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[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
For people like me :p Well, once upon a time i installed Messenger just for those games as pass time activity. LOL Since most of my FB "friends" are on WA we are done with FB as chatting platform. So this kind of "crap" invites people to try it again. But to be honest, i got bore of it it pretty soon and uninstalled Messenger again. :p
[Android Apps and Games] Assunta_Maggio74:
It always gives me an errror when trying to delete "on this day" posts using lastest version 12.2, it has been doing this since v11
[Android Apps and Games] alexcapone:
Thank you. I appreciate the level of thought you have given to the complexity of this idea.
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow Death:
I just resigned both LC and the latest messenger app with the test keys and no issues.
[Android Apps and Games] vasilis_:
downloaded Facebook 12,3 and facebook 161 from the 1st page of this thread and facebook app works but messenger keeps stopping.

Do I need to sign both apps before installing ?
[Android Apps and Games] zxspectrun:
It does have ads unfortunately
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Yes..but stooping issue is not related to sign it should be something else on your end.

still uninstall both & install both signed. see if it solves the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] alexcapone:
Can someone tell me where to go to delete search history in v12.3? In past versions I could click the search bar and I saw "Recent Searches". I don't see that anymore...instead I only see newsfeed articles.
[Android Apps and Games] sm-a510f:
I'm using it since 5 month and it has no ads
[Android Apps and Games] farscape1a:
I use GBInsta and it still has loads of ads. They seem to come around every 5th or 6th actual post. I'm not bashing the dev, just that the Instagram app has buried their ad code so deep that it's tough to get to (from my own research, I'm saying). And then Insta flips that switch, twists that knob, and makes it tougher to block ads than it already is.
[Android Apps and Games] mali00:
It seems very good. I'll respond after testing this. Thank youuu
[Android Apps and Games] vasilis_:
sorry guys but I have problems due to Substratum.Everything is fine and working ,

(there is no need to signs apks from the 1st post) of this thread :)
[Android Apps and Games] zxspectrun:
Dude I do have the app and have asked the dev and the app can't hide ads, the dev says ads can't be hide.
[Android Apps and Games] Sidrockzz98:
Can't install on my galaxy a5 2016

I have a galaxy a5 2016 with built in Facebook app.

I tried installing this version without disabling that(it worked with YouTube vanced) and it failed. Then I uninstalled updates and disabled that built in Facebook. And then tried to this install this mod. But it keeps failing and the message says THERE IS AN EXISTING PACKAGE WITH...... plz fix this. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Disabling the built-in Facebook app isn't enough. It must be uninstalled, or you need to rename the modded FB app to some other package name (using APK editor or some other tool). Others here have mentioned how to do it, but be warned that renaming the package will at least partially break Messenger integration.
[Android Apps and Games] pogi.paul0119:
Yes,that's the only problem we are facing and only that's the only work around as well as facebook is installed on default. Cannot uninstalled (none-rooted. )
[Android Apps and Games] AdoKing:
Hi.

I get this message when try to install Facebook LC apk with terminal (same with direct install) Facebook app manager package is my problem, Already use romtolbox and other uninstaller apps to delete that fb app manager even I deleted manually the folder.

Same with zip singer or maybe I using wrong?

Input: Facebook apk for apkmirror

Output: Facebook LC

Testkey

I don't remember what have I done before but i install it and had to re install my rom (some mod boot loop) and now I can't.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Looks like you still have some other FB-related app installed. Possibly Messenger, or some ROM facebook component or the like.
[Android Apps and Games] AdoKing:
I use apk editor and only change the app name adding "s"

This will still "break" Messenger? The package is the same
[Android Apps and Games] ElaJohn:
Video ads started to haunt again in v12.3, just so you know. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Sm0k3r83:
Yes I've noticed that too
[Android Apps and Games] Matvei27:
I can't even log in, after I put in my 2FA code nothing happens.
[Android Apps and Games] boooggy:
I manage to connecr but the app says i cant connect.
[Android Apps and Games] ElaJohn:
You got me twisted right there, can you explain further?
[Android Apps and Games] dizM0nkey:
Hello!

Love this modification so, so much. Thank you for your work!

They only downside is that I'm not getting any notifications at all... I have Push notifications setup correctly on Facebook and the app has permissions to display notifications, but I haven't gotten a single one.

After a quick search of this thread, it seems there are some notifications issues, but none around receiving no notifications.

Has anyone experienced this and is there a solution?

Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] JRJ442:
Some adblockers prevent people from signing in to Facebook. There's a possibility they kill notification pushes too. Who knows with Facebook. Are you using an adblocker of some kind? Sometimes restoring data with Titanium Backup will mess up notifications too. I've had that happen with Instagram and a few other apps from time to time. For me I'm personally getting notifications. For adblocking I use Adguard and I don't filter anything in Facebook.
[Android Apps and Games] boooggy:
it works now.....

it seems that connection problems were form facebook.
[Android Apps and Games] dizM0nkey:
I have Unified Hosts Manager installed but I'm not blocking any social sites.
[Android Apps and Games] vasilis_:
Is there a way to open messenger direct from Facebook app?

For example when in Facebook app and press message button on a profile the messenger app wont open
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Install the re-signed Messenger app from the first post. If your phone came with facebook pre-installed (and you had to change the package name), there is a chance I don't have a solution, aside from rooting and uninstalling the system facebook apps.
[Android Apps and Games] vasilis_:
Device is Rooted , I have no pre-instaled facebook apps and I use the Facebook app from the 1st post.

So sadly I assume that you dont have the solution
[Android Apps and Games] boooggy:
I have installed messenger from first post and now it asks for update. Seems there is a new one out...
[Android Apps and Games] scottusa2008:
I just used a website tool to download the messenger apk from google play, and edited it (common edit) using apk editor pro.

Installed it and am using it without issue. Everything works like before, minus the trying to open messenger from within Facebook app.
[Android Apps and Games] Mangtas_666:
Can you share the apk please
[Android Apps and Games] scottusa2008:
I will not, not because I am unwilling to help but rather the signed/renamed APK I have may not work for you. Remember the first post says clearly that "since my modded app is signed with my key, all FB companion apps need to be signed with that key as well".

Secondly you may need to rename the APK, and for that your gonna have to do it so it works on your phone. When I renamed my APK it also resigned it with a different key so that will not work for you.

What I will do is tell you how to get it, and from there you will have to make it work for your phone. Truth be told you can very very easily find this information doing a google search.

Using your mobile device open google play and attempt to share the messenger app. I did this with my phone and selected "copy to clipboard" so that it would copy the link to the apk I need.

Using your mobile phone open your web browser and open the url https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-download-apk-file-from-google-play

Look for the part that says "Download APK file from Google Play using a website" and then click on the link for the website it mentions. Because I am not sure if the website is allowed to be posted or not, I will just tell you where I found it from and let you get there the same way I did.

Copy and paste the url you got from google play into the website and proceed to download the apk file.

If you need to rename the apk file you will need to use something like APK Editor Pro (Common Edit mode) or Android Studio. If you need to sign the apk file you will need to use something like APK Editor Pro, ZipSigner or what ever app you find that works.
[Android Apps and Games] Mangtas_666:
Got it thanks..i got it working
[Android Apps and Games] gregsoir:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] I don't have "mobile config" visible in the settings and also "my day" is still there (last messenger build from the OP). any help? any Polish users got rid of it? I've heard there's different setting for my country.
[Android Apps and Games] lesp4ul:
Humm does anyone has re-signed facebook insight app?
[Android Apps and Games] Cinyk:
Could you please resign the latest messenger lite? Or is there a complete guide on how to do it yourself because I tried a bunch of stuff and couldn't get it to work
[Android Apps and Games] scottusa2008:
Either you are missing a step, doing something wrong or are trying to install facebook apps you have resigned when there are existing preinstalled facebook apps on the phone (which is why you need to rename them).

Otherwise the process of simply resigning an APK is very very easy and straightforward with the various apps on google play. Here are two google searches that should be able to help you.

The information you are asking for is/was already out on the internet :)

https://www.google.com/search?sourc...zipsigner&oq=how+to+resign+apk+with+zipsigner

https://www.google.com/search?ei=qf...+pro&oq=how+to+resign+apk+with+apk+editor+pro
[Android Apps and Games] Cinyk:
Well yeah, I'm trying to install the newest (because it now has video calling) version of Messenger Lite alongside his modded Facebook apk but I've tried all that and what was said in the thread and the Messenger apk just won't install, not zure what I'm doing wrong
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
You HAVE TO sign both apks (Facebook LC and Messenger Lite) with THE SAME key.

So here are the steps, make sure you'll follow every step to the letter.

1. Download Facebook LC apk from OP, and Messenger Lite from APKMirror.

2. Download [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.albayrakbilisim.apkimza[/URL] to your smatphone.

3. Open the app, tap INPUT..., navigate to your downloaded Facebook LC apk and choose it.

4. Tap OUTPUT..., and navigate to the folder, where your signed apk will be placed. It should look like this: [IMG="Image"]https://s15.postimg.cc/tzgicp06j/Screenshot_20180610-193943.jpg[/IMG]

5. Tap SIGN THE FILE and wait few seconds.

6. Repeat steps 3-5 with Messenger Lite apk.

7. Make sure you have no stock Facebook related aps.

8. Go to the folder where you placed your signed apps (it's Download in my case)

9. Install signed Facebook app and Messenger app, launch Facebook and log in.

10. Launch Messenger Lite, log in.

11. Enjoy :)
[Android Apps and Games] Cinyk:
That worked, you're awesome, thanks ! :D
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
BTW, does Messenger Lite have chat bubbles? Only lack of this functionality stops me from dumping regular Messenger app.
[Android Apps and Games] Cinyk:
Nope, not yet at least
[Android Apps and Games] gabuxas:
thanks great work!
[Android Apps and Games] k54k54k54:
amazinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
[Android Apps and Games] raviprakashji:
Why i always get the message that the app can't be installed?
[Android Apps and Games] draiyan:
Hi, just want to confirm. Will this work with the original messenger app? Just read the OP and said something like i need to remove all Facebook apps including the messenger.
[Android Apps and Games] choice2rejoice:
Thanks for your work!

Any ability to block/disable the suggested answers in sales groups? (interested /next /etc)
[Android Apps and Games] draiyan:
Is it a bug? When I tried to share a game from ?mobile legends it doesn't detect the FB lc
[Android Apps and Games] Paragonic:
Is it possible to make a decluttered version of the Messenger app? Would like to have full chat features gifs and emojis and whatnots but not the ads, stories, games etc
[Android Apps and Games] 3lMghraby:
since this morning the app always force closes

what should I do ?
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
Honesty, I would prefer to have two Xposed modules: one for the Facebook app that changes/removes everything that this modded app does and the other Xposed module I would love to modify Messenger by blocking ads. I already use X Messenger Privacy to prevent people from seeing that I've read their fb messages. But those ads are driving me crazy!
[Android Apps and Games] Sagi363:
Thanks man!
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
Which version of Messenger you have now and from where are you?
[Android Apps and Games] douglashv1:
This is awesome!!! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Shyciii:
I installed messenger v161, but if I make and send video, the other person dont play the video. He/she looks black picture.
[Android Apps and Games] ToXiC:
Thanks a lot. I was thinking for past one month that why doesn't anyone hate fb app. For past two years I never installed this ****ty app but now I have to use fb app due to some work related tasks. And all the things you removed were annoying me so much. Today I removed both messenger and fb app because of junk and amount of time I waste due to it. And after Googling I ended up here. Keep up the good work. Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
I couldn't agree more about how annoying the stock fb app is. [MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] you're doing a richeous work here. The only way I feel it could improve would be if you also made an Xposed Module that had toggles for all of the things you removed. And I would buy it even if you decided to charge $10 for it! That would just be incredible!!
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmmm.... As much as I wanted to avoid messing with Messenger (due to having to maintain a second set of mods for a second app that is equally bloated), I'm afraid facebook has made it necessary to at least investigate this. I'm starting to see ads in Messenger myself, which gives me something to target for removal. I'll be home in a few days, and if I still see Messenger ads, I'll start digging into it.
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
I would love it if you could make it an Xposed Module. That would be amazing! Same with the fb app Mods. Maybe one Xposed module that Mods both the fb app and messenger?
[Android Apps and Games] Sander9847:
Why an xposed module though? It doesn't make any sense. Every new messenger version would need a new module update, removing the great thing about xposed. This and the fact you're adding bloat by having a second app and having to rely on xposed to inject the changes into the app.

I'm all for a Messenger LC version! Being able to hide the ads and stories bar would be a huge improvement already! ?
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
Well it seems that every new version of the FB app has to be modded in order to be on the latest version. Plus, I don't know how it's done, but apparently, the YoutubeBackgroundPlayback Xposed module that I've been using for a while just has something updated on the backend by the module dev with every new Youtube app release, and apparently the module automatically downloads the new hooks and all that's required is a restart of the Youtube app. No need to update the module pretty much ever. That module has only ever been updated, I think, twice in the last 10 months to a year, even though the Youtube app gets updated all the time. Maybe if you did an Xposed module, you could implement a solution like that?
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
Please delete
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
Try to AdGuard or DNS66 Energizer app and set into a full of protect for Messenger.
[Android Apps and Games] Olika120:
Install on s8 without root

Is there a way to uninstall the facebook app thats preinstalled on the s8 with adb? I have tried everything i found on google, but nothing worked.
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
You have root?
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
Am I able to set it so it only handles the DNS resolution for JUST Messenger? Or does the Adguard app handle DNS systemwide?

Also, I have root and Adaway installed and it doesn't block the Messenger ads. And I use 6 different hosts totalling over 230k hostnames being blocked.
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
Try like that View attachment 4531377View attachment 4531379View attachment 1 Proxy server is not much important. Rest was very.
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
Ok thank you.

On am unrelated note, does anyone know where to find in this app all of the "App Settings"? What I need to do is make sure that HD Upload of Photos and Videos is enabled as well as turn on the setting that keeps all autoplaying videos muted. I like to have the videos in my feed autoplay while on wifi and it's driving me insane that they're all unmuted by default. In the regular FB app, you just go to "App Settings" and set it to mute. But I can't find "App Settings" in this modded app.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
It's in the same place as normal... at least it WAS! It looks like FB has been playing with a few different versions of the app menu, and that stuff has moved. Took me a few minutes to find it just now. Click the "hamburger menu" button in the upper right of the screen (to the right of the "bell" icon), then scroll down to "Settings and Privacy" at the bottom. Under "Settings and Privacy", click on "Settings", then scroll down a bit and click on "Media and Contacts". That's where they moved all the autoplay junk.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thank you. Unfortunately, the trouble with an Xposed module is that it's quite a bit of extra work, without additional benefit for app compatibility. The problem is, when a new version of FB comes out, I have to basically re-do all the mods from scratch, because all the offsets for all the mods move around every time a new version is made. Although Xposed would provide a UI for turning the various mods on and off, it would decouple the mod version from the FB app version. This means that either the Xposed module would only support a fixed set of FB app versions (which can be confusing for some users) or I would need to create a new version of all the mods for every new version that comes out. Unfortunately, that second part is a very significant amount of work, because FB releases a new app version just about every week.... maintaining all that would easily turn into a full-time job :(

Maybe there's another option here. If for some strong reason you want disable some of the mods, let me know what they are and I could spin you a custom version with those mods removed. That would probably be a lot easier :)
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
Ok. I just thought that if you implemented the module the way YouTubeBackgroundPlayback does it, all you'd have to do with every new FB app update is update the hooks json from the Github and the module automatically downloads the new hooks. All without having to make an updated module. The main reason I wanted this was so that FB and Messenger apps could still be auto updated from the Play Store. And I honestly thought that because of the simplicity in which YouTubeBackgroundPlayback is updated, that I would be just as simple to update this as an Xposed Module. You'd have to watch that YouTube video with English captions turned on. But the dev of YouTubeBackgroundPlayback says that it only takes him about 15 to 20 minutes to update the hooks for his Xposed module every time there's an app update for YouTube.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Ah, fair enough. With Facebook, the hooks take me a couple of days. Maybe it's due to my methods, or the tools I use, or not being a high-level Java guy, or possibly additional obfuscation. Probably a combination of some of the above :) (that, and increased code churn on an app that's updated so frequently).
[Android Apps and Games] BackToAndroid:
I've pre-installed Facebook so i used apkeditor to change package name and got it installed, but while logging in I'm getting this attached error
[Android Apps and Games] jak_drizzt:
Hi, I need a little help!

I've used this app for months and everything worked great.

Today i've updated my Samsung S8 firmware and, for some reason the app requested to be updated in order to start.

I've tried installing evilwombat's latest mod but it didn't install. Then i've unistalled it but...of course it got substituted by the pre-installed app! Arg!

Well, when i installed it months ago i had to use root but now, for a number of reasons, i'm not using it anymore.

I'm trying to understand how to install it without root but, really, i can't get it.

I have both app cloner premium and apk editor pro.

I've tried both of them but... maybe i'm not getting how to do it..but i just don't understand how it is done.

Is there anyone so gentle to help me?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] pogi.paul0119:
Anyone having issues sending videos on the moded messenger.. since yesterday i could not send any videos.. thanks and let me know if it's only in my end..
[Android Apps and Games] dincdoes.me:
Thank you for this couldn't sign into the latest beta version but latest stable worked ok. But just wanted to say thanks it's nice to finally watch videos with out getting annoying ads popping up every damn second.
[Android Apps and Games] Manuel Rodriguez Collado:
I modified the Facebook-lc v12.3 with apk editor so that it can be installed on my device, when I try to enter the Facebook menu it gives me force closure

Enviado desde mi LG V20 (LS997) mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] nikoPSK:
Working again! do you know how I could get the wear OS Messenger to cooperate with your modded version

Thanks for your work
[Android Apps and Games] whitehollow:
Is it possible to create an app to search for a news on Facebook and read the comments only or reading comments on a live video without watching the video ? With the standard app if I search a news on Facebook it opens the post on a web page and I cannot read the comments
[Android Apps and Games] P8042151:
There is no black version? It would be all perfect!
[Android Apps and Games] Loknic4:
This is not request threater , so,would be perfect if you don't ask or spam!
[Android Apps and Games] P8042151:
Sorry I do not understand
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
Then we all are waiting for you to make one.
[Android Apps and Games] P8042151:
Mamma mía!, have you had a bad day? Do you have a lot of problems in your life? Are you angry at the world? If with such a simple question you put this way.... As it will be with something really important... Thanks

P. D. I speak in the plural, by the companion of before also
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
My day is good, thank you.

If you would bother to read a few pages back or make a simple search you would know that black version is not gonna happen.

But you choose going straight to asking annoying questions (that has been answered like a hundred times in this thread) instead of reading. And that's what makes me angry ?
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
there is a mod call:My day off lol [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
[Android Apps and Games] alexcapone:
This would probably be a monumental task but would there ever be a possibility of modding FB lite? Unlike regular Facebook, FB Lite would not be recognized as a system app if installed which would then circumvent all of the headaches for all those users (including myself) that have FB installed as a system app. Seems like more manufacturers/carriers are pushing out FB as a system app so this problem will continue to grow.