Best Facebook app for nexus 7....the stock one sucks.
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"Fast for Facebook" is a good alternate app.
i use "friendcaster"
I also use friendcaster, it is a very nice client and they also make an amazing twitter app too
The main problem is that, due to how facebook user privacy settings translate, certain posts are unable to be shown by the FriendCaster and any other third party app. You can't have an FB client that doesn't show all activity but the official FB app is horrible on tablets. My solution is to keep friendcaster around for when I know I want to do something––wall post, comments, photos etc––and use a bookmark to the mobile site for the news feed.
This is inelegant but is the only way i'm happy with until the official client gets tablet support (if ever).
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Well guys. I have been looking for weeks now (in fact, ever since I got my SGS about 1 month ago) for a decent facebook application with a usable widget but I seem to be completely out of luck. I have tried some 25 applications that all integrate facebook (I even tried the ones that come preinstalled on vodafone phones and LG phone) but (excuse my french): they all suck balls!
They all have major issues when it comes to updating info, or posting comments or like-ing feed items or something like that. every app has at least one VERY major issue which makes it unacceptable to me. I also bought apps (and got refunds obviously) but to no avil.
What facebook apps do you guys use on the SGS and what are your experiences?
http://touch.facebook.com/
Bookmark that.
Rawat said:
http://touch.facebook.com/
Bookmark that.
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That's what I'm using for lack of a better alternative. But I'm still looking for an app with homescreen widget that refreshes regularly (say every 15 minutes) and especially, refreshes when I enter the application so I don't have to do that manually.
Basically what is available from facebook for the iPhone. working notifications and automatic refreshes where needed without wasting enormous amounts of data usage.
er.. what about the official Facebook app? It has a widget...
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er.. what about the official Facebook app? It has a widget...
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Which is ok BUT it doesn't refresh the comments on a post when you click it in order to post a comment yourself. Extremely stupid! The only refresh it ever does is when you ask it to or every half hour (which in my opinion is too infrequent. But that its of course open for discussion)
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You need "Bloo"
It is free
Only downfall it has (in my opinion) is that it does not do inbox messages, which is a limitation in the Facebook API, not the dev's fault.
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You need "Bloo"
It is free
Only downfall it has (in my opinion) is that it does not do inbox messages, which is a limitation in the Facebook API, not the dev's fault.
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Bloo works for me! Really really well! Love the fact that I get my notifications just a minute later!
For all these application presented what is the application which drains less the battery of our Samsung Galaxy S? Because the official application is killing my phone in regard with the battery life
What about LPP. There is a good fb widget on paid LPP
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I use Friendcaster for Facebook App.
For me it's the best app.
have you tried pure messenger widget?
I use Friendcaster Pro for android.. its the best.. the official facebook for android is sooooo slow..
friendcaster or seesmic. Seesmic is v good it even supports twitter altogether!!
Anyone know of an app that i can type and post an update to show up automatically on both Tweeter and Facebook pages?
using the build in apps, i need to manually login and copy/paste the message to each app to update both places.
Nice question - interested
I was sure Samsung said they had something prepared for this, but guess not.
Feeds and update widget does this.. one post for both.
The Samsung built-in Feeds and Updates widget does this pretty well. I am using another software called Tweetcaster. It allows you to update to both fb and tweeter.
yes... default feeds widget works perfectly for that here aswell. At the top of the screen there is a FB and Twitter icon which can be checked/unchecked. Check them both and it will update to both sites.
Default samsung app write and go does this as well
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You can also use "Write and Go"
Morning all!
if I go into accounts & sync, add account, Facebook
nothing happens, it goes back to the list which has Google & Twitter in it. I have Facebook installed
any ideas?
cheers
The Facebook App needs an update to use the API and sync the contacts i guess.
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Which Facebook refuse to use
I'm no Dev so not sure what's involved but could one of our Dev's maybe get this working ?
use friencaster.. its a better facebook app and has sync
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/google-disables-contact-sync-in-facebook-for-android-only-nexus
We believe it is very important that users are able to control their data. So in the over-the-air update for Nexus S, we have a small change to how Facebook contacts appear on the device. For Nexus S users who downloaded the Facebook app from Android Market, Facebook contacts will no longer appear to be integrated with the Android Contacts app. Since Facebook contacts cannot be exported from the device, the appearance of integration created a false sense of data portability. 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. We are removing the special-case handling of Facebook contacts on Nexus S and future lead devices. We continue to believe that reciprocity (the expectation that if information can be imported into a service it should be able to be exported) is an important step toward creating a world of true data liberation --and encourage other websites and app developers to allow users to export their contacts as well.
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My bigger problem with the facebook app is that the menu button is not accessible in ICS. As a result, you can't change the defaults for how often the app refreshes (I like to disable auto refreshing).
I prefer using fb throught the Browser.... facebook app is the most battery draining app ever.
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I prefer using fb throught the Browser.... facebook app is the most battery draining app ever.
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it's not for me, it's near the very bottom of the list
So finally I did it... I un-installed facebook app.
Of course I'm using mobile web page with app to notify me instantly for any notification or message. For the first time, I'm having over 400mb of free ram and other apps are not being forced to close.
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Indeed, uninstalled the Facebook app a couple of weeks ago, never looked back. I don't need push notifications for facebook, I don't use facebook chat.
The website is faster than the app and doesn't run in background, doesn't eat my battery, ..
ew facebook. lol
Would love to do the same, but I like to share photos/links/etc to FB. Is there an app that lets you share to FB?
You can kinda of share photos to Facebook with tweetdeck or the better tweak deck from modaco goes though yfrog but it works
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Would love to do the same, but I like to share photos/links/etc to FB. Is there an app that lets you share to FB?
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Try Friendcaster. There is a free & paid version in the market.
And facebook kept requesting GPS.
Uninstalled it, i don't check facebook much anyway.
Or just disable notifications and the "gps use" inside the app.
I also use it to upload photos, mostly when I am travelling, and without those settings, facebook app doesn't waste so much battery.
Seesmic ping. Twitter can be associated with FB too
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Try Friendcaster. There is a free & paid version in the market.
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FriendCaster is so much better than the official Facebook app in every possible way.
I bought it way back in the day when it was just called f+ and was just an addon to allow push messages before FB officially supported it.
I have just never had any big issues with the Facebook app. It works OK, and doesn't eat up resources any more than other apps. I run Facebook and Facebook Messenger all day. Even when I'm using it a ton and really spending time in the apps, it'll be at most 10% of my battery used. On normal days, its ~2% just like Plume and Google+.
Facebook works out fine for me, I didnt like Friendscaster
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Or just disable notifications and the "gps use" inside the app.
I also use it to upload photos, mostly when I am travelling, and without those settings, facebook app doesn't waste so much battery.
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I unchecked the GPS use, but it still kept using the GPS at the news feed page.
But well, i'm not installing it anytime soon.
When I read the topic I thought you ended up getting a Nexus for free
I was close to installing the Facebook app once but ended up not and am glad I didnt. I just set up my account to send me a text message anytime I get a message/post and find this works best for me.
I use FB too often to uninstall, but it easily eats close to 30% of the battery... What GPS option are you referring to in the app?
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I use FB too often to uninstall, but it easily eats close to 30% of the battery... What GPS option are you referring to in the app?
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Menu >> Settings >> Messenger location services.
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Menu >> Settings >> Messenger location services.
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That only works for messages and (maybe) posts. Damn app triggers GPS every time I open it.
I'm close to uninstalling too, as this app makes up the majority of my GPS use on a day to day basis.
They definitely need to add a universal toggle for it to the FB app.
I just uninstalled the FB app. Hopefully I can stay off of it.
My first step to cutting down on being over connected.
I just use Android Pro Widgets (APW) or something like that. They have a sweet themeable collection of scrollable Widgets like twitter, Facebook, email, and combinations of them (plus others). I use it for my Facebook that does a great job of working in itself but links directly to the website for more advanced stuff.
I don't use the notifications (god awful nonstop alerts). But its a great combo.
I have the twitter and Facebook using a whole page each my desktop... twitter on the first page, my main page on 2, and Facebook on 3.
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I too use facebook a lot. Never had any issues 'that' much. But yes,the speed is awe-full when connected to a 2G/EDGE network. But never showed any problem with 3G/Wifi networks.
Whether it be this device, my nexus 4, stock roms, custom roms I cant seem to get notifications working for the facebook app. Anyone know any other app , or fixes for FB to work properly.
try Friendcaster (free on google play), it is a good alternative, but if you still want the original FB app notification to work,
1) find any Blackberry.
2) login to your FB account using Blackberry native FB app.
3) make sure you are logged in and you can see your FB stuff.
4) logout and you'll have the FB notification
i tried it and it worked, but i switched to Friendcaster because it is faster
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try Friendcaster (free on google play), it is a good alternative, but if you still want the original FB app notification to work,
1) find any Blackberry.
2) login to your FB account using Blackberry native FB app.
3) make sure you are logged in and you can see your FB stuff.
4) logout and you'll have the FB notification
i tried it and it worked, but i switched to Friendcaster because it is faster
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With friendcaster you can reply to comments and messages?
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With friendcaster you can reply to comments and messages?
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Yes you can I have the app and even bought it, tagging people on photos and posts work and the is a Messenger on it too for fb chat, best fb app imo
I like tweakdeck! Great for Facebook, & the twitter! (also buzz & foursquare!)
What about a different version of Facebook.......inverted? lemme know if u want it
Facedroid
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