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Why the Facebook app is terrible

I don't think any words are necessary.
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Mine is a lot different
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Because they know when you have over 500 million people that no matter how bad your app is they will still come back to the site.

I have stopped using the app. It drives me crazy. I use friendcaster and website. The app is so slugish and acts stupid around 99% of the time.
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Faster facebook. Goggle it on the play store

Lol I don't like Facebook enough to get a dedicated app for it. From what I have seen though, their mobile site is really poorly designed like they are trying to force you to use one their app. I assume Friendcaster is much better than the official app.

Don't forget that the latest update also added FB camera and FB messenger apps. At least mine did. Now I have 3 FB apps. WEAK.

Mr.Highway said:
Faster facebook. Goggle it on the play store
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+1 I like ff also.
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The one that's in beta??
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tylerlawhon said:
The one that's in beta??
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Yeah they changes the name on the market. I believe it is called "fast for android"
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Yeah, I've deleted the Fb app too--don't like the increasing bloat and I'm really annoyed by the their spammed camera and messaging apps. Tried Fast for Facebook, and as much as I'd like to support their xda-friendly devs, it doesn't seem to update all that well or display photos and such.
OTOH, the mobile web app, it seems to do what I need without bloating up my phone. For a light Fb users, it does the job.

Yep... Agreed. I absolutely hate the facebook app.

ericmtnbkr said:
Don't forget that the latest update also added FB camera and FB messenger apps. At least mine did. Now I have 3 FB apps. WEAK.
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That was the last straw for me, uninstalled it. They've removed the extra launcher icons now, but the app is still terrible.
A lot of times it will turn on my GPS when I enter the app, and never let go of it.

It's terrible cause it's Facebook. I hope my boss doesn't read this
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Facebook for Android is F....ng annoying. Draining battery and make me mad

When i use the facebook app or this app is in the background, my cpu stay at his max frequency ALL THE TIME AND DRAINING MY BATTERY. A 6262728763 billions dollar company cant make a stable app ? Thats.****ing.stupid.and.ridiculous.
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1) Doesn't happen to me. Not a universal issue.
2) Chill out.
oh, and no one is forcing you to use the Facebook app.

Here's some cheese to go with that whine:
Fast for Facebook: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fastfacebook.com
Friendcaster: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.senab.blueNotifyFree

1. Change your kernel governor to Interactive or Conservative.
2. Use Friendcaster. Its way better anyway.
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or you can just use the facebook mobile site thru the browser.

I used friend caster way before and I didn't like it but I been hearing a lot good things about it so I ma try it out. It looks neat will see how notifications behave. Facebook app sucks on Android or iPhone idk why can't they make it right
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This is a known bug. It happens on my phone every time.
- Install facebook app
- login
- exit the app
- run the app again
If you install eg. "OSMonitor" you'll see the facebook process is consuming a lot of CPU in the background.
Given their track record, they'll probably fix it in a few years.

I have another issue with Facebook. For some reason every time I try to share something it comes in some foreign language. Coincidentally started after installing flip board. I have uninstalled flipboard and also reinstalled Facebook but no resolution. Please help.
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Turn off Facebook sync? works for me. My battery life is beyond awesome.

m.facebook.com bro
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the only function I'm really interested in (contacts sync) doesn't even work with the official facebook app.

Facebook sucks up battery and network for me, in crazy ways.
If I login to facebook and leave it running, I get zero notifications, loading anything (even over 4G or wifi) takes forever, and it somehow managed to suck up 2 gigs of data in a 72 hour period (as well as using 38% of my battery?!?). Anyone have any idea why/how THAT happened?
It's an easy fix though: uninstall app, use m.facebook.com

babymatteo said:
Turn off Facebook sync? works for me. My battery life is beyond awesome.
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Dont work for me -.-'
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facebook app

The facebook app comes pre-installed on the Sony Xperia Ion. It also has some kind of system wide integration. I happen to use facebook and figured I'd give it all a try. Timescape is part of that integration with a fancy widget and takes up half a homescreen. My battery life hasn't been that great (10 hours in a 8 hour work day where I barely use my phone at work) and most distressing the phone was getting hot. Too hot to handle comfortably. Especially while charging. After many attempts through setting management and battery managers (which I've always felt we're unnecessary if the settings were customized for battery life) I found the problem. The facebook app itself. Not sure what version but it was the latest for this phone at this time. Not only does my phone now run cool as a cucumber, I expect much better battery life. Oh, and my phone's CPU no longer runs pegged most of the time like it was. So there it is. A tip for anybody finding their new Ion to be running warm/hot and draining battery at a quick rate. Remove the facebook account and use a browser instead. The current facebook integration is problematic on these phones.

OK I try thk....
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Enkj said:
OK I try thk....
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Can you please give more detail about what you did? I don't usually get such a low battery time, but today that I was in a LTE area for most of the time the battery went down a lot faster than usual. Did you just remove Timescape from home screen and set it not to sync automatically, or you also had to remove your facebook account from Facebook inside Xperia?

I removed the account. The app itself is un-installable. I don't log into it either. I use the browser and set up notifications through sms.

KEB64 said:
I removed the account. The app itself is un-installable. I don't log into it either. I use the browser and set up notifications through sms.
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I delete the account. But we can not delete the app while the phone is not rooted but greatly improved the battery and not heated as before
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Enkj said:
I delete the account. But we can not delete the app while the phone is not rooted but greatly improved the battery and not heated as before
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Yep. I'm gonna try tweet deck. I used it before on my last phone and found it useful.

KEB64 said:
Yep. I'm gonna try tweet deck. I used it before on my last phone and found it useful.
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Ok I'll go down to see :thumbup:
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That helps greatly. Facebook was wiggin out for me through app and browsers, wtf??? This better be corrected with an update soon, not cool. I deleted the account so now it seems to be ok through stock browser & Dolphin. This is a huge unacceptable bug far as Im concerned. Especially when the damn app and integration come imbedded stock. FIX IT SONY. eb
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Mainly the "Facebook" integration has to do with Timescape, notification & sharing. I myself won't be using the app w account integration until it's fixed.
Perhaps we could fix this ourselves if they would let us. Cant wait until we root this damn thing, very frustrating. eb
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Or set to manual so its not always syncing.
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How did Facebook calendar events get on my S Planner?

Probably trivial, but I'm wondering how on earth did I get Facebook calendar events on my S Planner?
I didn't set any settings and they automatically appeared on my calendar.
Does anyone know how to get rid of them?
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Open the facebook app and go to its settings and one of the options near the bottom of the list will sort you out.

I see it, but it's the sync contacts option. And I have that off anyway. It's something else...
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S Planner > Settings > Calendars
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That's the one. Thank you.
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Once I have done the sync thing, can I remove the facebook app? Is it still going to work?

Once you remove the FB app any data tied to it will be removed (contact pics, birthdays, email info etc).

Crazypinoy9 said:
Once you remove the FB app any data tied to it will be removed (contact pics, birthdays, email info etc).
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So sad bcz fb app is the biggest battery drainer app in android
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sohebq said:
So sad bcz fb app is the biggest battery drainer app in android
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The Facebook app will shortly be replaced with a native Android app as opposed to HTML5, so expect improvements there.
That being said, I've not noticed any particular battery drain from the Facebook app.
Regards,
Dave
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foxmeister said:
The Facebook app will shortly be replaced with a native Android app as opposed to HTML5, so expect improvements there.
That being said, I've not noticed any particular battery drain from the Facebook app.
Regards,
Dave
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Actually it keeps the phone awake all the time bcz of push notifications and I hate it when the phone is kept awake for no reason
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sohebq said:
Actually it keeps the phone awake all the time bcz of push notifications and I hate it when the phone is kept awake for no reason
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That's why you turn off the notifications within the app because it will also disable the refresh interval and force the app to only refresh when you open the program.

sohebq said:
Actually it keeps the phone awake all the time bcz of push notifications and I hate it when the phone is kept awake for no reason
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I have notificationw on in the Facebook app, and it doesn't keep my phone awake all the time.
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Dave
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^ this. I guess it's just a myth.
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Facebook app crashing

Everything else on the phone works fine, but the Facebook app crashes multiple times a day.
I have to go to the home screen and then recent apps and swipe it away to get it working again. Sometimes even that doesn't work, and I have to go to the task manager and end the task before it'll work. Any ideas why?
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its application's fault, not your note 2.... official facebook app has been known to crash very frequently

One of the more stable versions is 2.0, I use that but to be honest I in some ways prefer the website alternative. Bookmark the Facebook site in your browser, add a shortcut to this on your home screen and it's a somewhat better way to use Facebook. I was getting annoyed with it being so slow and running in the background so much. Each to their own though!
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cd993 said:
One of the more stable versions is 2.0, I use that but to be honest I in some ways prefer the website alternative. Bookmark the Facebook site in your browser, add a shortcut to this on your home screen and it's a somewhat better way to use Facebook. I was getting annoyed with it being so slow and running in the background so much. Each to their own though!
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I've started doing this as well it's a bit more reliable

trpi said:
its application's fault, not your note 2.... official facebook app has been known to crash very frequently
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I don't know where this comes from because it works pretty much ok in my experience.
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Dave