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[How To] Fix push notifications in the official Facebook app

Hey guys,
So, you know that official Facebook app is supposed to have push notifications, right? Yeah? Well, it apparently does, they just never worked for me at all. Turns out, there's a fix, and it's quite the strange one - you have to sign into the Facebook app on a Blackberry. Once you've done that, you'll start getting push notifications for wall posts, comments, and event invites, with an entirely new notification icon. Weird, no?
Of course, it's not like I had a recent BB device just lying around.. Thankfully, the Blackberry emulator software works just fine for our purposes. I've written up a guide for the curious, with links to the emulator software and so forth.
Seems the fix was found in May over at AndroidCentral, but I'd certainly not seen it posted anywhere I frequent, and had to spend some time searching for a fix to stumble across the post - hence this topic.
Let me know if it works for you.

Really interesting, I'd like to try and see!
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Cheers - Weird, isn't it? I'm planning to make a walkthrough video later on today, unfortunately my Galaxy S II's camera is the best I have, so I'll need to convince the girlfriend to let me tinker with her Nexus One to show how it's done.. We'll see if she lets me.

This trick worked for me.

I've always had that notification icon (little sign-post looking thing), and have never signed in on a Blackberry, so I guess mine have always worked for some reason.

Interesting, have you got anything else of note authorised on your Facebook account?
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Didn't work for me, got no notifications of the private messages that I received since doing this

tylerdurden83 said:
Didn't work for me, got no notifications of the private messages that I received since doing this
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What do you mean by 'private messages'? Facebook chat/messenger? This works for wall posts, comments, and event invites, not messages - that's what the separate Facebook Messenger app is for.

Worked 100 percent for me. Thanks
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Then I might have said something stupid, I'll keep you updated.
One observation tho, in your guide you say that it's possible, once you enable this, to deactivate the periodic check, since you get push notifications. I agreed and removed it. If push doesn't "push" private messages tho, I guess that I'll have to re-enable the periodic checks, since that checks private messages received too.

Would you be able to do this for us, if we give you our Facebook credentials? (big big sign of trust I know )
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Update, it works
Altho I wish it would push private messages too, so that I could remove the periodic update of 30 min

Works perfect! Thank you sooo much!
[Don't forget to activate notifications in BB-App, like I did first ]

cyberpunk627 said:
Would you be able to do this for us, if we give you our Facebook credentials? (big big sign of trust I know )
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I guess I could if you really wanted. Do you not have access to a Windows PC to use the emulator?
tylerdurden83 said:
Update, it works
Altho I wish it would push private messages too, so that I could remove the periodic update of 30 min
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Glad to hear it's working - But isn't that what this is for?
hansbert said:
Works perfect! Thank you sooo much!
[Don't forget to activate notifications in BB-App, like I did first ]
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Ooh, that might help. I'm pretty sure they were enabled by default when I tried it, was that not the case for you? Anyone else have the same experience? Happy to update the guide if need be.

tylerdurden83 said:
Update, it works
Altho I wish it would push private messages too, so that I could remove the periodic update of 30 min
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Private messages get pushed to me and have done so for the past 2 months, something must be up on your end. Make sure you've turned on notifications for messages in the FB app, if that doesn't work then I'm out of ideas mate

Could you send me your Database files in /data/data/com.facebook.katana/databases after cleaning them from any private information ( I'm particularly interested in the key_value database ).
I'm wondering if there's any way we can activate it without this long process, so I wanna compare settings from a push activated device and a not push activated one.

So why do you think this wasn't implemented in the app itself?
Is it because its buggy or a battery drainer?
Or is it because Apple and RIM pay royalties to Facebook to have the better features?

Thanks man ... working like a charm here.

I have always got fb notifications without having to do any of this.
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worked a treat for me, nolonger need Fb to check every hour so less battery drain

[Q] Hiding Texts and Contacts?

Hi there,
This is a bit of a random question but is there a way to hide a certain person from appearing in your contacts and their text messages from showing? I don't want to delete them or their texts, just to hide them?
Thanks

You Can Delete The Contact
im affraid you cant do such thing but there is in the store some apps to lock your stuffs including contacts if you like

SeaViper said:
Hi there,
This is a bit of a random question but is there a way to hide a certain person from appearing in your contacts and their text messages from showing? I don't want to delete them or their texts, just to hide them?
Thanks
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I don't know about contacts but the Sense roms I used would allow you to move single texts or entire conversations to the secure box, hiding them until you enter your password. The aokp rom I use now has no such option.
Sent using the power of the dark side.

As the previous person said. Theres an app in the play store called secret box and miui has it as a built in function. Havent played with the miui one too much. Not sure if it hides it or blocks it.
I hope my gf doesn't read this
Edit: the app hides the contacts, pics, calls, messeges. But play around with it cause I think it will still show at the moment it comes in. You don't need any surprises. Oh, and I'm talking about sms messages.
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More to say have I. My drinking buddy rom is vu (i know its old but works n is sexy) which is sense. If that's you this works. Never seen the app.
Put the contact you ent to hide on you sin. Open people, click menu, click view deselect sin.
Wit that n the secure sms inbox, its hides. Will show on Sense lockscreen except weather or pics. But u may want hide some them too.
If u not sense, try app. Let us know. Some US secrets too.
If you can read this, I's been a drinkin

Teichopsia said:
As the previous person said. Theres an app in the play store called secret box and miui has it as a built in function. Havent played with the miui one too much. Not sure if it hides it or blocks it.
I hope my gf doesn't read this
Edit: the app hides the contacts, pics, calls, messeges. But play around with it cause I think it will still show at the moment it comes in. You don't need any surprises. Oh, and I'm talking about sms messages.
Sent from a dream.
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Previous person? Is that all I am to u? I thought we were buds. When I use this Rom I think evetbodu is buds. Hahaha. I mean lololol. :beer:
If you can read this, I's been a drinkin

biglittlegato said:
Previous person? Is that all I am to u? I thought we were buds. When I use this Rom I think evetbodu is buds. Hahaha. I mean lololol. :beer:
If you can read this, I's been a drinkin
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Sorry buddy..... I didnt remember your name while I was writing.
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There is SPC (Super Private Conversation) on Market for your purpose

Great, cheers for that guys!

I use PSB, the cool thing about is that it has no icon under programs, you go to your dialer type 1234 and hit dial and it opens up.

Clear frequents calls in JB

Google added clear frequents calls in JB yes yes yes :good:

soloxp said:
Google added clear frequents calls in JB yes yes yes :good:
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Indeed. They also added mass messaging.
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soloxp said:
Google added clear frequents calls in JB yes yes yes :good:
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I'm not quite understanding what you mean. What's it let you do?

chriscardinal said:
I'm not quite understanding what you mean. What's it let you do?
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Frequent calls in the phone application.
You can now clear the call log.
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chriscardinal said:
I'm not quite understanding what you mean. What's it let you do?
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The numbers you called most often were put in this category, and you couldn't clear the list if you want. Say you have a 1-900 phone sex issue you wanted to hide from your GF or wife, you'd need to wipe your whole phone to get rid of it
Now you can just clear it - just like a web browsers history.

Luxferro said:
The numbers you called most often were put in this category, and you couldn't clear the list if you want. Say you have a 1-900 phone sex issue you wanted to hide from your GF or wife, you'd need to wipe your whole phone to get rid of it
Now you can just clear it - just like a web browsers history.
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Oh, of course, "frequent calls" confused me a bit, I don't know why.
Awesome. My list has a bunch of obnoxious clients on it, so that'll be nice.
Does anyone know if Facebook contact integration is actually fixed? High res profile photos are a go, yes?

chriscardinal said:
Oh, of course, "frequent calls" confused me a bit, I don't know why.
Awesome. My list has a bunch of obnoxious clients on it, so that'll be nice.
Does anyone know if Facebook contact integration is actually fixed? High res profile photos are a go, yes?
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I am not sure if it is, but it is Facebook's responsibility to get sync working. Google provided a way for them to make it happen, but they need to make it work with their application.

Please post in one of the JellyBean threads instead of creating a new one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737899

Twitter Help!!!!!!

i had the iPhone for about 3 years helped me alot with twitter and receiving notifications about replies, mentions, messages and so on.....ever since the htc one stopped getting them....now im using a note three, and well, HOW do i get the push notifications on my phone? i miss that and i love my note three! any suggestions? I have Favorited a few people and i hate missing the notifications through them...
any help would be grateful!

atlzonly89 said:
i had the iPhone for about 3 years helped me alot with twitter and receiving notifications about replies, mentions, messages and so on.....ever since the htc one stopped getting them....now im using a note three, and well, HOW do i get the push notifications on my phone? i miss that and i love my note three! any suggestions? I have Favorited a few people and i hate missing the notifications through them...
any help would be grateful!
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To set up notifications for new Tweets from selected accounts:
Go to the account's profile on the app.
Tap the gear icon located next to the follow button.
From the pop up menu that appears, select Turn on notifications. You can only adjust notifications for accounts that you follow.
Source: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169333-managing-push-notifications-on-twitter-for-android

dragonstalker said:
To set up notifications for new Tweets from selected accounts:
Go to the account's profile on the app.
Tap the gear icon located next to the follow button.
From the pop up menu that appears, select Turn on notifications. You can only adjust notifications for accounts that you follow.
Source: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169333-managing-push-notifications-on-twitter-for-android
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Sorry to barge in on this conversation. Any way to have a the tweet birdy notification, mine changed a while ago.

Limeybastard said:
Sorry to barge in on this conversation. Any way to have a the tweet birdy notification, mine changed a while ago.
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you using twitter or tweeter, the birdy is tweeter. check your settings.

dragonstalker said:
you using twitter or tweeter, the birdy is tweeter. check your settings.
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The actual Twitter program. Perhaps it was like that when I used have an IOS device? I could have sworn however it made that tweet noise on my Note 3 ..

Limeybastard said:
The actual Twitter program. Perhaps it was like that when I used have an IOS device? I could have sworn however it made that tweet noise on my Note 3 ..
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Don't take my word as gold. I don't use twitter. But i know the Android version that comes with phones TweetCaster had the bird. I could be thinking of the wrong thing.

can we go back on topic please.
i need my push back for the ones im following.

atlzonly89 said:
can we go back on topic please.
i need my push back for the ones im following.
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LOL I am sorry ...

atlzonly89 said:
can we go back on topic please.
i need my push back for the ones im following.
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Lol sorry . Did what i posted above not work?

Limeybastard said:
The actual Twitter program. Perhaps it was like that when I used have an IOS device? I could have sworn however it made that tweet noise on my Note 3 ..
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iOS has it for sure, I use that as my text tone on iOS. On topic, try what's already been suggested about the settings in the app OP. I haven't used Android in a while, so I can't be too sure if that's the only thing you need to change.

dragonstalker said:
Lol sorry . Did what i posted above not work?
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no, it didnt work.

atlzonly89 said:
no, it didnt work.
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Sorry, that Twitter page was the extent of my expertise. What app are you running. Twitter, Tweetcaster, bla bla,
I would search the store for an app that has the functionality you are looking for.

Messaging app

I was just wondering ur guys opinion on what text message app works best and the most smooth with the 360... I have the LG g3 if that makes any difference... Thanks
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What I'm looking for is an app or maybe a settings where when I read a text message on my watch and dismiss it would be dismissed as read on my phone... Maybe I'm doing something wrong...
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cables2590 said:
I was just wondering ur guys opinion on what text message app works best and the most smooth with the 360... I have the LG g3 if that makes any difference... Thanks
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I use Hangouts, SMS only no Google Voice. Seems to work great. I see a lot of people like Textra.

Personally I'm a big fan of the new stock SMS "Messenger" app that comes with 5.0 Lollipop (you can easily sideload the APK); it works a bit more seamlessly with the watch in my opinion, and I like the app itself better than Hangouts. In terms of having the message marked "read" when you dismiss it, I haven't found one yet that has that functionality (not completely anyway) I've used the stock Samsung S5 Messaging app, Hangouts, and the new Lollipop Messenger app; usually they all behave the same way, when you read and dismiss it from your watch, it dismisses the notification on your phone, but when you go into the messaging app the message is still "unread" within the app.

Devilicus said:
In terms of having the message marked "read" when you dismiss it, I haven't found one yet that has that functionality (not completely anyway)
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The stock Messaging app on the Sony Z3 has the option to Mark as Read on one of the left swipes - and also to read the whole message thread, and Reply or Open on Phone. I actually prefer it this way, personally, as I might want to swipe away the clutter on the watch while also not losing track on the phone of any messages I need to return to later.
In some ways it's more like reading an expanded notifcation on the phone, then optionally tapping Mark as Read there if you don't care about it.

* Textra allows you to mark as read, and reply by voice only (not with WM, i.e. no Minuum support)
* EvolveSMS (I haven't tested this in three months) allows you to select up to three 'buttons' which then reflect as actions on your wearable
* Hangouts can reply with Minuum, and can view full conversation, but won't mark the conversation as read
Basically, in my opinion, there is no perfect Wear-compatible SMS app out there.

EvolveSMS allows mark as read and voice reply through android wear and has high definition contact photos.
I use it in combination with wear messenger to be able to view full conversation lists. However, it also works great by itself

bryan.huang said:
EvolveSMS allows mark as read and voice reply through android wear and has high definition contact photos.
I use it in combination with wear messenger to be able to view full conversation lists. However, it also works great by itself
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Does it sync with contact photos that are taken from the Google contact joins? Or does it require the premium IAP to manage its own sync?

tangcla said:
Does it sync with contact photos that are taken from the Google contact joins? Or does it require the premium IAP to manage its own sync?
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Yep contact photos will sync automatically with whatever photos you've got on your google contacts. I believe the IAPs are primarily for themes - haven't purchased any myself.

bryan.huang said:
Yep contact photos will sync automatically with whatever photos you've got on your google contacts. I believe the IAPs are primarily for themes - haven't purchased any myself.
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Thanks, I might give it another try. Last time I asked the developer, he said it wasn't possible (despite other apps being able to).
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I use Textra. So far so good on all points.
I get to reply from the watch as well as mark as read.
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yep!

Metah4 Genome said:
I use Textra. So far so good on all points.
I get to reply from the watch as well as mark as read.
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yep!
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Yeah I recommend testra... That worked best for me
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Metah4 Genome said:
I use Textra. So far so good on all points.
I get to reply from the watch as well as mark as read.
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yep!
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Only voicereply, right?

topimax said:
Only voicereply, right?
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Yeah, there is another app that let's you reply to preset contacts with preset messages you can add through the phone app called Wear Quick SMS
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yep!

Metah4 Genome said:
Yeah, there is another app that let's you reply to preset contacts with preset messages you can add through the phone app called Wear Quick SMS
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yep!
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I have that one, but was looking for a text app, with canned reply. I found Google messenger. It's a ripoff off Textra just with fewer options.

topimax said:
I have that one, but was looking for a text app, with canned reply. I found Google messenger. It's a ripoff off Textra just with fewer options.
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Ahhhh Okay LOL