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error "[MAILFORMED JSON" when accessing and refreshing Facebook app

since today i cannot refresh my Facebook app. it gives me the a [MAILFORMED JSON" error every time i refresh. i can access my account in the browser without any prob. does anyone is experiencing this error? or any tips in how to get pass it?

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app?

Have you updated to 1.2?
Any mods / morphs / themes ?

Have you updated to 1.2?
Any mods / morphs / themes ?
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you mean Facebook app, right? not that I'm aware of. only have. software from the market. no themes. running stock kernel and rom. other thing that might be related is that when i try to open my Gmail inbox, or sinc my Gmail account - just mail - the process google apps stop responding and force closes, without letting me see if i have incoming mail. started 1,5 weeks before the Facebook app prob

I have the same problem. It was working fine this morning then randomly it started giving me the error.

I have the same problem. It was working fine this morning then randomly it started giving me the error.
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did you made any change in your phone?

It's easily cleared by logging out and logging back into your account.

It's easily cleared by logging out and logging back into your account.
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i did it but with no joy. still get the same error...

and the error only happen when i access my profile and the news feed...

I'm having the same problem, but it only happens when I try to view my own profile. I've reflashed and formatted - still no luck. Can anyone help?

same problem out of no were..tried everything with no luck

After doing some research it appears the issue is FB itself. All Android related FB apps are having the same issue.

Add me to the list. Everything was fine until the latest update.

I've found the error. It's not with FB. It's with the feed. Sometimes, there are things in your feed the JSON cannot read. That creates the error. I uploaded a youtube video and was constantly getting this error. I logged into FB from a desktop and deleted the post and now it works perfectly. Apparently, there are some things in the feed that aren't read correctly - creating the error. Hope this helps!

aiinjylls said:
I've found the error. It's not with FB. It's with the feed. Sometimes, there are things in your feed the JSON cannot read. That creates the error. I uploaded a youtube video and was constantly getting this error. I logged into FB from a desktop and deleted the post and now it works perfectly. Apparently, there are some things in the feed that aren't read correctly - creating the error. Hope this helps!
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I'm actually surprised I was somewhat right about this issue in another thread in which I tried to answer this question. Here's my reply
kbeeveer46 said:
I've seen this every once in a while and my guess is that there is something weird in your feed and when Facebook pulls that data from their database to your Facebook app using JSON that there is a weird character or something that's making the JSON corrupt. Once that item in your feed that's causing it to be corrupt is removed manually on the facebook site or automatically (items fall of your feed over time) the error will go away.
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^^^ I find this to be correct ^^^
When someone posts something in the newsfeed that the droid facebook app doesn't like, then the app will give that error. After more people post in the newsfeed and the culprit post is weeded out, then it goes back to working. Same will go for looking at your friends profiles, or even at your own profile if someone posts something the app does not like.
Also, I get the same problem with Bloo, but Bloo does not state an error has occurred. It will just fail to load the feed, or profile, etc...

Wanted to also add in that this is a universal problem... meaning iPhone and WM users are also having facebook app failures do to something facebook has done on their end.

android FB
facebook on android is terrible iphone FB is far better (i hate iPhone, not a fan boy) hell even blackberry FB is better besides the contact sync the app is almost useless over 50% of the time

[Q] Facebook status updates via HTCSense (WM6.5)

I have spent the last half hour searching for this, but have not been able to find the same issue described...
I am aware that there are "problems" with the Microsoft Facebook application, but have been doing the log out/log in thing to use it (that is annoying). I have been happily updating data & commenting on posts this way. However, until today I was unaware that I could not post status updates via this application.
"No problem" I thought " I will update via HTC Sense" (the "me" entry in contacts). When I try this, it will show on the "me" contact as if it has worked. But on checking FB, it has not pushed the update through. I have tried this a few times, but no joy.
Is anyone else experiencing problems updating status via HTC Sense? This is a big let down that the two main FB methods are no longer working.
Any info on this, if available, would be greatly appreciated.
FYI, this is on HTC Touch HD (Blackstone) running EnergyROM 6.5 with Sense 2.5.

Strange...mine used to work...now it suddenly doesnt....sommit wrong on facebooks api side???

[Q] Facebook for HTC Sense not showing up!! :/

Hi, I'm running a custom Rom arhd 4.1.8 with sense 3.5 and everything works great EXCEPT facebook for HTC sense. It won't even show up in the accounts and sync list. I tried downloading the actual .apk file, installing it, moving it to /system/apps, fixing permissions and restarting to no avail. I have tried removing my HTC account from facebook hoping that would "restart" it somehow.
Has anyone heard of this issue before? It really is a minor.nuisance because the regular facebook account syncs fine butttttt it was annoying the hell out of me that my pictures and statuses aren't coming up when I look through people and when they call me.

Oh, btw, it works fine on previous versions of arhd. I think it might be an issue with sense 3.5 but, I'm no expert.

Don't fret it's there but hides itself behind the official Facebook app. Just sign in using the official Facebook app. The Sense version will pop up immediately and ask for permission to access your Facebook account.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e

Thanks for responding. I did know that already though haha. that's actually the problem. When I choose to sync my facebook account, it will pop up a facebook window after I hit "sync" and it looks as though its going to authorize faceboock for HTC but for some retarded reason, it exits out and an error notification appears in my notification bar saying "you need to authorize facebook for htc sense. And I'm like "wtf!!! It is authorized because I checked on facebook.com and its listed in my apps!!!
So the problem probably lies in the actual authorization phase of syncing. It's really getting on my nerves. I don't understand why it would work for sense 3.0 Roms but not 3.5. I just installed insertcoin hoping for different results but the same damn thing keeps happening.

Anybody else have an answer???

It just works fine for me.
Sent from my awesome HyperSensation XE

Okay, either I'm an idiot, or it fixed itself. Either way, I'm happy!!! Haha problem solved.

Handcent contact pics - ICS

Is anyone else experiencing contact pics not showing up on Handcent when running ICS?
They show us fine in stock messaging app.
Any fixes?

I'm seeing exactly the same issue.
If you tap on the ? where the photo should be the pop up shows the photo but no photo in the txt thread.
I've tried all the chmod fixes I've read about on here and the "fix permissions" included in recovery and nothing fixes it.
Emailed Handcent but also heard nothing.

crestj said:
I'm seeing exactly the same issue.
If you tap on the ? where the photo should be the pop up shows the photo but no photo in the txt thread.
I've tried all the chmod fixes I've read about on here and the "fix permissions" included in recovery and nothing fixes it.
Emailed Handcent but also heard nothing.
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Same here, I emailed Handcent and heard nothing.

I have read somewhere on here that it is due to the Facebook for HTC Sense being removed from the ICS ROM's (I'm using Android Revolution) and the normal Facebook app cannot download the photos properly as other contact photos in Google and Twitter are fine.
Just have to wait I guess.

crestj said:
I have read somewhere on here that it is due to the Facebook for HTC Sense being removed from the ICS ROM's (I'm using Android Revolution) and the normal Facebook app cannot download the photos properly as other contact photos in Google and Twitter are fine.
Just have to wait I guess.
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Wrong.
The ICS has "Facebook for HTC Sense" but different from the previous one that we could interact with. The facebook pics of our friends appear on the contact list of the phone and stock message app thanks to the FB 4 HTC Sense!
What's going on is that it can't "push" the photos to handcent, GoSMS, etc.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G with Beats Audio

Info from Handcent Support
I emailed Handcent asking them about the issue. This was their reply:
As it is limited by new Google system, third party softwares could not get permissions to access facebook to get data in order to protect user privacy. Could you pls use local contact list or sync Gmail.​
As you might expect, I do already have my Google (and Twitter/LinkedIn/Last.fm etc.) accounts synchronised with my phone, but since HTC seems to prefer setting my contacts' Facebook photo as the default (even after I've changed it) I seem to be at a bit of a dead end.

[Q] No contact image in Handcent with ICS.

Hi, first of all, i'm using the Android Revolution HD rom.
My problem is that though my contact picture does sync and show up both in contact and stock messaging apps, they don't show up in Handcent sms... Though if I click the empty picture, contact details (with the options like "call, mail, etc") show up, including the pictures (can upload a screenshot if this is not clear)
I've tried rebooting, reinstalling handcent, i've also tried this fix as well as fixing permissions from recovery. Nothing seems to work.
I've been googling like crazy for the last hour looking at least for people having the same problem as me, but all the posts i've found are from january-february, which makes me wonder if it is supposed to be a fixed issue. I've also read a few of the thread on these forums referencing ICS bugs, and haven't found this particular issue.
I've also tried flashing the stock HTC rom, though to be honest i didn't spend as much time trying to fix it there, since it wasn't the rom i wanted to use.
Thanks to anyone who will be able to help, even if only to confirm that i'm not the only one having this issue...
[EDIT] Fix found, please read this thread.
Thanks to Chronic404 for providing us with the link.

I'm having the same problem, don't show in whatsapp or go sms pro
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA

I was having the same problem with go sms pro and it was driving me nuts.
Found that if I went into the stock 'people' app and re-chose the contact pics for people they then showed up in go sms.
Not ideal and quite time-consuming but couldn't live without the contact pics showing up!

beautyfiend said:
I was having the same problem with go sms pro and it was driving me nuts.
Found that if I went into the stock 'people' app and re-chose the contact pics for people they then showed up in go sms.
Not ideal and quite time-consuming but couldn't live without the contact pics showing up!
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Thanks for the tip, though i don't seem to have the stock people app on my rom, is it also the case for the HTC stock rom, or is it just because i'm using ARHD ?
May i ask what rom you are using ?

Hello. Download terminal emulator and do the following to get contact pictures.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21648094&postcount=47332

JustinRawr said:
Hello. Download terminal emulator and do the following to get contact pictures.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21648094&postcount=47332
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As I said in my first post, I did try this fix, but it's still not working...
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA

Oh sorry I don't read much, can you tell? but I had the same problem and that fixed it for me. Must be handcent.

JustinRawr said:
Oh sorry I don't read much, can you tell? but I had the same problem and that fixed it for me. Must be handcent.
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First of all, I want to apologize, my previous post was coming off as a bit rude, didn't realise it as I was typing on my phone
It might be Handcent, i actually have no idea how to check that since i don't know any app with uses contact pictures, save for the two mentioned in this post: go sms pro, which seems to require to install quite a lot of things, and whatsapps which, as far as i understand it, would require someone to chat with, but i don't think i know anyone who uses it...
So if you have an idea for an app that would use my contact pic tu check whether or not it's a handcent bug, i'd gladly take it.

It's okay I'm not easily offended!
Have you ever tried kik messenger? Once you install it and make an account it'll ask you if you want to add the people from your contacts list that also have it.

JustinRawr said:
It's okay I'm not easily offended!
Have you ever tried kik messenger? Once you install it and make an account it'll ask you if you want to add the people from your contacts list that also have it.
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I tried it, but apparently none of my contacts use anything else than sms, so still not sure of anything.

I've tried the terminal message also but to no avail.
I've just flashed the MIUI rom so I'll be sticking to that for the time being but if you solve the problem please post the method!

Same problem here i'm afraid.... No contact pictures in handcent app...

+1
I am UK Orange Sensation XE User running ARHD and also have contact images everywhere except in Handcent, despite trying the Root Explorer and Terminal Permissions fixes.
I have a small number of contacts where the contact image is a photo rather than from Facebook, and these DO show in Handcent.
Perhaps one of the techy types can use this info to diagnose the problem?
I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Facebook and Handcent, have cleared the Data caches from both and reinstalled, still no joy.
Please post the method if you find a solution!

Contact Photos
Hi There, I had the exact same problem with Gosms and Cabbage which I use constantly. I tried Android Revolution HD and Elegancia (which i love). the only way I could fix the problem was the following.
Downloaded syncmypix and ran it, then deleted the Facebook account. The contact photos now appeared in Gosms and cabbage (even unticking facebook avatars in Gosms didn't work). I then re input Facebook account details but chose not to sync any details at all. This worked perfectly for me and somehow or another the photos and FB details still appear and update in contact details.. Weird but great.
I hope this helps as I am totally anally retentive about photos for contacts which is why I loved the Sensation to start with.
Cheers
Johnner2

Johnner2 said:
Hi There, I had the exact same problem with Gosms and Cabbage which I use constantly. I tried Android Revolution HD and Elegancia (which i love). the only way I could fix the problem was the following.
Downloaded syncmypix and ran it, then deleted the Facebook account. The contact photos now appeared in Gosms and cabbage (even unticking facebook avatars in Gosms didn't work). I then re input Facebook account details but chose not to sync any details at all. This worked perfectly for me and somehow or another the photos and FB details still appear and update in contact details.. Weird but great.
I hope this helps as I am totally anally retentive about photos for contacts which is why I loved the Sensation to start with.
Cheers
Johnner2
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That's an interesting method but honestly, I would rather a cleaner solution. Sounds very suspicious that although the FB update is off, the pix continue to update... VERY weird... Seems we have to wait

I have tried Johnner's fix, and it has fixed some of the contact images in Handcent
What i will say though is that SyncPix confuses some of my contacts so i have the wrong images for some contacts, and not all contacts can be "found" by SyncPix for whatever reason...

Johnner2 said:
Hi There, I had the exact same problem with Gosms and Cabbage which I use constantly. I tried Android Revolution HD and Elegancia (which i love). the only way I could fix the problem was the following.
Downloaded syncmypix and ran it, then deleted the Facebook account. The contact photos now appeared in Gosms and cabbage (even unticking facebook avatars in Gosms didn't work). I then re input Facebook account details but chose not to sync any details at all. This worked perfectly for me and somehow or another the photos and FB details still appear and update in contact details.. Weird but great.
I hope this helps as I am totally anally retentive about photos for contacts which is why I loved the Sensation to start with.
Cheers
Johnner2
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Thanks a lot for the tip, though i kind of agree with GorgiGR that I was looking for a somewhat "cleaner" fix, i'm especially afraid that it would just confuses things for when the issue will receive an "official" fix.
About the facebook update still working while Facebook sync is off, I'm no specialist, but it might be because although you deleted your facebook account, the Facebook for HTC Sense app is still working.

I am using Haxsync from the Play Store to sync all my facebook photos to my contacts. It works great. The only downside is that it is a paid app. But it was money well spent!

I have just used this fix, and it works!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620878

Chronic404 said:
I have just used this fix, and it works!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620878
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Thank you, i had kinda lost hope that it would be done without using a paying app
Problem fixed for me too then, i'll change the title of the thread.
[EDIT] Well apparently you can't change the title of the thread after creating it... So i'll edit my first post to point to the solution.