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Go SMS app using a lot of RAM

ive been using GO SMS for quite some time, but the last couple of updates ive noticed the app using ALOT of RAM. ranging from 50mb to 250mb(monitored this using system panel app) in turn causing my phone to freeze and requiring either a hard reset or battery pull? anyone else experiencing problems with this app. i love the app and im sure its a simple bug fix, but just wanted to know if anyone else had similar problems
also i did try running go in 'lite-mode' and still it ate up a lot of ram

Hey Goldenman,
I'm using GoSMS and GoLauncher. I've not had any freezing.
I haven't really been paying attention to the Ram that the progrms are taking.
I need to keep an eye on that. I will say this; after the GB update, I don't have the free RAM that I thought I would.

I use GO SMS & the Go Launcher too, & i have noticed it using more memory, but mine hasn't peaked that much, hopefully they will address it cause they're good about weekly updates.

I'm using Go launcher and Go SMS with no issues. My current memory with go SMS is 2.5 Meg.
Are you up to date? They released like 4 or 5 minor updates in the last 2 weeks or so irc. Go and gb have been sweet as on my phone.
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i uninstalled it this morning to see if maybe it was just me, but ill reinstall and run it for the better part of the day and see how it goes. go makes great products i would hate to stop using them ... i also use go contacts and no problems with that. i used to use go launcher but i dont find it as snappy as launcher pro ill report back

after a day of use with the new update i still find the ram use of go sms to be pretty high (75mb-100mb) ... granted i send/recieve on average 150-250 texts a day ( i get a lot of notifications from espn, twitter, etc) i still dont think the RAM use should be that high? any ideas? they said the bug was fixed but im still experiencing high ram use?

Go SMS Freezing Phone
I'm having the same issue where my phone freezes up and needs the battery pulled and/or a cache reset to get back up and running. My GoSMS has over 1600 messages in it, which I assume should not be a problem because there are a lot of people who like to store their old messages. What can we do to fix it?

Do you guys regularly close the program (long press back key)?
I find Google voice begins to lag a bit and eat ram if you text a lot, but just simply force closing it yourself seems to "reset" the ram it's using.
I don't use go SMS, just thinking maybe it relates to how it happens with Google voice.

buru898 said:
Do you guys regularly close the program (long press back key)?
I find Google voice begins to lag a bit and eat ram if you text a lot, but just simply force closing it yourself seems to "reset" the ram it's using.
I don't use go SMS, just thinking maybe it relates to how it happens with Google voice.
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This is most likely the problem because the app will cache all your texts you've looked at when open. It so you can scroll through them easier. So if you text or get 100+ texts in a day it's bound to flood your ram. If you close the app fully then it will clear the cache and the next time you load it up you will have to have the app load them manually in order to see older texts.

Don't use it, I believe it's a security risk
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zoppp said:
Don't use it, I believe it's a security risk
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Well that is a very helpful contribution....
Although i do notice that after the last update the program keeps running in the backgoundand has to be knocked off by task manager.
I read some sources that handcent has become bloatwarish... and i do not like setting up an account with them..... I a can do without anotheronline presence...

goldeman said:
after a day of use with the new update i still find the ram use of go sms to be pretty high (75mb-100mb) ... granted i send/recieve on average 150-250 texts a day ( i get a lot of notifications from espn, twitter, etc) i still dont think the RAM use should be that high? any ideas? they said the bug was fixed but im still experiencing high ram use?
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It's because the app stores your conversations in memory so when you go to read them it won't take any time to load. The more texts you make in a day the more it has to load. To counter this you can kill the app in the middle of the day and don't try to load older parts of the conversation. Also deleting texts every once in awhile helps
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I think they're right, about it keeping old messages in memory so you can access them faster.
I have around 4k total messages, and GOSMS never uses more than 25 mbs, usually uses around 21. Running it normally with ICS theme and my own backgrounds, if that helps any on the usage.
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Go sms shouldnt be doing that. Save your "user defined" settings for your themes and just uninstall it completley and reinstall then restore your theme settings and you should be fine... I was using the go chat and go fb apps back in the day but i found them to be a huge battery hog..
I also only run go sms on normal mode without go chat...

I used GO SMS for a long time until it did the same thing for me and started eating an abnormal amount of RAM. Was never able to figure out why.

desiredbard said:
Well that is a very helpful contribution....
Although i do notice that after the last update the program keeps running in the backgoundand has to be knocked off by task manager.
I read some sources that handcent has become bloatwarish... and i do not like setting up an account with them..... I a can do without anotheronline presence...
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Are you being sarcastic? GO apps are actually a big security risk.
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zoppp said:
Don't use it, I believe it's a security risk
Sent from my G2X
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It is! They take your IMEI.

IRASadPanda said:
Are you being sarcastic? GO apps are actually a big security risk.
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It is! They take your IMEI.
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Don't all SMS replacement apps do this? Do all GO apps do this, such as Contacts & Launcher?
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Browser "Refresh" question

Hey guys just recently got my AT&T One X, and I am having this annoying "problem" on my browser. Most of the times when I leave the browser then I go back in it it refresh the page instead of staying like when I left the page. This happen on my iPhone when I have to many tabs open or runs too many apps. Most of the apps on my ONE X are not running and coming back from the lock screen and going into the browser the "page" refresh by itself. Pretty annoying for me plus it uses more data. Just wondering if anyone is having this issue. I also tried the "Dolphin browser" and it happen on this browser too.
On a side note I have the Galaxy Note GT7000 and the above issue rarely happen, but on the ONE X this issue happens let say 7 out of the 10 times do something or go back to the browser.

What browser are you using? This happens for me as well but only in chrome beta, I assumed it was a chrome software problem. When I use dolphin HD this does not happen.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

It's not a browser issue but multitasking. Apparently when we multitask on the one x it refreshes the apps. I don't know if this is a feature or a bug.
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karan1203 said:
It's not a browser issue but multitasking. Apparently when we multitask on the one x it refreshes the apps. I don't know if this is a feature or a bug.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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The real issue is the one x has murdered multitasking somehow. I use 3 apps. email, chrome (or internet), and mail. sometimes another or 2. after a few minutes the one x kills those processes and when I relaunch the app is has to load. There is some VERY screwy stuff going on.

beaups said:
The real issue is the one x has murdered multitasking somehow. I use 3 apps. email, chrome (or internet), and mail. sometimes another or 2. after a few minutes the one x kills those processes and when I relaunch the app is has to load. There is some VERY screwy stuff going on.
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I'm glad I'm not alone, it's really bad on the One X especially with chrome. I can't answer a google talk and switch directly back without a full page refresh.
Not to mention the fact that the switcher is horribly implemented and shows almost no information.

PeterHTC said:
I, too, had the "loading" issue every time I closed an app and went back to my home screen.
Here's the solution, although, it works for MOST and not ALL people.
Go to Settings=>Developer Options, and scroll down to the section entitled "Apps."
The first entry should be "Don't keep activities."
Make sure this is UNCHECKED. If it's already UNCHECKED, check it and reboot, and then go back in and UNCHECK it and reboot.
It solved my "Loading" problem immediately..
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I saw this in another thread, does anyone want to try it?

I'm guessing this is one of the ways HTC is trying to save battery life. Is this similar to how the iPhone does it?

mbaran said:
I saw this in another thread, does anyone want to try it?
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Doesn't work. I tried it last night.

Cryosx said:
I'm guessing this is one of the ways HTC is trying to save battery life. Is this similar to how the iPhone does it?
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No, it's actually worse than iPhone here.
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This is actually with the stock browser. I also tried Dolphin browser and it is happening as well.

Happens to me also. It doesn't multitask at all, yesterday I was trying to type something into the phone keypad and the numbers I entered kept disappearing when I'd come back to the app. The browser reloads all the time and I downloaded every browser from the market, all of them did it. One thing I loved about wp is that tabs wouldn't reload even weeks later.

wrxdrunkie said:
Happens to me also. It doesn't multitask at all, yesterday I was trying to type something into the phone keypad and the numbers I entered kept disappearing when I'd come back to the app. The browser reloads all the time and I downloaded every browser from the market, all of them did it. One thing I loved about wp is that tabs wouldn't reload even weeks later.
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We have the same issue but some people here don't have this problem, only by using Chrome.

glad someone else noticed this.. there is almost no true multi-tasking that is happening.. this has to be a bug. I tried the developer option above, didn't change anything.

Went back to the store to play with the DEMO and tried all 3 phones and the problem is there. This is a big software issue, to me is pretty annoying. It is a great phone but this is not good for me. To bad this phone can't be rooted to run a different ROM!! Dammit AT&T!!!!

Fixed the multi tasking problem a little bit and now the browser doesn't refresh as much as before.
You have to go to developers option and under apps make sure background is unchecked. If it's already unchecked,check it, restart , uncheck , restart.
Most apps won't refresh now including browser.
Credit to the guy in the bugs thread.
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karan1203 said:
Fixed the multi tasking problem a little bit and now the browser doesn't refresh as much as before.
You have to go to developers option and under apps make sure background is unchecked. If it's already unchecked,check it, restart , uncheck , restart.
Most apps won't refresh now including browser.
Credit to the guy in the bugs thread.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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under developers options and apps theres a "background processes limit" but not just background that can be checked/unchecked...

Don't keep activities. That's what you have to check and uncheck.
My fault I should have checked for exact name.
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karan1203 said:
Don't keep activities. That's what you have to check and uncheck.
My fault I should have checked for exact name.
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yea that defaults to unchecked. and i just tried checking it, backing out, going back in and unchecking it and so far i'm not noticing any difference but we'll see what happens...

Are we absolutely sure it's downloaded again? Or is the DOM of the page simply refreshed? Meaning while minimized, perhaps everything is hidden to improve performance...Then when you come back to it, everything is put back on the page.
Do we know additional data is used and the page is completely downloaded again?
I've seen this too and it just looked like a page refresh and it loads back instantly for me. So I assumed it was purely visual (either by design or by accident). However, it could have also just as easily downloaded everything again very quickly...

tom_m said:
Are we absolutely sure it's downloaded again? Or is the DOM of the page simply refreshed? Meaning while minimized, perhaps everything is hidden to improve performance...Then when you come back to it, everything is put back on the page.
Do we know additional data is used and the page is completely downloaded again?
I've seen this too and it just looked like a page refresh and it loads back instantly for me. So I assumed it was purely visual (either by design or by accident). However, it could have also just as easily downloaded everything again very quickly...
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well isn't the fact that games don't resume where you left them further proof that it's not actually "multitasking" its just starting the app again. it just happens in the browser's case to remember what page you were on. on an ipad for example you can have 20 games open and they all resume exactly where they were when you switch back to them... i think its a multitasking issue with either this phone or android 4.0 in general (i haven't used any other 4.0 phones, just 2.3 on back, so i'm not sure about that)

Is everyone's Gmail app wilding out?

For some reason today Gmail is not working so well. I've been trying to access this email from Papa Johns and it won't execute 'Show picture' without doing a immediate force close.
I cleared cache and force stopped the app and no go. After trying after the force stopped app it's acting even worse.
Why Gmail be wilding out now.
Everything else is working rock solid post the .30 firmware update. Chrome is actually acting like x86/x64 Intel based Chrome app i.e. stable and working and no lag.

I was getting authentication errors earlier, seems like they are having issues today.
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It has been messing up for me as well, especially after the .30 update.

Mine has become so unstable that I quit using it and switched to the Email app. Crashes, lockups, etc. I tried restarts, cold boots, clearing cache and data, uninstalling/reinstalling updates, using a memory cleaner, limiting background apps, killing other tasks/apps - all to no avail. I saw it to some degree earlier but not much - it definitely got much worse with .30.
Dave

I Don't use Gmail on tab, just my phone. However I did/do have issues with Androsensor after .30 update http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896892

BxMxK said:
I Don't use Gmail on tab, just my phone. However I did/do have issues with Androsensor after .30 update http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896892
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I'm having issues with several of the Google Apps now. I have no idea what changed.

Oh my. I almost said no problems here and then decided to try....
Closes every time.. Maybe can just open mail and then just closes. No reports no nothing
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Edit. Seems like it only crashes when launched from the widget. Couldn't get it close when opened from the icon.
I think this is a memory related issue again. Because when opened from the icon it loads a second or two. From widget opens instantly because it is there preloaded I guess. But from icon launched it loads the app to the memory. Just speculations..
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using XDA Premium HD app

the gmail app has never worked perfectly for me.
after reboot it does work for a while, but then suddenly it starts hanging and crashing.
And at the moment it starts doing that i just need to reboot, even really killing all the app/services related to that doesn't help
So i guess there is some leak somewhere. I never have any problems on my SGS2 with gmail. So it has to be something in this build.

gmail smooth as butter at Blimpie
the_game_master said:
For some reason today Gmail is not working so well. I've been trying to access this email from Papa Johns and it won't execute 'Show picture' without doing a immediate force close.
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Might be related to the "show pic" and not Papa John nor gmail.
Actually so far since the update Everything on my TF700 is smooth as butter .
Sorry 2hear these few quirks, lol

Mainstream apps like Maps and Gmail getting broken to the point of unusable is more than a quirk. This is one of the things that I have found frustrating with Android across the six different devices in my household - figuring out what doesn't work after just minor updates like .30. I'm a professional s/w engineer/architect with 41 years experience so I have a pretty good feel for the difficulties of development for multiple platforms but that doesn't make me feel any better when I suddenly can't read my email or view maps and have to develop workarounds. Not a great selling point either when I show the TF700T to my coworkers - "Yeah, other than maps and email, it works great."
Dave

GMail and Maps have crashed once or twice for me since the update but all of those crashes have been due to the NVIDIA driver bug in the ASUS kernel according to the dmesg utility, so in my case, the crashes are ASUS kernel caused rather than anything Google has done. So, FWIW, they do not seem any more problematic than before for me. I still use my work arounds and still use the apps with only a small amount of hassle.
The Google apps have always used the driver (as well they should, if the driver is not garbage it'll increase performance, LOL). This is an ASUS problem it's been in their Tegra3 ICS kernel from day one and it looks like stability changes at updates because the updates affect the memory fragmentation on your device (this is why a bunch of people will say "looks like stability has improved" and then another group rushes in and says "the update really messed with apps/games/etc, nothing works anymore!". I wish there was some way the importance of this bug could be escalated with them. The good news is JB will fix it because it'll have a 3.x kernel.

Yeah, same here. GMAIL is dorked hard; maps too from time to time. I agree though, its not a Google problem, its a driver issue from ASUS.

skola28 said:
Yeah, same here. GMAIL is dorked hard; maps too from time to time. I agree though, its not a Google problem, its a driver issue from ASUS.
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Agree - I don't have these issues on any of my other Android devices.

Any alterantives to Chrome2phone/Fox2phone?

I use Fox2phone quite a bit for easily sending links to my phone from the comp.
But off late i've been facing some issues where the links sent are a hit or miss..
need to restart the phone every now & then to get the links sent.
just wondering if there are any alternatives out there which does a similar function or perhaps even more?
thanks

Ya, PushBullet and it is awesome!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android
In my opinion it trumps Chrome2Phone times 10.
Can push files/links/etc from browser to phone and vice-versa. Oh and you can also get notifications of pretty much anything (texts, email) on your Chrome Browser on your PC which is handy.

+1 Pushbullet

Wow. Great and useful app. Lists, maps, links, notes and even files. Super easy and mirroring of your phone's notifications in the reverse direction to your browser!

bekyndnunwind said:
Ya, PushBullet and it is awesome!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushbullet.android
In my opinion it trumps Chrome2Phone times 10.
Can push files/links/etc from browser to phone and vice-versa. Oh and you can also get notifications of pretty much anything (texts, email) on your Chrome Browser on your PC which is handy.
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Thanks much!
Exactly what i needed

@bekyndnunwind
have you had any instances when this did NOT work?
shows as pushed from Firefox, but link doesn't appear in the phone..
if i open push bullet & view pushes, it shows the links there, but it doesn't appear in the phone
i can't even replicate this..
if i restart the phone & push something, i get it..
does this require sync to be enabled or something?

In Chrome at least, it works so fast, as in less than a second. I'm almost wondering now if it's not gulping juice in the background.

letmedanz said:
@bekyndnunwind
have you had any instances when this did NOT work?
shows as pushed from Firefox, but link doesn't appear in the phone..
if i open push bullet & view pushes, it shows the links there, but it doesn't appear in the phone
i can't even replicate this..
if i restart the phone & push something, i get it..
does this require sync to be enabled or something?
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I've never had a problem where it doesn't pop up instantly, but I do use Chrome not that it would have anything to do with it. Maybe it does require sync?? Not too sure about that. So if you restart the phone it starts working but then it stops working after a while? Very confused, as I've never had a single issue with it. You should try going to the PushBullet website and contacting them, they may be able to help you.
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In Chrome at least, it works so fast, as in less than a second. I'm almost wondering now if it's not gulping juice in the background.
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If you're worries about battery usage I can tell you I've never even seen it come up in my battery stats...

bekyndnunwind said:
I've never had a problem where it doesn't pop up instantly, but I do use Chrome not that it would have anything to do with it. Maybe it does require sync?? Not too sure about that. So if you restart the phone it starts working but then it stops working after a while? Very confused, as I've never had a single issue with it. You should try going to the PushBullet website and contacting them, they may be able to help you.
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i actually did get in touch with them..
i pressed send & even before i could blink i had a reply from a rep called Ryan.
He explained that since they use Google's Cloud service, if there is any delay at their end it may not deliver to us.
he did not mention anything about sync being on or off..
i also queried him about using different instances for each installation under 'devices', cos i use firefox at home & at office and both show up just as Firefox.
you can't really differentiate between them & can't be renamed either.
he said the team is working on a platform based segmentation (macs, PCs etc) & that should be coming soon
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So, could someone explain to me the benefit of using, say, PushBullet over just using Chrome Sync?

wad3g said:
So, could someone explain to me the benefit of using, say, PushBullet over just using Chrome Sync?
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Doesnt chrome sync only mirror tabs/history/favorites of pages you are viewing or have viewed in chrome? With pushbullet you can create notes or lists that you can send to anything that has pushbullet installed. You can also directly push a file (max 25MB) from one device directly to another. I find it incredibly useful and use it on a daily basis.
And for those asking above, if you want to get the notifications instantly, you *DO* need Sync active on your mobile device. If you dont, just open pushbullet and manually update the list and it should appear. The amount of time it takes to reach your phone still relies on your network speed obviously, but it's normally pushing such a small amount of data that it's almost instantaneous.

Chrome to Mobile, Chrome for android has a built in system now.

ISDP said:
Chrome to Mobile, Chrome for android has a built in system now.
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Uh, what? Could you explain?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-to-mobile/idknbmbdnapjicclomlijcgfpikmndhd
Chrome extention ^
And in the settings of Chrome for Android there's an option that enables you to use that system (settings and then tap your gmail address)

I'm using Pushover, as I use it with other apps as well as from Chrome (Sickbeard/Couchpotato).

New Facebook for Android UI!

Hi guys!
So today I opened up my Facebook application and was graced with a beautiful new, fluid UI. I am a member of the Alpha Team, however I have rigorously tested this new interface and I cannot find any bugs with it what so ever.
Gone is the horrible sidebar that once was, the layout is extremely similar to that of the latest Twitter application, apart from the Settings are not on a three button menu.
I've uploaded some screenshots to my Dropbox, take a look here!
Michael :angel:

It's so nice update but I don't know why the FB application is still using so much from the battery
Anyway the FB application keep syncing the things everytime you connect to internet so... I don't have it

CrazyLegenD said:
It's so nice update but I don't know why the FB application is still using so much from the battery
Anyway the FB application keep syncing the things everytime you connect to internet so... I don't have it
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I have heard a few people moan about this in the past, but I have genuinely never had any issues with Facebook and battery. In the settings there is an option to the reduce the refresh rate to just once every four hours, I think you can even disable it completely to be honest. I have Facebook on my Note 3 though and with or without Facebook installed I pretty much get the exact same battery life.

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I have heard a few people moan about this in the past, but I have genuinely never had any issues with Facebook and battery. In the settings there is an option to the reduce the refresh rate to just once every four hours, I think you can even disable it completely to be honest. I have Facebook on my Note 3 though and with or without Facebook installed I pretty much get the exact same battery life.
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Didn't know that, thanks really for this
I own LG Optimus p700

Nice one. . Will enjoy more
Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk

somehow i hate the new UI of facebook

Shojimeguro said:
somehow i hate the new UI of facebook
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Agreed. Ugly, and bored.

The UI work is fine. As mentioned, the wakelocks and battery use are terrible. Even when I turn off sync and notifications, Facebook causes more wakelocks than most other apps and uses a lot of data. They should address that but it seems they never will so I use the web sites.
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Hmm, your version is listed as 6.0.0.27 but I seem to have 7.0.0.1 with the 'old' interface.

yeah, I'm not liking the new UI

I am also on 7.0.0.1 and have the old UI...

robg2008 said:
I am also on 7.0.0.1 and have the old UI...
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It seems I'm in the same boat with you. It's 7.0.0.0.1, not 6.0.0.0.27 at all. Same UI as well.
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7.0.0.1 and have the old UI as well. At least I am not the only one.

It seems to be account related because I signed into my brothers account and I have the new ui then I log into mine again and I have the old ui once again
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I find it unfair how random people are getting the new UI and yet I haven't gotten it yet even though I've been in the alpha program since it first started.

Do we still get the new UI for facebook app? I mean for everyone!! ??
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i find it unfair how random people are getting the new ui and yet i haven't gotten it yet even though i've been in the alpha program since it first started.
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totally agree!

It's server decided. Any issues with not seeing the new UI have nothing to do with the application. users who get the new newsfeed SHOULD get the new UI. Not definite in all cases though.

I "think" I got it
People are asking about this new UI all over the internet, and when my friend came asking why he still has the old UI on his Note 3, while I have the flat UI on my Note 2, I had to dig into it...
First of all, we both have exactly the same version of the apk from the Play store (6.0.0.28.28), I even sent him the apk from my device to be 100% sure. He logs into his account on his Note 3, gets old UI. I log into my account on his Note 3 after clearing data, I get the old UI as well (so it is not server/account related issues as mentioned before, we even have been sharing the same router at the time).
He logs into his account on my Note 2, he gets new UI. I log him out, force stop, clear all data, and log into my account, I get the OLD UI !! Weird right ?!
I looked everywhere in the settings, maybe I made a toggle or something before ... then I remembered I don't see the "Home" settings under the FB app settings. I had "Home" installed previously and then removed. So I installed "Home" and activated it. Logged into Facebook and voila, the new UI !
I logged off again, force stopped, cleared data, and removed "Home" entirely. Logged in again, same old UI. Installed "Home" one more time, activated it, logged into FB, and the new UI came up. I uninstalled "Home", logged out (didn't clear data), and logged in again, and I still got the new UI. So I am guessing it has to be related to the Facebook "Home" app, somehow it leaves a setting in FB app data to enable the new UI !
Tried doing the same on my friend's N3, but "Home" is for funny reasons isn't compatible with his device as of now. Sent him the apk and installed it, it nagged that it isn't compatible with this device, so we couldn't truly "activate" it. He still has the old UI.
I hope this casts a light on the problem of not having the new UI and helps others. I only tried it on a couple of "similar" devices, so your feedback is also appreciated

What was your exact process for setting up the home launcher? I have a sgs4 and tried this, no dice.
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i'll try it,thanks