I was reading some comments over at Rootwiz and discovered an app from the Android market called HaxSync.
It sync's your facebook contacts with the Contact list on your phone. It also provides pictures next to your contacts along with status updates like what Google+ does.
Its friggin awesome I can finally sync facebook to the phone properly.
Please dont flame me if this is common knowledge, just thought I would share it with people that didnt know. And of course, some custom Roms include FB sync but this does not require root.
Yep. can only confirm that. I do not want to use a custom rom and this app syncs my facbook contacts pretty well.
I worked great for me too but the battery usage made it impossible to keep, was using 20% of my battery a day!
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I worked great for me too but the battery usage made it impossible to keep, was using 20% of my battery a day!
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They fixed that problem with an update. It now only does that the first time you sync and only periodically checks for updates. Mine doesn't even register anymore.
it also uses higher quality photos. I synced it then turned auto sync off. Just manually sync it now every now and again.
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Does it come with an option that allows you set how often it checks for updates?
Paid version only, boo. I pay for plenty of things, but not facebook contact sync.
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leukocyte259 said:
Does it come with an option that allows you set how often it checks for updates?
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Yeah it does. I chose to sync every 7 days.
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I've been using SyncMyPix to sync my FB contact photos...the photos downloaded with SyncMyPix are high res.
Has anyone compared the quality of the photos from HaxSync with SyncMyPix? I would be interested to know...
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I've been using SyncMyPix to sync my FB contact photos...the photos downloaded with SyncMyPix are high res.
Has anyone compared the quality of the photos from HaxSync with SyncMyPix? I would be interested to know...
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256x256px vs. 96x96px
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256x256px vs. 96x96px
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Is it any higher res than the facebook sync in the new ROMs though ?
Ive paid for the HaxSync app but havent used it since moving to a ROM with FB sync built in.....
wilbur-force said:
Is it any higher res than the facebook sync in the new ROMs though ?
Ive paid for the HaxSync app but havent used it since moving to a ROM with FB sync built in.....
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I don't know about whatever rom you are on, but AOKP syncs fairly low resolution Facebook pictures. HaxSync synced nice, high-res pictures but as with another person here, the battery draw was undesirable so I just stuck with the rom's sync. I might start using it again if it has really gotten better about eating a battery up though.
1 euro well spent. Excellent. A little contact joining where the names are widely different in Facebook, Twitter and Google Contacts and all is done, now with great pictures!
Solidly recommended.
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It also allows you to sync only over WIFI, if data is a problem for you.
I'm not sure how well mine is working, because some contacts are sync'd to facebook, others are sync'd to HaxSync. Some contacts have high res images, others are extremely blurry.
HaxSync is supposed to have facial recognition to center the pic around the face.....but I don't find that that works for me.
Does it for anybody else? Overall, I really like it
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HaxSync is supposed to have facial recognition to center the pic around the face.....but I don't find that that works for me.
Does it for anybody else? Overall, I really like it
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Its appears to be working for me. One of my contacts has a headshot as her profile pic. The Facebook thumbnail is the one she chooses, which is centered properly. The Haxsync one is centered on her eyes, which cuts off the rest of her face.
Not much I can do about that, I guess. People should have better facebook pictures.
Agree. It's awesome.
Nice. I'll check this out.
Awesome. None of the ROMs with Facebook sync would sync the photos for me. This is working flawlessly.
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Haxsync is nice, I just wonder how we could backup the manual contact link when moving to a new rom though.
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So Facebook has finally been updated and we have a menu button, but it looks like they removed the contact sync options :/
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alsex87 said:
So Facebook has finally been updated and we have a menu button, but it looks like they removed the contact sync options :/
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looks great! at least they are listening, I've had a couple of updates over the last week or so!
Lets hope for another quick update which restores the contacts sync
ty for this, wow new UI rocks, I'd throw thanks if i wasn't on xda app
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Yeah it is much better.. they finally matched the mobile web UI. Hope we get contact sync back.
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Given sync was removed from the Nexus S I doubt we'll get it back on the GN.
Finally, a Facebook update thats worthwhile. It looks more like the iOS version now which is surprisingly a good thing!
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So Facebook has finally been updated and we have a menu button, but it looks like they removed the contact sync options :/
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I was about to write the exact same thing.
Facebook's contact sync is still in the app, but it's only accessible through the legacy (read: physical) menu button.
Looks like facebook just got lazy and didn't carry over the entire settings menu into the new ui.
Maybe a nice dev can fix their crap and give you a way to access that 2nd menu?
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Facebook's contact sync is still in the app, but it's only accessible through the legacy (read: physical) menu button.
Looks like facebook just got lazy and didn't carry over the entire settings menu into the new ui.
Maybe a nice dev can fix their crap and give you a way to access that 2nd menu?
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Nah, afaik it's really FB that doesn't let it sync. Got something to do with FB refusing to use Google's APIs. There's a post on that issue somewhere, can't find it atm. Unless FB change their attitude, we won't be seeing sync in Android.
You are indeed correct.
Hadn't heard of this before, so did some digging and apparently Google got tired of giving FB special access to do a pseudo-sync of contacts (in other words, even though FB data was in the contacts app, it didn't actually sync to google contacts).
I'll have to keep this in mind when I get around to picking up my own Nexus.
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new fb update ! I love the new UI, it looks better than the last version.
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For me the profile pictures is only what I need and for that I have used this software with great success several times
http://heartofangel.com/google-contact-sync/
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For me the profile pictures is only what I need and for that I have used this software with great success several times
http://heartofangel.com/google-contact-sync/
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Works well!
Does anyone get facebook notifications i have not had any yet on my GN or does anykne know how to fix it?
Is no-one else having the same UI glitches that I have?
When I pull down to refresh, it doesn't pull the feed down, just the bar at the top. Looks really clumsy and I don't think it's meant to behave like this.
Also, it gives me notifications for unread messages every half hour, regardless of whether there are new ones or not.
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For me the profile pictures is only what I need and for that I have used this software with great success several times
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Works well!
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Does work well. Wish the images were Hi-Res though.
Also, deleting messages doesn't work reliably. I don't get it... If this was iPhone, it'd get fixed immediately but Android seems to get an 'almost works' version every time.
Since we have today our fully working ICS rom, I would like to share this app
HaxSync
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
It's sync your facebook contacts (Pictures and status updates) with your phone contacts in the same way ICS sync your contacts with google plus (High res contact pictures)
The app it's only 99 cents and IMO it's totally worth it.
BTW: I hold no relationship with the developer of this app, im just a happy customer.
Try it you wont regret.
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Since we have today our fully working ICS rom, I would like to share this app
HaxSync
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mots.haxsync
It's sync your facebook contacts (Pictures and status updates) with your phone contacts in the same way ICS sync your contacts with google plus (High res contact pictures)
The app it's only 99 cents and IMO it's totally worth it.
BTW: I hold no relationship with the developer of this app, im just a happy customer.
Try it you wont regret.
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whats different between this and the official facebook app sync feature?
i thought you were going to say Chrome browser as the must have app
why pay .99 cents when this feature is already free?...
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why pay .99 cents when this feature is already free?...
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Is it a built-in feature of ICS? Because for me it only syncs Google+ contacts and completely ignores facebook contacts. Pictures don't come up or anything. Neither do their icons show in Handcent SMS
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Is it a built-in feature of ICS? Because for me it only syncs Google+ contacts and completely ignores facebook contacts. Pictures don't come up or anything. Neither do their icons show in Handcent SMS
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no, it's built into the official facebook app. I guess that app is included in the skyrocket port. you have to go into facebook settings and choose SYNC.
That said, it looks like my contacts (i use Go Contacts) defaults to sync with google+ before it uses facebook for photos.
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whats different between this and the official facebook app sync feature?
i thought you were going to say Chrome browser as the must have app
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Haha I second that... CHROME!!!
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I third google chrome. And this kind of goes without saying but, Trebuchet
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no, it's built into the official facebook app. I guess that app is included in the skyrocket port. you have to go into facebook settings and choose SYNC.
That said, it looks like my contacts (i use Go Contacts) defaults to sync with google+ before it uses facebook for photos.
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I've done that already but still nothing... It's not really a big deal its just a pet peeve of mine to have contacts without pictures, thanks anyway bro
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there's a fully working ICS ROM for T989? um...do tell
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there's a fully working ICS ROM for T989? um...do tell
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Yeah man just go on to the development forums and it should be on the first page. You could also search for it. Instructions are all there. There are a couple of bugs, most notably the auto rotation doesn't work. But other than that it works perfectly for most, including me I would suggest reading the entire thread to gain a little insight into what has been going on and to be a little safer with the installation and all that.... GOOD LUCK!!
When I had my Galaxy Nexus back in December I know there was no Facebook sync available for ICS at the time, I don't know if they've updated it back then.
But you can use Friencaster to sync all your contacts and pictures.
This reminds me though, has anyone else noticed there's no People app? Is that a Nexus only app or just missing?
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fully working ICS rom
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Did I miss a memo?
I have a question, Facebook from the sky rocket ICS port won't let me access the pull down notifications. What I mean is, I'll get a notification, open the pull down in the app, and it shows me what's new but I can't touch it to access it, it does absolutely nothing.
Anyone know of a better app for Facebook?
Dfjcisnv
Imma wait until all the bugs are all ironed out, I'm not that thirsty for Ics like some who will sacrifice bugs and stuff not working just to "have" ics
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rmarquez1974 said:
I have a question, Facebook from the sky rocket ICS port won't let me access the pull down notifications. What I mean is, I'll get a notification, open the pull down in the app, and it shows me what's new but I can't touch it to access it, it does absolutely nothing.
Anyone know of a better app for Facebook?
Dfjcisnv
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I've found that touching it about 50 times does the trick lol but it is annoying... Use friendcaster for now, it works great
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I've found that touching it about 50 times does the trick lol but it is annoying... Use friendcaster for now, it works great
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Thank you kindly, that works a lot better for now.
Dfjcisnv
you can also try syncmypix it's free.
Has anyone noticed if the facebook sync works with CM( beta 3? or, how about the Sprint VVM app, where when you scroll down, the texts just blurs in to an unreadable screen? Any fixes for these two issues?
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Has anyone noticed if the facebook sync works with CM( beta 3? or, how about the Sprint VVM app, where when you scroll down, the texts just blurs in to an unreadable screen? Any fixes for these two issues?
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VVM, go to the apps sub forum and get the latest version. No redrawing in that version and you can scroll to your heart's content. (read posts 15 & 20 in the thread)
FB sync through the FB app works for AOKP M5 for me. You could also pay $0.99 for Haxsync in the Play Store.
hmm, haxsync? is it better than friendcaster? friends caster imports pics for contacts but all blurred. common issue.
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hmm, haxsync? is it better than friendcaster? friends caster imports pics for contacts but all blurred. common issue.
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I use the FB app to sync and deal w/ the blurred photos. Haxsync claims to bring in "HQ" photos, but I take that as just non-blurred.
wait, i am using cm9 beta 3 and can not get facebook app to sync the contacts. how are you doing it? are you using a different ROM?
mookiemoo said:
wait, i am using cm9 beta 3 and can not get facebook app to sync the contacts. how are you doing it? are you using a different ROM?
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He might be using a different kernel.
mookiemoo said:
wait, i am using cm9 beta 3 and can not get facebook app to sync the contacts. how are you doing it? are you using a different ROM?
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FB sync through the FB app works for AOKP M5 for me. You could also pay $0.99 for Haxsync in the Play Store.
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See my original reply for explanation.
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I totally missed it to DOH! Sometime reading is fun to be mental
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hmm, haxsync? is it better than friendcaster? friends caster imports pics for contacts but all blurred. common issue.
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I am using Friend Caster and there is an option to check "Use High Resolution Photos" While they are not perfect they are better than regular.
Which software do you guys use for syncing contact images to facebook? I haven't tried any yet, but I've heard the stock FB app has some problems. Last time I used it (on my ancient Optimus One), it used to sync very low res pics, and it was impossible to reassign images in case of wrong matches.
PS: Also, as a side question, which facebook app do you use?
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Which software do you guys use for syncing contact images to facebook? I haven't tried any yet, but I've heard the stock FB app has some problems. Last time I used it (on my ancient Optimus One), it used to sync very low res pics, and it was impossible to reassign images in case of wrong matches.
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I use HaxSync. Don't know if there is a better solution, but it worked well for both my N4 and N7.
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I use HaxSync. Don't know if there is a better solution, but it worked well for both my N4 and N7.
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+1 haxsync is the best solution i've found.
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+1 haxsync is the best solution i've found.
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I use HaxSync. Don't know if there is a better solution, but it worked well for both my N4 and N7.
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just use Conctact-sync it is completely free and works perfect with high resolution images
I quite like Sync.Me
I've been using Haxsync, but it doesn't update properly. Have you guys noticed this at all? When a person changes their picture on facebook I have to manually go into the settings and refresh their image to update it. I've got my phone setup to sync everyday and also on mobile network not only wifi, but this hasn't made any difference. I get the same issue on my Nexus 7.
I personally use haxsync but a friend uses sync.me and both do the job
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I've been using Haxsync, but it doesn't update properly. Have you guys noticed this at all? When a person changes their picture on facebook I have to manually go into the settings and refresh their image to update it. I've got my phone setup to sync everyday and also on mobile network not only wifi, but this hasn't made any difference. I get the same issue on my Nexus 7.
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Set it always re download image. That will make it update...at least it did for me.
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Set it always re download image. That will make it update...at least it did for me.
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That only works on the next sync, then the option un-checks itself.
I use friendcast and it works well.. anyone else tried it ?
Okay, I tried HaxSync and Sync.Me
I just can't figure out HaxSync, it doesn't seem to work. It keeps crashing. Seems like a waste of my money.
And Sync.Me seemed just what I wanted, BUT it doesn't put contact pics of some of my contacts for some reason. I can't figure out why. If I remove the link and re link the contact to the same Facebook contact, then I get the pic. Weird bug.
Is there any 3rd decent app for this purpose?
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Okay, I tried HaxSync and Sync.Me
I just can't figure out HaxSync, it doesn't seem to work. It keeps crashing. Seems like a waste of my money.
And Sync.Me seemed just what I wanted, BUT it doesn't put contact pics of some of my contacts for some reason. I can't figure out why. If I remove the link and re link the contact to the same Facebook contact, then I get the pic. Weird bug.
Is there any 3rd decent app for this purpose?
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You need to install the haxsync jb fix app once, then open main app bro. Then read the FAQ. I tried other apps like sync.me those are whack they don't update most of my friend's pics and has no manual update option. Haxsync worked perfectly after syncmypix stopped working. The only good alternative is haxsync.
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then again.. friendcaster worked perfectly fine for me as well.
I use HaxSync. It works incredibly well.
After trying the suggestions here (and not working) i started looking for myself and found Facebook Contact Picture Sync on the play store which does everything i need and is also really simple at the same time.
Contact sync https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0. has always worked perfectly for me and of course is free.
Hi!
Does the facebook app deserve to be used in my android?
I am now used to access it with the browser, but the app has more funcionalities?
Does it kill my battery life?
Give me your opinions, please!
It does kill battery life. I keep the app installed but have sync (in phone settings) and notifications (in app settings) turned off and that helps.
I've hated the app for a long time...it has honestly become alot better, and the current build i believe to load faster then via browser, plus it is nice to have specific notifications if needed. As far as facebook + Jellybean, since it no longer syncs contacts...you can sign out as needed to preserve ram/minimize battery life. I use HaxSync and HaxSync JB workaround to sync FB contacts w/ statuses + pics and it was 100% worth the money.
AFAIK the only thing the app does (aside from kill your battery) that you can't do some other way is notifications.
Facebook has a personalised email address you can use to post status updates and photos. The mobile site is reasonably snappy. Haxsync allows you to sync contacts.
Last time I used the app is a while ago, but I haven't missed it.
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The FB app does NOT kill your battery, it doesn't even show up on my battery stats! Given, I only use it a few times a day but it definitely doesn't contribute to battery issues
I still had that bad rep in my mind.
Anyway, i use a dedicated browser for Facebook, so it's a non issue.
And one thing is the Facebook app will keep requesting for GPS location, but that was a few months ago, i'm not sure whether the app still request for GPS or not.
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I still had that bad rep in my mind.
Anyway, i use a dedicated browser for Facebook, so it's a non issue.
And one thing is the Facebook app will keep requesting for GPS location, but that was a few months ago, i'm not sure whether the app still request for GPS or not.
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Only when the app is open. It stops once closed (and killed)
The app is too bug filled to be worth using and although it doesn't kill battery anymore it definitely decreases battery life even with the app not in use especially if you opt to use notifications. Web browser works well enough for me.
better to use browser than the app... the fb app is horrible IMO
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better to use browser than the app... the fb app is horrible IMO
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The app IS the mobile site so there is no difference other than the app is faster
App is worthwhile. You can also integrate better to upload photos and the notifications are nice.
Facebook, with 4hr sync, notifications on, messanger/location off, uses almost no battery. Try using G+ for even a day and you'll see that G+ with full sync is the massive battery killer.
So yes, absolutely use the new Facebook app if you use Facebook often.
When there's already a well laid out mobile version of a website I see no reason to install an additional app. Weather, amazon, Facebook, all these and more work perfectly well via browser, saved in favorites, no need for all the individual apps taking up space.
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