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[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
Ads are coming in as sponsored in the Marketplace. Also, can you update and sign to the latest Messenger Lite that includes video chat now?
[Android Apps and Games] roseyx:
Love it

This actually works and is 100% safe

can only recommend, thank you for making this!!!
[Android Apps and Games] zzzcoder:
Messenger

Could you apply a patch to your "LC" version that includes messenger functionality inside -

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-facebook-apk-patcher-to-enable-t3366080

I would prefer to simply use your version with the messenger function re-added.
[Android Apps and Games] keynes80:
Thanks for making this, love it :)
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Agreed, essential app
[Android Apps and Games] Avhill:
I heard some time ago on this thread that the two were not compatible, but I don't remember why.
[Android Apps and Games] alexcapone:
What is the system requirement for this app? I want to install on my mom's old Note 3 which is running either Kitkat or Lollipop.
[Android Apps and Games] MRDOCA:
Some ads are sneaking back had like 3 suggested pages so far today
[Android Apps and Games] NaturalBornCamper:
Is this supposed to also remove the annoying "My day" section in Messenger? Because it's still showing after uninstalling everything and re-installing this app + disabling auto-update in Play store.

Can't find any options to hide it either. Not sure if the first post saying:

************

* Hide the snapchat-wannabe "Stories" bar at the top of the news feed (if I wanted snapchat, I'd install snapchat, thanks)

************

Is it about something else than "My day"? As search revealed pages of results with people talking about it but it's hard to find the exact answer (and the most up to date)
[Android Apps and Games] 3lMghraby:
for those who want to make their own versions (for the messenger latest version)

download zipsigner from play store

download the apk files of facebook mod and the latest messenger

sign them both with zip signer

install them

now whenever messenger update is available just sign it with zip signer and install

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[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION]

facebook app began to ask for updates

hope you can take a look and update the app base

thanks for your hard work
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
Pretty sure it just hides My Day from the fb app since this thread is for a modded fb app, not a modded Messenger. If you want to turn off the My Day in Messenger and you already have Xposed, you could install My Day Off. I've been using it for months to turn off My Day in Messenger and it works perfectly.
[Android Apps and Games] NaturalBornCamper:
Ah! got it, I missed that detail.. actually found this app by a blog sending here to disable "My day" in messenger hehe. Thanks friend!
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Ah, just started getting update notifications in the main app and messenger.

It's been a good run...
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Update nags already? Well... I guess tomorrow it will be the 2-month anniversary of the most recent release. I guess it's going to be time to start rebasing all the changes again. I just started a new job and I have way more work than I have time for, so I'm going to wait until the nags get more frequent, and then start the upgrade process.

I'm starting to sporadically see ads in Messenger, which is pretty damn annoying. Messenger is just about as bloated as Facebook is, so digging through a similar-sized codebase is going to be similarly obnoxious. But, fingers crossed.... priority is main app first, then messenger.

Here we go again... :)
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
You know how in the fb app when you do an initial search for a person, it only shows you a few results. And if you want to see all of the search results, you have to hit See All. Well I've noticed that if I hit See All in this modded fb app, I can't open any search results from the full search results list. I can only open profiles that are in that small list of initial search results.

Has anyone else noticed this?
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
The op show 12.3 like experimental, is it to consider stable by now?

For messenger lite we have to sign by ourselves or you randomly sign a latest version?

Sparaflashato da Z3C
[Android Apps and Games] Lumince:
i see that you said that you just dig through DEX bytecode, but my question is do you decompile the apk? unpack it? Because I'm trying to look into some way to overlay these apps again since v145 has now been blocked (Just asks to update and stays on that screen) I've used your apk for a while now and it now seems that I cant use it either. v145 and v146 are the last apks that can be overlayed via substratum.
[Android Apps and Games] GhostKiller-VN:
Please Update Messeger Lite resign !
[Android Apps and Games] Wani Aamir:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Just got update nags in the main app and messenger again... It's a constant battle
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
New phone with Facebook pre-installed, other way to install LC other than use an app cloner?

Inviato dal mio SM-A530F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
Root your phone, install Xposed and InstallerOpt module. Set it and after that - install this version of Facebook normally.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
If I root my phone I'll simply uninstall the pre-installed app... :look:

I don't want to root for now, other way?

Whit particular resigne is possible install it?

If the only way is using a cloner app how it works with messenger?

Inviato dal mio SM-A530F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] GhostCasper:
Yeah, I've got exactly the same problem.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
I've installed parallel (an app cloner) but I don't understand how I can use Facebook-LC with this app... I can create a second account but not install a new app.

Somebody know how to do it.?

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] Whelan189:
do you have a donation page?

Been on my to do list to find something for facebook messenger for months now and just got round to researching, (I do not use facebook app just messenger)

many thanks also do you know where i could get messenger to change the interval of receiving, at work every 20 mins would be fine rather then instantly, but at home instantly would be better, although i might be just pulling straws and messenger might not use that much battery for notifications (one of the only apps that is not blocked maybe i should just leave it)
[Android Apps and Games] hoangsonvio:
Dear OP,

I've got so many friend suggestion notifications recently. Please take a look at this issue when you work for the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] ias94:
Go to Settings>Apps. Search for Facebook and uninstall all updates. Disable it. And now you can install LC without any issues.
[Android Apps and Games] dilpal:
I am still seeing Popular Across Facebook ads. Any solution? I tried both LC version 11.1 and 12.3
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Already tried. It doesn't work :sad:

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[Android Apps and Games] Shoubyy:
Been trying all day to install your apk with no success because it conflicting with the other app having the same name even though I followed many tutorials to remediate the problem.

If someone finds a workaround...

S7 edge 7.0

non rooted
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Same problem.

I tried and failed to change the sign in order to make it work with the app pre-installed.

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] sleepyandroid:
Looks fine, but got a problem

Application looks fine, didnt see anything annoying yet( I dont spend much time on fb anw ), but the problem is, it always stays on the background running.

I tried removing the autostart from the receiver but it automatically switches back on. The build in facebook app that was installed didnt do this. Also the messenger

listed here (Messenger (v161)) still shows ads. Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] noobwork94:
Use any file manager with root, go to System->Priv-app

Copy the complete original app folder and back it up to any location.

All about the just in case.

Now delete the folder from System->Priv-app.

Restart you're phone, and now install the optinal apk.

Let me know how it works out.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Ii don't have root. With it isn't easier uninstall the app..? :look:

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] noobwork94:
Yea ok....

I think you could use an english lesson, i have no clue of what you just said.

Remove the folder and corresponding files with adb then, using the -rm option.

rm /system/priv-app/Facebook

Any luck with this alternative?
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Sorry, I try to explain myself.

You say to use a file manager with root, but I haven't rooted my phone.

With a rooted phone there isn't the problem since I can simply uninstall the app (even if it's a system app)

I hope to be more clear this time

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
How?
[Android Apps and Games] JJohnson1988:
The easiest method is to get "apk-signer" from the Store and apply the default key to both packages.

There are desktop-based tools that can do it too, but that's the fastest and easiest way. Just make sure all Facebook-related apps are signed with the same key and you should be good (they don't necessarily have to be signed by the mod author).
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
All good now, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmmm. Although it is not possible to install FB-signed and third-party FB apps at the same time, signing both with the same key should get around this. But.... I have a sneaking suspicion that I accidentally uploaded the stock Messenger APK instead of the re-signed version (after having put the re-signed version successfully on my phone). This is what happens when you don't sleep ;)

Would you mind trying my FB / Messenger combo again? I think I actually put the proper file up this time around.

As for v5, I'm hoping to have a minor maintenance release soon. Only deltas from current release is a more clean way of killing off "Suggested Groups", and fixing one of the update nags that somehow fell through the cracks (see above part about not sleeping) ;)
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
I don't mind trying again. But I think I'll wait for V5 release :)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thanks. Sounds good! Should not be long, unless I run into problems in the next few days.
[Android Apps and Games] ashish1989:
Bro can u plz patch v30.0.0.19.17 so that messenger can work inside it

As it is memory frndly
[Android Apps and Games] lalit387:
Yeah update reminders are bothering.
[Android Apps and Games] manoy_patikan:
Waiting for V5. V4 is so clean, testing it for 3 days now.

Is this when you play a video and will show more related videos when you scroll down? Seems like this is still showing up. This is actually a nice feature. If this breaks the built-in browser, its better to keep it there. I can't be the only one who likes to open just one app when browsing FB. I like the idea of viewing external links in the app itself rather than opening it in a browser then closing the browser, then going back to where I was in the FB app. But then, that's just my preference.

Again, the mod is working great so far. Thanks to [MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION]. If messenger can be integrated, even if just the in-browser version, this will kill every other mods. We'll just leave it all to EvilWombat.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Awesome! Glad things are working. The video thing I'm talking about is something a little different. Many videos open internally in the FB app (natively), but some open in a weird quasi-browser thing. That is, I imagine "participating sites" can have their video open in the built-in browser, with the top part of the frame being devoted to the video, and the bottom half of the screen showing "related content" that is coming directly from the video hosting site. Problem is, (a) this is annoying, and (b) ads that run on the host site can detect that the whole thing is being opened from within FB, and use the lower frame to hijack the browser window and display javascript dialog boxes pretending to be Android system warnings about "a virus being on your phone" and telling you to install "something that will fix it". You know, the usual scareware. The problem is, the same resource is used for the lower half of the video screen, and for the built-in browser. It's easy to kill a resource, but finding where it's used and killing it just in the relevant use case is a lot harder.

I haven't really seen these recently, so maybe I could restore the internal browser completely. Then, if I come across another web-based video post, I could save it and kill off the lower fragment a little more surgically. But, doing this correctly might take some time. Thoughts?

As for the built-in messenger - I am not entirely sure how this works, and it feels weird to just incorporate someone else's work. What do people even do for this? Are the messenger classes merged with the main FB classes, and repacked somehow? Is it a Manifest tweak, to add Messenger activities...? Or something else? (Shows you how much I know about this newfangled Android stuff, coming from the embedded world :) )
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
Some people do not want to install a separate app for messaging. The official app plus messenger with drain your battery more in the background. Rather just having the Facebook app drain itself alone.
[Android Apps and Games] JJohnson1988:
Keep in mind this will break theming support, like Substratum. And message notifications might get broken as well.
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
I did not know that since I do not use Substratum anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] pratik_193:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] - bro, any luck with different package name?
[Android Apps and Games] manoy_patikan:
+1 with restoring the in-browser. Not all videos have this scareware. It rarely shows up and XDA users are smart enough for those scarewares :D A compromise that can be live with in order not to lose the built-in browser functionality.

I'm not entirely sure what lorantm did in his patcher but here are some history that may get you started. I have no idea on the coding part but here are my thoughts after trying various FB mods.

1. Before, all it takes is just to install an empty package named com.facebook.orca. This somehow tricked the FB app that the messenger app is installed. Version 84 and below still has the messenger code in it so it used this. Tricking FB is all it takes.

2. In FB version 100+, the messenger code is no longer included in the app but the unpatched FB will open webview if messenger is installed. I believe lorantm's fbpatcher 100+ simply did the tricking of the app that messenger is installed. Clicking the messenger icon at the top already pulls the webview by default (unpatched and if messenger is installed). Now, the latest FB version already pulls the messenger app instead of the webview (FB's previous implementation) so this is probably why the patcher no longer works on the latest versions.

So, with your skills and debugging tool, maybe you can start finding the function that checks if messenger is installed and modify it to trick FB. Then modify action of the messenger icon at the top to pull up touch.facebook.com/messages or m.facebook.com/messages in the built-in browser. Good luck :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thanks. I'll take a look tonight. I'll probably restore the built-in browser. It's weird - I tried to look for references to the webview video resource, and I couldn't find any. Maybe I'm looking for the wrong thing in the view hierarchy.

As for patching the package install checks, that might not be too hard. I found an installation check for Instagram, which I considered nuking to get rid of "Instagram photos from friends" posts. But since they're friends' photos, I kinda figured I'd keep them. Maybe the orca/messenger check is similarly straightforward.

I'll try to push V5 when I get home, with browser restored and update nags fixed, then go from there. It's been a busy few days following a very weird week, but hopefully this will force me to hold myself to it :)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hello. I just put up v5. The only changes since v4 is the restored built-in browser, and a fix for the update nag.

I tried to take a look at how Messenger is checked/launched, and, well... it's a gigantic mess. I might be able to follow it a little better if things weren't so obfuscated, but basically I have to brute-force my way through something like five levels of class references, to find the one correct path, where classes have names like "0pa" and "2st" and "GHx". I think instead of a simple check for whether Messenger is installed, they do some kind of weird Intent-based thing, which will take a lot of effort to untangle. I think I found the webview messenger imlpementation (or something related to it) but finding what triggers it in the first place (if it's left at all) is going to be tougher. The only references I can find to the interesting Messenger URLs have to go with Pages, which is not what I want... could it be that facebook actually *removed* unused or obsolete code from their app??? This seems unlikely, given how dirty the rest of the codebase is. But maybe I can look for it more later - I have to be up in 6 hours and do ARM things. But for now, it's one more thing to add to the to-do list for some point...

Anyway, time to go pass out. As always, good luck, and have a lot of fun.
[Android Apps and Games] manoy_patikan:
V5 is awesome. Keeping a copy of this in my vault.

Just like the V4, it's so smooth and clean. Haven't seen a single ad in the feed. No more empty boxes like those in the early releases. Pairing this with messenger lite for now while evilwomat is still cracking the messenger to be included in the app.
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
Some contacts in my active Messenger list give me an error saying "Something went wrong. Please try again.
[Android Apps and Games] Reilitas:
I can never seem to install any Facebook mod, I've uninstalled the regular FB and Messenger and Lite. Etc. Fails all the time.
[Android Apps and Games] noobwork94:
Yea that clears things up.

Second method is using adb.

Using a host pc(windows or linux distro) connect you're phone to it with correct data/charging cable.

Windows needs adb bridge installed. -> https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

Most linux distros already have adb

If not. -> Open Terminal "sudo install adb" then "sudo install fastboot"

=====When above is done=====

Open cmd/Terminal

adb -rm /system/priv-app/facebook/ <- Check before running.

During reboot, system will check and reconfigure/install/uninstall any apks/files edited to system.

Then you should be able to install any facebook apk.

Any luck?

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This is a more precise tutorial made by our beloved Doug Lynch.

https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
[Android Apps and Games] pramyhoga:
In my s8 Facebook come with system, so I can't uninstall it and install this mod version of fb. Maybe that's your problem.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Done:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=5862345805528058323

As for the main app..... I have a new job and sleep is, as always, a problem. Got an update nag today. So it begins...
[Android Apps and Games] bauer18:
Waiting for the latest update. I hope there will be debullshified messenger as well for non-root users.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Cool. Working on it...... but really need to rest. Did two of the easy parts, then just spent the last five minutes explaining to a dog that the reason the next part isn't working is I' because I'm clobbering a register that I need later, and I need to rework some of my logic. Rubber duck debugging at its finest, but maaaaaybee to get some sleep :)

No promises on ETAs, but I'll see what I can do. Still a ton of things to patch, and many unknowns in terms of what they had changed.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Thanks, as soon as I have some time to do it, I will try

Since many people have fb pre-installed, in future maybe you can do a version of your app with a sign that allow to install it with the stock app

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] pramyhoga:
In my mi8 messenger lite cannot attach pictures, for the first time it ask to allow 2 permission and I have grant it. Then send picture button did nothing when pressed. It happen also in v37.
[Android Apps and Games] bauer18:
A million thanks! We will patiently wait for your next update. ?
[Android Apps and Games] sleepyandroid:
Messenger ads

I Tried blocking the messenger ads with hosts file and it seems they changed the way the show ads. Maybe they send the traffic through the main servers now and not ad servers idk...Really annoying
[Android Apps and Games] Aftab_khatri:
I cant install even i don't have facebook pre installed. Cheked directory system priv mensioned above but there was no facebook
[Android Apps and Games] Flasher8:
How about messenger?
[Android Apps and Games] Aftab_khatri:
I don't need. And i don't have installed and never tried
[Android Apps and Games] trantiendat3004:
thanks ,
[Android Apps and Games] marcsmv3:
Yes! Works great on oneplus 5t on Android 8.1 / oxygen 5.1.4.... Is there any plan on removing the ads from your version of the Messenger app?! Please tell me yes, this is the last app on my phone where I still see ads and I would love to have a true ad free device...

Edit: just realized your 'lite' version of Messenger is exactly what I need. If you do make an adfree version of the full Messenger app, I would be interested!
[Android Apps and Games] rodaven:
I don't know why, but the Messenger icon in the upper right corner of the Facebook app shows a number of unread messages, but I've read all. Is that a common issue? And it's growing up as I receive more messages.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
The lite versione? Messenger has this problem since his birth (the stock versione)

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