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[Android Apps and Games] Maximus&:
Fix the messenger v145 version

It works but it tends to disappear when your device restart which mostly is Samsung phones 4.4+ an do check to see if it was patch good cause it heat up the phone at times :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] Bearthquake:
Well, there's a nice big solution a couple pages back if you're interested. Involves reading though
[Android Apps and Games] uncarven:
thanks for the updates
[Android Apps and Games] Maximus&:
All i need is a stable version of v152

And also the main problem in the facebook apps are they tend to keep eatin ram even if the package installed on the device is small what could you all do if the problem that allows it to get bigger an slow could be grabbed facebook an messenger will run smooth but also stay the size it should cause i realize thats why whatsapp is used more :p
[Android Apps and Games] Shavo6:
Sorry, but i tried today to sign messenger key to get rid of this stupid out of date message. Unfortunately i don't know how to exactly do this. Can i get step by step instruction ? This is what i did:

1. Uninstalled FB messenger (Not sure if i should uninstall Power app too - it's alternative facebook app)

2. Signed .apk from this thread by ZipSigner using "test key"

3. Installed new .apk but update info is still visible.

I'm not sure why should i download latest FB messenger from apkmirror ? There isn't any info in tutorial what should i do with current version of FB messenger...
[Android Apps and Games] Bearthquake:
Simply put, the reason you download from apk mirror is because there isn't a way to do it with current version
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
hello.today the popup message says that I have 0 days to update messenger.this means that it won't work any more?can anyone post here fb and messenger edited versions?thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Bearthquake:
If you read the thread you'll learn how to do it yourself. OP will only do it when they feel like it. You have the tools
[Android Apps and Games] Shavo6:
Ok so could you give me step by step instruction how to get rid of this message and still have messenger LC ?
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
I tryied to sign both 2 apps from this thread with zipsigner but just a message appears instantly that my app is signed but nothing happens.maybe cause of windows 10?I wrote on their thread but it seems dead..
[Android Apps and Games] Bearthquake:
Go to thread page 147 and read
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
See my signature

What do you want with signing ? and why are you signing both apps ?

You are supposed to sign FB-LC from OP & messenger from apkmirror and reinstall both on device. You won't see any difference between original apk & your signed apk if that's what you are after.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
APKTOOL update..Hopefully it'll fix the issues regrading resource patches on FB-LC

[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION]

https://www.xda-developers.com/apktool-android-p-aapt2-rebuilding/

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76158353&postcount=5345
[Android Apps and Games] dangnhdev:
Excellence!
[Android Apps and Games] takur69:
facebook Lc v11.1 login failed

how to fix ?
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
By entering correct password :p

Also check that some adblock is not blocking your login.. MoAB etc
[Android Apps and Games] Saswata Chakraborty:
FB and messenger are the two main apps that eat up a huge number of RAM and battery.
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
And?

Sparaflashato da Z3C
[Android Apps and Games] JRJ442:
Thank you for your amazing contribution. We never knew.
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
Everyone should be pressing the thumbs up button for your amazing hindsight
[Android Apps and Games] Saswata Chakraborty:
And thank you for teaching me how to bully.

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Why not start with you??
[Android Apps and Games] Shadow Death:
If you think that's billing then you must have had an easy childhood.
[Android Apps and Games] alexcapone:
So I've found out that stock fb app can be uninstalled on Tmobile and Verizon s9 but not AT&T s9..SMH. Still trying to figure out a way around this.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Everybody with their sane mind knows that but you can't do anything about it except not using them.

I personally don't use messenger bcz i can live without it. So it's upto you what you need more.

There are few services that can be blocked with root but it most probably end up in something broken.
[Android Apps and Games] nextheart:
Widget of Titanium Backup can be used for freeze and defreeze&launch to save the battery.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Guys please stop replying to same message. I think one and half page discussion is more that enough to send message/sarcasm.

Let's get back on topic.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Anyone else facing Force closes in FB-LC 11.1 ?

I don't know what triggered it but since last couple of days i'm facing random FCs, clearing data help for a day or two then again it start FCs all of a sudden !
[Android Apps and Games] mermade:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION]: I installed Messenger from your link

Messenger (v145): https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620770051

However, after I run it for the first time and sign-in, I get the attached screenshot. Can you please make a latest Messenger mod that does not show any ads. The app still shows ads. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
You can update it your self. Read my signature for how to.

OP no longer mod/updates messenger.

Also search the thread before asking. It's been discussed more than 10 times in last 2 weeks.
[Android Apps and Games] mermade:
I have followed your instructions (signed the Messenger apk file and installed that but still see ads. How can I disable the ads completely in the app?
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
You can't because those ads are not there for everyone, for example OP said in past he doesn't have any ads with official messenger so he's yet to determine cause of it.

So for now you have to live it those ads.

Sorry :(
[Android Apps and Games] mermade:
Surprising that there is still no mod for this when there are thousands of other modded apps :(
[Android Apps and Games] DaweisCZ:
today I use official facebook app by mistake for 10 min :D and how i get use to use just this ... it was kind of shock .... but they have it more colorful ... cant wait for another update . I read that new tool was released so yay :)
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Argh. I tried to use Messenger today and it seems like its update nags are in full force. Here's a re-signed APK for an up-to-date version of Messenger (v161):

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850508154
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
I used official facebook from play store and after a day use i started getting FCs in that as well ! :eek:

Can't figure out what's wrong because i tried without adguard(adblocker) , reinstall n all tricks but still no go.

Any chance you have some past experience with this kind of behaviour?

It might be server side as well because i seen latest reviews on play store some people are complaining about FCs.

Btw welcome back ! I have sent you a PM while back please go through it.
[Android Apps and Games] althallus:
How come I didn't know about this?! The side of me wanting to get rid of facebook altogether will be offended when I install this apk :D
[Android Apps and Games] pratik_193:
the update nagging has started for Facebook 11.1 too.
[Android Apps and Games] Buxbaum666:
Yes. I'm guessing Facebook made some server-side change that messes with the app? What fixed it for me was a complete reinstall. Meaning I removed the app and installed FB-LC 11.1 anew. No more force closes since.
[Android Apps and Games] Clubissimo:
All this mods are REALLY welcome!

But there is one that i miss and it is very important to me too...

The Black Mod!

I use Facebook Black and Dark Messenger, they both are full black, great experience at night, better battery life on amoled.

At this moment they are both still working ok, but have no recent versions and have this pesky notification telling me to update with the regular playstore version...

Also they have all of the annoying junk that you removed...

Would you try to implement the black mod on yours?

Yes?

Please?

?

Thank you so much for your work and for sharing!

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] MeNoNoob:
Don't put more work on dev, it's really hard
[Android Apps and Games] J_M_V_S:
This has been answered before. Please search before posting.

Not going to happen. You can use Substratum for that.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Answer is No.

for reason search thread.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
With Some mysterious reason FCs are gone now in Official as well as FB-LC 11.1, Facebook is really one weird sh*t !

Edit : And Now FCs back ? :( -_-
[Android Apps and Games] alexcapone:
I managed to clone v 10.2 so I could install it and run in parallel with original Facebook since I cannot uninstall the original. I get the attached error. Would not work for me whether I enabled or disabled original Facebook. Anyone get it to work on Galaxy s9 or any phone where you cannot uninstall the original Facebook? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] Manuel Rodriguez Collado:
I have an LG V20 which can't root or delete the Facebook application of the system, any ideas to install this good version?

Enviado desde mi LG-LS997 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] alexcapone:
Here is another error I'm getting when I try logging into the cloned app.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Seems some permissions got messed up while cloning, Tough i can't help you to solve this issue.

btw there's something messed up with Facebook servers as well because if you see reviews of latest official release on play store lot many people are facing log-in issues or FCs. so my suggestion would be instead of wasting/investing energy & time on old version like FC-LC 10.2 wait for next version and then give it a shot. Till then use official or if you are in dire need of FB-LC use this old version i made a while back.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74290537&postcount=972

BTW, Have you checked by cloning official Facebook app ? if not, give it a try. If it also gives you log-in issues then you can be sure that something is wrong with cloning or official FB itself.

use App Cloner or similar apps. But you are most likely to meet same issues as above because there's soothing messed up with facebook in general and not just FB-LC currently.

So same advice for you too, wait for next FB-LC version and then try cloning it. Till then use official or if you are in dire need of FB-LC use this old version i made a while back.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74290537&postcount=972

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[Android Apps and Games] TheBlues08:
I have uninstalled everything related to facebook in my device but still can not install Facebook-LC, any advice?
[Android Apps and Games] sercan_uzun:
again this perfect version has stopped getting updates on newsfeed and notifications. maybe because a newer version has just been released? i am unable to see recent news, it keeps showing posts like 9 hours ago. anytime i refresh it says "retry connection failed" so i uninstalled it, waiting for a replacement for the newest version.

to be honest, i really appreciate what you do. this crap just uses tons of ads and annoying activoty-tracking ****e that i don't want to participate; like suggested posts, videos or pages or people i have never seen in my life. De-bullshitting it is a great way to restore faith in developers :laugh:

thanks a million man

you are thr man :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
LG v20 can be rooted
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Is there Oculas or Facebook VR related apps in your device ? (like in Samsung Galaxy)

if yes then you need to remove them too.
[Android Apps and Games] nikolas17:
thanks bro
[Android Apps and Games] lowspeed:
If you change the package name you don't need to uninstall anything and it works.
[Android Apps and Games] Manuel Rodriguez Collado:
LG V20 LS997 (ZVD) not

Enviado desde mi LG-LS997 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] tmsrise:
Messenger LC

What Im getting from this thread is that messenger lc is not supported anymore and I cant remove the crap features like that snap chat bull**** without root or just using messenger lite. Correct? Could you please clarify this in the main post so I don't have to piece it together based off searching through replies.

Is there anyway to do this or modify the app myself without root? The s8 root is garbage unfortunately.
[Android Apps and Games] plazzmex:
hi,

the mod is amazing, Facebook looks much better now...

can you somehow also delete this huge ad between chats in messenger? would be perfect.

regards
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Gah! Just got my first update notification in ages!

Noooooooooo
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
[MENTION=5029215]evilwombat[/MENTION] Hey man, 11.1 Beta started showing/Ducking Blank "Stories" Tab on every app opening. It just comes up for a second and then goes away. So if you get some time, you may need to find the culprit that FB may have changed for this occurrence in next update. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Assunta_Maggio74:
Can you update messenger lite
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Resign latest version your self, see my signature for how to
[Android Apps and Games] vasilis_:
damn messenger stopped working and prompt me to update app or to learn more about :(

what now dear dev ?
[Android Apps and Games] Bearthquake:
I mean, the solution is only the post immediately before yours...
[Android Apps and Games] vasilis_:
i tried to resign my own, I Use test-key and sign with same key to ALL Facebook apps and installed again your versions of facebook apps but its not working.

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please can you simplify this ? ( I download the android apk for signing}

Use test-key

Sign with same key to ALL your Facebook apps, FB LC , Messenger , lite apps or any other you are using.

You need to sign FB LC only once before installing (whenever new version comes)

For Messenger and all, You have to sign them whenever you want to update it with same key that you used in FB LC (test-key in this case).

After signing Messeneger you won't get update via play store so you need to use apkmirror whenever you want to update & sign it.

grab apk from here.

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/messenger/

after signing first time you need to uninstall play store versions & original FB LC before you install your signed apks.

As cross signature installation is not possible.

once you install your signed version you can update them with your future signed version (test-key) without uninstall
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hey guys. Sorry for being gone a bunch- startups are a lot of work (and depression's a *****). Anyway, just saw a second update nag within a week, which means it's time to dust off the tools start rebasing. Here we go again.... :)
[Android Apps and Games] vasilis_:
dont fell sorry , community thanks you for your work :) BTW I found it hard to resign apps by my self :(
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thank you. Life is weird but it's time for an upgrade. Plus, I've found a number of annoyances in 11.1 (specifically in the Page view) that I'd been meaning to address, but have been putting off until the next big upgrade. I guess it's time... hopefully we haven't been locked out in some major way... fingers massively crossed.

It looks like the most recently (non-beta) version of FB is from 5/1, and it's already 5/8 now. So, I would expect a them to drop a new version any day now, which will probably be the next starting point. Once that drops... let the games begin :)

As for signing, I here's the signing command from my repack script:

jarsigner -keystore <keystore file> <apk file> <key name>

You need to create a keystore with a key in it, but that's something you only have to do once. I don't remember those commands, but that seems to be:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore <keystore file> -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias <key name>

where <key name> is arbitrary.

I seem to remember following https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing, specifically the section that says "Build and sign your app from command line". But again, my repack script hasn't changed in a while, so I haven't had to touch this in a long time.
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Did you Uninstall all FB app (including FB LC) before installing your signed apks ?

It's seems hard to you because you are not following the guide properly..go step by step because it can't be simplified any further.

If it's working for other people then it must work for you as well, provided you are not skipping any step.

Welcome back man ! :)

One request, go through your personal message.(a while back) I asked you to request Moderator to remove 2nd post below OP so that i can post the signing guide there.

After that you can/should remove all other signed apps from

OP and just focus on FB-LC, let users re-sign apps according to need.

I think, This will clear the confusion. It'll also help in all the "requests" about update OP on each messenger update. This is XDA, You don't need to spoon feed everything ;)

Also,

you may probably know this but i think you need to use 280-480 dpi version base for future mods, for some reason FB seperated 4.0+ apks into 280-480 & 560+ as two versions, if you use 560+ it won't work on most of the phones
[Android Apps and Games] the stranger94:
I'm still with 10.2 and it start showing recommended post and page

Sparaflashato da Z3C
[Android Apps and Games] k54k54k54:
one of the best app for android !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

indispensable on my leeco le pro 3 x720 with gizrom 26s based marshmallow

thanks by k54
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
You are a star mate, we appreciate what you do for us.
[Android Apps and Games] chossen:
Hi guys, is there any way to make the Birthday notification work at all? The same problem for over 8 months
[Android Apps and Games] mick86:
Hi could somebody share latest version of Messenger lite? Because I have problem with changing signing
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thanks, and thank you for holding down the fort while my stuff has been going on! Life was and still is crazy, but the update nag means it's time to dust off the notes from two months ago, and dive back into it. I'll go dig up that message now, and see if we can get your instructions into the second post.

It looks like a new non-beta APK dropped yesterday (5/10/18) and that seems as good a starting point as any. Per your advice, I am going to base v12 on the 240-480dpi version (specifically, https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/faceb...acebook-171-0-0-49-92-3-android-apk-download/). It will take some time to rebase all the existing patches onto this version (plus, as always, some time to "discover" any additional junk introduced over the past few months). And, I haven't slept in a long time so I should probably go do that too. I'll post an update if there's something ready to be tested (or if I run into yet more unforeseen problems).
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
That's great :)

I'm not sure why FB opted to split DPIs rather than early universal version but choosing 280-480 variants covers most of the phones available today except some premium range (S9, Pixle XL2 may be) so it's our best bet that it'll work for all.

If i remember correctly you have Pixel, if that's case and "native dpi" (in build.prop) of it more than 480,you should 1st try this un-modded version on your phone and check if it works or not. if it works without any FC than we are good (you may see play-store update of same version because of different DPI but that's not an issue bcz we are going to change the signature of modded app anyhow)

Also i think, you can add DPI line in Manifest to force FB app in case of FC.

BTW there was an apktool update a while back, which i quoted you in, i don't know whether it solves the problem of "resources mod" that you were facing but give it a try ;)

Gn & Happy Modding.

Later,

Jinesh
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Ah, right. Thanks! To my knowledge, the issues I opened on the apktool tracker have not been closed yet, but it's worth giving it a spin I guess. The last release went out without any resource mods, and though some of the more annoying things were converted to code mods (like the Snapchat bar), this is quite time-consuming.

As for the phone, your memory is very close. I'm actually on a Pixel2 XL, and surprisingly enough, the 240-480 version (linked above) seemed to work for me (but I've only tested it for about 15 seconds). I tried pulling over two of my code patches (out of many more to go) onto this version, and the repacked version seems to run. But as always, it is still too early to tell how well things will work, with still limited testing. I'm hoping to get to the other mods soon. I will likely have to rewrite one of my tools, and I'm considering writing a second tool to automate at least one part of this stuff. But, it is almost 6AM and the sun is coming up, and I really need some sleep. We'll see what tomorrow brings :)
[Android Apps and Games] forart.eu:
[FUN mode: ON]

Another de-bullshified version of Fb with less ads, less clutter, less crap is here !

[FUN mode: OFF]
[Android Apps and Games] Still_living714:
I'd rather use Facebook with all the extra garbage lol
[Android Apps and Games] jineshpatel30:
Quick Update

Messenger Update Guide is Now below OP
[Android Apps and Games] SacredDeviL666:
Thread Cleaned.

Please stay on topic and be respectful to each other irrespective of what the reason is.
[Android Apps and Games] solved:
i'm unable to copy the latest messenger apk to my phone or tablet .. is there a kind of problem with windows or android by itself?
[Android Apps and Games] Niconaze:
I'm looking forward this new update.

Keep UP the good work :)
[Android Apps and Games] stiggerby:
Same, this dev is a legend
[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Thank you! :)

Quick update: I have most of the mods ported to the new version, and I've used it for about half a day today. Things seem to be mostly working, with one exception: I can't get rid of the snapchat stories bar in all circumstances. In the true Facebook fashion, there are many distinct code paths by which something can be accomplished (tabs, looking at you here!). In this particular case, the snapchat bar comes into existence using at least two very distinct ways, all depending on whether there are new "stories" to see (I think). I've got one of them nailed down, but the other still eludes me, despite being down several different rabbit holes for a few hours :).

I'm going to keep looking into this snapchat thing for a little more tonight, but if I don't have something reasonable within the next few hours, I'm going to try to post a preliminary / experimental version of what I have so far.

On the plus side, I've managed to re-write and simplify some of my dev tools, which should help in the future. I think I might have also found a way to get rid of the "Up Next" pop-up / countdown bar that appears at the end of some videos, and having that disappear is something I'm personally looking forward to quite a bit.

Anyway, back to stuff...