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[Android Apps and Games] neok44:
That one is just your resigned one correct? That means no internal menu and forced my day and all the other garbage.

Is there anyway you can get the 143 one with the Internal menu unlocked so we can remove the my day garbage.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
I don't have such a version. The internal menu was disabled in v130 or so, and even "unlocking" it results in an error. I don't want to force the issue too much, since a game of cat and mouse here will at the very least increase the amount of time needed to get anything done :)

As for Android 8.0 (Oreo) support, hmm. It looks like the stock Facebook APK for 4.0.3 *does* work on Oreo. However, my latest patched APK (currently not released yet, due to lack of resource mods) force-closes on Oreo. From logcat, it looks like Oreo is being more strict about data types of the VM virtual registers (what a concept, right?) and at least one of my code mods is failing the type checks. The Android compiler can be all nice and proper when generating code, but I've been a bit lazy with type correctness (and normally when you're editing assembly by hand, types aren't even a thing, which is why this all feels so... weird). But I guess the VM nature of Android allows such high-level concepts to exist so close to very low-level things. You live and learn :)

Hopefully this will be a matter of going through the patches and resolving the type violations. This should be doable (but maybe after I get a little more sleep) but as always, I can't say that something will work until I have it working end-to-end. But if stock works, that's already a good sign. Fingers crossed. I also had a setback while trying to work around the apktool resource limitation thing, but I might have another idea that might work there also (but also requires more sleep). Maybe I'll get some time to play with things tonight, or tomorrow.

Failing the resource workaround and if the update nags start to get too annoying for people, I might even put out an "intermediate" version that has the crapware posts removed from the news feed but may still have some of the "static" crap in place (such as the wannabe snapchat stories bar on the main screen, etc). We'll see what happens.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
O...kay.... I am able to launch the modded APK on Oreo. There was only one code mod that was causing type check errors on Oreo, and of all the patches I have, that was the simplest, most straightforward one (literally replacing a constant). Of all the things I do, THAT's what gets me? /Shrug. I've slept for maybe 7 hours over the last two days combined, so I'll just go with it. A minor rework of the patch makes things happy again. Yay.

As for the resource mods, I have a rather hacky workaround for the apktool problem I was facing. This doesn't let me do quite all the resource patching I want, but it gets me most of the way there (including removing the wannabe snapchat bar, and some other miscellaneous crap).

There are still one or two minor code patches that I've held off on (for now) because (a) I don't THINK they affect the main feed, and (b) they MIGHT be related to that problem where groups weren't loading (whereas they currently load fine). So I'll have to look into that later.

For now SLEEP, and maybe tomorrow I'll try to put some testing (more than the 10 seconds currently) on my top of tree version, and see if maybe we could maybe spin up an experimental release with any luck....

New phone means new SIM form factor, so I gotta wake up before the cell store next to me closes :)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hello hello. Here's an experimental release of v10.1! This has been rebased against a recent APK (from 11/23 ish). The bad news is that due to an apktool bug, I can't mod all the resources I want. As a result, some resource-related mods are missing. That said, I was able to pull in most of the interesting resource mods through a bit of a workaround.

The good news is that in addition to most resource mods, most of the code mods are in as well. This release is based on the version for Android v4.x, but should in theory work on all versions up to and including Oreo. So, yay.

One known limitation is that "suggested groups" and "suggested members" are not hidden from Group feeds (but they should be gone from the main feed). I'm going to go and try and patch them out, but I suspect that my old method of doing this was also causing a bug with groups loading, so I need to be more careful this time. A resource mod may have been handy here, but I can't do that until apktool issue 1669 (https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool/issues/1669) is resolved. In the meantime, I can go dig through the code again, so we'll see what happens - hopefully this will be resolved in v10.2. I've had me an interesting week (and the one after this has the potential to get even more interesting) so I wanted to get this out there in case I have to dive face-first into work. But hopefully this will hold most people over. It's what I'm using on my phone for now and things seem pretty decent.

facebook-lc-v10.1.apk

As always, have fun and good luck!

-evilwombat
[Android Apps and Games] dfx92:
Many thanks for this, your time and effort.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Much cleaner & clear compare to any of previous release.

Working without any issue so far :good:

I do feel it's not as smooth as base 5.1+ version but there's nothing you can do for now as FB is still experimenting with API's.. somehow 4.0+ base apps doesn't play nice with 6.0 & 7.x devices in general, they always shows some frame drop & shutter compare to higher base API versions and i think that's the reason they started building seperate apps.

Anyhow as always thanks for all your efforts in this project for saving us from ton load of crap.

Btw i'm changing my signature url to your post for now as 10.1 is better than 9.1 and will change it to OP once you update OP witj new version ..may be 10.2 ;)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Awesome. Thank you! And thanks for testing. I'm looking at v10.2 to get rid of suggested groups and suggested members in group feeds, as well as "install Instagram" banners at the bottom of friends' photos, and some useless / redundant event footers. I've got a patched version on my phone, but it's only seen a few minutes of testing. Given how I ran into an FC while testing an earlier version of these patches (due to basically a typo), I'm going to test it for a day or two, before a more public release.

As for v4 / v5 speed... Hmm. I wonder what the internal differences actually are. The big noticeable difference is how classes are packed, but I thought they all got unpacked either way, but the time you got to they loading screen. Maybe there are some Android APIs that are used differently? Hmm...
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Sue take your time np :)

Personally Suggested Groups never bothered me much, i actually find them useful sometimes, especially for someone is like me, who is using FB primeraly for competitive exam preparation then those suggested groups comes handy to get relevant things..well, atleast sometimes, but if popular opinion is to remove them i'm fine with it.

Though i do hope to get rid of Instagram craps completely, recently they started nagging way too muchhh :eek:

Well you are not wrong in any of these facts and most developers says the same but over the years i tried many 4.0+ variant of apps on 6/7.x and i always feel that they are not as smooth as 5.1+ ones, reason even i don't know, may be separate ODEX file & other API handling helps keeping resources in memory with more optimised way than 4.x variants which were specifically made for keeping 1GB low end devices in mind. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] Gamer4Life:
wow thanks. ive been eagerly waiting for this update. downloading right now. i ve been using chrome to access facebook and few days ago they introduced new ads amd pop ups related to facebook light. they bothered me a lot. the dark side is facebook lite has more bloatware than this modded version. man thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] manoy_patikan:
Wohooow... Smooth.. Thank you very much [MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION]!

So far so good! It's smoother than previous versions and notification from groups loads fine.

I wish you can get rid of the "Suggested Members" when you have the free time though. The Suggested Group don't bother me that much but the "Suggested Member" is a bit creepy. Some of us have groups that are exclusive (closed/secret) for our crazy friends and seeing your family member being suggested in it, is bit cringy. Well, I'm 90% sure I wouldn't add them but the 10% is when I'm drunk, and it is still too big of a risk.. haha
[Android Apps and Games] MRDOCA:
Can you please sign the latest messenger aswell. Pretty please.
[Android Apps and Games] lubikem01:
version 10.1 is working smooth, thank you
[Android Apps and Games] hs420:
Been running 10.1 all day and so far it's great!!! No issues at all. Thanks for everything!
[Android Apps and Games] dark_kaizer:
im getting an error installing this,

there was a problem parsing the package

im running at

android 5.0

ASUS_Z00LD
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Mostly corrupt download... download again and check.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hello. I have messenger v143 in the top post currently - this is as of 11/12/17. To maintain compatibility with Android 4.x devices, I'd prefer to stick to the v4.x version of Messenger. As of right now, the most recent such version available on apkmirror is v145 (from 11/25/17), so I'll go with that one. If you require v146 (a week newer, but only available in 5.x right now), let me know.

Here's a link to v145 (most recent available for Android 4.x):

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620770051
[Android Apps and Games] Loknic4:
Can you make for me latest messenger lite please?
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Here you go. Messenger Lite v19 release (arm):

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962021903579496430
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Okay, let's try this. Here's v10.2. Aside from a few resource mods missing (such as app name, replacing "not now" with "go away", etc), I'm fairly happy with this. On top of 10.1, I am now also trying to hide:

* Suggested Groups in group feeds

* Suggested Members in group feeds

* Install Instagram upsells on friends' instagram photos

* Redundant event banners (I know where to find the 'interested' button, thanks)

* A few other redundant banners related to photos or places

Please let me know how this goes! If the version works well, I'll update the top post.

facebook-lc-v10.2.apk

As always, good luck and have fun!
[Android Apps and Games] jedi134:
This messenger wont install for me on 5.0.1 goes through the motions then app not installed at the end.. fb 10.2 installed ok over fb 10.1

Messenger 126 works but outdated

Does messenger 145 have same signature as your fb 10.2 apk?

Edit:

A har! 143 works i think im just getting confused with all the difference versions?

Keep up the good work.
[Android Apps and Games] leepea:
Is the Pages Manager app available elsewhere? The one on the Dropbox link isn't working. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Here you go. I've updated to the most recent version, too.

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620770148

I'll go fix the link in the top post as well.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
downloading...report back after some time ;)

btw i was trying rebuild 10.1 with min SDK as 21 to see difference in performance with odex file but it did't work..lol..it build fine but didn't install :(

i guess there may be some other fundamental changes as well to upgrade min SDK except changing SDK version number.
[Android Apps and Games] Ketsueki_Takayanagi:
Just to be clear with Messenger the mod is supposed to get rid of the clutter on the bottom right? Everytime I install it I get the basic messenger features on top without the clutter but as soon as I close it and re-open it I get the mess at the bottom again.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hello. The most recent messenger apps aren't modded. They're just re-signed, to make them compatible with the modded FB main app. I haven't had a need to mod Messenger, on account of not seeing crapware in it myself (I'm not sure why, exactly).
[Android Apps and Games] Ketsueki_Takayanagi:
Oh I see. That makes sense then. I was trying to figure out if I was doing something wrong as to why I was seeing the bloatware on the bottom. From what I've read Facebook and Messenger actually install other apps as system apps that "auto update" the apps even if you have auto updates disabled in app and in the Playstore and those are what are responsible for messenger throwing the crapware on the bottom after relaunching the app. One app is called "Facebook App Installer" and the other is "Facebook App Manager".
[Android Apps and Games] EwOkie:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION]

Feel as though the fb one you posted v10 lags a bit compared to the 9.1 version

V14.3 messenger can we get that staying blue as now and again it changes to the white style which is hellish!

Need to uninstall and install each time to get the blue style back

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] OPXLOVER:
Just forget 4.x version
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmm. If apps are changing styles, can it may be because your account ended up in an A/B test (which might also be known as a Quick Experiment). Facebook plays around with these on a fraction of their user base to see how they would react. A bit annoying if you ask me, but it at least explains things. Usually such experimental stuff goes away after a day or two.

As for system apps, can I don't think that's possible. Facebook or messenger might try to update their code internally (in an incremental manner) to save the trouble of downloading a brand new APK (with minimal changes), though I try to patch this in the mail FB app to prevent it from happening. I don't see how such a mechanism would allow a user app to install anything as a system app though... ... unless maybe FB came pre-installed as a system app. That would raise all manner of weird security questions though, if a system app could pull additional code from the internet and run that code with system app-level access, effectively bypassing some Android security features...
[Android Apps and Games] Ketsueki_Takayanagi:
It's for sure some shadey practices. This is where I first read about it and I can confirm on my own system it injects some sort of system apps upon installation.

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-stop...s-Auto-update-unchecked-in-Play-Store-already
[Android Apps and Games] MRDOCA:
Thank you so much! Your work is top notch bro. Thanks from New Zealand my Aussie brother
[Android Apps and Games] Wacky2bakky:
Care to share v146 signed on the messager app? Thank u
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
Are you aware you can do it yourself? It's easy, and you won't bother the developer's a$$ ? just download Apksigner app from Playstore and sign both apps (Facebook LC and Messenger) with the same key. You can download Messenger apk from Apk Mirror. Don't be lazy ?
[Android Apps and Games] Wacky2bakky:
I am new to this. Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know lol
[Android Apps and Games] Cryptecks:
Is anyone else having an issue with the 'event info' for an event not showing up under the event image? (see screenshot) Seems to have coincided with the bump up to v10, but it could also just be a bad A/B test. Just curious if others see the same really. Amazing mod and thanks a ton for the work and time.
[Android Apps and Games] ahvamaria:
Just installed this, changed to false but am getting nag message otherwise stating if I do not update messenger it will stop working in 6days?
[Android Apps and Games] impurrfectti0n:
i'm using an older version and i haven't received anything like that, but i'm afraid that it will happen eventually, i've seen this a few times already with other people.
[Android Apps and Games] dark_kaizer:
Still the same. Downloaded the app for 3 times
[Android Apps and Games] raaalph:
Try uninstalling any apps related to Facebook. Then try again.

At first I have the "App not installed problem" when installing Facebook LC. I found out the culprit that is the original messenger app is still installed to my phone. I uninstalled that then tried installing facebook lc boom finally installed then followed by installing resigned messenger apk here everythings working smoothly.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Using for almost a day, so far so good.. didn't encounter any bug or broken thing and all crap seems blocked properly.. haven't received any Instagram Nag as well..kuddos ! :)

You can use "Apk-Multi-tool" or other tools on windows as well to sign apks..it'll be much faster than zipsigner or other tools on phones, because as much as we like to say, phones are not alternative to PC. It'll take 5 min to get familiar with PC tools but they have much more functionality & faster results (1min vs 15min) so worth it. Use zipaline after singing in Apk-Multi-tool..(search xda thread for same)

As already said by ralph and also in OP, remove all FB related apps then install new 10.2 LC version.

If you are using FB apps other than messenger provided by OP, then you need to Sign ALL of them with same key (including FB-LC) trick is all must be signed with same key.. simple & easy.

Read my above comment for signing.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thanks! I'm afraid I'm to blame for Event Info not showing up. It seemed largely redundant with information already present on the event main page (that is, mostly a big "INTERESTED" button), so I hit it from the main feed. If people actually find the event info banner useful, it would be very easy to put it back in. Or, it wouldn't be hard to spin you a custom / test version with just this mod reverted. Interested?

As for Messenger expiring in 6 days, that is likely because you are using the old (and modded) v126 release of Messenger. The first post in this thread contains links to newer Messenger releases (namely v145) that should get rid of the update nag and ominous countdown. The downside is that these versions of Messenger aren't modded to unlock the internal menu, not in the least because FB took steps to restrict non-employee direct access to MobileConfig. Since playing cat-and-mouse with internal settings leads down a path where other anti-crapware mods are at risk, I decided not to pursue this particular issue further.
[Android Apps and Games] MaximusMoose:
FB Messenger 126 just broke. Downloaded 145 and also doesnt work.

-edit

just downloaded official version, seems to have issues too
[Android Apps and Games] ThingsForThinks:
I found a trick to stop news feed refresh automatically. I disable MobileConfigEnableReceiver with the app MyAndroidTools (need root + xposed framework to work), but after that the reacts (sad, angry, haha) doesn't appear at comments...

Anyone know a better solution? Thanks in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] el_easy:
I have the same problem,but i thought it was related because i'm using Android 4.4 KitKat?

I see you have Android Lollipop 5.0, it shouldn't have that problem any, Igonna update my android version to be able to use this FB
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
The v10.2 release (see a few posts up, though I'll put it on the main post soon) should be compatible with Android 4.x. So, no need to force yourself into an upgrade if you don't want to.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
I'm willing to check this test version...turns out i actually use it a lot for my ol courses and need that "interested" button & event info.
[Android Apps and Games] Cryptecks:
I would be interested in that test build for sure, especially if I am very much in the minority with wanting to see the basic event info at a glance.

For a real world example, I live in a fairly small town and helped found a company, so there are lots of local, potentially interesting events coming across my feed. It's kinda tough to see that the post is even an event, with the only indication being the bolder text 'event' in the post title area. The ability to see the day, time, and location of the event is super important to me personally, as the event may be today, or clash with a meeting, etc.

I agree with you fully that the big ol action button is less important in the feed, because most people will go to the full event page before selecting an attendance choice. But the event info banner was how I could even tell something was an event.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Fair enough - that use case makes sense. Here, try this build:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329065503

It's v10.2 with event footers added back. It's rather late (early) so hopefully I didn't screw anything up :)
[Android Apps and Games] Cryptecks:
That does the trick perfectly! Thanks a million sir. Checked for a donate link to toss a few bucks your way for all the time spent recently but didn't see one!
[Android Apps and Games] ElaJohn:
Still having video ads when watching random clips from the news feed after usage of 10.2 I'm currently sitting in 5.0.1 if that matters, Well, no worries it still works like before, thanks [MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] for the dedication!
[Android Apps and Games] dark_kaizer:
You just need to signed it, download apk editor

---------- Post added at 11:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 AM ----------

Thanks, i just aigned the app.. and im able to install it.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Thanks again :) Works Perfectly.
[Android Apps and Games] quynhtrang:
Thank you for this app. I installed and am experiencing it. Hope not to be bothered by the lack of courtesy on facebook :D
[Android Apps and Games] androidlover420:
Please fix mid roll video ads

Your app is great
[Android Apps and Games] krule031:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION]

Hey, could you please take the newest Messenger and unlock the internal menu? I don't have root currently so I can't do it through terminal..
[Android Apps and Games] J_M_V_S:
Working great here. OP3T OOS 4.1.7. Thank you very much!
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
The internal menu doesn't really do anything on the new Messenger, unless you really are an employee. I could take a look again, but they've added a mobileconfig lockout and I'd rather stay under their radar...
[Android Apps and Games] BruceLetto:
Runs smooth on OP5

Thank You :svetius:
[Android Apps and Games] krule031:
Damn too bad...

I am currently using version 91., but lately it started being so buggy I decided to update but I hate that my day nonsense. :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] theduke7:
10.2 works fine, but compared to 9.2 (i use lc-a version,) it seems slower to connect, the feeds rakes time to load, i tried in different connction speeds, it does act better of fastee networks, but on normal wifi (dsl) its slower than 9.2
[Android Apps and Games] pratik_193:
this is the 1st device in my life which i have not rooted.! all my older phones (note 2, 3,4,5, dual sim 5, OP3) all were rooted within a week of purchase..
[Android Apps and Games] r-l:
I always need root, only thing that's not rooted is my Nvidia Shield TV.
[Android Apps and Games] KyleBryant:
I usually root my devices within thirty minutes if receiving them lol.
[Android Apps and Games] r-l:
I noticed if people react to a post/reaction of me, that there's no notification for it
[Android Apps and Games] r-l:
I'm seeing 'People who you may know' again :(
[Android Apps and Games] jad88:
Is it possibile to have an x86 version? Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
Please update messenger because for me SMS don't work only Facebook messages
[Android Apps and Games] KOALAaufPILLEN:
Could you just for thr sake of look put this into your request list

And deactivate rhis update Facebook ****! Thx :)
[Android Apps and Games] BlazeMaster64:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] @S❤NE

Working fine on my Zuk z2 plus.

Maybe you can merges S❤NE's facebook optimization to yours.

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-facebookmod-material-design-layout-t2982613
[Android Apps and Games] pratik_193:
hey bro, any luck with changing the package name?