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Facebook opens mobile site instead of touch

I had this issue on my myTouch as well but when I get an email from facebook saying someone has commented on a post I made or something similar and I click it I get sent to the ugly mobile site and it just loads the live feed not the actual post. I just wanted to know if there was any fix for this or if it could load the touch site instead (or even better the app) so I don't have to wait to go to my desktop or look though posts in the app since the notifications don't work on the Nexus One yet.

Yeah mine does it sporadically. I haven't used it for a couple of days but maybe it has to be in the current processes list/ list of current applications for it to recognise it, else it opens the browser. Just a suggestion.
The whole notification thing really irritates me. You'd think since it comes with the phone, they would at least check that it works ¬¬

Well the web address sent to you in your email is from facebook.com and it is a http link to the full web site, facebook doesn't know that you're viewing this from your phone. gmail/email on the phone is going to treat these links the same, there's nothing built into the formatting or platform to make these 'special'.
I would recommend you disable email notifications on facebook, and configure notifications within the facebook app. This should get you the behavior you desire.

Ok so since i've fixed my facebook notification issue I actually hate the facebook app. Seriously, what app shows a notification which you have to open via an external link? I thought that was the point of the app? The facebook mobile website is atrocious, and i'd actually prefer to open it in web view rather than mobile view, since that's the point of a smartphone.
I hate to bring it up but even the iPhone did a better job. Almost everything could be done through the app. Almost.

that aint the phones fault its the app developers lol

bofslime said:
Well the web address sent to you in your email is from facebook.com and it is a http link to the full web site, facebook doesn't know that you're viewing this from your phone. gmail/email on the phone is going to treat these links the same, there's nothing built into the formatting or platform to make these 'special'.
I would recommend you disable email notifications on facebook, and configure notifications within the facebook app. This should get you the behavior you desire.
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To anyone having some problems, the best workaround I can find is using Dolphin Browser and changing the User Agent to iPhone. This will automatically pull up touch.facebook.com

Facebook App for HD2 T-Mobile Version

Well we all know that the Facebook application comes standard when you get the T-Mobile version phone. Well, there's a problem with the application off the bat, it does not load people's profiles or "walls". I can view my home page, pictures, friends but not their profile. I went to T-Mobile cause I couldn't find anything on the forums and he said to uninstall it and re-install it, so I did and it still doesn't work... anyone find out on how to fix it? Its kind of annoying tbh....

I never tried the application that came with the phone. Instead, I downloaded the Facebook app from the marketplace, and I have not had any problem bringing up other peoples profile. In fact, if I "click" on a name, a little window pops up that says "View Profile" that takes me straight to it.

Can you guys see videos that are posted by some of your friends on the mobile app?

Facebook official app update

Hi,
I found that there is a new version of Facebook ... version 1.2 (Market).
http://phandroid.com/2010/04/23/facebook-app-updates-adds-inbox-support/
And on my HTC Desire, the version is 112.
Anyone has updated this?
There are 2 facebook apps on my Desire:
- facebook (version 112)
- Facebook for HTC Sense (version 1)
How do you update?
Thanks

i only did the usual way to upgrade,
market -> download, and click on the application, and update.

Any feedback about the version? I see quite a few complaints about force closes on other handsets, how is it in the Desire?

Works just fine on the Desire. My biggest problem is you can't view your messages you have to manually go to the mobile site...oh wait what's this update...messaging feature finally! Now they need to add chat.

yep just updated today.. finally INBOX , otherwise not really seen anything different.

They need to get up to date with this android Facebook app. I did the update today hoping for the notifications to finally work properly, as in notifying me if someone comments on one of my posts! but alas, still no cigar, infact it never seems to notify me of anything. Is it just me?
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

Clivectmob said:
They need to get up to date with this android Facebook app. I did the update today hoping for the notifications to finally work properly, as in notifying me if someone comments on one of my posts! but alas, still no cigar, infact it never seems to notify me of anything. Is it just me?
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I get updates but only if I add people with facebook to my Friends Widget..... then it adds a green circle with the number of updates by a friend.

the main app works fine, but the widget doesn't. fails to load each time.
edit: confirm that a reboot does indeed fix the problem.

A reboot of the Desire solved the issue with the widget for me

I've started using Bloo again lately. Much better notifications system, slicker and more comprehensive UI (has its own photo viewer with save option rather than just linking to the mobile site for example) AND there's an update coming this week that adds Facebook Chat.

Bloo doesn't let me log in i get stuck in a login cycle.

There is also multitouch when you view images.

Have you given the App permissions? Works fine on my Desire running generic Rom. Not bothered about multitouch; the only reason the native Facebook app has it is because it opens up the browser and that's CHEATING ;-) the gallery UI is much more slick and user friendly with Bloo, besides which there's little point viewing photos en masse with either of these apps as the standard photo gallery has Facebook album integration which is pretty damn slick

they have added the inbox but still it has few bugs. It cannot show more than 30 threaded messages in a single conversation. Even when someone sends a new message in that same conversation, you can see the preview on the inbox but when you click to go on reading it loads first 30 messages.
So im still stuck with the mobile facebook to see my messages. ..
anyone know the workaround of this?

I just want an update that lets me tag photos! I don't understand why this is taking so long

The update for Bloo has been coming for a few months. However, I can send you 1.5 (w/ chat) a bit later? PM if you want.
Also, I can't see the new update. I'm already on 1.2 :s Does the new version allow contact sync like the Nexus FroYo version?
Edit: New version sounds like the version I've had for some time now :s
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Twitter Newb!

So I just set up a twitter account because theres a couple of companies I would like to follow. So I add these companies through twitter on my computer, but I cant ever get them to update or show any of their tweets on the native tweet app on the hd2? Am i missing something? I have tried doing the update now and still nothing. How do I get them to show up on the hd2 app?

Oh, and I have also tried logging out and logging back in numerous times. XDA showed up right away, but others dont? Is it just because XDA is that awesome!?!?!?

Try following them on your PC first and see if it starts showing their tweets, if not I have no idea then.

Yea. Works fine on the pc.

Just checked my settings via PC and it says I have allowed HTC Peep access to my account to read and write. I also tried unfollowing XDA. updated it, but its still all showing up.

FaceBook connection problem!!!

I try to use browser to view facebook but it show connection error,so can`t play FaceBook games. it's that any fix?

In the address bar type about:debug and then go to settings>debug and change uastrings to desktop then type about:debug to get out of debug again

You can do what he said, but I found that I would often go back to android mode. So I have switched to dolphin browser HD and set it to desktop mode as default and have a gesture set up if I want to use mobile mode. Much easier and no problems with Facebook or other sites yet.
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I had this issue. Only started after installing the facebook app. I uninstalled the app and clear cache and changed uastring to desktop and it works pretty good. Only issue is after several hours of the tablet being idle and the tab open I see the issue pop up. I close the tab and launch a new one and I am good to go.

thank you for reply

im having serious facebook issues on my tablet too!
the facebook app never worked for me properly (couldnt see the feed screen) so i uninstalled it. I also tried connecting my facebook in Pulse Newsreader but that also didnt work either. Only way I could get it working was via the built in social jogger app which actually has quite a nice interface but is somewhat limited.
Also last night I tried browsing facebook via the default browser and it loaded the first time and then stopped loading after clicking a 'see all comments' link.
anyone know the cause?