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Experiences with Facebook?...

What have your experiences been using facebook on the diamond/Opera9? For me (on a T Mobile connection) it kind of works but kind of doesnt.
It renders the pages fine, but I find I have to log in multiple times and I cannot accept friend requests or view larger pictures from thumbnails.
Theres no excuse in the world as to why Facebook should work better with an iPhone. Especially considering how Facebook was one of the pre installed favourites on the stock Diamond ROM.

iPhones use iphone.facebook.com which is like a compromise between m.facebook.com (the really cut down mobile version) and the full site.
But yes, I would like the normal facebook page to work properly.

Stan3k said:
iPhones use iphone.facebook.com which is like a compromise between m.facebook.com (the really cut down mobile version) and the full site.
But yes, I would like the normal facebook page to work properly.
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What have your experiences with facebook on Opera been like?

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well after a soft reset i have an issue when i log into facebook using my orange (HSDPA) connection, it loads it all wrong in a very very basic form bit like mobile version, but if i go to facebook via wi-fi it loads fine, AND also then loads fine via HSDPA until i do a soft reset again... i was assuming this was an issue with my Orange provider TBH which seems to be fixed after i load the full page once via wi-fi....

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well after a soft reset i have an issue when i log into facebook using my orange (HSDPA) connection, it loads it all wrong in a very very basic form bit like mobile version, but if i go to facebook via wi-fi it loads fine, AND also then loads fine via HSDPA until i do a soft reset again... i was assuming this was an issue with my Orange provider TBH which seems to be fixed after i load the full page once via wi-fi....
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So do pictures on facebook work for you?

darthbane2k said:
So do pictures on facebook work for you?
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well it works 100% perfect once i have loaded it once via WiFi, however if i dont do that and load via hsdpa first time after SR the format of the page is all messed up and makes it almost impossible to navigate the page, but it does display full pictures even in that messed up mode yes.

You can just use the iphone version...
It works just fine if you rotate the screen

Mucato said:
You can just use the iphone version...
It works just fine if you rotate the screen
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iphone version works fine until you try to view pictures full screen

darthbane2k said:
iphone version works fine until you try to view pictures full screen
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Ok so I guess I didn't test it enough
Anyway, it is a shame that all major websites seem to have their iphone version but couldn't care less about the rest of us.
Would it be so hard to have "advanced mobile" versions that everyone could use?

Mucato said:
Ok so I guess I didn't test it enough
Anyway, it is a shame that all major websites seem to have their iphone version but couldn't care less about the rest of us.
Would it be so hard to have "advanced mobile" versions that everyone could use?
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This is what I dont understand - as the Diamond as a higher quality, higher resolution screen to the iphone. Its as if no one makes an effort with windows mobile anymore, yet will go out of their way to accomodate the iphone

I have a Diamond on T-Mobile Uk and mine loads facebook just fine using Opera! not sure why you're having issues.

noxide said:
I have a Diamond on T-Mobile Uk and mine loads facebook just fine using Opera! not sure why you're having issues.
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Try and go into a picture and view it full screen. Do you get a clear full screen picture?
Also try and send messages via facebook or make/respond to friend requests. Does this work?
I am aware Opera renders the page perfectly, but Facebook doesnt seem to function well at all.

Is it ME or Facebook on windows mobile sucks!!!!

i keep looking at the iphone facebook and the windows mobile facebook, and by far the iphone facebook is nice! **** don't get me wrong i love my HTC touch pro and my windows phone but **** they could have done a better job then that!! post if u agree. and hopefully in the future they can come up with a better update...

Opera Mini, run facebook. It works great.

RubberDucky451 said:
Opera Mini, run facebook. It works great.
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+10 Points
A push button on Opera works great

The new Opera 9.7 works great for facebook. Forgetting having an "app" for it why not just get the real thing ;-)

I agree. . the website is much better. I really hate the facebook app.

Facebook IM Program
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=480365&highlight=facebook
and the official facebook windows mobile ap
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=489379&highlight=facebook
I dont even bother with checking via opera I just use these

I have to agree, the app doesnt allow one to view a lot of things and you cant make changes easily either. It does suck, always use opera. The app probably burns more battery and memory too...

yes the facebook application is really crap. It would give you notifications about comments but then won't allow you to read them! The only good thing about it is the phone book and the ability to tag photos. I don't think you can do this with the mobile version of facebook.
Although I must say that I cannot use my normal Opera browser for mobile facebook (m.facebook.com), when i type in text boxes or whatever, the text appears in one of those symbol fonts but when i submit it, appears in english. So I have to use Beta version of Opera where the scroll zoom thing doesn't work. Weird....

the app is crap you shouldnt have to refresh all the time and when you do it takes for Fing ever
if the mobile page loads up quick why cant it pull info from there it astounds me
plus you can use iris brower and go to the iphone page plenty of better options

I've used both the iPhone and WM FB app and both have issues. You have to constantly refresh even with the iPhone version as well. They're identical for all intents and purposes but really...just use the website.

I gave up on the facebook app a while back. I'm happy with using the Iris web browser.

i dont think its that bad. its great for quick stuff though you keep having to hit the refresh softkey. the only thing i think its missing from the iphone version is chat which someone else on here wrote a program called facebook im that will do that for you. its not going to compare to a full website though.

why isnt there a myspace app for windows mobile??

Iris Browser
I like the Iris Browser as well.

daza86 said:
yes the facebook application is really crap. It would give you notifications about comments but then won't allow you to read them! The only good thing about it is the phone book and the ability to tag photos. I don't think you can do this with the mobile version of facebook.
Although I must say that I cannot use my normal Opera browser for mobile facebook (m.facebook.com), when i type in text boxes or whatever, the text appears in one of those symbol fonts but when i submit it, appears in english. So I have to use Beta version of Opera where the scroll zoom thing doesn't work. Weird....
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u can use the phonebook from the m.facebook.com in opera mobile
and i think possibly on iphone.facebook.com from opera mini

There's no comparison: the iPhone Facebook app kicks the face off Microsoft's pathetic effort. I'm so disappointed that Facebook options are so limited. I do not think the full Facebook is as convenient as an App, having used the Facebook app for iPhone for a long time: perhaps you have to have used it to fully appreciate how much more convenient a well-built app is to using a mobile browser.

it sucks [email protected]
we dnt get anything kewl...

slapdaddy said:
I've used both the iPhone and WM FB app and both have issues. You have to constantly refresh even with the iPhone version as well. They're identical for all intents and purposes but really...just use the website.
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I think that the best way to use facebook is that you should register on this web then use it with IPhone It is great

Use http://touch.facebook.com it's much better for the HTC

RandomKillah said:
Use http://touch.facebook.com it's much better for the HTC
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but you cant even comment on pictures

Asurion address book out!

Write Asurion in Market and download the address book and the mix ins you want to get installed...
Amazing app, let's see how it develops...

im gonna bumb this cause this app is pretty cool. It connects all your contacts with facebook and twitter or w/e social network u use. It takes a couple min to setup and sync all your contacts though. I liked the notifications that it gave you for each contact. I did find it a little slow and the interface isnt really apealing. All in all, its pretty good just needs work on the interface and on the speed as well...

Havin some difficulty figuring out how to set up different notifications.
Pictures for contacts dont update with the FB page.
Ugly UI.
But to be honest the FB portion is better than the FB app. Its worth it for that alone. Alot of functionality seemingly. Absolutely needs to be streamlined.

still too laggy for daily use. it froze my phone for a good 4 minutes.

I messed with it a little. Seemed to be really slow on my G1 with CM 4.1.999.
My personal faveorite contacts app is still StarContact - I just wish they'd update it... I'd at least like to see contact photos. I hate it when good apps go abandoned.

As it stands it certainly isnt an Addybook replacement by any means.
I do hope they stick with it.

This is easily replacing my phonebook. I love it! I don't know what these other people are talking about with lag, but on cyan 4.2.2 it is phenomenal! I am blown away by it and am so glad something similar to voxmobiles upcoming effort has come out.

i'd love to try it out, unfortunately it seems it's not yet available here in germany - at least not for me
if someone could pass it on to it'd be much appreciated
cheers

anyone have a direct link? I can't find it in the market. Thanks!

Yeah I cant find it either.

I read in one of the market comments that it doesn't sync with Google, is that true?

cant find this in the market i found the you tube and speed dialer but no address book. anyone have a link?

Those of you who can't find it, where do you live. My buddy from Canada couldn't find it either. Might be a regional issue but I'm not sure.

rrsaylor said:
cant find this in the market i found the you tube and speed dialer but no address book. anyone have a link?
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Hey man get market enabler, it free from the market. Then you can download from other regions

Need screenshots.

someone hv the fc problem when access call log?

We need to know what region we need to be in. I have T-Mobile USA and am unable to find it in the market as well.

I have German T-mobile and after a call force close!

Carloswithac said:
I read in one of the market comments that it doesn't sync with Google, is that true?
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Synced perfectly here.
wicked_beav said:
We need to know what region we need to be in. I have T-Mobile USA and am unable to find it in the market as well.
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Also have T-Mobile USA and found it. Search for Asurion.
It's a great app, but I found it has issues with the MixIn settings. It still gives notifications even though I disable them. It appears other people have issues with the settings as well that want to change update intervals so they don't use so much data. Keep in mind this is still in beta. Can't wait for an update.

can't find it. I have t-mobile USA. searched asurion and only the speed dialer and you tube mix in shows up. I'm running xrom if that helps. even if i try getting the link straight form the website, it doesn't show up. weird.

[Q] Best Facebook app alternative for Android?

i DID NOT WANT TO USE! the official Facebook app ANYMORE because its very Sluggish and rubbish useless! if they release some updates in feature it could be totally kill the app!
I DON'T KNOW WITCH ALTERNATIVE APP IS BEST BECAUSE WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVE PLEASE RECOMMEND ME THE BEST ONE???

Use opera mini to browse thru facebook.

Use Friendcaster.
Sent from my Xperia™ X8

well.. i dont think any of you saw portal news....
oStream Brings a Faster Facebook Experience

FRIENDCASTER is the best of all the FB apps that i have used and i use it till today..
OSTREAM is an upcoming app... its pretty fast.. but its in beta stage.. few features missing but worth a try..

Facebook are said to be working on an android app! Until then I recommend using a browser to view Facebook and FaceUp to share pictures to Facebook. That's what I did on my SGSI. Now I have a Note II and Facebook is pretty fast.

you can try "fast for facebook". good for battery life ( it has exit option).:thumbup: friendcaster is great in feature but not good in battery life ..:thumbdown:
minimum edition

If u are not interested in notifications, use touch.facebook.com in the browser

Fast for Facebook
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fastfacebook.com&hl=en

use any browser to use face book

THANK YOU ALL ... FOR HELPING ME DECIDE THE BEST ONE! NOW I AM USING BOTH FRIENDCASTER AND oSTREAM!

For some reason when I use Fast the most recent status update in my feed is from 2 hours ago. Is there a way to get more recent updates?
Mayank77 said:
Fast for Facebook
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fastfacebook.com&hl=en
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Atrium for the win!

Freddy1X said:
Atrium for the win!
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Nothing that throws ads at you is a "win".
Call it "free" , then throw ads at you constantly, and don't even give the option to remove the ads. lol Rubbish.

tried atrium, every time i checked my news feed it asked if i wanted to let it manage my notifications. i didn't want notifications but it kept showing up, so uninstalled
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Nothing that throws ads at you is a "win".
Call it "free" , then throw ads at you constantly, and don't even give the option to remove the ads. lol Rubbish.
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sisblub said:
tried atrium, every time i checked my news feed it asked if i wanted to let it manage my notifications. i didn't want notifications but it kept showing up, so uninstalled
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I kinda backed away from the facebooks quite a bit..
but I do still have the app 'Klyph" on my phone.
Now that is a pretty sweet fb alternative.

Rasa11 said:
Nothing that throws ads at you is a "win".
Call it "free" , then throw ads at you constantly, and don't even give the option to remove the ads. lol Rubbish.
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Now Atrium has an ad-free version and it's one of the best facebook alternatives on Android. I'm using it and turned off notifications successfully!
The only option it's missing is the group chat i think.

Hey, recommend you Maki for Facebook & Twitter, which includes Facebook, Messenger and, of course, Twitter.
It's free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sunshine.makilite
Hope you will like it!

95mediatech said:
i DID NOT WANT TO USE! the official Facebook app ANYMORE...
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The only reliable and safe alternative that I have found so far is to use http://mbasic.facebook.com — it is the static lightweight old-school interface designed for old pre-smartphone era phones. You can also use it to access the 'text-mode' version of the fb messenger. Since the pages are static you'll need to refresh the page to get updates.
Another way to access the fb messenger without installing the android app would be using firefox with an extension for changing the user agent to that of a desktop browser (the native option Request Desktop Version does not work in this case).

[Q] Device 'Type' problem ?

I'm struggling to get FarmVille2 working on the new Nexus 7 i bought for my good lady
Am i right in thinking that FB is detecting the device type as 'Tablet' and this is why it is forcing load of the FarmVille Express version, rather than the full game ?
If so, is there an easy way to change the device type to 'PC' or whatever to make it work ?
I remember that in order to get BBC iPlayer working on the HD2, it was a similar scenario, but involved an easy reg change, but guess this is different
Any help please ?
Many thanks

CompuNerd© said:
I'm struggling to get FarmVille2 working on the new Nexus 7 i bought for my good lady
Am i right in thinking that FB is detecting the device type as 'Tablet' and this is why it is forcing load of the FarmVille Express version, rather than the full game ?
If so, is there an easy way to change the device type to 'PC' or whatever to make it work ?
I remember that in order to get BBC iPlayer working on the HD2, it was a similar scenario, but involved an easy reg change, but guess this is different
Any help please ?
Many thanks
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In browser, I presume?
In Chrome, you can click menu, then 'request desktop site'
In Firefox, you can download an addon 'Phoney' (I think this is what it's called), and set it to desktop.
I really don't know about other browsers.

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In browser, I presume?
In Chrome, you can click menu, then 'request desktop site'
In Firefox, you can download an addon 'Phoney' (I think this is what it's called), and set it to desktop.
I really don't know about other browsers.
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Excellent, thanks - looks like it will work in Chrome, just need to get Flash installed though...

Flash will never work with Chrome.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

rmm200 said:
Flash will never work with Chrome.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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I guess it will have to be FF Beta then ?

OK, update;
Can't get this working with FF Beta, Dolphin 8.5.1 nor Opera (Using Flash 11.1)
The closest i get is the game starts loading (with sound playing) but gets stuck at about half way. This is using FireFox Beta
Does anyone know of a definite way to get FV2 working on the N7, or have any other suggestion ? Perhaps a different browser/version of Flash ?
Many thanks

CompuNerd© said:
OK, update;
Can't get this working with FF Beta, Dolphin 8.5.1 nor Opera (Using Flash 11.1)
The closest i get is the game starts loading (with sound playing) but gets stuck at about half way. This is using FireFox Beta
Does anyone know of a definite way to get FV2 working on the N7, or have any other suggestion ? Perhaps a different browser/version of Flash ?
Many thanks
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Try BoatBrowser.
Heard thats pretty stable when working with flash

HTML STANDARDS cross platform compatility ISSUE
I think this is a similar issue as with Pogo games... My Better half would Love to play her Pogo games on her Android tablet.. I have tried nearly everything.. Even went thru talking to them on the pogo forums.. The bottom line is They do NOT SUPPORT the Android Flash/JAVA run time players.. Check some other flash game sites made for windows machines. You will see the same issue. This is one of the reasons there needs to be a HTML Standard for VIDEO/Animation on the net..
I would say your best best at this point is to go to Facebook support and see if there is any documentation about this.There could be a solution now.Its been many months since i tried doing exactly what you want.There was no solution at that time and no work being done to make it happen in sight..
My thoughts are until there is a True HTML Standard that all browsers and browser content MUST Comply with . We will have this type of issues. HTML 5 And then now 6 is supposed to be the issue.. People keep holding on to what they are using now. They do this to save dev. dollars. Until all back word compatibility in browsers are broken there will be NO True standard for cross platform games in a browser environment.
If you do find a solution Please let us all know..
Good Luck
Erica Renee ..