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Must admit, the Facebook app for the HTC HD2 is pants. Before I had the HTC, I was on Blackberry Storm, and loved the Facebook app, as it used to download my alerts in real time.
But with the HTC HD2 I have to log in each time on the app, and have to refresh the facebook app. Complete rubbish I think.
Anyone know is the Facebook app on the HTC HD2 is going to get any better?
You have an Opera browser and a big screen -make use of it!
Where's the point in using a stupid app for things that are way easier directly in the browser?
I find the app quicker, and more convenient! Well it was on the Blackberry Storm anyway...
hey dude, i know how you feel... i was a bit dissapointed with the facebook app at first but then i waited for a while, i tryed looking for a alternative third party app but nothing was any good, then i found a CAB on here for the new facebook for resistive screen phones, someone had made it work with HD2 and it works great, much better than the old one
i did a review of it on my youtube channel, you should check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7dDxLrP2GI
Actually the constant need to log in is a bug. Everytime I flash a ROM, one of the first thing I do is to run the Facebook app, and tick the save login option. After that it never asks for login again....but you'll still have to refresh manually. I'm guessing it's more of a conflict with another installed apps or just general winmo weirdness.
Otherwise, yeah, the apps is pretty pathetic.
FB
Does anyone else have the problem that it saves the pics from Facebook into an album on the device memory, and then when you go into your albums you have tons and tons of albums because each pic is saved as an album?
kenkiller said:
Actually the constant need to log in is a bug. Everytime I flash a ROM, one of the first thing I do is to run the Facebook app, and tick the save login option. After that it never asks for login again....but you'll still have to refresh manually. I'm guessing it's more of a conflict with another installed apps or just general winmo weirdness.
Otherwise, yeah, the apps is pretty pathetic.
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I have the option "save details" ticked, but I have to type in my details everytime. Hence why I get frustrated!
Im using m.facebook.com for the time being, until HTC sort the facebook app out.
96edwy said:
hey dude, i know how you feel... i was a bit dissapointed with the facebook app at first but then i waited for a while, i tryed looking for a alternative third party app but nothing was any good, then i found a CAB on here for the new facebook for resistive screen phones, someone had made it work with HD2 and it works great, much better than the old one
i did a review of it on my youtube channel, you should check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7dDxLrP2GI
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Yes I have that Facebook app installed on the HTC. But still ain't happy with it! lol
xtreme__boi said:
I have the option "save details" ticked, but I have to type in my details everytime. Hence why I get frustrated!
Im using m.facebook.com for the time being, until HTC sort the facebook app out.
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First; there are other people who also have the problem with FB not "saving" the login info.
Do a quick search and see if they've found a solution.
Second; http://touch.facebook.com might be more to your liking..
m.facebook.com is fine for Nokias, but the touch.facebook.com page is made for "iPhone-like" devices like our HD2.
Bonzo said:
First; there are other people who also have the problem with FB not "saving" the login info.
Do a quick search and see if they've found a solution.
Second; http://touch.facebook.com might be more to your liking..
m.facebook.com is fine for Nokias, but the touch.facebook.com page is made for "iPhone-like" devices like our HD2.
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That ain't half bad. Thanks!
s32bauer said:
Does anyone else have the problem that it saves the pics from Facebook into an album on the device memory, and then when you go into your albums you have tons and tons of albums because each pic is saved as an album?
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Umm, HTC has fixed this. Hotfix was relased months back!
xtreme__boi said:
I have the option "save details" ticked, but I have to type in my details everytime. Hence why I get frustrated!
Im using m.facebook.com for the time being, until HTC sort the facebook app out.
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That's why...it works only if you do it before installing too many other apps....so if u ever reflash a ROM, make sure logging into facebook and saving details is one of the first things u do.
Bonzo said:
First; there are other people who also have the problem with FB not "saving" the login info.
Do a quick search and see if they've found a solution.
Second; http://touch.facebook.com might be more to your liking..
m.facebook.com is fine for Nokias, but the touch.facebook.com page is made for "iPhone-like" devices like our HD2.
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Wow! touch.facebook.com works perfectly for me, thanks for that! All Facebook apps have been made redundant.
s32bauer said:
Does anyone else have the problem that it saves the pics from Facebook into an album on the device memory, and then when you go into your albums you have tons and tons of albums because each pic is saved as an album?
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Hi s32bauer,
Yeah, i have the same problem.
Does my head in.
i use it and it works fine, always logged in, just have to refresh to see ppls updates...
Tunay said:
Umm, HTC has fixed this. Hotfix was relased months back!
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Can you tell me where to find this fix, i found the one that requires using the registry editor but there are at least 60 folders with anywhere from 1 to 4 photos in each.
they are only little thumbnails as well
they way i read the registry tweak, it says to input each individual folder in...
The HTC Facebook ALbum hotfix (just installed) does not stop it downloading tiny pics from FB of all your contacts.
As from the HTC site:
restores the ability to view your friends’ photo albums
This suggests its related to privacy settings, and the app's ability to now process that correctly.
(i.e. able to view them online, but app wouldn't allow you to)
Can you point me in the direction of the registry fix for it?
Hi, my available device memory is down to 18mb, and I haven't really stored much there. Could it be due to the Facebook app, which keeps storing the pics in Device Memory? In that case, how do I free up this space?
In HD2 General go to Hints page and do what is sudgested in No:64 than install an App called ClearTemp in the Menu click sellect all and and clean once a day at least.it will take just a few seconds.
Edit::looks on the hint page is not cleare enough".
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored
Add a new string: Name – Facebook Cache,
Value – \temp\imagecache
That should be \fbimagecache
and it worked.
Thanks for that.
I looked but didn't fine anything. Any reason why i can't view videos like youtube on facebook? It doesn't even gives me the option if i want to use browser of native youtube app.
xplod420 said:
I looked but didn't fine anything. Any reason why i can't view videos like youtube on facebook? It doesn't even gives me the option if i want to use browser of native youtube app.
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do you have your browser ID set to desktop? or IE6?
I must be blind, but i don't see that option anywhere in the browser setting.
xplod420 said:
I must be blind, but i don't see that option anywhere in the browser setting.
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You must still be using Sense. Look for an option that says "mobile view" that should be unchecked.
I did that, still no dice.
xplod420 said:
I did that, still no dice.
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Then i'm up a creek. I personally barely use facebook. I think i have 8 friends. Different story for a different time, but IMHO facebook blows.
I think the video was in some wierd format that is why it wouldn't play. Flash plays fine. Problem solved
Thank you.
It's annoying as hell! Anyone else getting this? Every time I open a new window it opens all the way, then reloads... If I open a link in a new tab the original window also reloads. This is on the stock browser and had been doing this from day 1 on the phone before root or anything. I like stock and was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and knows of a fix besides using a different browser apk. Thanks!
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It's annoying as hell! Anyone else getting this? Every time I open a new window it opens all the way, then reloads... If I open a link in a new tab the original window also reloads. This is on the stock browser and had been doing this from day 1 on the phone before root or anything. I like stock and was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and knows of a fix besides using a different browser apk. Thanks!
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yeah...its annoying to me. I quit chrome because of it.
If youre rooted...try the AOSP browser with bookmarks sync I posted in the themes section. Its a better browser than sammys or chrome anyway. Its faster...and the double tap zoom is perfect. Thats why I prefer it over the other browsers.
yakitori2 said:
yeah...its annoying to me. I quit chrome because of it.
If youre rooted...try the AOSP browser with bookmarks sync I posted in the themes section. Its a better browser than sammys or chrome anyway. Its faster...and the double tap zoom is perfect. Thats why I prefer it over the other browsers.
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Thanks ill check it out!
Surprisingly dissapointed with browsing speed.
Coming from an LG G2 which was insantaneous in loading pages, my note 4 lags chronically.
This is observed in every browser I've tried.
It should be noted that the pages which the Note 4 loads, have significantly more and larger advertisements.
Symptoms:
1. 2-5 seconds longer in loading pages when compared to the LG G2.
2. Momentary freeze when swipe to scroll.
3. Noticeable jump when scrolling - every time with each swipe.
Has anyone experienced similar issue or able to offer any insight towards resolving?
Your input would be greatly appreciated!
Specify wifi or mobile data
Brava27 said:
Specify wifi or mobile data
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WIFI although havent been able to compare mobile data browsing with the G2.
wolgizee said:
Surprisingly dissapointed with browsing speed.
Coming from an LG G2 which was insantaneous in loading pages, my note 4 lags chronically.
This is observed in every browser I've tried.
It should be noted that the pages which the Note 4 loads, have significantly more and larger advertisements.
Symptoms:
1. 2-5 seconds longer in loading pages when compared to the LG G2.
2. Momentary freeze when swipe to scroll.
3. Noticeable jump when scrolling - every time with each swipe.
Has anyone experienced similar issue or able to offer any insight towards resolving?
Your input would be greatly appreciated!
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I found u Dave muahahahahaha
Same issues here, stuttering, and frame skipping during scroll on chrome, its terrible ANYONE can help?
Download the chrome support for samsung at the playstore and then turn off the option in S-voice wherein you can activate it in any screen by saying "hi galaxy"
drmodify said:
Download the chrome support for samsung at the playstore and then turn off the option in S-voice wherein you can activate it in any screen by saying "hi galaxy"
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I can't download it, its gone. Please share the APK if you can!
I have the same issue and reverted to the stock default browser and it seems the smoothest for me. I had the Samsung support apk installed which did help Chrome a bit but still not as good as stock.
rickydenim said:
I have the same issue and reverted to the stock default browser and it seems the smoothest for me. I had the Samsung support apk installed which did help Chrome a bit but still not as good as stock.
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Can you please share the APK?
I think that the biggest problem is that most web pages are 75% ads, and 25% content that you want.
Web designers are lazy, and they just throw every single ad they can find on there, and they make a mess of things. It is really annoying when you just want to read something and have to go through 14 ads and commercials to read what you went there for.
I think that this is the modern day equivalent of the pop-up. Most have those blocked pretty well, so now all those annoying popups are just integrated into the page itself and it really bogs things down. And I think that in their greedy zeal to force these ads down our throats, they make them less effective because we just learn to tune them out and become numb to them...
If it was an ad or two on a page, I might see it and check it out. WHen it is 9 or 10 I get annoyed and just start flicking past them to get what I want, or I give up and try another page altogether...
It will help a lot if you get rid of the ads. I am using ABP to block all ads easily when in wifi. no need for root.
if you got root adaway is the way to go.
chrome samsung spport library apk:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5vavpnd2zmzlc8i/AACJcPUfLN2NyI_kVgUtm_goa?dl=0
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SquireSCA said:
I think that the biggest problem is that most web pages are 75% ads, and 25% content that you want.
Web designers are lazy, and they just throw every single ad they can find on there, and they make a mess of things. It is really annoying when you just want to read something and have to go through 14 ads and commercials to read what you went there for.
I think that this is the modern day equivalent of the pop-up. Most have those blocked pretty well, so now all those annoying popups are just integrated into the page itself and it really bogs things down. And I think that in their greedy zeal to force these ads down our throats, they make them less effective because we just learn to tune them out and become numb to them...
If it was an ad or two on a page, I might see it and check it out. WHen it is 9 or 10 I get annoyed and just start flicking past them to get what I want, or I give up and try another page altogether...
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No, its definitely Samsung issue, on my LG G2 it flied trough the pages, no stutter at all, but it was on ART, ART is totally broken on Touchwiz...
dazed1 said:
I can't download it, its gone. Please share the APK if you can!
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It should be there as long as you are using a samsung phone. Anyway try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.deviceextras.samsung
drmodify said:
It should be there as long as you are using a samsung phone. Anyway try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.deviceextras.samsung
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Тhanks, i tried it, no difference, same frame skipping.......is present.
dazed1 said:
Тhanks, i tried it, no difference, same frame skipping.......is present.
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Are you rooted? And have xposed installed? Maybe its in one of those plugins for chrome. Mine is working fantastic. Try clearing cache and dalvik and reboot. If all else fails use another browser
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Are you rooted? And have xposed installed? Maybe its in one of those plugins for chrome. Mine is working fantastic. Try clearing cache and dalvik and reboot. If all else fails use another browser
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No root
worth a try
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No root
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enter this in the chrome bar: chrome://flags
Then look for "Maximum tiles for interest area"
and change to 512. This allocates more ram.
You can play with the other settings there as well and reset incase things get effed up :good:
drmodify said:
enter this in the chrome bar: chrome://flags
Then look for "Maximum tiles for interest area"
and change to 512. This allocates more ram.
You can play with the other settings there as well and reset incase things get effed up :good:
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Already tried, this does not improve the scrolling performance at all, thanks anyway
I tried on the Nexus 5 my friend has it, not much of an improvement, guess its Chrome.
dazed1 said:
Already tried, this does not improve the scrolling performance at all, thanks anyway
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Alright this is the final solutions I have found. If it wont work for you then it's the end of the world...
Option one: 1) install samsung support
2) disable javascript and restart chrome
If you need javascript enabled keep it enabled and make sure samsung support is installed
1) enter chrome://flags
2) look for "Enable Experimental JavaScript" restart and reply here for feedback...
Also don't forget to enable the 512 hack as well
Does anyone know how to do above? I've googled it for the past 20 minutes and looked around search button
Not a lot of topic opened for this, I'm probably stupid and missed it since no-one cares? But anyone can tell me?
I don't have the Samsung internet browser included on the VZW model.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
markwebb said:
I don't have the Samsung internet browser included on the VZW model.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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Yes, Verizon removed it like they normally do. So why post in this thread? Lol
Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
If you have a US device I would use CAF Chromium, it's optimized for snapdragon SOCs. Also some versions of it have adblocking.
tw1tch175 said:
If you have a US device I would use CAF Chromium, it's optimized for snapdragon SOCs. Also some versions of it have adblocking.
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Is that in the play store? I see RSBrowser and Rbrowser.
Rsbrowser is one version of it, there are a bunch of versions floating around to side load right now.
MrPhilo said:
Does anyone know how to do above? I've googled it for the past 20 minutes and looked around search button
Not a lot of topic opened for this, I'm probably stupid and missed it since no-one cares? But anyone can tell me?
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At least until the Note 5 there was no way of doing it, I don't know if it was added on the latest Samsung browser version but I sincerely doubt it.
The only way I managed something similar was exporting my Chrome Bookmarks to a file then add that file to a folder on the phone and then you must open your File manager (My Files) look for the file and click it, it will open in the browser, once there you save it as a Bookmark. Again, just a workaround, not the solution.
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At least until the Note 5 there was no way of doing it, I don't know if it was added on the latest Samsung browser version but I sincerely doubt it.
The only way I managed something similar was exporting my Chrome Bookmarks to a file then add that file to a folder on the phone and then you must open your File manager (My Files) look for the file and click it, it will open in the browser, once there you save it as a Bookmark. Again, just a workaround, not the solution.
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I found a way, download Samsung Sync for Chrome on Desktop, log into Samsung on it, click sync, and you'll see a folder called Chrome in your bookmark and its all there
or just use chrome....
MrPhilo said:
I found a way, download Samsung Sync for Chrome on Desktop, log into Samsung on it, click sync, and you'll see a folder called Chrome in your bookmark and its all there
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Thanks a lot for that, I tried that in the past but never managed to see the chrome Bookmarks on the phone, I just tried it and at first it seemed that it was going to be the same, but after 3 force Internet syncs I finally see the Desktop Bookmarks on teh Samsung browser.
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Rsbrowser is one version of it, there are a bunch of versions floating around to side load right now.
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Damn....That is a quick browser. Espn using Chrome is sloooww.
erasat said:
Thanks a lot for that, I tried that in the past but never managed to see the chrome Bookmarks on the phone, I just tried it and at first it seemed that it was going to be the same, but after 3 force Internet syncs I finally see the Desktop Bookmarks on teh Samsung browser.
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Doesn't seem to work for me... I've pressed the sync button a gazillion times, but I only get the "no bookmarks" logo.
Disable bookmarkprovider and you should be able to sync
NisseGurra said:
Disable bookmarkprovider and you should be able to sync
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Sorry, could you elaborate? Is this a process on the phone?
Willyman said:
Sorry, could you elaborate? Is this a process on the phone?
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Its located in system/app, you should be able to disable it with Package disabler pro
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Its located in system/app, you should be able to disable it with Package disabler pro
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I disabled it, then pressed the sync button on the Samsung Sync extension on my PC and still nothin...
Willyman said:
I disabled it, then pressed the sync button on the Samsung Sync extension on my PC and still nothin...
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Try an reboot
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Try an reboot
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Nope... didn't work either. Thanks for your suggestions though!
Willyman said:
Nope... didn't work either. Thanks for your suggestions though!
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Try another sync method?
I used my backup pro and with the bookmarkprovider disabled i was able to sync my bookmarks
no matter how many times I sync it, the chrome bookmarks (that show in the samsung internet extension), do NOT show on the mobile samsung browser (S8+)
tried forced sync, delete data and redo, delete and reinstall extension on my chrome on mac.
Help? I want to use the samsung browser I find it much faster.