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Why does Facebook think my Nexus One (CM5.0.6) is a Motorola Ruth??

For some time now, when I'm viewing the Facebook Touch site in the stock browser, at the bottom of the page is the line
"Download Facebook for your Ruth"
I think it started when I first flashed CyanogenMod, but I can't confirm that.
Googling 'android ruth' turns up rumors of a device named Ruth from Motorola, but I've never seen one, personally.
So, anybody know why Facebook is confused about what device I'm using?
I mean, my user agent specifically says 'Nexus One'

My stock N1 does the same thing! I've never rooted it or flashed another rom or anything, and it still thinks my N1 is a Ruth.

trevortx said:
My stock N1 does the same thing! I've never rooted it or flashed another rom or anything, and it still thinks my N1 is a Ruth.
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Facebook thinks mine is a Hero. Then again I only noticed that initially, not sure what it says now.

Mine says "Download Facebook for your Nexus One"
Running EPF21B - insecure, but otherwise stock.

So while we are on this topic, whats the best facebook app out there?

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So while we are on this topic, whats the best facebook app out there?
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the android one is fine...
back on topic. mine says ruth, too. always wondered what that was about...

Anybody else have an opinion on the best facebook app? I hear stock is pretty good but I'm just curious to what you guys think. I'm guessing there is as many facebook apps as there are twitter apps, so thats why i'm so curious. Peace

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Anybody else have an opinion on the best facebook app? I hear stock is pretty good but I'm just curious to what you guys think. I'm guessing there is as many facebook apps as there are twitter apps, so thats why i'm so curious. Peace
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Haven't come across one. there was a decent one out before we've got an official Facebook app, but I haven't seen any updates in awhile. stock one is okay, I use it just to read status updates and update my contacts. I use the touch site to see new notifications and browse through pictures, its way faster at loading pics than stock and notifications are easier to access. Facebook app takes you to Facebook mobile site when you click on any notification, pretty gay. while it is getting better, not as cool as iPhone Facebook app lol.

afive720 said:
Haven't come across one. there was a decent one out before we've got an official Facebook app, but I haven't seen any updates in awhile. stock one is okay, I use it just to read status updates and update my contacts. I use the touch site to see new notifications and browse through pictures, its way faster at loading pics than stock and notifications are easier to access. Facebook app takes you to Facebook mobile site when you click on any notification, pretty gay. while it is getting better, not as cool as iPhone Facebook app lol.
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Oh ok, thanks man. =)

[Facebook Apps] - Facebook S! VS. Facebook for Android

To start off, I'll shed light on where you can find the following applications
Facebook S! - Found in the [Samsung Apps] application off your application drawer.
Facebook for Android - Found in the [Android Market].
Well as we all know. Facebook for Android is horrible as it brings you to the mobile site everytime you hit something off the Notifications area(not integrated within the application itself). And it's slow compared to the Facebook iOS users get. And that is pretty sad. I'm not a Facebook whore so I'm not "essentially complaining" but I guess I'm speaking for the masses?
So I was browsing [Samsung Apps] for fun and I realized there's a new application released! That's right. Facebook S! It has no underbar as Notifications though it can be found under "Inbox". But, it's all integrated within the application! No more mobile-site!
While that's a step-up from the Facebook for Android application, I'm keeping both for the heck of it.
What's your view?
tl;dr - There's a new Facebook application off [Samsung Apps], try it. Compare it with the Facebook application off the [Android Market] and tell me what you think.

OMG, nice... i try samsung one and it works like a charm... my new FB app.

I just want to visit my facebook account occasionally, I don't want a facebook ' account' on my phone, why do all the apps in the market set one up and try to sync things I don't want this...
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There's also a kart racing game available.

Facebook S!
Hey guys... I saw this when I flashed to JM7 but it's not avail on JPC... any chance we might get an apk uploaded... thought I'd pushed on to the external SD, but must have pushed it to the internal... and of course to get to JPC I reformatted that one! )
Thanks in advance!

Facebook S! Wont work on FroYo, i have tested it, FC's.
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MAMBO04 said:
Facebook S! Wont work on FroYo, i have tested it, FC's.
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That's bad news

ye I don't wanna sync anything but my mail.
the facebook samsung pushed out ain't bad.
yup there's a task manager off samsung too. lol.

I tried both and to be honest I think both suck. I just login through the mobile web. A lot faster!

I think Facebook S is totally futile piece of software. Doesn't bring anything really new and lacks essential functionalities. It's also slow, because it always seem to load stuff when one changes the tab.
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i've came to a conclusion that both suck in comparison to what the apple's appstore has.
well i hope facebook steps up. >.>
shall use the Facebook for Android for now. mobile site is way faster than all that loading ****.

Facebook_s sucks even more than the regular app.loading times are horrific.Plus it also looks a lot less crisp then the regular app.
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Doesn't have a widget either. While it's not amazingly functional I am a fan of having the normal facebook widget on my homescreen.

isn't the feeds widget the facebook widget for samsung?!

Facebook S is crap. It is extremely limited. All you can do is browse your wall and other people's walls. Things like Facebook Events and contact lists that are in the official app, are all missing.
I don't know why people have problems with the official Facebook app, I find it works awesome. Its basically identical to the iPhone one now.

Hydrostatic said:
I think Facebook S is totally futile piece of software. Doesn't bring anything really new and lacks essential functionalities. It's also slow, because it always seem to load stuff when one changes the tab.
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This is not true in Facebook S you can upload Video easily.. and you can view them very fast..the normal facebook app will not upload video's and its hard to view videos.. in the Facebook S you have a tab just for videos

Ditto with what one of the previous posters said...I stick with the mobile website.
The Android Facebook app doesn't look that good IMHO. The Samsung one is REALLY buggy and clunky. Searching for friends doesn't turn up results unless they are all shown in the list below...so you have to manually click show more or whatever to get all your friends to show, and then you can search for them. That's a bit inconvenient and senseless if you ask me. Also the inbox is messed up.
Both apps load really slow. The mobile website is still what I rely on. I just bookmark it to make it easier to get to.

Hi to all,
unfortunately i delete the facebook s app from my galaxy i9000 and now i can not find it anymore.
I also went in to samsung app, but......where it is?
Could you please post it here (or let me know where I can find it)?
I also didn't find it with samsung kies.
Best regards

I just stick with touch.facebook.com on my browser, find it much better than any of the apps.

When I first got my phone i used the facbook S and i thought there was something wrong with my phone as it took ages to upload and was generally slow in all area's.
Then tried official app and found it a world of difference - ok the mobile site is still quicker but for most thing the app is ok.

Froyo here(ish).. Facebook pls

So Froyo is upon us but what I want is for the Android Facebook app to get updated so it is a proper app, not just redirecting you to mobile Facebook online whenever you view notifications etc. Then I will not need to worry that I should have bought an iPhone 4 with brilliant facebook app.
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Have you tried the facebook app in the market?
You can put a Widget for the status updates, when you click on it, it will open the facebook app where you can do pretty much anything, from taking picture to checking video. What more do you want? (From 2.1 but froyo has the same app)

Its sad that the android versions of Facebook and Yahoo Messenger stink compared to the iphone versions where they are full featured and work like magic.
I really wish they would stop ignoring it and focus on the android versions.
Even the blackberry versions work better!

Well, since you are presumably Samsung Galaxy S user, why not trying Facebook S! from the Samsung appstore? I have been using it for 2 months or so and I consider it much better than the built-in Android application...And no - it does not redirect you to the browser.

It doesnt even have the "Like" button and is pretty bare bones. I would like it if they updated it with all of the facebook shenanigans

t1mman said:
Have you tried the facebook app in the market?
You can put a Widget for the status updates, when you click on it, it will open the facebook app where you can do pretty much anything, from taking picture to checking video. What more do you want? (From 2.1 but froyo has the same app)
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That is tha App I am talking about. Many of the links just redirect you to the mobile or touch facebook website in the phones browser. e.g. in the (Facebook) notifications. Other times you get directed to the full Facebook website e.g. when viewing profiles or photo galleries.
It really is only "half an app". I actually don't bother with it and just have a bookmark to the touch facebook website.
I find the Samsung Facebook App very slow and quite limited in functionality.
iPhon/iPod touch Facebook is pretty much perfect and complete. I'm sure the Android app will eventually be as good.

xavierzutafun said:
Well, since you are presumably Samsung Galaxy S user, why not trying Facebook S! from the Samsung appstore? I have been using it for 2 months or so and I consider it much better than the built-in Android application...And no - it does not redirect you to the browser.
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True, very true.
It's still a complete sack of buggy **** though

Facebook via Android

Hi,
First of much love to Android and may it be the best (and better than Apple)
I use Facebook additively and I installed Facebook for Android via Market.
Every time I post a status update or a check in using my HD2 I get " via mobile " instead of "via Andoid"
I would like to have "via Android" so everyone can see who great and versatile Android is.
I have uninstalled the Facebook app that came with the rom (HD2 NDT GINGER ROM Version 16.0) and downloaded and installed Facebook for Android via Market.
But this did not fix the problem so I checked my Facebook account settings and there wasn't anything there.
Does anyone know how to get "via Andriod" on Facebook?
P.s. I know you can change status via 3rd party apps and I prefer make the app do what it was designed to do.

FYI the android facebook app sucks ass even though everyone uses it...including me...

pteradactyle said:
FYI the android facebook app sucks ass even though everyone uses it...including me...
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I'm glad you're having fun with it. Well try the XDA app (which includes places) Windows app is even worse.

try using xda premium app and i won't hurt to have a look at ur settings in ur facebook account

Ty5982 said:
try using xda premium app and i won't hurt to have a look at ur settings in ur facebook account
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I have used the xda app but it clearly says "via xda" I would like via Android as I did installed it.
Account Settings are ok and there's nothing there to suggest there is a problem.
In fact, there is no suggestion I have Facebook for Android installed which is totally strange.

xda_apprentice said:
I have used the xda app but it clearly says "via xda" I would like via Android as I did installed it.
Account Settings are ok and there's nothing there to suggest there is a problem.
In fact, there is no suggestion I have Facebook for Android installed which is totally strange.
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A reply from Facebook via a letter (make of it what you will)
" Thank you for submitting this bug report and taking time to help us improve the site. Although we are unable to reply to every bug report at this time, we may contact you for more details as we troubleshoot the issue you reported.
If you have not already done so, make sure you are using the latest version of your device application.
Screen shots often help our team diagnose problems that users are seeing. To submit a screenshot, please attach your screenshot in a reply to this email. You can take a screen shot on an iPhone by hitting the Home button and the Power button at the same time. This screen shot will be saved in your Photos.
Finally, please note that Facebook cannot provide any support for applications built by external developers. Currently, the Facebook for iPhone and Facebook for Android applications are built by Facebook. If you continue experiencing issues with a mobile device application built by external developers, we recommend contacting the developer. You can do this by going to the application’s page and clicking the "Contact Developer" link on the left hand side of the page.
Thanks for contacting Facebook,
The Facebook Team"
Basically, this letter means XDA developers should run Facebook as they are complete idiots.

I know it used to say via Android instead of via mobile but it seems there was an update of the app at one point and it disappeared. To test if you want you could install an older version of Facebook on your phone by finding it's apk file online. This was done by Facebook though but at the rate their app is developing and the quality it is, it shouldn't come as a surprise to us that they make stupid mistakes. Facebook is a huge company that could easily make a better Android app and I don't understand why they don't care... I encourage you do give them a 1 star rating on the Android market and write what you think of their app there.
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rainor94 said:
I know it used to say via Android instead of via mobile but it seems there was an update of the app at one point and it disappeared. To test if you want you could install an older version of Facebook on your phone by finding it's apk file online. This was done by Facebook though but at the rate their app is developing and the quality it is, it shouldn't come as a surprise to us that they make stupid mistakes. Facebook is a huge company that could easily make a better Android app and I don't understand why they don't care... I encourage you do give them a 1 star rating on the Android market and write what you think of their app there.
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I have given them a 1 star and think many XDA users should do the same!! Mark Suckerberg (yes I know how to spell his name!!) needs to get into action and pull his finger out of his butt !!

pteradactyle said:
FYI the android facebook app sucks ass even though everyone uses it...including me...
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I second that one. FB app for Android is huge pile of bull ****. I'm using it myself and the number of bugs is enormous.
I remember I was seeing "via Android" signatures before but they must have changed something so now it's gone.
"Suckerberg" Nice one!

dcabro said:
I second that one. FB app for Android is huge pile of bull ****. I'm using it myself and the number of bugs is enormous.
I remember I was seeing "via Android" signatures before but they must have changed something so now it's gone.
"Suckerberg" Nice one!
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It's really weird that on my wall it clearly states "installed Facebook for Android"
So I have no idea what's going on!
I was running Windows 6.5 stock but Windows Mobile app is totally useless and had no Places feature. And then, I installed XDA app but that was not that impressive and gave a "XDA Windows Mobile" tag. As much as I like XDA I don't want it as a tag on all my posts.

The Worst Application Award!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, thanks in most to you and the XDA Community ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28984095#post28984095 ) I PRESENT TO YOU...
THE WORST APPLICATION AWARD WINNER IS......
THE FACEBOOK APP!
Why you may ask when compared to some other poor apps? Well here is my reasoning and I would love the hear yours
The Facebook Application for Android has been around for a very very long time now, since at LEAST Android 2.0 and through all this time Facebook and Android have been advancing with more functions and features at a faster rate then we can keep up to. Facebook claims to have some of thee best programmers and coders to offer, yet they problem is instead of fixing the issues on their applications and website they look over these and add new features, and break or "rethink" old ones. There once was a time when Facebook chat was reliable, and when people could easily understand how things worked yet now? Facebook is slowly becoming a mess.
I don't mean to say I hate Facebook, because though it isn't the best (or better then Google+) it is still decent and mostly enjoyable on a computer. The phone app however? It has seriously pained me to use. Back when I didn't know about alternate apps for Facebook, I would often AVOID checking and updating my Facebook thinking "OH I SHOULD SHARE THAT PICTURE.... But wait that'll take forever.... nevermind".
Facebook should think more about this issue... and they should take all their employees and tell them "Work on the website ALONE" then Facebook should come over to XDA Developers, and hire some very talented, and smart app developers, who are UP TO DATE on Androids features, and make a application that you should expect from a multi-billion dollar company.
What do you guys think? Any bad stories from the app? Do you think it will ever get better??
(PS: I know worse apps exist in the market and online, but this is partly a joke, but most importantly is that Facebook is a massive social network that should have MUCH better an app)

The app sucks I agree
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Used to go on Facebook a lot on iOS. But then when I moved to android and saw that Facebook was a joke I pretty much stopped checking it.
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I use friend stream from sense... The Facebook app use 35mb of ram when used...

I use Flipboard instead.
(I seldom post on Facebook)

FACEBOOK SUCKS!!! It is one of the worst apps ever! with so much cash, fb is really lazy at coding apps, check out Google+, much better experience.

Yep! Facebook app totally sucks. I used friendcaster a lot, its good n very fast but now I left facebook permanently bcoz of awesome google+ app

The Google+ app just blows the Facebook one out of the water, shame people haven't learnt how good of a social network Google+ is. Facebook would end up like Myspace and Bebo if people weren't so scared of change.

I agree

They should just buy out Friendcaster and make it their offical app...

The only problem with 3rd party apps is you don't have access to friend's posts who have their privacy settings set up differently. They won't show up in your news feed. The mobile site OK, but still kinda sucks in terms of use. The reply box has become extremely buggy,never autocompletes words, capitalizes Is or makes contractions properly. It's a friggin joke, and I can only imagine how awful the app is by the responses given in this thread. I've heard the iOS one isn't too great, either. I think part of the problem is they are too focused on the desktop experience due to ads and a bunch of other stuff(half the time it doesn't load my feed properly on Chrome). I've started browsing G+ which seems to have improved greatly since I got the original invite. Sucks more of my friends aren't on it. Now I just use FB to coordinate events with people. haha.
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The Google+ app just blows the Facebook one out of the water, shame people haven't learnt how good of a social network Google+ is. Facebook would end up like Myspace and Bebo if people weren't so scared of change.
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They changed and many migrated to FB. It just seems whatever is trendy at the time is what people go for. A lot of people don't even know what G+ is, sadly. They're pushing a few commercials here and there and I know a TON of people have GMail accounts, but barely know how to navigate through the menus to find it, even though it's right there in the corner. Only time will tell, I suppose.

l2hbs said:
I use Flipboard instead.
(I seldom post on Facebook)
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+1 Flipboard is great for Facebook use...

The app sucks I agree

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I though it sucked in ios until I got on android... can barely used the chat option. So terrible.

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I'm glad i found this thread..been suffering with the Facebook app for ages but couldn't find any good alternative. But Flipboard is awesome! Also using it for Instagram and some news sites i like..very nice UI on that app as well.
Uninstalling Facebook app!

Best alternative?
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majdyaman said:
Best alternative?
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friendcaster, it syncs all the profile pictures in the contacts as well