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Facebook 1.5 update!!!

with Facebook chat And Push notifications! holy sss****!!

I couldn't care less about chat, but it's nice to see the push notifications. Maybe their rating will finally improve now since most of the bad reviews seemed to be because of the lack of chat.

Thanks for the info!

Wow, great news. I was talking today with a friend how companies stopped givin' love to android apps while giving better stuff to iPhone users.

Yup cause iPhone apps cost money but android apps are free
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malicenfz said:
Yup cause iPhone apps cost money but android apps are free
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Facebook's iPhone app ain't free?
BTW, does push notifications work on Eclair? I heard somewhere they only work on Froyo. And if they do work on Eclair, how do I activate em? I told a friend to post something on my wall and I didn't received the notification so I guess it ain't working on my phone and I have 2.1.

malicenfz said:
Yup cause iPhone apps cost money but android apps are free
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ummmm?
what?
facebook app is free
the android facebook app has been terrible until recently its finally starting to come around. thats the only thing i truly miss about my iphone was the better facebook app....
your post doesnt even make sense in the context of this discussion.

Oh im sorry I thought you said APPS in general not just this app. My bad
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I been using tweetdeck, their notification refresh rate is faster. I think fb app is every 30 mins, and td can be refreshed down to 3 mins.
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FREEEEEeeeeeeeee

Still suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks!

Push notification its only for chat not friends request , messages ect.
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Wait, so push is not for notifications , like comments and stuff.
whats the use then really?

dammit
FB said push notifications on works on devices 2.2 or higher...... DAMM YOU SAMSUNG!

Roms, never wait for a rom, do it yourself.. there are 100's of roms out there, play with one

and brick ur phone XD
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good thing i havent used an eclair ROM for a while already. push notifications work fine for me on the froyo ROM im running.

whats the best froyo rom?

mehh..
almost imposable to brick your phone.. you can for sure mess something up, but there are soo many ways to get into recovery mode to install another rom, install a different rom, or even go back to stock.
not to mention, Google made Android open source for a reason, so that people can mess with what they want.
anyways, i have tried lots of 2.2 roms, and I am glad i have, since Samsung will take too long to update to 2.2 on their own. can't wait for 2.3 and even more battery saving.

Best froyo rom for me its Ddpj6 Doc.03 no bugs at all with themes addons.
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[game] words with friends

Out now in the market, but has major issues right off the bat, notably no sound or notification settings. Sort of ridiculous to launch without those!
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[EDIT] - Here's the link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zynga.words
Hopefully they'll work out the kinks soon!

I don't see it in the market (searching the web version anyway)
Do you have a link?

kalipedia said:
Out now in the market, but has major issues right off the bat, notably no sound or notification settings. Sort of ridiculous to launch without those!
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Where is it, Could you supply a market link please?

Yeah it needs some work I think. I set up a new task under tasker to lower the media volume to 1 when I'm in the game and then restore it back to 4 when I exit.
To find it search under words with friends zynga

Notifications do work though.

Here this the market link for anyone that needs it
Words With Friends
Opps wrong link! Sorry! Should be the right one know!

I'm sure there will be updates soon. If someone wants to get a game going just add me. Diplomat2387
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AndyCr15 said:
Notifications do work though.
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They are not for me - did you turn that on somewhere? I do not even see a configuration screen...
...update: did finally get notified but it wasnt my turn...? Buggy

kalipedia said:
Out now in the market, but has major issues right off the bat, notably no sound or notification settings. Sort of ridiculous to launch without those!
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[EDIT] - Here's the link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zynga.words
Hopefully they'll work out the kinks soon!
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Mine has sound and notifications... Try turning up your volume while in the main menu.

I get notification bar updates pretty consistently. On CM7 nightlies on my G2.
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anyone else having an issue where it isn't seeing all of your contacts? it is bringing them all up except like 4-5, and of course those are the people I want to play against.

I HATE the full screen pop up ads.
I hope they release a pay version soon.
Also...I'm getting a lot of fc's and it lags and delays when its changing turns.
Yes...buggy like crazy. I expected much more from Zynga. Especially since they have great work on the i-devices.
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stevo11 said:
anyone else having an issue where it isn't seeing all of your contacts? it is bringing them all up except like 4-5, and of course those are the people I want to play against.
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I'm guessing that it only does your e-mail contacts, because the same thing happened to me and it seemed to coincide with people that I've e-mailed instead of people that I have on my phone.

Vinsane said:
I HATE the full screen pop up ads.
I hope they release a pay version soon.
Also...I'm getting a lot of fc's and it lags and delays when its changing turns.
Yes...buggy like crazy. I expected much more from Zynga. Especially since they have great work on the i-devices.
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Agreed - need a non-buggy. Ad-free paid version pronto. I still can't believe there are no options for sound.
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Works perfectly on my Captivate!
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So can I add people and keep them saved? I dont see that option. I would hate to remember everyone's screen name!

Ok, spoke too soon... no notification sound. Only flaw I have run in to...
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That's what I thought at first too but it sees some facebook only friends as well as some contacts that only have a phone number...pretty strange. The ones it doesn't see are actually some of my must frequent contacts too
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I'm guessing that it only does your e-mail contacts, because the same thing happened to me and it seemed to coincide with people that I've e-mailed instead of people that I have on my phone.
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is there a reason it isn't showing up for the wildfire... is there somehwere i can download the apk file

Wordfeud is probably still better. Lets hope they get developing it...

[Q] question about push data

i have been looking all over this phone, and i can't find out how to set how frequently the g2x looks for new notifications (from apps like facebook).
i am very new with android and any help would be appreciated.
thanks in advance!

It's up to the developer to add push data to their app. I don't know of many apps that support push besides, the google apps, whatsapp, and kik.

i'm not talking about push data i guess. how do i set how often my g2x looks for data from apps like facebook and words with friends. i want it to look maybe once every 4 or 5 hours, so i can save battery
thanks

In every case I've seen so far that is set in each app, facebook, twitter, weather etc.

Is it not in Settings->Account Sync?.. (taking a shot at an obvious suggestion here).
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Lightning Blue said:
In every case I've seen so far that is set in each app, facebook, twitter, weather etc.
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None of those offer push

Push or sync update???
Push or sync update???
which one do you mean.
most apps include when data syncs.
I am new to posting but been a long time reader.
waiting for my new phone to get here tommorrow and I am actually off from work tommorrow so I have a long time to get to know my new phone.
Upgrading from a rooted G1.

I found it in settings under Facebook. Thanks a lot guys!
:-D
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slowpig38 said:
I found it in settings under Facebook. Thanks a lot guys!
:-D
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So I guess it was not wrong to suggest the obvious, lol. Not even trying to put myself on a pedestal here but its just kind of gratifying that I came to the conclusion myself (even if it was so simple), lol.
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Twitter and Push

Ok so I woke up this morning to find that Twitter now has push notifications, so I activated all the setting etc that needed doing. No push. has anyone got any clue how to get them working because as you can see in my sig that I'm addicted to twitter

I have an Epic 4g and the same thing is happening. This same thing happens to me with facebook and there was some elaborate workaround that you had to do. I wonder when we'll really have push notifications...

do you have a custom rom/fw ?
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because if you do ... 2.1 stock rom supports push messages. look itnin settings on the stock rom
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[HOWTO] Fix Facebook notifications!

This is a post from Android Central member ccw1134:
"So let's set the table here. Facebook Push Notifications are the golden egg that we're all looking for. Well after reading this you can go obsess about something else...finally (I know I will). I have been beyond frustrated with the chaos that has surrounded this subject. I've spent way too many hours reading and reading then reading some more. I am proud to say that I finally cracked the elusive Facebook Push problem.
I switched from Verizon to Sprint last week (work decision) so I went from a Droid Incredible to a EVO 3D. I was hoping that my Push notification would work when I switched since they never had. To my dismay they did not. My daughter went from a BB Curve to the Motorola XPRT and her FB push notifications worked! She always would always say "Dad you're phone's not so Incredible now, is it?" So when I got my EVO 3D and it didn't work I really became obsessed. After comparing settings on both phones and Facebook settings I found the one anomaly. The list of authorized apps within Facebook (Account dropdown>Account Settings>Applications on the right side of the page) on the computer showed "Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones" on hers but not mine. It's so simple yet outside of the box. The key is BlackBerry permissions! I am willing to bet that everyone who has working notifications on Android came from a BlackBerry. Okay onto the good stuff.
- Find someone with a working BlackBerry. This could be a friend or any store that has activated demo phones. - Using the Facebook app on the BB log into your account and wait for your stuff to start appearing. I did not log into email or anything else, just FB. - After you see your Newsfeed updated with your information simply log out. - Go into your FB settings on your Android phone and check the Notifications box. The refresh interval doesn't matter (it can even be set to Never). - Notifications should start appearing as you get them (Comments, Wall Posts, Pokes, Likes, Messages, etc.)
I did notice a couple of things that I hope get improved in the notification process. Messages and Friend Requests have their own separate icons for notifications just as they always have. Comments, Wall Posts, , Tagging, Pokes and Likes all share the new notification icon that you will start seeing. Because of this if someone pokes you and then you get a comment or whatever, your Poke notification is gone (I'm assuming because the FB App doesn't officially support Poking yet therefore it doesn't know how to handle that notification) and won't know who poked you. Also if you should happen to click on the poke notification doesn't take you anywhere useful, just the list of notifications (for the same reasons listed in the previous sentence). This is a small sacrifice for now. If someone tags you in a post (I assume a picture will be the same way) you also will still get an email notification to whatever email you use. Just an FYI on that.
For the record I am on Sprint using a nonrooted HTC EVO 3D running 2.3.3 and Facebook is version 1.6.3. I do not believe the carrier, phone model, OS or Facebook version matter but I know there are those out there who want to know this type of stuff."
I will be trying this out, seems promising according to replies there!
(mods, I wasn't sure if this would be the right place so feel free to move it.)
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Interesting! Bookmarked!
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Nope. I came from BB to Android and while I had notifications working about a month ago with a FB app update (nothing to do with switching from BB to Android), they no longer work and they didn't work when I initially switched over either.
I just checked my account settings and the Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones is still listed there and still has permissions.
Think it is just a coincidence for you.

TheIgster said:
Nope. I came from BB to Android and while I had notifications working about a month ago with a FB app update (nothing to do with switching from BB to Android), they no longer work and they didn't work when I initially switched over either.
I just checked my account settings and the Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones is still listed there and still has permissions.
Think it is just a coincidence for you.
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Well this wasn't me, I have yet to try it. It's a repost of something from Android Central.
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I don't know what the difference is but I installed the blacked out Facebook located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200174
And I now receive notifications for the first time. I just installed the apk today so for me it worked and I have no reason to understand, just that I now get notifications. Can someone else confirm with this that they receive notifications?

The only way i got them to work was to create a new fb account.
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Wow it worked thanks!!!
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I had a blackberry before the hero .It never worked. On facebook website it shows facebook for blackberry but it hasn't been used in 6 months. Im going to delete it and try my old blackberry if i can find it.

LowQue27 said:
Wow it worked thanks!!!
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there's a button for that!
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Sure fire way to fix this:
Deactivate, then immediately reactivate your account. It's kind of a reset button.
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hoovnick said:
Sure fire way to fix this:
Deactivate, then immediately reactivate your account. It's kind of a reset button.
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really. and that won't cause any issues with Facebook?
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sageDieu said:
really. and that won't cause any issues with Facebook?
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Nope, did it last night. Deactivated, then signed back in to reactivate, all from the browser. All your settings, friends, and such stay the same. Now I get every notification.

So you deactivated your whole account from the computer browser? Then reactivated it? No blackberry hoops to jump through.
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dam about time!!!

Funny, it didn't work. Then as soon as I opened facebook app , I got a notification. Still no push.
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yamaford said:
So you deactivated your whole account from the computer browser? Then reactivated it? No blackberry hoops to jump through.
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I just did it from the phone browser.
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Nope. I had a BlackBerry before my G1, and I still use BlackBerrys occasionally, including Facebook. I have gotten a total of two notifications from Facebook on Android, and it has never worked since.

hoovnick said:
Nope, did it last night. Deactivated, then signed back in to reactivate, all from the browser. All your settings, friends, and such stay the same. Now I get every notification.
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Are you sure it's all ok? I'm a page administrator too and it's clearly written that I won't get back my administration rights back automaticaly if I deactivate...

i moved the facebook app to the SD card then back to my phone and it seemed to have fixed notifications for me

Wow. So many different fixes it almost seems like coincidence now. I know facebook is free and all and we shouldn't ***** but those guys are getting rich and not really giving anything back. I mean come on? Don't you think somebody that works for them uses android app and can see it sucks?
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