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Facebook notifications problem

For a few days now every time i try to do a refresh on the notifications page in the facebook app. I get an error, something about a parse error.
I don't know why, since i haven't done anything different or added any new apps.
Any help?
Thanks
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I have the same problem too. May be the problem is at Facebook server.

Same here, it fails to update since a few days back. This has happened before and that time it was due to changes of how FB works, not related to SE or android failure. Hope it gets resolved soon.
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Facebook is fine here, connecting through the official (crappy) app.
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I'm on Facebook for Android and both that and Timescape are updating OK. We had all those problems early last week... don't say FB have messed it up again!!

same here.... cant get update for the last few dayz

My stock-facebook app is running as it's supposed to again
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Just tried it. Still not working for me.

Jamolah said:
Just tried it. Still not working for me.
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:-(... read something on a swedish news app that Facebook has had some problems these last days, and that the fb team had not found the source of it yet. Hopefully all shall be able to update soon.
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Perhaps they should remove the horrible Facebook app that's on the market and release one that actually works. Take a page from iPhone app.
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TS and Facebook app both working for me.

harlz said:
Perhaps they should remove the horrible Facebook app that's on the market and release one that actually works. Take a page from iPhone app.
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Can you give a description of what's "horrible" about the app?
Aside from built in Chat and Places support, it's pretty close to the iPhone version in terms of features, and it works perfectly fine.

The facebook app on iPhone is better.
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Facebook notifications still not working.
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Jamolah said:
Facebook notifications still not working.
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Same here, has been broken for 2weeks but i get another error code this week then last.
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Hmh, downloaded the FB from market, wich replaces the stock app, and everything works perfect! Why did i not do this before? It's so much better!
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Though it seems the market FB is sucking alot more battery then the stock one :-(
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iead1 said:
Can you give a description of what's "horrible" about the app?
Aside from built in Chat and Places support, it's pretty close to the iPhone version in terms of features, and it works perfectly fine.
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Same here, got the newer one from the market and it works great.
My friend was whining about his FB app too and I asked him if he updated it.
*He replied "but I have the latest version".
*I asked "did you manually DL the one from teh market and replace teh one on your phone?"
*He said "um, no... it did not say it needed an update so I never changed it"
*I explained the pre installed app bug and showed him the difference in the two apps. Problem solved!

oh okay good to know. Cuz I have the facebook app that came on the phone. I assumed (never ASS-u-me) it would be the same one in the market.

so i downloaded the new facebook app, and it looks very similar to the iPhone one, which is good. So I tried logging in and I keep getting a "login in error". And I checked the e-mail address and password 3 times.
Never mind it works now. Sorry.

Facebook App idea...

over the past 4 months there has been some awesome mod/hacks to the vibrant/android device, like android runing on the iphone, angry birds coming from the iphone, ninja fruit, the same, lag fix, gps fix, new Roms etc etc... I was wondering, Facebook App for the iphoneis is the best fb app now, how hard would it be to port this app into the android OS.
I guess this questions is more for all the Vibrant/android's developers.
i know there are two totally different OS, but i think we need a better facebook app for the android.
What do you guys think?

isn't the newest fb app pretty much the same as the iphone one? i mean it's by fb so i imagine they want consitency between platforms...

From what I have heard, the facebook app for android is **** compared to the iphone.
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i use facebook touch and works great for me..

The FB app for android is missing some real common features. Like clicking on a notification takes you to the mobile site instead of the app, wtf? Can't tag photos and no Facebook chat.
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speoples20 said:
no Facebook chat.
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you say that like it's a bad thing...

Missing the ability to chat. I am OK with the rest. No complains. I am loving it but missing that key element.

the layout pretty much looks the same as the iphone version with the exception of chat and that everything isn't incorporated in the app itself...
I also don't like the little photos at the bottom. They seem to just lag up the app.

The android fb app also doesn't have "favorite people" a feature in the apple version that lets you go straight to that particular persons fb page for ex. Your best friend or girlfriend.
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Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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funeralthirst said:
isn't the newest fb app pretty much the same as the iphone one? i mean it's by fb so i imagine they want consitency between platforms...
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no push notification, no tag photo, no chat, slow, and when you open a notification you been redirect to the browser.

so a question to the Developers here, can this be possible?

Post it.
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Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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I think the android face app sucks balls, I have it installed just to see the newests posts. Then use the FB's mobile website to look at pictures because theyload so much faster.
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I've used both for iPhone and Android. The iPhones app is far superior. I use Launcher pros friends widget (awesome) for a quick look then I have to bounce around the FB app and the web to get anything done. This stinks. The iPhone app did it all. I am never going back to Apple, but they got a jump on the good apps and app writers. I have seen a steady improvement since app devs have started to realize that there are great Android Phones now to write too...
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I agree, the FB app I had on my iPhone over a year ago completely destroys the current FB app for Android, its really disappointing, I hate not being able to tag people in pictures I upload from my phone and being redirected to the browser for most of the functions. Lame

iwillkillyou said:
Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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can u post the link.
i thinks this is what is was taking about is 1.99 found it on the market "SOCIABLE"
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/social/facebook-client-sociable_bebn_download.html
i wish this pay app had like trial version...

huasamaya said:
can u post the link.
i thinks this is what is was taking about is 1.99 found it on the market "SOCIABLE"
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/social/facebook-client-sociable_bebn_download.html
i wish this pay app had like trial version...
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You have 24 hours to get a refund if you don't want it anymore

For those who actually want to get on fb chat w/android, check out eBuddy. It's not perfect app, but it works well enough.
Doesn't change the fact that in order to do anything semi-complicated (even looking at friends of friends), it's basically impossible to do it with the fb client.
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[App] xda premium

I am surprised no one has brought it up yet here. Running great on my evo! Loads everything properly, which the free app waant for me. Loads it a little faster too so far! Hopefully they release more themes. Only negative is it doesn't seem to hide the status bar.
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tapatalk is good too, is there a difference?

Is search still broken and does it still force-close all the time?

matt2053 said:
Is search still broken and does it still force-close all the time?
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I don't have either of those problems on either app. I havn't had the free version fc a single time.

Thanks, works awesome and much better looking with more features
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aimbdd said:
I don't have either of those problems on either app. I havn't had the free version fc a single time.
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If you use your phone's search button within the App, you can successfully search? I get immediate FC and many have the same problem.
I'm more curious about the other FCs - that others have seen as well - when doing something random like changing a page or viewing an attached image. Seems like it happens most when the app has been open for a while. Can almost expect it at times. Might have to check this premium version out, didn't even know it WAS out! Thanks.

conqu1stador said:
If you use your phone's search button within the App, you can successfully search? I get immediate FC and many have the same problem.
I'm more curious about the other FCs - that others have seen as well - when doing something random like changing a page or viewing an attached image. Seems like it happens most when the app has been open for a while. Can almost expect it at times. Might have to check this premium version out, didn't even know it WAS out! Thanks.
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No problem.
I have never had any force closes doing anything? lucky i guess haha.
I can't help you with the search though, the rom i use has it disabled apparently.. didn't know that!

conqu1stador said:
If you use your phone's search button within the App, you can successfully search? I get immediate FC and many have the same problem.
I'm more curious about the other FCs - that others have seen as well - when doing something random like changing a page or viewing an attached image. Seems like it happens most when the app has been open for a while. Can almost expect it at times. Might have to check this premium version out, didn't even know it WAS out! Thanks.
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I fully agree with you with my HTC Vision running stock froyo.
Search is a 100% FC.
To avoid the other type I have always to get out the topic and exiting XDA App, before minimizing/doing something else.
Is this version solving?

I'll probably buy it just to support xda. However every single time I back out of a topic after I have been out if the app for a few mins or the next time I open it, I always get a force close. Every single time I can replicate it. I have to restart the app so it wont force close
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I cant tell you... i never got these fcs... i must have a magic phone. I am flashing another rom haha. So i will tell you if search causes fc soon.
Edit: the search button does nothing at all now... lol

It's a good looking app... also Ad-free! Only available for a limited time.. so for a dollar, may as well get it while you can.

Paid XDA is still plagued with same issues as free. Back to tapatalk
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Can you buy it with paypal?

nuggyunlimited said:
Can you buy it with paypal?
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Idk I got it from market bud
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I wish the ugly brown menu at the top would go away. I checked hide status bar but that did nothing.
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I like it. I bought it to support XDA. Works great for me!
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dirkyd3rk said:
Idk I got it from market bud
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I usually email some Devs and they let me pay via paypal I wouldn't mind buying it to support xda
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I bought it to support xda...but I still use the free version...both FC at search
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I've just bought Tapatalk and it does not fc. The problem here is that the search button seems not to be an option to search inside a topic!!!
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I get FC on search function and can't upload .png files? Kinda crappy. If those two are fixed i'll buy.

Facebook app in market?

Are u guys not seeing the fb app in the market? Did a factory reset today and all my apps synced back except for that one
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xTONEx said:
Are u guys not seeing the fb app in the market? Did a factory reset today and all my apps synced back except for that one
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There is currently not a Facebook app in the market. They haven't optimized it for Honeycomb yet, but you can get it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1143913&highlight=kanged and that should work. The only issue I have with it, is that the friends list part force closes.

They must have recently taken it down, thanx for the link tho
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i had the fb app on my tablet and one day it just disappeared...they took it down.

Use Friend Me

I use Friendcaster. Lots more options and when you say No Notifications..... it stops polling and giving you notifications. I notices a lift in battery when I uninstalled it. Friendcaster just seems nicer and smoother to me.
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Sorry, meant loft in battery when I uninstalles FriendMe.
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Wow friendcaster for tab is great, loving it so far...Thanks for the suggestion

kegacide said:
Wow friendcaster for tab is great, loving it so far...Thanks for the suggestion
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I previously had this app, but removed it.
Now it will no longer install. It will download, but will never proceed to install.
Anyone else having problems?
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cdf3 said:
I previously had this app, but removed it.
Now it will no longer install. It will download, but will never proceed to install.
Anyone else having problems?
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I've had that happen with the market a few times too. I normally just back out and go back in until it finally works.

djchad72 said:
I use Friendcaster. Lots more options and when you say No Notifications..... it stops polling and giving you notifications. I notices a lift in battery when I uninstalled it. Friendcaster just seems nicer and smoother to me.
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There is actually a Honeycomb/Tablet edition, though in beta...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handmark.friendstream&feature=search_result
Works well for me, and definately less crashes than the native Facebook for Android app...

I've actually gone so far as to uninstall the official Facebook on my Vibrant running CM 7. With the last update on July 18th, for some reason, even if you set it to never poll for notifications, never refresh, and not to sync, it still keeps the news feed open in the background and constantly refreshes it. I noticed huge battery drain one day when I took my phone off of the charger, barely used it all day, and later that night around 11 I had 14 percent battery warning. When I looked into the battery history, Facebook took up a whopping 81 percent of the battery drain on that particular charge.
Will stick to using the 3rd party options.

chesterchen said:
There is actually a Honeycomb/Tablet edition, though in beta...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handmark.friendstream&feature=search_result
Works well for me, and definately less crashes than the native Facebook for Android app...
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Using the beta version too. Not bad
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xTONEx said:
Are u guys not seeing the fb app in the market? Did a factory reset today and all my apps synced back except for that one
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There are a lot of apps that you won't find in the market because they haven't been optimized for Honeycomb. I normally just install them on my phone, pull the apk, then transfer it to my tab. So far every app I tried worked just fine including fb and google voice.

Friendcaster for Tab seems great to me, but it loads continuously when I select the messages tab, not showing anything... if that'll be solved, and chat will be added, it will be the perfect FB app for me!
PS: anyone solved the messages issue?

garese said:
Friendcaster for Tab seems great to me, but it loads continuously when I select the messages tab, not showing anything... if that'll be solved, and chat will be added, it will be the perfect FB app for me!
PS: anyone solved the messages issue?
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Mine does that with messages too, and yes, chat is a must. At least chat works on the Facebook app though. That's about the only good thing about it. While we're on the subject of honeycomb apps and notifications not working; how hard is it for Words With Friends to get notifications to work?! Is it really that difficult? I play a word and THEN it tells me it's my turn.

This Facebook app works just fine in Honeycomb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182640
Download the apk from the first post.

w4rmk said:
This Facebook app works just fine in Honeycomb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182640
Download the apk from the first post.
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Link doesn't work on the gtab.

Link worked fine for me from xda app on my sgt, alterately search for Facebook in the Asus Transformer here on XDA.
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JoKu said:
Mine does that with messages too, and yes, chat is a must. At least chat works on the Facebook app though. That's about the only good thing about it. While we're on the subject of honeycomb apps and notifications not working; how hard is it for Words With Friends to get notifications to work?! Is it really that difficult? I play a word and THEN it tells me it's my turn.
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My Messages tab does that too, as does the Events tab. Very annoying. I really hope a new beta's released soon. I sent the dev a PM about it but haven't heard anything back yet.
Strangely enough, I've seen a walkthrough video of the app (on Android Central I think) which showed them using the Messages and Events tab both working fine.
EDIT: New beta just released fixes the Messages issue, but I still have problems with Events.

Market search engine behaving very strange

Ok so for example, when I entered twitter, it didn't find the twitter app. Only till I entered "tweet". And it almost always shows the app Lookout security & Antivirus, as like the 5th search result. And some other apps, like Nimbuzz, Quickoffice Pro will almost always show up. This happened since I flashed my phone back to the T-Mobile (I had debranded) firmware and then upgraded to 2.3.5.

Maybe covered in here too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279861

I think that is something else
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Not sure if this is the same issue and apologies if I've missed another thread on this. I lost both books and movies from market a few days ago. Also searches only show a very small selection of apps but says there's thousands available. Wonder if anyone else has noticed this?
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Yeah I have that too
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Can't find any app anymore, tried Facebook..nope, go launcher..nope..go SMS..nope. Wtf its going on?
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I think you guys accidentally set the app filtering to high. Remove the filter. Happened to me before.
Just uncheck all then apply and recheck all and apply.
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Depends on the CSC code.

Everybody got the same following bug?
If some app page in market loads through 3G and you switching to WiFi while loading - it won't load until force restart market app.

I have got the same thing.. I cannot find anything properly. Its like the search engine is fubar.

When I search "stargate ", it says there are 107 results, yet only about 10 are in the list. I'm finding this problem with every search I do, yet my filter is set to show all apps. Maybe if someone who has cm7/miui could see it it happens to them, we could then deduce whether it is Samsung firmware to blame, or just an android market issue.

There is also another issue where in sometimes when u search an app with full name the market will keep on loading with the grey screen and does not go past it. However if part of the name is searched the results come instantly.

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There is also another issue where in sometimes when u search an app with full name the market will keep on loading with the grey screen and does not go past it. However if part of the name is searched the results come instantly.
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Hmm never had that myself..
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fenjen said:
Hmm never had that myself..
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We can rule this out if no one is having as now I feel its because of network issue from my end.

Latest market update seems to have fixed most of the issues I posted earlier. Hopefully this version will be more stable.
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