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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nfsmw_gr:
I agree, from early tests the difference in performance of the S7 (which is more or less fast as the Axon 7) vs S8 are really small, so yeah it's not worth it this year.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] SilentEYE:
Samsung can't be faster with touchwizz. Except for a smartphone type with an i7 extreme cpu with an Samsung 960 pro m2 SSD.
[Android Apps and Games] SEc510a:
Hi, it has embeedded messenger, like lorantm mod? Post link to test. thanks
[Android Apps and Games] JRapsky:
would like to test it too

Gesendet von meinem Y6 Max mit Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] geraldalcos:
Want to try this as well. Please post the link. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] r-l:
I'm interested in testing this
[Android Apps and Games] chxei:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] redultra82:
Always interested to try new alternative Facebook app.

Paid for swipe and its now broken and not updated, so trying face slim for now
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Cool. I'm glad people are interested! I have updated the top-level post with links to my current bleeding-edge version. Good luck and have fun!
[Android Apps and Games] redultra82:
Installed and trying both.

Good luck with project, be nice to use "official" apps without any of the downsides
[Android Apps and Games] icrunchbanger:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] can you share your script please?

I am using FB v80 patched since all later versions are buggy to me.
[Android Apps and Games] DesertEagleSlim:
Won't Install on 7.0 says package may be corrupt
[Android Apps and Games] IganSchacht:
I also can't install it. This happens with both apps.

Android 6. Uninstalled both normal versions of Facebook and Messenger.

PS: Cannot post image because spam rules :/ But link this to Imgur

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[Android Apps and Games] Assunta_Maggio74:
ok so far so good but the transitions animations are kinda buggy and laggy and i cant install messenger Lite it is possible to modify messenger lite to work with Facebook LC
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
thanks!I ve been searching months now!!!!,but all custom f.b apps I tryied,are all the same!!!crap things,ads,etc..I would reallyyyyy appreciate an option to show ONLY photos from my friends..not pages etc..fb app is really useless to me last months,cause I see 90% of my feed,page feeds,or pages photos or link that my friends liked.also it would be fantastic if ticker list (this news feed on the right when we use PC) that shows mainly what people photos our friends liked or commended,to somehow be seperately implemented.Also it would be extraordinary if u have a feature that hides online status like x messenger privacy xposed module does on original fb app.thank you again for this app.
[Android Apps and Games] GigaSPX:
I have this installed onto my Nougat S7 Edge and everything seems to work as normal. Is there something that can be done about battery life though because I would be pretty happy about cutting down on resources that save battery.
[Android Apps and Games] uptwolait:
I would like to know this too, as well as whether your messenger app does anything to prevent FB from accessing data and contacts on your phone that they use for god knows what. Does it chew up battery as much as the official FB messenger app?
[Android Apps and Games] darklink987:
Would it be possible to completely remove the 'stories' feature through mods for both Facebook and Messenger? It would seriously help considering I'm, and others are stuck using an older version of Messenger to avoid it.
[Android Apps and Games] Freddy1X:
Can you make a version of this app for Facebook Pages Manager?

I can't install Pages Manager because the sign was conflicting with your app. :(

On the other side:

The app kinda feels like... a full app, and that's mean it is nice. :)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Yeah. Added it to the top post (with a few others).

Sorry guys, I haven't been keeping up with replying due to (a) long day and (b) a headache the size of a small city. I'll go through the messages when I get some time. In the meantime, here's a catch-all:

1. I quickly grabbed a few other Facebook apps (Messenger Lite, a modern copy of Messenger, Pages Manager, Workplace, and Workplace Chat) and signed them with my key. Aside from this, these have no other mods right now. But, the key thing should allow them all to coexist with the patched main FB app. (Facebook configures things so that all apps that are signed with the same key are allowed to share data, so you don't need to log into each one separately). I've updated the top-level post with links.

2. If you are having installation problems, I suggest the following:

* Prior to installing anything, uninstall *all* facebook apps that are actually made by Facebook (otherwise, a possible key / permissions mismatch thing will cause install to fail). Do not uninstall / reinstall FB and Messenger one at a time - uninstall both first (and anything else made by FB).

* Make sure you have enabled installation of apps from unknown sources

* If things are still failing, try installing the APK files via ADB, and if that fails, please post the ADB error output (it's usually more informative than the installer in the phone spits out).

I tried to look into Nougat and how they deal with new APK signing, but this might be a red herring because (a) another user was able to install things fine on Nougat, and (b) from what I can tell, FB's manifest file does not have the v2 signature thing enabled. But I have a gigantic migraine and nothing is quite obvious right now, so I may be wrong.

3. Script / commands for repacking the APK:

apktool d -s facebook.apk

<mess with stuff>

If you edited DEX files, run this stupid-hacky script to update their sha1 hashes in some metadata file:

#!/bin/bash

function hash

{

fn=$1

num=$2

echo "classes$fn.dex `sha1sum unpacked/classes$fn.dex | cut -f 1 -d ' '` secondary.dex$num.Canary" >> $MD

}

MD=unpacked/assets/secondary-program-dex-jars/metadata.txt

echo .root_relative > $MD

echo .locators >> $MD

hash 2 01

hash 3 02

hash 4 03

hash 5 04

hash 6 05

hash 7 06

hash 8 07

hash 9 08

hash 10 09

hash 11 10

Put it all back together:

./apktool/apktool b facebook/ -o facebook-lc.apk

Sign it:

jarsigner -keystore <your keystore> facebook-lc.apk <your key>

As always, good luck and have fun
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Mine was doing this too. Did you install both the modded facebook app and the re-signed messenger?

Eventually messenger something like "session not authorized, please log in again" and it worked after that. If you have my messenger app installed, try clearing its data after installing the modded FB. That should fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
I did install both. I then tried the official Messenger and it has the same problems. It must be their servers, my bad.
[Android Apps and Games] manoy_patikan:
I just noticed this. Not sure how long it has been but I just went ahead and installed the latest version of messenger lite (81.0.23.276) in APKMirror. It now has VOIP calling in it. Lightweight, can chat and call your friends. Good enough pair for the clean mod in this thread. You'll have to resign both apk with the same key though, and looks like it requires more permissions just like the full messenger app. Is the FB lite provided evilwombat the latest one? I have not tried installing it.

http://imgur.com/a/Hlfme
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
My messenger lite is a bit old. I can update it tonight.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hello. I've updated the top post with a link to the most recent, re-signed version of Messenger Lite.
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
Is it possible to patch the latest Messenger where I can use it as my SMS app?
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
The patched (well, re-signed) Messenger should already be pretty recent, as of only a few days ago. It already contains this feature. Is this what you meant?
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
Ah, yes. That is the version I was looking for. I have been using your Messenger LC and never tried the others in the links.
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
Can you assign your key to this old version of Messenger? It's like the pre-stories LC version of yours except it has SMS included. http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebo...essenger-82-0-0-16-75-2-android-apk-download/
[Android Apps and Games] superleeds27:
Got a feeling this doesn't work on Android O.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Why wouldn't it? Is Google now keeping a database of package names and their signing keys? This is basically a fully self-contained repack of the original Facebook app, with a few bytes changed in some strategic places...
[Android Apps and Games] superleeds27:
I managed to install it but the app was slow and unresponsive, kept force closing too.

Android O has dramatically changed in terms of security etc. It's hard enough trying to install an APK now!
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
That might just have to do with the evil things Facebook does to Dalvik / ART to keep its performance from sucking, though I'm not sure how many of those tricks are still in use these days. Does the stock version behave the same way (if sideloaded)?
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Actually.... Does v3 behave any better (see first post)? V4 and onwards are based on FB for Android 4.x for compatibility reasons, but v3 is based on a version for Android 5.x. That might play more nicely with new ART stuff, though I imagine Facebook will probably tune things further.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Sorry dude, no luck. I've got it to the point where I can install two versions side by side, but the renamed version instantly force-closes on launch. The naming rabbit hole goes rather deep, I'm afraid. I've replaced all instances of com.facebook.katana with something comparable (at least that I could find). The problem is tracking them all down. It's not quite as simple of find-and-replace, because some parts of the app are internally compressed. For instance, all the DEX files live inside (uncompressed) jar files, which are all concatenated together and the overall result is compressed with XZ. So I have to unpack the whole thing, change the DEX files, fix up their checksums, and repack them all. Luckily I already do this for the other mods, so code exists to do this. But it's still force closing, do I must have missed something somewhere. Need to dig into the logs a little deeper.
[Android Apps and Games] pratik_193:
No problem bro, thanks for all the efforts put in..guess I'll have to root my phone soon to remove all bloat
[Android Apps and Games] Romhunters:
[Request]

Hi,

Since you asked for a integrated messenger for your facebook mod here is the link how to integrate the messenger in facebook https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-facebook-apk-patcher-to-enable-t3366080

Facebook reportedly changes something in it's code so the recent versions of the facebook app doesn't have the messenger code in it. please test your apk with the patcher and see if the integrated messenger works or not. Furthermore in Lorantm's thread he pointed that not all version of facebook comes with rich messenger while some are just webview when opened in the app.

Thus if you find some spare time, could you check and recompile your apk with the patcher and see if the messenger is working in the app or not?

Finally the request is that in the patcher thread there are two apk version 85.0.0.0.18 patched and 78.0.0.16.67 patched and those two have inbuilt rich messenger. Please add your de-bullshified version in those two version with the original patch, recompile and upload to somewhere so that I/we can download. You may post those versions in your thread too if you feel like.

I admire your work and this request doesn't mean disrespect to your work, it's rather a better collaborative option imo.

Thanks :good:
[Android Apps and Games] pratik_193:
I tried cloning your version of Facebook with app cloner app, but it failed. The app developer claims stock Facebook can be cloned using their app.. What can cause this?
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Sorry that took a while. Here you go.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/knmwix2iiuvmama/msg-v82-resigned.apk
[Android Apps and Games] redultra82:
Strange

Have the original messenger and the girlfriend has reaction's.

I have it and can't get them,even the latest patched one doesn't have them
[Android Apps and Games] pramyhoga:
I just updating to 14.1. Is it right if I have 5 shortcut icon in upper bar? (See attached image).

Because previous version only have 3 shortcut.

I like dev's work, I am Not to offense but just confirming.

??

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Sorry image not uploaded successfully. I still cannot upload.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Sorry, I don't see an attached image. But, that's what I meant earlier relating to the tabs. Today on my own version, I saw the Video tab reappeared, and both the Video tab and the Groups tab had notification bubbles. Why am I getting notifications for videos? For what? Facebook is trying to become the next YouTube / Netflix? Sigh. Guess I'll have to try to patch the tabs after all...
[Android Apps and Games] pramyhoga:
Right now I have 5 tabs:

News feed

Groups

Friend request

Marketplace and

Notification

All tabs able to get bubbles.

Previous version only contain 3 tabs:

News feed

Friend request and

Notification

Sorry still cannot upload screenshot, don't know what's wrong with my XDA app
[Android Apps and Games] pramyhoga:
Here is the screenshot
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
My tabs look different compared to yours
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmm. I've got the following tabs:

Feed, Groups, Video, Profile, Settings.

They at least seem to look similar, so maybe there's a chance they're all coming from the same place. I remember there being at least two code paths for tabs - I'll have to spin a version with some of them nuked, and we'll see if that changes things...
[Android Apps and Games] choobs95:
Installed and working here, how many tabs are we supposed to have? Haha mine is showing 5 tabs
[Android Apps and Games] bohemist:
Mine has 5 Tabs, too.
[Android Apps and Games] Flounderist:
Did you were able to set Italian during installation? I can't get it from settings either.

One plus 3t - LOS 15.1
[Android Apps and Games] pogi.paul0119:
This is my tab.. why we have different setup of tab..
[Android Apps and Games] raviprakashji:
Install the latest version mentioned in last few posts.
[Android Apps and Games] Flasher8:
Why all different tab set up ?
[Android Apps and Games] docteurcrook:
Weird.. i've try to install the newest but i can't. Same thing with older apk on op... what's wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] steakhutzeee:
Me too 5 tabs.

Latest version of messenger app patched is not the very latest that's on the playstore right?

It's first time I install this app. This should be use less ram compared to the official app?

Btw app is fine thanks dev!
[Android Apps and Games] onliner:
I think the difference is minimal or non-existent.
[Android Apps and Games] borntokill:
Yesss, update the old version and italian lnguage remains

S9 plus - Soldier rom
[Android Apps and Games] black metallic:
hello, how can i turn off the camera page when i accidentally swipe to the left of the newfeed?
[Android Apps and Games] Flounderist:
OK, I installed latest build from scratch.
[Android Apps and Games] Saswata Chakraborty:
Hi, which messenger should work with Facebook LC14.1??
[Android Apps and Games] choobs95:
Any, as long as you sign them with the same key
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Latest version is cruising along nicely
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
I recommend the one linked in the very first post. It's got the inbox ads removed :)
[Android Apps and Games] soumitpl48:
Hi [MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION], have been using your work and really appreciate it. In the latest version (14.1), I think you've mistakenly removed app settings as it's nowhere to be found. Attached a screenshot.

Edit: My mistake, didn't know facebook moved it.
[Android Apps and Games] Sourabh Gharde:
This is really the mod I wanted.

Great work but I need a help. Can I enable the stories?

I want to keep those. Please help me out.
[Android Apps and Games] JRJ442:
Facebook moved them some time ago. Click on settings and then media and contacts
[Android Apps and Games] steakhutzeee:
I'm experiencing trouble with notifications, I receive the personal ones, but when something Is added to group I don't receive them.

I enabled them in the groups for all posts but still don't receive them.

Any suggestion?

I see i can not enable them in the settings, it's a bug of this version?
[Android Apps and Games] soumitpl48:
Many thanks man.
[Android Apps and Games] asms5583:
why share replace with message in new version thanks man
[Android Apps and Games] krkhaha:
Hi in messenger it's a bug, app all the time force stop. Don't have idea why. First time happened it when I go to setting and from this moment all the time I have same problem.
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
You have Xposed?

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[Android Apps and Games] 4r44444:
Error 505 when try installing... When I have fb and than try install messenger error 505 amd when I have messenger and try install facebook error 505

Wat
[Android Apps and Games] steakhutzeee:
Up, groups notifications don't work. Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] Robbie_Quang:
i wish you could add Group and Personal Wall on Navigation Bar same as the latest official version.
[Android Apps and Games] onliner:
I tested with 3 devices and only English works for me, log.
[Android Apps and Games] Flasher8:
Often encountered this blank issued.
[Android Apps and Games] bohemist:
Even the unmodified version has this issue.
[Android Apps and Games] tduyduc:
Thanks for the de-bullshified version that makes Facebook great again!

I have some small suggestions:

* Can you please sign Messenger 75? That version does not nag you to update, and it has no camera button in the main page, no stories, and no "someone is active" notifications that hijack the status bar. It should work for those who focus on messaging and 1-to-1 calling.

* Download links to both signing tools in #2 are both dead. Can you update them? (ZipSigner for Android needs to be hunted for APK by Googling, while the Windows tool gives me 410 Gone.)

Again, thanks! :D
[Android Apps and Games] thiagodm:
Is there a way to install it with facebook as a system without rooting? Maybe call it com.facebook+ Like Gbinstagram on modified versions.
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
You can easily use APKSigner from Playstore and sign both apps with your own key, without asking the dev.
[Android Apps and Games] Robert342:
Or you can use ApkEditor.

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[Android Apps and Games] tduyduc:
Thank you all! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Okay, I am officially sick of the notification bubbles for the Groups and Video Watch tabs. What are these supposed to mean, anyway? There's new unsolicited "recommended" videos or group posts coming down my throat? I could understand if the Video tab had notification bubbles for new episodes of "shows" I subscribed to, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The same goes for Groups - I get group notifications as part of the standard Notifications tab already. We have been conditioned as users to view that red notification bubble as a sign that we have new unread notifications that matter. And these Groups notifications are superfluous at best.

So, time to dive into the code. It looks like the Tab stuff is now handled in two places, which threw me for a bit of a loop. I think I've got the Groups/Watch tab successfully nuked (and somehow replaced with a Friend Requests tab, which seems more relevant anyway). But since that last part seems a little odd, I'm going to test this for a few days to make sure there aren't weird side-effects, before posting a release.

As for the user who wanted the Stories bar back - it seems like are in the minority (most people don't want to see the Stories bar), but I've got my patches in version control, so it should be straightforward to spin you a custom build that turns this back on. I'll wait for this Tab stuff to settle, and then spin that as part of the regular release.
[Android Apps and Games] steakhutzeee:
Thanks for your work :)

Any idea on how to solve this? https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77810490&postcount=2011

To now i would like to manually sign/align Fb and Messenger but i'm a little afraid to install those apps "i touched" on the phone. I'm afraid of bootloops etc. What could be wrong using those tools u linked?
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmm. Looks like the notification thing might be a bug in this version. I started noticing them early on, before making any changes (I think). I have developer options enabled on my phone, so I'll occasionally see an error saying that a FB notification was rejected, but I haven't really looked info why.

If you're just messing with installing customised apps on your phone, you should be quite safe from bootloops. Now, if you're rooted and are trying to replace or modify one of the apps that came pre-installed with your phone, that can be a bit more risky.
[Android Apps and Games] steakhutzeee:
Thanks! If i want to zipalign your Facebook and Messenger (v178, ads removed), i just can do that without signing them? I think the apps are signed yet right?

EDIT: I did it to be prepared if u said yes, but strange thing happened. For the messenger without ads in the first post here, the result is a file bigger (in bytes) then the original. During the process, i read some BAD warnings. Any idea on why?

This seems to not happen with Facebook LC 14.1 (Experimental). It's hard to see if errors occur, at least this file in output is smaller. There is a way to save a log of the process?
[Android Apps and Games] Xspeed:
Since a few days ago both FB and Messenger started bugging me to update again.

But since yesterday FB started displaying some bugged out layout in post comments, which renders me unable to reply to comments somehow.
[Android Apps and Games] Flounderist:
Just mentioning you for your awesome nickname. LOL
[Android Apps and Games] theduke7:
In most part the 14.1 works fine for me...

The one thing I noticed is the like on the replies not the posts themselves only does the like function not the other emotions...I don't know if it's just me.

Not major issue, and other than what you mentioned I'm happy with 14.1

Great work as usual
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thanks for testing. Hmmmm... It seems like all reaction types are working for me, both for top-level posts, and for comment replies. Are you long-pressing the "Like" word when reacting to comments / replies?
[Android Apps and Games] JRJ442:
Yeah all the like and reactions are working properly for me too. On posts and replies.
[Android Apps and Games] Binary Assault:
Running without issues here on 8.1.

Nice work. OP
[Android Apps and Games] huuthe93:
I don't like Messenger with game. Can you remove it ?
[Android Apps and Games] theduke7:
I installed over the previous version maybe that's what caused the issue.... I cleared data and cache and now it does work on long press...

Thans m8.
[Android Apps and Games] steakhutzeee:
Up @evilwombat.
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hmm. Without seeing the errors, I couldn't tell you how bad they are, I'm afraid. And zipalign is something I've used only tangentially - initially I thought that lack of zipalign was causing some issues for me, but the real problem turned out to be related to the tools I used for signing. An output file that's a little bigger than the source shouldn't be a problem. Even my files don't closely match the original in terms of size, due to differences in compression, and the fact that apktool doesn't always preserve the compression type for all files within the apk...
[Android Apps and Games] steakhutzeee:
Thanks for this. So there is no way I can save a log and send it to you?