache folder with a JPG extension.. they probably appeared after i have viewed the photo in the app.. and its those JPG files that showed up in my gallery app..)
(2) an export function to save a downloaded image to other locations..

iamelton said:
a few ideas for ur consideration..
(1) put an option to show/hide the "cache" folder in/from other gallery apps (a .nomedia file trick maybe).. or to make it simpler just put a .nomedia file there as its a "cache" folder after all..
(normally the cache folder files are named cryptically and wont interfere with gallery app, however, i found out that there were a few properly-named files in the cache folder with a JPG extension.. they probably appeared after i have viewed the photo in the app.. and its those JPG files that showed up in my gallery app..)
(2) an export function to save a downloaded image to other locations..
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Currently the cache images don't have the .jpg name. Adding this would be fairly easy, but the filenames bear no relation to the original image- they are actually from the hash of the URL the image came from. Changing this to be a more logical name would be non-trivial.
Adding an option in the picture details screen to simply save the current image to the gallery is possible though, so I'll add this for the next release. I'm also looking to add a location search option to the home-screen; as one user left a negative review in the Play store saying they couldn't search elsewhere (you can, you just need to pan around the map) - they also said the images were rubbish, and obviously didn't spot you can order by interestingness. Unfortunately the play store doesn't let me reply to comments

jmbillings said:
Currently the cache images don't have the .jpg name. Adding this would be fairly easy, but the filenames bear no relation to the original image- they are actually from the hash of the URL the image came from. Changing this to be a more logical name would be non-trivial.
Adding an option in the picture details screen to simply save the current image to the gallery is possible though, so I'll add this for the next release. I'm also looking to add a location search option to the home-screen; as one user left a negative review in the Play store saying they couldn't search elsewhere (you can, you just need to pan around the map) - they also said the images were rubbish, and obviously didn't spot you can order by interestingness. Unfortunately the play store doesn't let me reply to comments
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for the JPG issue, i did find out that in the cache folder there was 1 JPG file (which was an image that i have viewed in details screen), and im fairly certain that this file was created by this app, and not any other apps as no app would mess with this app's cache folder..
i have viewed a number of images for details and only this one particular JPG file appeared.. i dunno why maybe u can investigate a little..
for negative comments in the play store, u can just ignore them as few users would admit that its their own problem not able to use an app.. most of the times they blamed the apps..

App to sort images by their geolocation.

Anybody know if theres an app that will automagically move pictures taken in a geo location and move them to a folder or highlight them somehow? Every day after work I end up full of pictures that I need either deleted or archived on a daily basis
Any help is very much appreciated.

javiwankenobi said:
Anybody know if theres an app that will automagically move pictures taken in a geo location and move them to a folder or highlight them somehow? Every day after work I end up full of pictures that I need either deleted or archived on a daily basis
Any help is very much appreciated.
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The stock Gallery app does this.hit the menu button on top right and select 'Group by". You then have the option to set location as the sort method. I too have to delete boat loads of work photos and find this method a lot easier.