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[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Okay... If anyone is feeling adventurous, I might have an experimental version of v13.1 to try.

Link: facebook-lc-v13.1.apk

This is based on a stock APK from 7/25/2018, and should include most of the patches from v12.3. This version is missing the patch that hides email sign-up junk from Instant Articles, but just about everything else should be in here. Granted, I've only tested this for about a day, but if anyone wants to give this a spin, here it is, with all the usual warnings.

I'll have to deal with the instant article email signup junk at a later time - now that I have a real job, I have to be up "early" tomorrow, but hopefully I can look at some of this other stuff soon. The email thing doesn't really bother me very much, either, and the existing mod is more complicated than I would like (especially given how the thing it's hiding is relatively minor) but it would be nice to find a better way. Before even going there, I'd personally like another shot at nuking the post-video "follow" upsell pop-box, since this interrupts your attention flow more egregiously than a passive email thing. I didn't have a mod for this in v12.3 but maybe I can give it another look.

As for Messenger ads... I've hit a problem again, and that problem is I'm no longer seeing them for some reason. It's not because of anything I've done - one day they showed up, and another day they are gone, at least for now. The practical impact is that I'm going to have a hard time hiding an ad that I can't see myself, so I'll have to wait until I start seeing them again before I can begin tracing where they're coming from.

Anyway, time to go crash....... let me know how well v13.1 works, and we can go from there.

As always, have fun, good luck, and good night!

- evilwombat
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Downloading....
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Thanks Man !

I started My Post Graduation last month and It's hectic so i'm not active on XDA but i'll try your builds and report if anything abnormal when i get some time to write about it
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Been running the new version for a few hours with zero issues
[Android Apps and Games] Loknic4:
Been running the new version for a few hours with no problems
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
All great so far, thanks a million man
[Android Apps and Games] hoangsonvio:
Great as usual! The only thing left is the appearance of popular across facebook stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
I like to try it but as many people i 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. Do you think it would be possible?

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] Scalpos:
Thank you very much evilwombat ! :good:

Tired of ads and always auto-updating of the Facebook app installed by default as system app, I just successfully installed the fresh v13.1 on my stock Huawei Mate 10 Pro (not rooted). So far so good for the few minutes I just spent on it: no ads :victory:

But it wasn't a straight victory :silly:

I first adb pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.* apps, but I received "Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE]" err msg when I tried to install it, even with downgrade option using adb install -d C:\_Android\test-signed-facebook-lc-v13.1.apk; Play Store gave me err 504. Reboot did not help.

I then restored Huawei com.facebook.* apps with Huwei backup/restore tool, and uninstalled Facebook from Settings/Apps.

adb install was finally OK :cool:

I'm just curious about still having following packages installed, after uninstalling Facebook from Settings/Apps:

com.facebook.services

com.facebook.system

com.facebook.appmanager

Could there be any issue ? Would it be safe to disable these 3 entries with pm enable --user 0 com.facebook.* and keep com.facebook.katana enable ?

BTW, I don't use Messenger, I might install it later.
[Android Apps and Games] rodaven:
No, I'm using Messenger and Facebook standard versions (modded both), I mean, no little versions.
[Android Apps and Games] Cherifiali:
Thanks, using it now I will report if any bug is found

Waiting for next messenger version ?
[Android Apps and Games] superleeds27:
Thanks for this.

Giving it a go on the Pixel 2. The official app is just too bloated now!
[Android Apps and Games] hs420:
Running great for the last 24 hours here. Have not noticed any issues!
[Android Apps and Games] LuD0:
I am going to try your new version. Can we install it over your last one ?

Or uninstall it first is nedeed ?
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Cool! I think you'll want too uninstall the old one. You could try installing overtop it, but I'm not sure what will happen.
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
I installed new version over the old one. Nothing bad happened.
[Android Apps and Games] LuD0:
Installed overtop the old one.

Everything seems ok

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] hs420:
I also installed over the old one. So far so good!
[Android Apps and Games] Flasher8:
On latest version, encounted 1 time only which I got fc when watching live video.
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
to all of you who have xposed guys..u can all install scoop xposed module that automatically catches the log of f.close so we can all help the dev. develop this very wanted mod app! [emoji6]

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[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
so this project dead?
[Android Apps and Games] Scalpos:
Doesn't seem like it is dead, see post 1802, update made available 2 days ago.
[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
the op says last update 5/18

that's why i thought it was dead
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
XDA pro-tip:

I always like to look at the top thanked comments from the top of the thread OP. Then I always read the last few pages of comments.

THE MORE YOU KNOW
[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
the option to turnoff mydays in messenger. is it gone?

---------- Post added at 03:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:58 PM ----------

thanks. will remember that.
[Android Apps and Games] hs420:
Looks like one snuck through on 13.1
[Android Apps and Games] Cherifiali:
When I click on reply to show comments it doesn't show up , I have to go back and click again to make it work

Is it only for me ?
[Android Apps and Games] vivid69:
For whatever reason 13.1 will not work for me no matter what I do.

I'm on a S8+ not rooted. I have been running all previous versions with no issues but with 13.1 it constantly force closes.

I went back to 12.3 and now for some reason whenever I try to go into the Facebook settings menu it force closes.

Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
It's possible you've hit a bug in the package installer. I've had this happen too, just because how often I uninstall and reinstall. You could try clearing the data for the FB app, uninstalling it, then rebooting the device and wiping the jvm cache via recovery (if that's something you feel comfortable doing).
[Android Apps and Games] vivid69:
I tried all this and still no luck. It did seem to lessen the time between a force close though but still happens too often for it to be usable. It does seem to be random so I can't say if it's anything in the Facebook feed causing the crash.

I'll just go back to 12.3 for now. Thank you for trying though. :)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmm. Does anything interesting appear in adb logcat when 13.1 crashes? Most of the mods affect parts of the code that don't start running until after you've logged in... But it's worth checking, I guess....
[Android Apps and Games] tomurbanowicz:
........ Delete
[Android Apps and Games] Bieniu:
Which version of Messenger has activated Internal menu without root?
[Android Apps and Games] jam0688:
Anyone have the modded version of messenger 146 or is there an afh with all of the modded versions? It's the last version that can be used with substratum and the version on apk mirror has the annoying update to the latest version message in it
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
You mean about a notification of update from Play Store?

Sent from Redemi 4X, Qualcomm arm64 (CrDroid 4.4 based on OS 8.1.0)
[Android Apps and Games] nighthawk696969:
Also looking for a messenger v145/146 so we can patch it with substratum.

My stock apk on 146 requires me to update, so i cant use that.
[Android Apps and Games] Sander9847:
Yes I'm looking for the same thing!

Messenger v146 with just a tiny patch that dissables version-checking or date-checking.

Messenger v146 did everything I wanted before I was forced to update. Last version that could be substratum themed, never got a single ad. You were even able to return to the old blue layout by changing some internal settings and disabling my day.
[Android Apps and Games] JRJ442:
I'm fairly certain it was said that internal settings were disabled by Facebook. And as far as finding 146 without a forced update nag, there's never been one and that update nag is probably server side with no way to disable. Facebook isn't gonna make anything easy on anyone.
[Android Apps and Games] zahrabatol1993:
Facebook ads are cheaper then google
[Android Apps and Games] gmanos06:
For me everything worked really fine since I have applied the signature patches to android via Lucky Patcher (only for rooted users).

This way I was able to install the stable version of FB LC while had already installed the latest original version of messenger without any problem.
[Android Apps and Games] Saswata Chakraborty:
I have noticed one thing while using de-bullshified version over original facebook app. Scrolling is quite laggy.
[Android Apps and Games] ahrion:
Yo OP. I found a way to run smali/baksmali via scripts on Android without the PC. We could theoretically create a script that automates everything you do straight from the Android phone itself during boot.
[Android Apps and Games] MRDOCA:
Anyone else getting "popular across Facebook" ads over the last couple of days?
[Android Apps and Games] superleeds27:
This.

The other thing I've noticed too is the 'Clear Search' doesn't seem to work.
[Android Apps and Games] Paragonic:
Messenger is posting an obnoxious update me banner now
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
Well the messenger posted in the OP isn't modded in any way, is it? If not, why don't you just use ZipSigner to sign both the modded fb app of OP's and the latest Messenger apk from apkmirror and install them both? That's what I've been doing. Unless I'm missing out by also having a modded version of Messenger. :)
[Android Apps and Games] richinthailand:
Is there anyway to install the latest mode Facebook version along side stock messenger, messenger is now giving a permanant out of date blue bar, fb seems ok.
[Android Apps and Games] Cherifiali:
How to have current FB LC signature to use it in a newer version of Messenger ?

I don't want to uninstall FB LC and install it again
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
If you were to get a newer version of messenger and sign that, you would also need to sign the fb lc apk from op and then completely uninstall both fb and Messenger, then install both apks that you've signed with the same signature. There wouldn't be any way around that.
[Android Apps and Games] MRDOCA:
Latest LC is signed with test key so just sign new messenger with test key and install. I did it today only signed latest messenger and installed it
[Android Apps and Games] manoy_patikan:
Just me missing the "app settings"? Just noticed it now as I tried to clear data, then I have to stop the app from auto playing videos.. Couldn't find the "app settings"..
[Android Apps and Games] teostar:
On the latest version 13.1, the app crashes if u tap 'comments ' for any picture in the news feed.
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
Go to Settings/Multimedia & Contacts

it's all there, only God knows why :D
[Android Apps and Games] sercan_uzun:
i can not connect fb with gsm connection

only wifi connection works.

anyone else having the same problem?
[Android Apps and Games] bogdanrodko:
Same problem, but sometime it work, maybe problem with good internet connection.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Well... I've been using v13.1 for a few weeks, and it's been working fine for me. So, I've updated the top post with a link to this latest release. I'll probably still punt on Email sign-up crap in instant articles for now, because there's something else that needs to be taken care of:

I'm seeing messenger ads again, so better go after them while they're there. Messenger is also nagging me to update, so I figure I should jump to the latest version first. Problem is, re-signing the latest version of Messenger is causing an FC for me. I thought this was related to my apktool workflow, but now I'm not so sure. It's segfaulting in native code somewhere (huh?) so now I gotta go debug that, before moving on to the real work :)

For now, as always, good luck, and have fun with the main app! I'll see what I can do about Msg.
[Android Apps and Games] Beakhole:
You rock. Thank you so much for your hard work.
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
You da man!
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Thanks!!

A try again with my request:

Since many people have Facebook pre-installed and can't uninstall it, can you do a version of LC with some different sign so it can be installed alongside with the stock app. Like YouTube vanced to understand (also some Spotify mod in the past could be installed and work separately from the stock app)

It would be awesome..

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] Xspeed:
It isn't just about some other key to sign with. To work he'd need the key from Facebook itself. Not really possible.

If you meant different package, then it won't work with other apps.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Argh. Okay. I am randomly able to re-sign and install Messenger, and sometimes it works, and other times the resulting app will force-close on first run. This is obnoxious. Tried multiple different versions, and I'm still running into a SIGBUS fault in libcoldstart.so. What's going on? Have I run into some kind of corner case in apktool, in terms of alignment? This has the potential to get really annoying. Tried wiping my phone and everything (wiped a little too much, it seems - oops!) and even that didn't help.

Time to go crash, and deal with this tomorrow.....
[Android Apps and Games] asdfghj99:
Can you mod Facebook lite too like on what you u did on the main app?
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Sorry, I am afraid I just do not have time to maintain two mods in parallel. Since each mod is very closely tied to a particular version of FB, this would be equivalent to doing double the work. Right now I have a new job and there is way more things to do than I have time for. (Including waking up for a 10AM meeting in one day, and it's 6AM and I am *still* awake :) )
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Bah. Messenger is starting to drive me up a wall. The random build issues are somewhat resolved with zipalign, though every occasional build seems to throw an FC on first launch. But, they are very consistent - SIGBUS indicates either an unmapped memory access in native code, or an alignment fault. A side effect of how apktool is repackaging the app? Why does that even matter? /shrug. Ah, this stuff takes me back to like, two (three?) jobs ago.... if I only had JTAG on my phone, I could see what the hell is happening. (Yes, we sometimes debugged userspace crashes with JTAG. Don't judge.)

Part two of the annoyance is I think I had an issue in my build where my changes weren't being rebuilt. How's that for chasing your tail for like, three hours? I think I got past that, so now we'll see what happens.

Anyway, if someone is feeling EXTREMELY brave, feel free to try out the following version of Messenger:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262903984501

and please let me know if you see ads within the "Messages" tab (default view where all your conversations are).

But now it's 6AM and I gotta go cook dinner and crash and reinstall all my other apps. This is what happens when I get loopy from staying up so late, and accidentally wiping data instead of cache :/

For now, good night!

-evilwombat
[Android Apps and Games] teostar:
I've reported this some time back but on 13.1 it crashes 9/10 times I try to comment on a pic or video.

- I'm using a stock essential phone, running Android pie.
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
Good works on Nougat and Oreo (stock and custom) if you using ArtDeoptimiser (Xposed module) also with.
[Android Apps and Games] raviprakashji:
I don't see any ads. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmm. I have not seen this, but I am also not running Pie. It's weird that you'd see crashes 9/10 times, and it's also weird that you're seeing them while commenting (which is not something I touched). Have you tried the basic steps of uninstalling / reinstalling? The app installer seems to be a lot less robust than one would expect...

If you can reproduce a crash consistently, do you have logcat output by any chance? Just the error itself, and the backtrace, should be fine. That'll tell me if somehow we're hitting a new verifier check that I haven't seen on Oreo.
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
I'm also don't see it on Resurrection Remix. Good job I think. Many thanks ?
[Android Apps and Games] teostar:
Not sure how to do a logcat. But it happens almost every time. I'll youtube it and see if I can get one.
[Android Apps and Games] youtuber123:
No ADS for me too using EMUI 8.0. Many thanks bro
[Android Apps and Games] teostar:
I get this response when I try the logcat command in ADB. My phone is not rooted. Is there another way to get a logcat without root?
[Android Apps and Games] sercan_uzun:
no man always the same problem. i am on 4g,3g and edge or h+ the problem persists, but sometimes once in a bluemoon, it connects but donno when or why.

it is not possible to get updates when you r not on a wifi.

but it works great with, wifi commection.

any one has a solution for this?
[Android Apps and Games] onliner:
adb logcat > route_of_your_choice/logcat.txt, wait 1-2 sec and press ctrl+c.

For example: adb logcat > C:\Users\logcat.txt, this this will save a .txt file in C:\Users
[Android Apps and Games] teostar:
Here it is. Hope this helps.

https://mega.nz/#!v5gm3SxL!KAbkdr194q9ja8pMU6iJeom1JDUqqJCwZjbj4PtV0m4
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
You have many clouds like Mega. Upload there and sent just link too.
[Android Apps and Games] ElaJohn:
Every recent changes you made are working good so far [MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION], thanks for the undying effort man!
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
I don't know this...

But then how YouTube vanced can do it? And Spotify dogfood had do the same..

:look:

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] Zeus12345:
Hi, i'm new to this whole thing since i generally try to keep things simple so i don't understand everything in the OP. I'm hoping to get some more individual help on my issue. First my situation:

Device is OnePlus One. cyanogenmod OS, not rooted (i don't want to root it).

I don't want fb's app only messenger installed if possible (though i can have to fb app if really needed i will never use it).

I installed the apk as noted in the OP for messenger but as far as i can tell its just installed regular messenger? The first time i had an advert so i reinstalled and don't see any but i can't tell if its just not showing me one right now or if theyre gone. I think it asked me something about firefox helping beforehand if that helps narrow down the issue. I also had errors on "unable to parse file" or similiar a few times.

So can anyone help clarify any of this in as detailed a manner possible would be much appreciated. Hell even a picture of the app contacts screen or similiar would be very helpful as id at least know if it actually worked.
[Android Apps and Games] ahac85:
Is it normal to get ads whilst watching videos in 13.1?
[Android Apps and Games] hs420:
For the last three days, I have been having connection issues with Facebook (13.1). It won't load comments at times, won't refresh my feed, among other things. If I kill the app and reopen it will work for a short time. I have wiped data/cache in the app and still having issues. It could be my end, but was wondering if anyone else is having issues?

I'm on the S9+ and it could be a coincidence that three days ago I OTA'd to the ARG8 build. I only have these issues with Facebook though so I dunno.
[Android Apps and Games] Zyxelmino:
Yes for me problem feed update
[Android Apps and Games] LewisM45:
I'm really enjoying this modded version of Facebook, I've had zero issues so far and can't wait for the next update, just a question though, is it possible to get the Facebook Marketplace back? That is one feature I did actually use and do miss. Also I've heard there is a place in the app where you can configure settings? (I saw it on Reddit) and cannot seem to find this, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
I think the Facebook Marketplace is under the menu section.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
Marketplace was hated by most of people. It's gone even in the stock app

Tapatalked with my A8 2018 (SM-A530F)
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
to anyone who wants a clean fb app.install Maki.It has many options to remove craps and muuuch more..
[Android Apps and Games] Bearthquake:
People use this modded official app because of its app layout, and not a mobile site wrapper.
[Android Apps and Games] Sander9847:
I don't know if this might help in any way, but I found a way to enable Internal Settings on the latest messenger.

Download version 126 and follow the same guide as before (https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/6gsn5m/turn_off_messenger_my_day_on_latest_version_root/) and enable the internal settings Gatekeeper.

Then update to the latest version from the store and the internal settings option will still be there. Even though it isn't possible to use the command on the latest version.

The SharedPreferences option looks promising to dissable update reminders and banners.
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
I notice there is some lag when scrolling down the feed for some reason.
[Android Apps and Games] FormelLMS:
Do you think, it is possible, that I add a line to start Facebook with the newest posts instead of the recents?

I really have no acknowledge but hopefully someone can help here
[Android Apps and Games] ZoWapBoy:
What about dark theme for facebook
[Android Apps and Games] ElaJohn:
Some ads are still slipping through videos using v13.1
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
Nothing. It's been cleared like a thousand times in this thread. Please do search before posting.
[Android Apps and Games] Conte Mascetti:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] thank you! I really appreciate your effort to make FB app like it should be. You know what you looking for only when you find it.

Thank you a million times!
[Android Apps and Games] dodgeviper12003:
Your work is amazing! Even though some people complain, I have always appreciated your hard work.
[Android Apps and Games] godlike1984:
delete
[Android Apps and Games] Pein32:
How i can disable "Facebook Chat" from 12/13 versions? I can´t see the options like a 11.1. Sorry for my english :)
[Android Apps and Games] EwOkie:
12.3 version

When going to settings and choosing

Active status it just goes to news feed

Not giving an option to turn on/off
[Android Apps and Games] JRJ442:
You should probably update to the newest version then. 13.1 that option works. Facebook changes up things like that.
[Android Apps and Games] EwOkie:
Yeah tried newest version but news feed

Doesnt update the same on most recent
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
I just updated the top post with a patched version of Messenger. This version removes ads from the list of conversations in the main view. This is actually the exact same link as the "experimental" version of Messenger that I posted a few weeks back - I've been using it long enough and it seems to work well enough that I updated the top post with a link.