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What about getting the working version of facebook home for Xperia z with complete guide.
Today is 12th April launch date of the same.
I am sure someone will have an idea.
Note:
i tried the 3 files way but they didnt workd at all. so looking for a concrete solution.
Did you manage to sort this out?
Just downloaded the leaked file however it would appear that Facebook have turned something off which stops the leaked build being recognised by Facebook when you log in.
Shame, fancied trying that too.
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Facebook Home isn't supported by the Xperia Z, yet. Devs could port, but not as of this moment.
http://androidandme.com/2013/04/applications/facebook-home-now-available-for-select-android-devices/
Hey guys,
So here I will share on how to get facebook HOME on your xperia z .
STEP 1 : Root your device
STEP 2 : Download buildprop editor from the play store (FREEEEE)
STEP 3 : Edit your buildprop like the following :
ro.product.model=GT-N7100
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=t03gxx
ro.product.device=t03g
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-samsung
Note, please make sure you know what was the original build prop for future use ( I took screenshots to remind myself)
STEP 4 : Since Xperia Z has facebook pre installed, go to \setting\apps , delete Facebook.apk (make a backup)
Now you can uninstall facebook via settings ( it will show uninstall updates, but the app will be removed completely)
STEP 5 : go to play store , download facebook app, log in, go to settings, scroll down, check if you have the facebook home option , if NOT , please check the above steps to see if you made any mistake, if YES , dont do anything, just get out of the app (DO NOT CHECK THE OPTION)
STEP 6 : download the leaked facebook home apk ( im not eligible to post the link, so please get it from androidpolice)
STEP 7 : Install home, enjoy, everything working fine, on my XZ ...
STEP 8 : If ya dnt mind , Hit Thanks
nice guide.
well done
personally don't use facebook anymore but still really usefull for others to know.
I'm not rooted I got it to work by uninstalling updates to Facebook app then disabling it and then installing the Facebook home apk file which was posted here with file name FB_HOME.rar then i extracted facebook home apk and then I installed Facebook home from the Facebook home apk I just extracted then launched Facebook home and then it told me to enable Facebook by clicking on the button after I did I opened Facebook home again and it told me to update it by clicking in the update Facebook button then I updated Facebook app then I opened Facebook home again then it told me to login into Facebook by clicking on the button
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joejoejo said:
I'm not rooted I got it to work by uninstalling updates to Facebook app then disabling it and then installing the Facebook home apk file which was posted here with file name FB_HOME.rar then i extracted facebook home apk and then I installed Facebook home from the Facebook home apk I just extracted then launched Facebook home and then it told me to enable Facebook by clicking on the button after I did I opened Facebook home again and it told me to update it by clicking in the update Facebook button then I updated Facebook app then I opened Facebook home again then it told me to login into Facebook by clicking on the button
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Funny, I tried that initially but didnt work out for me... reason being that the the 'signatures' of the facebook home and facebook apk had to match, they didnt match on my phone even after i disabled/removed updates n all.. hence removed it completely...
The Facebook Home APK did install and work. However the Chat Head doesn't seems to work. Messages do not pop-up on the home screen.
ptan218 said:
The Facebook Home APK did install and work. However the Chat Head doesn't seems to work. Messages do not pop-up on the home screen.
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once home is installed, open the settings (settings for home), go to messenger settings, enable sms/mms and anything else you need. Should work then.
Also, some users report a bug about chat heads missing, hopefully thats not your case
Sorry for my misinformation. Messaging popup on the home screen but chat heads is not working though... Did you get it to work?
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---------- Post added at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 PM ----------
Ignore the above message. Finally got it to work! Will update more tomorrow. Time to sleep.
ptan218 said:
Sorry for my misinformation. Messaging popup on the home screen but chat heads is not working though... Did you get it to work?
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---------- Post added at 04:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 PM ----------
Ignore the above message. Finally got it to work! Will update more tomorrow. Time to sleep.
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Glad you got it working, do post some updates tomorrow ciao
There is a 'cracked' version here on xda where you don't have to mod build prop. Just saying
Here's my steps to get it work.
1. Uninstall and remove your facebook and messenger if you have already got it install. If you can't uninstall it, get titanium backup to remove it.
2. Extract Facebook Home from coolapk.com and side load it.
3. After installing the Home, launch it. It will redirect you to download Facebook from Play Store.
4. While downloading and installing Facebook, download messenger as well.
5. When everything is completed, launch Home again. It will ask you to login to Facebook. Once logon, wait for everything to load. You should see the top row where it ask if you allow the Home to replace your current launcher. Allow it.
6. Now you should be able to go to your messenger to popup your chat head. Tap and hold on any of your contact and select popup chat head.
Happy facebooking!
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will it work in all the countries like india
?
rak****.sherwoodian said:
will it work in all the countries like india
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I live in India
I changed my ro.product names etc, now when ever I try to restart my xperia z my network goes. I did not back up the original names. plz help
joejoejo said:
I'm not rooted I got it to work by uninstalling updates to Facebook app then disabling it and then installing the Facebook home apk file which was posted here with file name FB_HOME.rar then i extracted facebook home apk and then I installed Facebook home from the Facebook home apk I just extracted then launched Facebook home and then it told me to enable Facebook by clicking on the button after I did I opened Facebook home again and it told me to update it by clicking in the update Facebook button then I updated Facebook app then I opened Facebook home again then it told me to login into Facebook by clicking on the button
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i tried to follow this but i'm getting a message
"you need the facebook app to be signed with the same certificate as facebook home"
and then there's an "install facebook" button!
any ideas???
Read this guy's much easier to install
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/04/1...-to-work-on-xperia-and-other-android-devices/
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sam1374 said:
I changed my ro.product names etc, now when ever I try to restart my xperia z my network goes. I did not back up the original names. plz help
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sam any idea what all stuff you changed in the build props?? if you only changed what i put up in the first post, everything should be okay.. but if you changed anything else, pls let me know.. i can get you the stock value..
Also, as some of the guys are saying, there is an easier way to install home now... it didnt exist when I wrote this tutorial
I changed the file names as u had put in the post. No other files were changed, also if u can help me how to delete stock facebook.
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Seansmit17 said:
Read this guy's much easier to install
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/04/1...-to-work-on-xperia-and-other-android-devices/
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this doesn't work if you have a pre-installed facebook app though?!
Thanks for your work, but i dont like FB home..
Facebook Home is listed in Play Store, so you can install from there directly but in order to make XZ work with it, the above modifications still need to be done. Remember to screenshot or write down the original value before you made a changes.
Cheers.
Hi, anyone with a Somy Xperia Z have an issue with the voice recorder?
I can't film videos with the camera cause it gets an error. I can't use TrackID or Shazam, it continually asked to listen again, I can't carry out speech to text on messaging or on google now app! Anything voice related for any app is not working. Help needed!
I've reinstalled the phone from scratch with PC companion and repaired it but its happened again. Could it be an app using the recorder/microphone and its stopping everything else?
Me too
I have experienced this kind of problem while trying to use Google now's voice search, it works the first time, but if I switch to another app and try again it gets an error.
Voice recorder stops working, too
I noticed that if I kill Google now app, the microphone starts working again
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Heeffy said:
Hi, anyone with a Somy Xperia Z have an issue with the voice recorder?
I can't film videos with the camera cause it gets an error. I can't use TrackID or Shazam, it continually asked to listen again, I can't carry out speech to text on messaging or on google now app! Anything voice related for any app is not working. Help needed!
I've reinstalled the phone from scratch with PC companion and repaired it but its happened again. Could it be an app using the recorder/microphone and its stopping everything else?
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Having the exact same problem. I've turned off Google Now but I still cannot use recorder or microphone-based apps.
Very frustrating.
Can anyone help? Please?
fangium said:
I noticed that if I kill Google now app, the microphone starts working again
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I am having this exact same issue, I think the common denominator is Google Now ...which process do you kill? I tried stopping 'Google Search' but that didn't resolve it. Always requires a reboot.
Does anyone know if this is limited only to Xperia Z phones? I imagine it would be more widespread if not.
deinstall the last google search update
Hi.
It seems to be a problem of the last update from Google Search (Google now).
I just deinstalled the last update from Google Search apk and everything works like before.
I hope they fix it with the next update of Google Search.
Marco
feel bad
gork1975 said:
Hi.
It seems to be a problem of the last update from Google Search (Google now).
I just deinstalled the last update from Google Search apk and everything works like before.
I hope they fix it with the next update of Google Search.
Marco
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riqjuan said:
I am having this exact same issue, I think the common denominator is Google Now ...which process do you kill? I tried stopping 'Google Search' but that didn't resolve it. Always requires a reboot.
Does anyone know if this is limited only to Xperia Z phones? I imagine it would be more widespread if not.
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mullan said:
Having the exact same problem. I've turned off Google Now but I still cannot use recorder or microphone-based apps.
Very frustrating.
Can anyone help? Please?
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Heeffy said:
Hi, anyone with a Somy Xperia Z have an issue with the voice recorder?
I can't film videos with the camera cause it gets an error. I can't use TrackID or Shazam, it continually asked to listen again, I can't carry out speech to text on messaging or on google now app! Anything voice related for any app is not working. Help needed!
I've reinstalled the phone from scratch with PC companion and repaired it but its happened again. Could it be an app using the recorder/microphone and its stopping everything else?
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fangium said:
Me too
I have experienced this kind of problem while trying to use Google now's voice search, it works the first time, but if I switch to another app and try again it gets an error.
Voice recorder stops working, too
I noticed that if I kill Google now app, the microphone starts working again
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to bad for you guys, i got no problem with this phone, love it.
Guilty
Huzaini Sahmawi said:
to bad for you guys, i got no problem with this phone, love it.
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Some people are just idiots, if you can't or won't help there is no need say anything to show us your ignorance, just ZIPPED!!
Well, to the point
I almost went crazy with this problem, and happens in two differents phones, Ion and A.
suddenly inexplicably the mic for voice record and video record stop working right?
with lots of patience, root and eight complete backups I have found the guilty (at least for me),
Was not google, sony or the firmware.
Its a small and useful app called.....................MAGICJACK, as soon as its installed and their services started, the mic problem came out, my solution was disable, freeze or uninstall this app and the mic work again.
Maybe some of you guys have the same app or another for internet calls like this, try and let me know if helps
video call and record voice problem fix
Yep you right, just uninstall the magicjack app and you will be fine, but anyone can tell other similars like magicjack
Yeap!
4.2.2 firmware fix this issue, so when you update you can use these kind apps again
If you still running 4.1.2 and you can root your Xperia™ then dont uninstall the app just freeze it all the time except when you need it
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hi guys,
since the update to the 4.3 firmware, i'm not getting push notifications for facebook, skype etc. k9 mail and sms apps work just fine. i've added my accounts properly (google facebook etc.). tried disabling timescape and the sony social crap but that didn't help. i have no such problems on aftermarket roms (omni, cm).
i also downloaded push notification tester, and i can confirm that nothing happens after step 3 (trigger notification).
am i the alone with this? if not, is there a fix?
bamdadkhan said:
hi guys,
since the update to the 4.3 firmware, i'm not getting push notifications for facebook, skype etc. k9 mail and sms apps work just fine. i've added my accounts properly (google facebook etc.). tried disabling timescape and the sony social crap but that didn't help. i have no such problems on aftermarket roms (omni, cm).
i also downloaded push notification tester, and i can confirm that nothing happens after step 3 (trigger notification).
am i the alone with this? if not, is there a fix?
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Got Google Play Services up and running? I noticed that when removing or disabling this app, you will no longer receive Push notifications..
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WhiteNeo said:
Got Google Play Services up and running? I noticed that when removing or disabling this app, you will no longer receive Push notifications..
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well, i always disable that invasive crap, but yeah, i did a test with play services enabled and updated - no luck.
btw it's also disabled on my cm10.1 rom and i have no problems receiving notifications.
UPDATE: seems to work on the new 9.2.A.1.199 firmware. i don't know if it's because of the new firmware or something i've changed (i've only restored user apps+data), but google play services is definitely disabled. ^^
bamdadkhan said:
UPDATE: seems to work on the new 9.2.A.1.199 firmware. i don't know if it's because of the new firmware or something i've changed (i've only restored user apps+data), but google play services is definitely disabled. ^^
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Well, when I disable Play Services, push notifications stop working..
But glad you got it to work
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lol the consistency. : ) thanks for your help, though.
bamdadkhan said:
lol the consistency. : ) thanks for your help, though.
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Any time, mate!
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Over the last 3 days apps, specifically Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Samsung Internet and YouTube, won't function properly. They come up with pop-ups asking for a restart but they never do. An uninstall/reinstall from the Play store fixes the problem only to come back after some time. What's going on?
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boogiecornejo said:
Over the last 3 days apps, specifically Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Samsung Internet and YouTube, won't function properly. They come up with pop-ups asking for a restart but they never do. An uninstall/reinstall from the Play store fixes the problem only to come back after some time. What's going on?
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I noticed the same thing with YouTube. I thought it had to do with substratum theme. A complete reinstall fixed my issue as well.
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This is for me a common Substratum Issue / Behavior, I've noticed this also under some LineageOS Devices.
As mentioned before a complete reinstall of the Substratum-Theme solves this in 99%, the other 1% is mostly solved by updating the Theme if an update is available.
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I tried uninstalling my substratum theme but the problem persisted. It is mostly Facebook that's buggy now. I also forgot to mention YouTube but it's working at the moment. I'd really hate to have to hard reset coz I've gotten the phone to a point where I am really comfortable with it already.
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I'm experiencing the same issue with WhatsApp. I've reinstalled the WhatsApp overlay, uninstalled the overlay and even completely reinstalled WhatsApp. It still crashes and asks me to 'restart WhatsApp'. The funny thing is that I'm still able to answer voice and video calls and I'm able to reply when a new notification pop ups. When I try to open the app it force closes itself.