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Facebook app update

Just downloaded update and seems lot closer now to look like the iPhone one. I don't use Facebook app much so anybody notice any major differences since last one?

yep.. it auto updated this morning for me.. and its much nicer feel to it.. also like the little photo slider at the bottom.

wish they would implement facebook chat though

Much better, only thing I miss is to see who liked smth, option to slide to next picture when viewing pictures(it is so stupid to me to touch next and previous button) and chat

lennshow66 said:
wish they would implement facebook chat though
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FB chat through the AIM client seems to work fine for me. But yes, it would be nice if we didn't have to run another app alongside the proper FB one.

Has anyone tried syncing contacts through Facebook rather than Facebook for HTC Sense? Since this update I have two Facebook accounts in the Accounts and Sync settings. If I try to use the new one it doesn't seem to work. It offers a new contact link but doesn't have pictures or anything attached to it.
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while we wait for them to put chat on the app in the mean time download go chat the ui is good it looks like google talk

I can't believe items in the notification menu still take you to the mobile version of the site in your browser and don't stay within the app.
Apart from that, I like it.

Partial Wake usage withe the new 1.3 client
Check the "Partial Wake Usage" (*#*#4636#*#*): with Facebook client 1.3, no contact sync and autoupdate on "never" i have 100% usage (on facebook app)

A definite improvement... wish they'd change the horrible icon though.

heavyhms said:
Check the "Partial Wake Usage" (*#*#4636#*#*): with Facebook client 1.3, no contact sync and autoupdate on "never" i have 100% usage (on facebook app)
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So do I.
I had to logout.. Unplugged since 6h30 AM > now 2h22PM battery>40%

MoxFulder_CH said:
So do I.
I had to logout.. Unplugged since 6h30 AM > now 2h22PM battery>40%
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Yep, I've just uninstalled the update.
Would this be because of the 'new notification implementation'? I did, for the first time ever, actually receive a notification whilst I had it installed!

It's using way to much of the cpu, too bad since I really liked the update but I need to uninstall it aswell Battery is more important!

Do people think a fix will come out for this? Surely this is an error, it uses way too much battery!

Raul Duke said:
Do people think a fix will come out for this? Surely this is an error, it uses way too much battery!
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It has to be some sort of unforeseen thing. I would hope to see an update to fix this soon.
Mind you, I'm not overly impressed with the new features- was expected something far bigger and better.

I just wished, they can have a widget like the one on iphone where it displays the notifications on a corner.

sh500 said:
Yep, I've just uninstalled the update.
Would this be because of the 'new notification implementation'? I did, for the first time ever, actually receive a notification whilst I had it installed!
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Thank god I now know why my phone as gone from 100% to 0% in the space of 6 hrs.
Thought it was the Froyo update but can see now it looks like it's this new update.
Has anybody emailed them yet to inform them of the excessive battery increase?

Yes I have already mailed the developer
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I installed it when I first saw that the 1.3 was released and I haven't noticed any difference what so ever on my battery usage. I don't use any taskkiller so I haven't killed it of.

is there any fix for the battery-usage-of-death issue ?

Facebook update, no push notifications?

Facebook update 1.5 just rolled out, and added chat and push notifcations. However, mine do not seem to be working.
If I heard correctly, froyo isn't supported, since its only 2.2+ that has cloud APK support. Not 100% sure though.
I am currently running CM6.1 on my Dinc, which is based on 2.2.1, so I'm wondering why this isn't working.
http://www.androidcentral.com/facebook-andrd-finally-gets-chat

1. not working.
2. If its REAL PUSH, why do we see Time Interval settings ?

JetBomber117 said:
Facebook update 1.5 just rolled out, and added chat and push notifcations. However, mine do not seem to be working.
If I heard correctly, froyo isn't supported, since its only 2.2+ that has cloud APK support. Not 100% sure though.
I am currently running CM6.1 on my Dinc, which is based on 2.2.1, so I'm wondering why this isn't working.
http://www.androidcentral.com/facebook-andrd-finally-gets-chat
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it means it has push for chat notifications....I don't know why we can't get it for the whole app

csseale said:
it means it has push for chat notifications....I don't know why we can't get it for the whole app
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Other people have said that it is working for things like comments and messages, and I've even seen a few people with push working on evo and inc, so I'm confused why it seems so hit or miss with people's updates.
EDIT: Ok, yeah, push is working for chat. Hrumph. If that's all they added, this is pretty stupid.

csseale said:
it means it has push for chat notifications....I don't know why we can't get it for the whole app
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+1, the whole app actually needs a good rewrite!

Push is working for comments, messages, chat on my DInc, so it must be hit or miss

Ya I got push working for everything, time interval settings has nothing to do with it. I've been getting replies wall posts everything instantly in the form of a notification and its really nice and usefull
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Yeah, I'm Running MIUI And I Have Push Notifications Working As Well

it's working for me but killing my battery at the same time. I had it on to refresh everyhour apparently and Facebook has been running in the background for over 3 hours which keeps my phone awake.
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Well, then it's looking like maybe its a CM6.1 specific thing, huh.. lame. :/

My Dinc, stock 2.2, is receiving some things via instant push and other things at the interval update. It's stupid because if it would just push everything, I could turn the email updates off but I can't figure out what is consistently pushing yet.
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JetBomber117 said:
Well, then it's looking like maybe its a CM6.1 specific thing, huh.. lame. :/
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Nope. I'm running Redemptive Rev. 2.1.3 and all i'm getting for push noti's is chat. And one message, but ive had MANY facebook notifications since updating, and none of them have pushed to my phone. The dev's for FB for android need to redo that entire app, imo. Compared to iphone's fb app, its a joke.

bbuchho90 said:
Nope. I'm running Redemptive Rev. 2.1.3 and all i'm getting for push noti's is chat. And one message, but ive had MANY facebook notifications since updating, and none of them have pushed to my phone. The dev's for FB for android need to redo that entire app, imo. Compared to iphone's fb app, its a joke.
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ditto.....

I was getting notifications for everything: comments, messages, wall posts, chat, etc...that is until I rooted.

Same. On Cyan nightly 184. I'll get no notifications pushed, sign on via pc, and see 3 IM comversations. Irritating.

No notifications here either. It seems like chat rapes my battery too.

Facebook is wrecking my battery. There was no issue before I actually launched the application, but ever since, it's been keeping my phone awake.
My phone's been unplugged for 6 hours, running 36.1% of that, with the screen on for 6.4% of that. That's about 2 hours awake, and almost a half hour of screen time. According to spare parts, facebook has kept the phjone awake like 6 times as long as the next offender, Android system. The rest of the apps on the list are little slivers.
This is with Facebook Notifications turned off in settings, and I'm like 75% sure I had signed out of chat.
I hadn't changed the default number of backups in Titanium, so I only have one backup of Facebook, which is from like the day after the update came out. Can I just uninstall it? Or will **** hit the fan?
Actually anybody know where I can find an APK for the last update of facebook? That worked fine. If I uninstall updates and then install that APK over the version that came on my phone it should be fine. I froze it for now in Titanium.
EDIT: I was able to downgrade back to facebook 1.4. Go either the Market or Application Settings, go to facebook, and uninstall the updates. Then install this over the version taht came with your phone: http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/download/temp/1288808520_Facebook_for_Android_1.4.0.apk

I've been having the same problem. some days my battery is fine and other time Facebook suck it dry. if I'm signed out of chat too.. i dont get it
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I also am having no luck with any type of push on my DINC not even the chat is working for me and the battery life sucks like everyone else says. Everyone needs to email the devs and give them a ear full!

Erickomen27 said:
Yeah, I'm Running MIUI And I Have Push Notifications Working As Well
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What version of MIUI? I'm running 12.11.1 and I am only getting chat notifications. When I was running Uber DesireZ I would get notifications for everything.

[Q] Does the Facebook App Drain Your Battery?

I've been getting great battery life but then recently noticed that I hit 50% by lunch (when usually, I hit 50% by 10-11pm, after unplugging in the morning like everyone else).
Then, I noticed that FB was showing me notifications after installing it a few days ago. I tried to find a way to disable notifications in FB, but there is no such option, so is it basically running all the time in the background? Makes ya wonder what Zuckerberg is tracking in the background?
I'm uninstalling FB tonight and see if I can get back the awesome 1.5-2 day battery life I'm used to.

It does drain battery terribly but I don't think its because of notifications. I think the chat refusing to close is causing a partial wake issue. Download spare parts and Facebook is always running. Probably best to just use the site.

I never have any problems with the facebook app. You can disable notifications in the settings.
I cant really speak to the chat problem. I have been signed out of chat since that feature was added.
So if you are having issues, try disabling notifications and signing out of chat. See if that makes any difference.

flickmaker said:
I never have any problems with the facebook app. You can disable notifications in the settings.
I cant really speak to the chat problem. I have been signed out of chat since that feature was added.
So if you are having issues, try disabling notifications and signing out of chat. See if that makes any difference.
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Cool, I'll put FB back on after a few days and try those suggestions. I wanna make sure that it was the culprit in my poor battery life.
I just left a comment for them about this in the Market. I'm also going to install it back again and uninstall it from the Market and mark it as Defective, so they get a second hint.

Neo3D said:
Cool, I'll put FB back on after a few days and try those suggestions. I wanna make sure that it was the culprit in my poor battery life.
I just left a comment for them about this in the Market. I'm also going to install it back again and uninstall it from the Market and mark it as Defective, so they get a second hint.
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It's for sure the chat....just make sure you stay signed out of it and you wont have the drain issues.

I dropped the FB sync settings down to once or twice a day and that was a huge help on battery life. I don't use the widget, so instant status updates have no value to me and this allows the profile pics to stay relatively up to date.

I noticed the widget causing the most battery drain.
I think i will stick to the site.

New version of the Facebook app just came out. Version 1.5.1 if i recall. Might help those of you having battery drain issues.
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Good battery life secret i got 1 day and 6 hours on heavy use

Here is the secret
1) Do a factory reset
2) Install launcher pro from the market and get the paid version
3) Use the face book and twitter accounts through LP
4) In your accounts and syn log into facebook and ok click on syn calender and friends not messages cos messages u will get on your screen through LP
5)DO NOT LOG INTO YOUR SAMSUNG ACCOUNT AT ALL.
6)Set up all your mail ac's etc through the mail app
7)do not sign into IM
8) do not use apps like Whatsapp, Skype OR Ebuddy which are constantly on in the background
9)Use the taskmanager to get rid of open apps and download apps2sd and move all apps to the sd card and not the phone.
10)In apps2sd clear the cache occasionally
11)Go to manage applications and click on running apps forcestop tw launcer ap news etc and an other apps that are not being used. thrn click menu see cached process and stop yahoo finance,tts imei tracker, maps etc
12)Charge the phone only when its completely dead to maximum do not leave it charging all nite or for more time than required
13)You will get an amazing battery life GUARANTEED!!!
UPDATE!!!
THERE ARE MANY RUDE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE NO OTHER WORK BUT TO SLAG ME OFF I DONT KNOW WHAT THEIR PROBLEM IS, IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS POST PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ANY RUDE MESSAGES HERE, THIS IS A FORUM TO HELP ONE ANOTHER IF YOU CANT GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.THIS HAS WORKED FOR ME MAYBE IT WILL FOR U, MAYBE IT WONT BUT ATLEAST IM HELPING IN SOME WAY!

viniturb0 said:
Here is the secret
1) Do a factory reset
2) Install launcher pro from the market and get the paid version
3) Use the face book and twitter accounts through LP
4) In your accounts and syn log into facebook and ok click on syn calender and friends not messages cos messages u will get on your screen through LP
5)DO NOT LOG INTO YOUR SAMSUNG ACCOUNT AT ALL.
6)Set up all your mail ac's etc through the mail app
7)do not sign into IM
8) do not use apps like Whatsapp, Skype OR Ebuddy which are constantly on in the background
9)Use the taskmanager to get rid of open apps and download apps2sd and move all apps to the sd card and not the phone.
10)In apps2sd clear the cache occasionally
11)Go to manage applications and click on running apps forcestop tw launcer ap news etc and an other apps that are not being used. thrn click menu see cached process and stop yahoo finance,tts imei tracker, maps etc
12)Charge the phone only when its completely dead to maximum do not leave it charging all nite or for more time than required
13)You will get an amazing battery life GUARANTEED!!!
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LOL. 10chars

Deja vu
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stoney73 said:
Deja vu
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You here to slag people off or help them??
There are other forums to slag people off mate.

nice, 10char

hey man, your can charge the battery whenever you want but never let a full discharge happen unless you are recalibrating, it's a bad thing for modern batteries.
some reference:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
http://www.techatplay.com/?p=61
why use app2sd when you have 2 gb of rom?? this is not an htc phone

You are trying to sell launcher pro aren't you? Another launcher pro salesman. Affilliate marketing
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viniturb0 said:
13)You will get an amazing battery life GUARANTEED!!!
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Is there a money back guarantee?

viniturb0 said:
Here is the secret
1) Do a factory reset
2) Install launcher pro from the market and get the paid version
3) Use the face book and twitter accounts through LP
4) In your accounts and syn log into facebook and ok click on syn calender and friends not messages cos messages u will get on your screen through LP
5)DO NOT LOG INTO YOUR SAMSUNG ACCOUNT AT ALL.
6)Set up all your mail ac's etc through the mail app
7)do not sign into IM
8) do not use apps like Whatsapp, Skype OR Ebuddy which are constantly on in the background
9)Use the taskmanager to get rid of open apps and download apps2sd and move all apps to the sd card and not the phone.
10)In apps2sd clear the cache occasionally
11)Go to manage applications and click on running apps forcestop tw launcer ap news etc and an other apps that are not being used. thrn click menu see cached process and stop yahoo finance,tts imei tracker, maps etc
12)Charge the phone only when its completely dead to maximum do not leave it charging all nite or for more time than required
13)You will get an amazing battery life GUARANTEED!!!
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1. Probably won't help.
2. True
3. Meh
4. ?
5. Why?
6. Gmail sync is very efficient. Using Exchange or IMAP will kill your battery faster.
7. Talk is no problem. Can't speak for the included IM, but you are probably right.
8. True
9. No no no. Why would you want your apps on a slower media?
10. ?
11. Freeze them instead. Killing apps will, contrary to popular belief, not help your battery.
12. HELL NO! Charge it often and try to keep it above 50 %.

So in other words don't use your phone. Without those features,i may as well go back to my nokia 3210
viniturb0 said:
Here is the secret
1) Do a factory reset
2) Install launcher pro from the market and get the paid version
3) Use the face book and twitter accounts through LP
4) In your accounts and syn log into facebook and ok click on syn calender and friends not messages cos messages u will get on your screen through LP
5)DO NOT LOG INTO YOUR SAMSUNG ACCOUNT AT ALL.
6)Set up all your mail ac's etc through the mail app
7)do not sign into IM
8) do not use apps like Whatsapp, Skype OR Ebuddy which are constantly on in the background
9)Use the taskmanager to get rid of open apps and download apps2sd and move all apps to the sd card and not the phone.
10)In apps2sd clear the cache occasionally
11)Go to manage applications and click on running apps forcestop tw launcer ap news etc and an other apps that are not being used. thrn click menu see cached process and stop yahoo finance,tts imei tracker, maps etc
12)Charge the phone only when its completely dead to maximum do not leave it charging all nite or for more time than required
13)You will get an amazing battery life GUARANTEED!!!
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Sent from galaxy S 2 using xda app

Yeah, this thread is just... bad.

Why are there 2 of these threads???

lolz.isn't it better to fully charge battery and take it out,keep d cell at a safe place,insert sim into another one and use this one occusionally.lolz

a67543210 said:
You are trying to sell launcher pro aren't you? Another launcher pro salesman. Affilliate marketing
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
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I cant believe you are suggesting that, I have nothing to do with LP, I run a recruitment firm, i am trying to help with suggestions try them if you want and if you dont like them you can tell me you dont like them and ill be happy to accept that, im just sharing what works for me. There is nothing wrong in appreciating a good piece of software that helps prolong battery life. the choice is yours mate.

shandoli said:
So in other words don't use your phone. Without those features,i may as well go back to my nokia 3210
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Yeah go ahead and carry 2 suitcases full of extra batteries hahahaha, use all features and enjoy the 10 minutes you have between charges.

cmd512 said:
Yeah, this thread is just... bad.
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Why are u reading it and why did u bother to comment
do something to help people mate rather than slag them off
BTW, Why is it bad??

Or you can buy 3 spare batteries from ebay for the galaxy like i did.

viniturb0 said:
BTW, Why is it bad??
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maedox's response, 9 posts up. I think he summed it up nicely.

maedox said:
1. Probably won't help.It will help if you have already downloaded power hungry apps
2. True
3. Meh the Lp widegets for both are great and scrollable
4. ? dont use sns twitter only fb to sync calender on lp and contact on phonebook
5. Why? it eats battery cant shut down process
6. Gmail sync is very efficient. Using Exchange or IMAP will kill your battery faster.yes that is what i meant
7. Talk is no problem. Can't speak for the included IM, but you are probably right. IM are always signed in if u log into them
8. True
9. No no no. Why would you want your apps on a slower media? ok but i guess it makes the phone faster to use if apps are on sd??
10. ?apps have cache clearing them speeds up the phone
11. Freeze them instead. Killing apps will, contrary to popular belief, not help your battery.ok true
12. HELL NO! Charge it often and try to keep it above 50 %.
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totally wrong charging frequently will shorten battery life charging only when required increases battery life FACT!!

cmd512 said:
maedox's response, 9 posts up. I think he summed it up nicely.
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And you read his mind you TWAT!!!!! right???

Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 20% of Android battery life

This is more of a just letting people know just kind of post. I, personally, uninstalled Facebook from my devices in 2012, and haven't been happier. but, many people still use the Facebook app. and for those that use it, here is some info about it that many of us already know, but many others do not http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...ok-app-saves-up-to-20-of-android-battery-life

I've been using fast for facebook and I haven't seen anywhere NEAR the battery drain I did with the official app.

hp420 said:
I've been using fast for facebook and I haven't seen anywhere NEAR the battery drain I did with the official app.
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Just downloaded Fast, love it so far. One question though, does it offer push notifications, or should I enable SMS notifications. I do think the web view is a bit slow to start but other than that its good. I like their native part of the app.

I just use the browser. The app uses a lot of memory as well.

mikeprius said:
I just use the browser. The app uses a lot of memory as well.
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I use the browser for Facebook as well, I'm even happier using the browser

Harry44 said:
Just downloaded Fast, love it so far. One question though, does it offer push notifications, or should I enable SMS notifications. I do think the web view is a bit slow to start but other than that its good. I like their native part of the app.
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I don't use push notifications, but I'm almost positive the app does allow it. This one is so much more fully featured than the stock app, I can't imagine them cutting such a standard feature like push notifications.

hp420 said:
I don't use push notifications, but I'm almost positive the app does allow it. This one is so much more fully featured than the stock app, I can't imagine them cutting such a standard feature like push notifications.
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Actually, I just spoke with the developer. Unfortunately there are no push notifications do to a limitation set forth by the Facebook API.

Harry44 said:
Actually, I just spoke with the developer. Unfortunately there are no push notifications do to a limitation set forth by the Facebook API.
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That sounds a little strange, since chrome mobile allows FB notifications. Regardless, maybe allowing FB notifications in chrome is at least a possible temporary work-around.

hp420 said:
That sounds a little strange, since chrome mobile allows FB notifications. Regardless, maybe allowing FB notifications in chrome is at least a possible temporary work-around.
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They could possibly not be using the chrome api, and instead using a simple webview. If they were to bring chrome to their app for their webview then it would work.

57% battery, have been opened the facebook app a few times... 2% drain from facebook.
If you haven't had the facebook app on your phone since 2012.... You may not be the right person to comment on it?

scryan said:
57% battery, have been opened the facebook app a few times... 2% drain from facebook.
If you haven't had the facebook app on your phone since 2012.... You may not be the right person to comment on it?
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Agree. My most rececent charge lasted 36 hours to get down to 5%.
- 3:45 SOT
- 2:19 calls
- Facebook only used 5% over that period. Held the phone awake for a total of 9 seconds.
I'm on the beta using 62.0.0.19.77. Notifications and chat turned off.

scryan said:
57% battery, have been opened the facebook app a few times... 2% drain from facebook.
If you haven't had the facebook app on your phone since 2012.... You may not be the right person to comment on it?
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I had Facebook on my both my nexii at the time, tablet and phone. on my tablet, it was never ever opened. on my phone, it used between 15-25% most he time, with very little use. on my tablet, for months it used 15-40% battery, again never ever opened nor set up. and I have family and friends that have Facebook installed, people who refuse to remove it. so I see how Facebook goes, first hand. I'm more than happy using their website.

biglilsteve said:
Agree. My most rececent charge lasted 36 hours to get down to 5%.
- 3:45 SOT
- 2:19 calls
- Facebook only used 5% over that period. Held the phone awake for a total of 9 seconds.
I'm on the beta using 62.0.0.19.77. Notifications and chat turned off.
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notifications are a big part of it, but even just having it installed has made my devices run like a gimped weasel....it's a severe resource hog, and removing the app immediately clears things up. There is no way to deny it's the root of the problem when you see this happen on device after device, over the course of 5 years as an android user....sorry, but you are never going to convince me the app isn't the ultimate source of many many issues on peoples' devices.

Try metal for Facebook

hp420 said:
notifications are a big part of it, but even just having it installed has made my devices run like a gimped weasel....it's a severe resource hog, and removing the app immediately clears things up. There is no way to deny it's the root of the problem when you see this happen on device after device, over the course of 5 years as an android user....sorry, but you are never going to convince me the app isn't the ultimate source of many many issues on peoples' devices.
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You are very right. FB and Messenger are both on the top of the worst coded android apps and it is well known that they drain battery like mad. Lucky for me other then my kids no one I know even uses FB anymore.

Always has been a bad battery drainer. No idea why but one would think they would have had it rewritten by now. I despise FB and been far happier since leaving them anyway.

Hm... Removing Facebook app saves 20% of Android battery life but the REAL battery saver to do is delete facebook all together & get back 90% of your life. Think how much battery you'll save not staring at your phone for 6+hrs.

I don't have battery issues with the Facebook app, but I stopped its background sync, and I also don't have messenger installed. In general, social media apps are the worst battery abusers as they typically sync in the background a lot by default.
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It looks to be true. I uninstalled the Facebook app and from the day 1 my SOT has exceeded 5 hours on daily bases. Before, with the FB app installed I would usually get something like 3 to 3 and a half hours of SOT.
Now I just use FB on Chrome and it looks good.
Oh and yeah, the N6 rooks

If you look at a logcat with FB installed it will show you the drain. It is one of the worst coded apps available