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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 sync fix for ics

Is there any way to fix it without using third party apps?

Another one with the same problem. Even a third party app would be fine for me... Any suggestion?

evcz said:
Another one with the same problem. Even a third party app would be fine for me... Any suggestion?
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Its not broken. The Official Facebook application doesn't support Android 4.0 just yet so you will not be able to sync your contacts to your device. The only method is to use third party applications. I use Friendcaster Pro and it works really well.
Unfortunately, Till Facebook adds compatibility to the official application... you will not see your contacts sync to your device

Nope, the issue is between Google and Facebook, so we won't see contact sync fixed until Google and Facebook make an agreement or until a custom ROM fixes is. I forget the whole story, but I think Facebook doesn't use Android's contact API so when you sync Facebook contacts with your phone they all stay with Facebook and aren't stored locally on the phone. If you uninstall Facebook all your Facebook contacts go to. Google doesn't like that FB doesn't let you control and keep your FB data on your phone so they revoked Facebooks access to the API.
EDIT: heres an article about it: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/google-disables-contact-sync-in-facebook-for-android-only-nexus/

red_skittles said:
Nope, the issue is between Google and Facebook, so we won't see contact sync fixed until Google and Facebook make an agreement or until a custom ROM fixes is. I forget the whole story, but I think Facebook doesn't use Android's contact API so when you sync Facebook contacts with your phone they all stay with Facebook and aren't stored locally on the phone. If you uninstall Facebook all your Facebook contacts go to. Google doesn't like that FB doesn't let you control and keep your FB data on your phone so they revoked Facebooks access to the API.
EDIT: heres an article about it: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/google-disables-contact-sync-in-facebook-for-android-only-nexus/
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You sorta proved my point. More or less its not compatibility with Android 4.0 but its the Nexus S. Once again Facebook will have to upgrade the application in order to make it compatible with the Nexus S. Only difference between what I said is instead of Android 4.0 its for the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus
Facebook contact data will continue to appear within the Facebook app. Like all developers on Android, Facebook is free to use the Android contacts API to truly integrate contacts on the device, which would allow users to have more control over their data.
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Azuske said:
You sorta proved my point. More or less its not compatibility with Android 4.0 but its the Nexus S. Once again Facebook will have to upgrade the application in order to make it compatible with the Nexus S. Only difference between what I said is instead of Android 4.0 its for the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus
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Facebook never updated the app on Gingerbread. Facebook sync was included in custom ROMS because developers enabled it. Nothing to do with official support from Facebook. Until Google and Facebook sort this out, vanilla Android won't support contact sync, unless Facebook starts using the regular contact API

Friendcaster is not allowing me to login (whitepage)... Is it really compatible with ICS?

evcz said:
Friendcaster is not allowing me to login (whitepage)... Is it really compatible with ICS?
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i would also like to have this verified, hehe, before i spend the $5 for this app!
def would like to see some sync action to my ICS rom... having no pics on the contact face is hard!

try syncmypix
try syncmypix, works good for facebook pics

Thanks! This worked

If you are OK with 3rd party apps, take a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20477937#post20477937

[How to] Use facebook messages without messenger

A quick guide for those who want to use Facebook messages without downloading facebook messenger.
Step 1
Uninstall Facebook messenger (if you have it installed)
Step 2
Make sure you have Unknown sources enabled from device settings
Step 3
Install the attached apk (hello world application) or create a new (empty) android project with the package name com.facebook.orca
As long as the only validation that the facebook app does is checking to find if an app with package name com.facebook.orca is installed on the phone this should work
Tested and working on N4 running omnirom 4.4.4

If that work, I thank you xd
Tapnięte z mojego S Advance ☺

It worked thanks
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worked. Thank you, I got annoyed when the fb app says move to messenger,

Thank you for this guide...
I made my own small app

thank you. finally i found useful solution

+1.
Very nice.

Thank you so much! It worked perfectly.
I went one step further: I froze your app once installed, and Facebook still thinks Messenger is installed. It has survived a reboot.

My tutorial:
(0. Uninstall Facebook Messenger...)
1. Go to Play Store and disable Auto-Update for Facebook.
2. Go to Apps - Facebook and Clear Data. Then Force Close the application.
3. Start Facebook, login and go to messages, click "Remind Later"
Tadaa - you can now use the chat in the native Facebook application without installing any apks.

God i hate this "force to install" policy.. Thanks for the tut

thank you

Great!

Just what I was looking for! Such BS facebook makes you download an additional app to use messenger than I hardly ever use anyway. I refuse to use it, thanks op! Hopefully fb does not update the validation process.

THIS WORKS! good job ?

So glad that I find people who use the same method as me. However, I think Facebook stops the push notification service on purpose. I keep uninstalling and installing the facebook original app and hello world apk, and I would get push notifications for the first few hours or more. But then after this duration of time, I will not receive push notifications anymore out of no reason. Do you guys encounter the same problem as mine? Thank you.

nemoc 23 said:
A quick guide for those who want to use Facebook messages without downloading facebook messenger.
Step 1
Uninstall Facebook messenger (if you have it installed)
Step 2
Make sure you have Unknown sources enabled from device settings
Step 3
Install the attached apk (hello world application) or create a new (empty) android project with the package name com.facebook.orca
As long as the only validation that the facebook app does is checking to find if an app with package name com.facebook.orca is installed on the phone this should work
Tested and working on N4 running omnirom 4.4.4
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Thank you so so much sir you have saved me a nice chunk of battery life.

Thank you, have a way around the whatsapp? In the case do not show that the message was read.

leorod199 said:
Thank you, have a way around the whatsapp? In the case do not show that the message was read.
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I'm not sure if this is available in the app from the play store (most probably it will be roll out in the next update if it wasn't already updated) because i don't have whatsapp installed on my phone but i think if you download the apk from the official whatapps website you can disable it from the settings menu
Settings > Account > Privacy
Uncheck Read receipts

Worked great, thanks for this.
I too am lacking in push notifications about messages.
This would be absolutely perfect if I got notified about messages!

Matrixie said:
Worked great, thanks for this.
I too am lacking in push notifications about messages.
This would be absolutely perfect if I got notified about messages!
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I will look into it. I don't have any issue with notifications. Make sure you have notifications and message notifications active from the facebook app under app settings

[APP][4.0.3+] FB Most Recent

One of the things that bugs me about the Android Facebook app is that it always loads up the "Top Stories" screen by default. I always have to go the settings screen and select "Most Recent" manually before I can browse my timeline (because I prefer that view).
So I developed an app called "FB Most Recent" to provide one-touch access to the "Most Recent" feed in the Facebook app. It's now available in the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hedami.mrff
It's 100% free with no ads and no limitations. If you use the Facebook app and want a way to view your "Most Recent" list with one tap, this is the app for you!
If you find the app useful and want to help support it, you can optionally purchase the donation app for $1 found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hedami.mrffdonation

It just freezes an s4.

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It just freezes an s4.
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I tested on an S4 and it works fine on mine. Can you tell me what freezes exactly? Is it your phone? Is it the Facebook app? If it's the Facebook app, try uninstalling and re-installing the Facebook app.

Oh I don't have the fb app. Yes phone freezes until I press home. Your app never opens.

evansx6 said:
Oh I don't have the fb app. Yes phone freezes until I press home. Your app never opens.
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Yes, without the official Facebook app installed this app is pretty useless, as it simply opens the Facebook app and sorts the news feed to Most Recent

evansx6 said:
Oh I don't have the fb app. Yes phone freezes until I press home. Your app never opens.
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Yeah it would do that if the Facebook app wasn't installed. This app is designed specifically to launch the official Facebook app and display the "Most Recent" feed within that app.
But thanks for the report. I'll update the app so it doesn't hang like that if the official Facebook app is not installed on the device.

Version 1.0.1 has been submitted to the Play Store and should be available soon. If the official Facebook app isn't installed on the device, an error popup will be displayed indicating it's required.

Doesn't seem to work on latest update, still showing highlights. I'm using beta though so maybe that's the problem.

cAase said:
Doesn't seem to work on latest update, still showing highlights. I'm using beta though so maybe that's the problem.
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I suppose it could be because you're running the Facebook beta, but that shouldn't matter. I tried to join the beta to try it out myself, but it's not letting me. I would suggest uninstalling Facebook and re-installing it to see if that helps.

Facebook and messenger Apps Problem

Hi team
I just want to ask about if you guys have the same issue or not and how can I figure it out?
Problem is
I have installed the latest version of Facebook and Messenger on Android 6.1 but when I am in the Facebook app and want open messenger from the top right messenger icon which in Facebook app, the messenger App didn't open directly as always but messenger opens on the switch accounts page, not main interface.
The same also if I click messenger icon which under someone name in Facebook profile.
but I install messenger lite app and it works fine just why its not the same for the regular messenger app
I search a lot and I do flash my phone twice with an official from but it's not fixed.

Moustafa.dueb said:
Hi team
I just want to ask about if you guys have the same issue or not and how can I figure it out?
Problem is
I have installed the latest version of Facebook and Messenger on Android 6.1 but when I am in the Facebook app and want open messenger from the top right messenger icon which in Facebook app, the messenger App didn't open directly as always but messenger opens on the switch accounts page, not main interface.
The same also if I click messenger icon which under someone name in Facebook profile.
but I install messenger lite app and it works fine just why its not the same for the regular messenger app
I search a lot and I do flash my phone twice with an official from but it's not fixed.
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Maybe it doesn't have permissions set properly?
Or, maybe you need verify that the "draw over other apps" setting is set to allow messenger to draw over other apps.
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Droidriven said:
Maybe it doesn't have permissions set properly?
Or, maybe you need verify that the "draw over other apps" setting is set to allow messenger to draw over other apps.
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none of the above fixes the problem :crying: