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ok coming from a blackberry to Android I have to say the Facebook app sucks when ever I get a notification ,yes it appear but it doesn't notify me on a comment and when I do open it it opens in the web browser. what's up with this its just stupid, the blackberry app was much better than this it would open the Facebook app when you opened the notification. is there any plan In the pipe line to improve this or even any mods I can use to improve this? sorry for any grammar typed on my phone in under 2 mins LOL.

There are some 3rd party facebook apps. Babbler (paid and Lite) and Bloo. I haven't really tried them so I don't know how good they are.

just downloading now will update on what its like

that's the perfect app takes a little setting up but if your having problems just ask me and ill be more than happy to give you a hand

Which app did you try? I downloaded Babbler Lite after replying and I like it much better than the official app. I haven't decided if it's worth getting the paid version yet though.

yeah im using babble lite its much better than normal Facebook I think I might buy full version just to support the devs who have made such a great app

Yeah, I'm thinking I'll end up buying this app. It's definitely the best FB app I have used.

setup
im having trouble setting up babbler, i have the full version. when i log in through babbler it just stays on the same screen that says babbler for android or something.
can someone help ?
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im having trouble setting up babbler, i have the full version. when i log in through babbler it just stays on the same screen that says babbler for android or something.
can someone help ?
thanks
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ok well I did it thru the browser I had to go to the application thru Facebook on the browser (just search babbler on Facebook) and accept it and all then go to the application on your device and accept some more and then it all worked hope this help. they really need to sort this out this is the only big downfall with this app. anyway any problems anyone just pm me

Actually, I didn't have to go through the browser at all. I think the issue is that you have to scroll all the way to the bottom on the screen that seems to be just sitting there. At the bottom you will see the allow button.

thanks got it working.
i hope there is an update to the official facebook app for android so its like the one for the iphone which is pretty much perferct.

gurdz said:
thanks got it working.
i hope there is an update to the official facebook app for android so its like the one for the iphone which is pretty much perferct.
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yeah you just need to wait till people begin to use android and it will begin to get the updates, i mean look at iphone apps there amazing cause that is THE thing atm, and blackberries also have a good following so the apps for that are normally ok, but as android is getting bigger and better ( imho its alredy the best) the apps will come rolling in like they did for the iphone/ipad

i just downloaded th lite version but i cant seem to get te notifications to work on mytouch,

rbaggio00 said:
i just downloaded th lite version but i cant seem to get te notifications to work on mytouch,
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have you logged in properly and everything?

yes im pretty sure i did, i also tried to install bloo, and still no notifications.

yes im pretty sure i did, i also tried to install bloo, and still no notifications.
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have you made sure you've gone imho tbd setting and enabled the notifications?

gurdz said:
thanks got it working.
i hope there is an update to the official facebook app for android so its like the one for the iphone which is pretty much perferct.
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Agreed, I wish there was some way to just port the Iphone FB app over to Android lol

[REQUEST] GOOD facebook app for 2.1

are there any good facebook apps for 2.1? i have a rooted n1 running the latest cyanogenmod and all of the facebook apps ive used suck. babbler has no notifications. bloo has the same problem plus more and the official android app is even as advanced as babbler or bloo. any suggestions

bloo works fine afaik. the best alternative available.

arctu said:
bloo works fine afaik. the best alternative available.
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bloo gives me instant notifications

i get instant notifications but when i click the notification it shows i have no comments or no likes. thats weird. idk why mines is different

I wish Bloo had a widget =[

anyone else running cyanogen 5.0.5.3 and having problems with bloo or babbler? and if so do you know any facebook apps that work well?

b33zy682 said:
are there any good facebook apps for 2.1? i have a rooted n1 running the latest cyanogenmod and all of the facebook apps ive used suck. babbler has no notifications. bloo has the same problem plus more and the official android app is even as advanced as babbler or bloo. any suggestions
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I'm with you buddy. The native app sucks, no video uploads, wonky scrolling, no notifications. Bloo sucks too, it doesn't post comments when they've been posted, can't see who "likes" statuses, Babbler's even worse. Pisses me off that FB just wants a good iPhone app and forgets that some folks do not want the bloody fruit phone.

the best is actually... touch.facebook.com

i used to use fBook but it no longer keeps me logged in, so i went through a bunch *bloo, babbler ect.. but found "Facebook Touch" from the market is what i wanted and works.
i usually open it and go to the bottom and click "mobile" then i get an easy to use facebook that gives me notifications on the top.

Touch seems pretty good. Thanks for that. Are there no apps that allow you to tag photos? I'm mean really? LOL!

arctu said:
the best is actually... touch.facebook.com
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+1 on this one too. and ebuddy for fb chat seems fine as well

arctu said:
the best is actually... touch.facebook.com
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touch site stopped working for countries outside of US since last week or so.

faizalmzain said:
touch site stopped working for countries outside of US since last week or so.
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no it is still working for me ...

+1 for bloo, seems to be the best. I also have Facebook photo sync so it will download photos to my contacts for caller ID which bloo doesn't do.

faizalmzain said:
touch site stopped working for countries outside of US since last week or so.
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stop spreading rumors.
works fine. always will. unless country blocks it.
as for tagging photos, again use Facebook Touch from marketplace, then at the bottom click full page and just do it that way.

Seems like whatsapp is serious into getting onto our phones

Those in the whatsapp beta for Android should update your software ASAP, because they just put in push functionality for everyone with a 2.2 phone. Is this the only software so far not from google to actually use the 2.2 push function? (C2DM and the likes do not count)

how is it different to what its doing now?? i shall update soon after i finish charging

JexL said:
how is it different to what its doing now?? i shall update soon after i finish charging
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It doesn't poll like the old version anymore, and after some testing, I am getting my messages a little faster, because there is usually a 10-20 second delay when the app is sleeping, but this time it's like a 2-3 second after my friend sends me the text via whatsapp.

ahh right so there would be better battery life too??

Is the beta app available? Have they mentioned a release date?
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Whatsapp is probably one of the most useful apps for someone coming from a blackberry and misses BBMs. The difference is the speed but the main upside is that it's crossplatformed. Also the app is good for people that travel and have an open wifi spot. Free messaging to friends back home is well worth it.

JexL said:
ahh right so there would be better battery life too??
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Definitely!
igotdatglow said:
Is the beta app available? Have they mentioned a release date?
Thanks
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Nope, but it should be within the next few months, it's already very stable other than some of the extra stuff like backgrounds, etc.
hwnstyle21 said:
Whatsapp is probably one of the most useful apps for someone coming from a blackberry and misses BBMs. The difference is the speed but the main upside is that it's crossplatformed. Also the app is good for people that travel and have an open wifi spot. Free messaging to friends back home is well worth it.
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Yeah, since I have quite a few friends with an iphone and BB, I'm able to send them messages via my data plan.

AppBrain's Fastweb Installer uses C2DM too for installation of applications from your PC browser.
Anything that uses C2DM is immediately interesting, I'll check it out!

Vulpix said:
Those in the whatsapp beta for Android should update your software ASAP, because they just put in push functionality for everyone with a 2.2 phone. Is this the only software so far not from google to actually use the 2.2 push function? (C2DM and the likes do not count)
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I believe Pingchat uses push notifications. Works well on my Desire.

Abandoned-Trolley said:
I believe Pingchat uses push notifications. Works well on my Desire.
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It's not using the same type of 2.2 push unfortunately.

hows it different?
EDIT: also seems like there are sometimes big delays between messages. whatsapp keeps disconnecting in the new version

I had to revert back to an older verison I believe. Newest version yesterday kept logging me off also and messages were stalled until I sent one out then they'd all come in.
Looked on the changelog and they took off the "Push Notifications"
Currently running: v1.0.6138

I'm using whatsapp on 2.1. working pretty well so far. ... thinking of getting 2.2 but no sense UI ROM for hero yet.

can we have a link to the apps apk?

Aww man, they removed push notifications via C2DM and the reason was they need to give google a quota? I have no idea what that means.

http://beta.whatsapp.com/test/7/WhatsApp.html
* google push disabled -- we need quota from google

really, what's the difference/advantage of using C2DM. i dont understand what's going on in the background.

Yepp.... just downloaded the APK from the link provided above... You can download and install it, but when it asks for your display name, you will get a message that says "Unauthorized beta user, DO NOT E-MAIL US", or something like that.
That's too bad because I loved it on my BB to chat with my iPhone friends, you would think that it would be easier and faster to create an app for Android and it would already be out in the market !!

it works!! everyone gets that message just wait till tommorrow and try again and it will work. Heaps of people have had success using this method. dont give up so easily

updated yesterday and they've been approved for the push notification via GOOGLE's c2dm.
Only thing i've noticed is that the app unlike iPhone's version doesn't time out while it's in the background. So it seems like you're always logged in. This could be corrected by a task manager app to kill the app but once you receive a new message it auto logs you on and double check marks the message as read.

UPDATE. FACEBOOK in market

Facebook in market has new version.
G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!

What's different about this new version? Looks the same to me.

Read the change log in the market?
G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!

hukkguai said:
What's different about this new version? Looks the same to me.
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get to upload videos!

Thanks, Just got the update.
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Facebook for android? not sure why but I changed the settings to manual notifications and it killsmy battery life.... , anyone elsE?

seems to look and act a lot more like facebook mobile now

the update was crap with some okay kinda cool features, but it sucks completely. They just dont care too much about it. I mean, Twitter apps are more popular for android then Facebook, and I only know 2 people that use that social thing.

The new update messes up notifications for me. Every time I use facebook chat or message, I get a notification "you have one new message," and when you tap on it it doesn't bring you to the message. This is very annoying because if I'm on the website chatting, I'll get multiple notifications to my phone that I got a new message even though I'm not signed onto chat on my phone. I reverted back to the older version.

Vertiginouz said:
The new update messes up notifications for me. Every time I use facebook chat or message, I get a notification "you have one new message," and when you tap on it it doesn't bring you to the message. This is very annoying because if I'm on the website chatting, I'll get multiple notifications to my phone that I got a new message even though I'm not signed onto chat on my phone. I reverted back to the older version.
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Same issue here.
Sent from my Calculator with Android.

I'm seeing alot of bugs with this update myself. Uploading videos is nice, the mobile site feel is nice, but the status update page always reloads and never just stays put. I have to switch over to my profile if I want to update my status. I thought maybe it was a fluke and even tried clearing the app data and then uninstalling and reinstalling the app, no luck.

Vertiginouz said:
The new update messes up notifications for me. Every time I use facebook chat or message, I get a notification "you have one new message," and when you tap on it it doesn't bring you to the message. This is very annoying because if I'm on the website chatting, I'll get multiple notifications to my phone that I got a new message even though I'm not signed onto chat on my phone. I reverted back to the older version.
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Where did you find the older version? I don't see the usual "uninstall updates" button in the marketplace, just says "uninstall". Probably something so simple that I'm missing but help would be appreciated!

[How To] Fix push notifications in the official Facebook app

Hey guys,
So, you know that official Facebook app is supposed to have push notifications, right? Yeah? Well, it apparently does, they just never worked for me at all. Turns out, there's a fix, and it's quite the strange one - you have to sign into the Facebook app on a Blackberry. Once you've done that, you'll start getting push notifications for wall posts, comments, and event invites, with an entirely new notification icon. Weird, no?
Of course, it's not like I had a recent BB device just lying around.. Thankfully, the Blackberry emulator software, available from RIM's site, works just fine for our purposes. I've written up a guide for the curious, with links to the emulator downloads and so forth.
Seems the fix was found in May over at AndroidCentral, but I'd certainly not seen it posted anywhere I frequent, and had to spend some time searching for a fix to stumble across the post - hence this topic.
Let me know if it works for you.

I saw this a while ago. I stopped by an at&t store, used a display blackberry, and yes, it works beautifully!
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Works for Nexus 1 using CM7, did it with the emulator

Cool cool, glad to hear it's working.
Has changed the way I use Facebook on my phone, really, nice to have a functional app instead of it just occasionally telling me something I already knew.

Hey thanks! Its working
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Blackberry emulator software work for me too. im use galaxy s
but it cant notify from group

OP: I have issues downloading " Blackberry Email and MDS Services Simulator Package"
It shows the download is interupted. I tried changing the browser, rebooted etc but no success. Is there a mirror to that link ?

Okay i finally installed everything but how to start the emulator ? There is no shortcut on desktop or in start menu. Please help me out :\
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DJoptimus-One said:
Okay i finally installed everything but how to start the emulator ? There is no shortcut on desktop or in start menu. Please help me out :\
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check in
start menu > all program > Research In Motion > ....

Works beautifully for me... thanks!

Finally! Works for me
Thanks to b98se & onslaught86

How do you get Android notifications for other Facebook notifications, such as people commenting on a photo, etc? I'm still reliant on email for that.

Cammiesoul said:
How do you get Android notifications for other Facebook notifications, such as people commenting on a photo, etc? I'm still reliant on email for that.
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i cant get notifications from facebook groups

doesn't work for me either this sucks!!

Cammiesoul said:
How do you get Android notifications for other Facebook notifications, such as people commenting on a photo, etc? I'm still reliant on email for that.
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Login on pc
Go to account settings > notifications (on the left hand side)
And make your modifications
You can enable or disable notifications there
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LuvrGirl said:
doesn't work for me either this sucks!!
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Please don't discourage the OP
This method has a full proof working. If you can't get it to work. Then ask for help
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b98se said:
i cant get notifications from facebook groups
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See this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19122894
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Working great on Xperia X10i with MIUI 1.10.28!
Thanks!

DJoptimus-One said:
Login on pc
Go to account settings > notifications (on the left hand side)
And make your modifications
You can enable or disable notifications there
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That only has options to enable email notifications, nothing else. Am I missing something?
As a separate issue, I can't get these push notifications working in the first place. My settings have the Blackberry app listed, I don't know what is going wrong.

I've NEVER received notifications from facebook until now!! My phone just came alive and notifications started to flow. The Blackberry trick works.
One thing though, I had to open the Options dialog during BB Facebook app and check the "Blackberry notifications" option.