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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MatchboxMobile:
PS - If any of you happen to have a Zune HD, check out the Facebook app for that, which we developed also. It's pretty cool we think and a bit slicker than the WinMo one in some regards.

Richard @ Matchbox
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JamX75:
Had the 1.1.0.14 till today and now since a few hours the 1.1.0.17 version and noticed today a change in the notifications (een with the 14 version):

You can now see which person likes your status, so far very nice option now!

The bad thing: you cant got directly to the status form the notifications if someone commented it, the option "View comments" there is gone! Does anyone else have the problem since today? Maybe it comes back again, FB must have changed something.

Performance is better with the 17 version, use it on a Sony X1 with WM 6.5 (HTC)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zhuozhi211:
running Connection Setup Manager, and installing Radio (after FB app is installed) seems to be the problem for me re: credential not saved.

Why still no solution? sigh...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AshevilleHawker:
Some bugs to deal with

I thought I would throw in my experience after a few weeks with this app. It seems to mimic some of what others have posted.

I have a HTC TP2 with US Cellular stock ROM (6.5) and uploaded this on top of the stock 1.0.0.7 version.

Overall much more usable than stock version but IMHO there is 1 show stopper bug, a few annoyances and a few features I would like to see.

The show stopper bug is that about 2/3rds of my comments do not show up at all and occasionally show up on the wrong thread. I had thought this had something to do with connection type and it might. It is more likely to work when connected via WiFi and least likely to work when roaming. This one bug makes the application almost unusable. I hate typing a comment only to find it didn't upload.

I have not had the saving credentials issue others reported.

Other issues include:

* When viewing comments often shows last comment or two but does not always show all comments. (2nd biggest issue) When it does not work it usually only shows two middle of the list comments.

* The app often times out and gets stuck trying to refresh, open a profile or most likely look at a picture. The only fix is to reboot the phone.

* Big memory leaks. The app does not return free memory when closed.

* lots of garbled posts where the text does not look correct.

* Names are often missing from some updates so I can't tell who they are from.

*occasional crashes (mostly error 1 whatever that means).

* Not all info posted in friends status update is shown at all times.

In general it looks like you have some error handling issues. When there is an error such as a network timeout the app goes off into the weeds and other things do not work correctly anymore.

Features that I think are missing.

* Picture uploads do not show comments and I can't comment on pictures or albums.

* Can't attach a picture to a post (only upload picture then post separately)

* Can't post to wall without updating status.

* No spell check.

* Posted links do not work.

* Can't see comments in friend requests or view profile from same request.

* Allowed length of post is much shorter than web version of FB.

Hope this is helpful and looking forward to 1.3.

Hawker
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Demonic240:
I can verify that I'm having issues with 1.0.0.17 when posting comments in posts. When I first comment on a post it'll increase the number of "comments" shown by 1. But when I go to check the comments it isn't there. Going back to the original post, the number of comments has decreased. I'm going to try .14 and see how that works. If that's still buggy then I'll go back to .7 which I still have saved. I know that one works with posting comments at least.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MatchboxMobile:
Thanks for the comments Hawker. You seem to be having a lot more issues than we're seeing elsewhere - you shouldn't experience big mem leaks or see garbled posts or need to reset phone to get refresh working again etc.

Is anyone else experiencing similar level of issues to Hawker?

Thanks

Richard
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xacidx:
well i cant leave the app on always... the HD2 will get more and more laggy. i dun think it is the facebook app. for live messenger i also cant have it on always.. same goes to opera.. if i dont close them... my phone will get super laggy after like 1 or 2 hrs time
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AshevilleHawker:
Well MatchboxMobile, with a few exceptions, it isn't that bad.

Perhaps some explanation is in order. I'll rank each item with the frequency or more details.

60-80% comments not showing up or wrong thread. This is still happening as recently as today.

* 50% of time - does not show all comments when reading comments.

* 15-20% gets stuck opening profile, comments or pictures (most often pictures)

* Memory leaks. Does not give back last 5-10% of memory about 1/2 the time. In that phone with no apps on uses about 56% of my memory. After exiting facebook still uses about 70% memory. I find most apps only return me to 60%-65% and this is why I say 5%. I have no idea how much that is in bytes though.

* 1-3% Garbled posts or text seems to be font related when people embed funky stuff or extra stuff or use odd ball fonts.

* 2-5% names not showing up in feeds.

* occasional crashes - very rare.

* Not all info posted in friends status update is shown at all times. - hard to say I usually notice 1 or 2 a day.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leesg:
photo capture , after taking a camera photo,

can't leave the camera and back to facebook

...need to re-boot

is there anyone having the same problem ?

and how to fix it ?

thank you very much.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LoGaY:
are there any cab files that I should install??? after i installed the cab file of FACEBOOK 1.2

:D:D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drakknar:
I can confirm that sometimes new wall posts aren't published and I have to redo the process multiple times.

Also, When I get a notification saying that someone has made some new comments on posts I'm following, by clicking "Show comments", I just get the latest and not the whole list.

I got no mem leaks or garbled posts, but I can confirm the whole list of "missing things":

- Picture uploads do not show comments and I can't comment on pictures or albums.

- Can't attach a picture to a post (only upload picture then post separately)

- No spell check.

- Can't see comments in friend requests or view profile from same request.

- Allowed length of post is much shorter than web version of FB.

UPDATE:

- Can't see links
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AshevilleHawker:
The other thing on my wish list is that the friend request list showed any comments they put in the friend request and allow me to go to the profile from the request.

If I don't recognize them off the bat I have to use the web app to read the comments or go to the profile.

Is there any news on a 1.3 release or can I be of any help in anyway to help debug? The 1.2 can't see all comments and can't reliable comment bugs are making me want the next release as soon as possible.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MatchboxMobile:
OK thanks guys. I'm going to make recommendations to MS on moving forward with bug fixes for the comments/wall post issues. I will also pass on the wish list of new features. I can't comment on if or when they will decide to go ahead with any new features however, that's entirely down to them to decide on. Even if they do it's unlikely they'll set an official release date that I can publish I'm afraid.

Richard
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ianhd2:
Hi,

Just a quick question, is there a new upgraded version being worked on or has it stopped temporarily?

Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AshevilleHawker:
Sounds like MatchBoxMobile is trying to say they achieved there 1.2 milestone and the contract is done in Microsoft's mind. They are going to go back to MS with the info they got here (and I assume elsewhere) and try to get a contract for at least bug fixes but more if they can.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gv2004:
Notifications

I have version 1.1.0.17, I have the htc hd2, and I installed the latest version from the marketplace, where in the app do you go to view your notifications? Some people say they receive notifications when someone comments/posts on their wall, but I am not getting anything, there is not spot in the app for notifications...:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drakknar:
Thanks a lot for your support and for forwarding our bug and wish list to Microsoft. If it's true that MS will still support the WM6.5.x platform hopefully you guys will be able to fix the bugs and put some new requested features into the client :)

Notification area highlighted in red :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Gv2004:
I am not getting any notifications at all, I just logged in to Facebook on my PC and I have 3 notifications, I open the app up on my phone, and I do not see any new notifications....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tzuyang:
I am using HD2 and also installed the latest cab. prior to this it can save my login. but the latest cab no longer saves login........ kind of defeats the purpose of a "app" for facebook.

any fixes for this yet?

cheeers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drakknar:
On my HD2 it usually takes 1 to 3 for the notification bar to show up in the home tab. Try to wait a bit and then check again :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jguaura:
Hey guys! I have a little issue with this app...Sometimes don't upload the photos :S

Any suggestion?

Sorry 4 my english.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raadius:
Coming from an iPhone, I have some issues with this app. The iPhone app is almost flawless, it works beautifully, only issue I had would be your favorite friends page doesn't load your friends picture if they changed it.

In no order:

* Photos works less than half the time, or it freezes on a photo when swiping.

* When swiping through photos its slower and loads longer on my HD2 over 3G than it did on my iPhone on Tmobile over Edge.

* App has constant errors, I have to shut down the app nearly 3xs a day because it will have an error issue and has to be closed.

* The profile page has LARGE text but my default picture is very very small, why is that?

* There is not built in chat. Throughout the day, if I'm on FB, I chat with my friends, would love to do it on my USHD2.

* I can't see these notifications, if I have a poke or new friend request

* The app does not auto load your latest feeds on your page. I open my app and load my profile and it's still showing stuff from March 28th (when I last used it), today is April 4th. I had to hit Menu > Refresh

* When I comment on a friends picture or if someone tags me in a picture and it shows up on my profile timeline I cant click the picture to make it bigger

* This is very minor but when I type <3 it doesn't show a heart on the app like the iPhone or FB does, it shows "<3".

* I can't see all (multiple) the comments people left me on my status. I can only see MY comments that I left on my status or just the first one some else let me.

* If someone has replied to my status and I want to view there profile, when I tap there name it only give me the option to "comment" back.

* The info page setup (picture and status) should be how the profile page looks (but make the text smaller, it covers up nearly 70% of the screen.)

* On the info page, would be nice if it should who you are in a relationship with and make that person name a link to there profile.

* Why can't you save FB pictures in your Photo Album to your phone?

* The fetching from the FB server is super slow compare to the iPhone, why is that? I'm on 3G or WIFI, on my iPhone I was on Edge.

* I notice I'm on v1.007, but there is a newer version out, WHY AM I NOT BEING TOLD THIS? If it wasn't for these forums I would have never known. At least with the iPhone app, the App Store lets you know of a newer update.

I have more issues, but I'm going to bed lol, anyways, c'mon MS, get it together! The mobile version of FB works a lot better than the app version, that is INSANE.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dgh:
SIGH .... so many people using facebook .... and such a buggy program .... can't believe this is happening :(:mad:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fighter_foo:
I am on HD2 with 6.5.x roms and using the v1.2 facebook app.

Somehow, it doesn't seem to update after the first load. Repeated refresh does not update the app as well. Latest news feed is still from a few days ago.

Think we need a new version of the facebook app real soon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zelidar:
Problem solved

I had v1.1.0.17 running fine, including with a correct storage of credentials, until a couple of days ago when my phone froze in an unusual way. After the reset I had to re-enter my credentials in a couple of other places but only on facebook they were not and still are not kept during sessions.

So I cannot link this problem with that specific newer version as it used to work just fine.

Still searching for a solution... :(

Updated as of 4.4.2010: I "solved" my problem by restoring a previous full backup I had previously made with SKTools.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raadius:
1.2? I just updated to 1.1 last night and there is a NEWER one? This is a crazy :mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] barty22:
Please see the thread title. When people refer to version 1.2, version 1.1.0.17 is meant. Don't ask me why :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hadist:
anyone knows how t delete history/temporary files after using this app? i can't find any setting button.... looks like no provacy...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kancrutt:
is there a facebook application with realtime notification?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] multi888:
Work perfectly on my Garminasus M20....thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fighter_foo:
yes, easier to write 1.2 then 1.1.xxxxxx :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kancrutt:
GIVE US AN EFFECTIVE FACEBOOK CLIENT FOR WINDOWS MOBILE :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dmtaub:
Does anyone know how to disable the "installed facebook for Windows Mobile" Update? Everytime I install a new ROM, I have that update and it is bugging me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raadius:
Would be nice to upload a pic from my HD2 to a friends page.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Crescendo Xenomorph:
BB-like Facebook application needed... And for the Facebook developer here, if you wanna make a program, make sure you make the good one, not the CRAP one like this... can't even auto-retrieve notification... look at BB one or iPhone one.... this Facebook for WM is total crap compared to BB or iPhone's Facebook...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] youngzayiles:
I appreciate the hard work but there is alot of bugs... First the main one that I hate is that it hangs when I do a manual refresh of everyone's status.. It should refresh automatically when you go into the app..

Another issue is I cant even see all the comments left on my status or other peoples status.. I can only see a few... This is useless when needed to reply to mutiple comments.. Albums freeze etc... I appreciate the work but the app has a whole lot of bugs..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MatchboxMobile:
Guys

We are working with MS on a list of fixes for an update. I don't have any timescales though and I wouldn't be able to publish them even if I did.

As for the comments over quality, do any of you remember what the iPhone or Blackberry FB v1.0 or v1.1 apps were like? Even iPhone FB 2.0 had a large number of problems. The truth is, it's not easy to write a complex app such as for Facebook and get all the issues resolved in the first couple of releases. Ask anyone who's worked with their public and private API's. Plus it's not easy writing an app to work consistently on all the multitude of WinMo devices, which is much less of an issue on iPhone and even Blackberry.

Regardless I feel your pain and we are working to make things better. Thanks for the support of those who do appreciate the app.

Richard
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hidden_hunter:
i've noticed that if it's running the background on my HD2 it often won't let me unlock my phone and requires a soft reset
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stefymarty:
i usually just delete it from my profile page. if you scroll your mouse over to the right of the "installed facebook for Windows Mobile" it will pop up a Remove option. i feel ya though: i used to flash almost daily and my friends would say "why do you keep installing FB for WinMo?"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raadius:
Another new feature to add:

* Ability to delete messages from your inbox. I can read them, but can't delete them.

* Disable Facebook pictures cache to Albums. It's annoying to see 186 pictures in seperate folders in my Albums. Please make it an option or disable it completely from view.

Thanks for chiming in.

If we donate, can that speed up the process? lol.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Riverplace:
:) Definitely better than the version I was using!! Thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mike2nl:
really better.. and then use the facebook tab from meltwalter. A genius combination. Thnak you for the cab info.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leobox1:
a bug..

HD2

1)when using the friends tab, scrolling down and down will result in the names all disappearing ... when stopped. i need to manually move a little up and down for the list to reappear..

2)pictures update way too slow... even when going to a friend's info page, the profile does not appear.. ( anyway to offer some compression etc? )

3)need a facebook web kind of wall.. the news feed and status updates leaves much to be desired.. the real beauty of FB is to have wall updates, folks joining in.. commenting etc... lack of this now... for example.. someone tag me in their post to wall.. on this app i cant tell it is a tag
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drakknar:
Unless you want to donate a whole bunch of money to some Microsoft executives, I'm afraid there will be no speedup lol :P

That's the same for me. Every time I upgrade my ROM, I just login to my facebook wall using my browser and delete that post. I guess it's just an hardcoded option and thus it can't be disabled.

Nope, I'm sorry :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahauss:
Ok so as I mentioned a while back the app was not saving my username and password but was creating the registry keys.. it was saving the CHECK in the box for save login info. Well... Magically today it started saving again.. wonder what happened? the only app I have uninstalled and reinstalled is PALRINGO (I put the latest version on).. hmmm...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leobox1:
to the kind folks who are doing this app.. come on ... make us proud!!!! i wanna win those fruits :P :P
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Fmstrat:
Thanks for keeping this app going, but I'm sure I'm one of many who simply can't use it without a Live Feed. Or at minimum support for displaying links. When comparing to my Live Feed, that was the big thing missing, was any links posted by friends. It seems like that would be a pretty easy thing to add in since it's just opening a web browser to an external site.

Thanks again,

Ben
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hidden_hunter:
I can confirm that I have a bug that it won't let me unlock my HD2 if I leave this application running
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kikolx:
Problem private message !

Hello everybody is there anyone have the same problem likem me.... that when i try send private message I can't write the name of the receiver...where is "to" have "buttom1" and i can't write the name of my friend that i want to send the message. Anyone can help me? thank u
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chmun77:
It is a nice Facebook mobile app. Hope to see newer version soon. Keep up the good work!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MatchboxMobile:
Hi, just replying about the how to remove the "installed facebook for Windows Mobile" question several have mentioned. As I understand it this is a standard flag that the mobile Facebook apps have, but you can disable it. To do so go to Application Settings/Show Granted Additional Permissions/Publish Recent Activity/Windows Phone/Edit Settings/ and then uncheck "Publish recent activity (one line stories) to my wall". Not exactly obvious I know!

Cheers

Richard
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nalab1:
Are u talking about registry settings here?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Drakknar:
Nope, he's talking about the main Facebook website :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yermother:
Removing pre-installed Facebook.

Hi guys, can you remove the pre-installed facebook app on Win mobile 6.5?

On my HD2 I have version 1.007 and want to remove it before install this new one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leobox1:
when is the next update???
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chocobo9:
is it becoz of the WM6.1 in my i8000 or facebook 1.2 doesn't support kinetic scrolling? i find it very hard to scroll up and down using the side scroll bar...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] garak0410:
Nice app but the "comments" problem pushes me back to the mobile site... :(...hope it gets fixed soon!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 96edwy:
great release... works fine on my hd2, will b reviewing it on my tube channel soon
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] peterkling:
worst program ever!

the worst program for WM I have seen so far! :mad:

the scrolling is horrable!

the hole thing is so slow! Even loading Opera and the full fb-website is faster!

No possibility to see full updates (live news) just the "most" important ones.

no automatic notifications

no possibility to "name" a foto when uploading (actually I just tried to upload a photo but it never showed up :confused: )

no deletion of entries

no "renaming" fotos

very limited view of the various categories

It might be the reason I'm switching over to android. (if there would't have been "fim" and a lack of money ;) I probably would have done it already !)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mass13:
+1 horrible application
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bmbelland:
Album bug fix??

I have a touch Pro 2 running Sergio's Evo V9.1 rom w/facebook 1.2. The albums are not loading for several individuals...

I also am unable to view other profiles.

Any tweaks or fixes for this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Crescendo Xenomorph:
Not only horrible, but this one is the most FAILED app ever created by M$, plus no update for a LOOOOOONNNNGGGGGG time.... >,<
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fernandezhjr:
It is an improvement of previous versions, but it is still horrible. The worst being, I can not post comments. When I view comments, not all will always show and sometimes they are out of order. When scrolling through comments, the scrolling lags and sometimes it will hang at the bottom comment. Sometimes, I also receive multiple notifications for the same post. Photos don't always load and storing the photos on the device, without the option to empty the cache from the program, is a really crummy idea. As the cache grows, rather quickly too, it eats up lots of storage space. Overall it still needs a lot of work before it is usable. Until then, I will stick with the mobile version of the website.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wil_dee:
hey guys

i installed this app, but for some reason it doesn't connect via GPRS but it does connect via WIFI.

Any ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leobox1:
critical suggestion:

when viewing photos, having a low res load instantly followed by bkgrd loading of high res is much better than the current "wait while pic load logo " this allows one to flip on if not interested in that pic...

having an album overview helps too.. like the pc ver....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ambious:
Not sure if this was reported, but Right-To-Left text is acting strangely. While the characters themselves are in the right order (reversed characters are the most common issue in RTL apps on non-natively RTL platforms), the words are in a reversed order.

Also, as previously noted - scrolling sucks popsicles!