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[Windows Mobile Software Development] kintz_09:
same error

Hello, First I wanted to say that you guys are AMAZING for finally making a better version of a facebook app.

I am having the same error trying to login. I am running an HTC TP2 from US Cellular.

I tried the 2 latest versions but both didn't work. I am running .NET 3.5

I tried the web login and it allowed me to log in, and then it asked for my permission. I accepted but it immediately send me back to the login which continues to repeat.

THANKS GUYS!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] grymcent:
Hi

I have the TP2 as well (great phone) and I had some issues becuase I wasn't using an active SIP when I first run it. the Login screen needs a working SIP to run. once passed that you can turn it off (I use fakeSIP).

I also had some difficulty with getting it to authorise to facebook as well.

in the end I had to remove both XDA Facebook and .net 3.5. chage my password on facebook. then when I re-installed it and ran the authorise in the first post.

I still find that the first time I type the password in I get an Unknown error then when I redo it all is well.

Also I noticed that if I turn on WI-Fi before I run the app, it works better.

I think it fails to pass the password effectively over Orange.

All these problems vanished once the login has been saved. now I can just run it fine.

Hope this helps

grymcent
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ToddeSwe:
Yes i can seccond that, places would be a nice upgrade for us winmo users as well.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] walletless:
Alright, after using 3.6 for a couple weeks now, I am loving it - way better than MSFT's official app :-)

Things I am sorely missing though:

1) Notifications.. I see I have "x notifications", but cannot see which ones.. would be nice to have these clickable

2) Tapping on a name to go to a persons profile. In my news feed I see "Person A > Person B <comment>"... would be nice to be able to long-tap on that and go to either PersonA or PersonB's profile directly

3) Write on persons wall.. I can reply to their posts, but cannot write something new on their wall.

4) Ability to view link post. When my friends post a link, all I see is their name with an empty post.

Other than these, the app is top class. thanks for doing this!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Thank you for the comments, and yes, I agree that logging in is terrible. It isn't entirely my fault thou. I have a few ideas about how to do more checks and more alternative login methods. Once I get more time, I'll be revisiting the authentication part :)

Yeah, I was reading about how places can offer coupons to local shops and support the economy. I figure with this feature on WinMo we will single handedly fix the global economic crisis! :D

Thank you for the feedback! :)

Yep, I know what you're saying. 3.7 is almost done and should be ready this weekend some time. It has notifications fixed so it's all good :)

Yes, I would love to do that. At the moment you can click on the picture and it will take you to their profile, but the name's thing is definitely something I want to do. The only thing is the how. I need to mathematically determine the different regions of the names and then determine if the mousedown point is inside. This would be easy since the names are all on the same line (which they currently are) but I want to split the names onto seperate lines if they are too big. Yay for math!

This will also be in 3.7

This will be in the 4.X betas, but it is coming!

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Software Development] SpunkyIceke:
I want a 'I like button' :D for this thread of course ! :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] m0nkeyman:
Oh I do hope you do get 3.7 out this weekend.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] henryblake:
hello,

unfortenuately the app do not work on my hd2 eith tmo ger stock rom.

i am not able to log me in. a message indicating an unknown error occurs, i have seen some pictures in the thread before

the web login works fine.

my password has a Umlaut like an ü or ö , could this be a problem....i dont believe this , but ......

i tried 3.5 ;3.51 ;3.6 ;all the same results.....thanks for helping, best regards henry
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
ok, tonight I'm going to upload the next update. some features didn't make it into this release, like wall posts and poking. the sense text box took a bit more than I was expecting. I did get it working but not to the level I wanted.

stay tuned!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Beta 3.7 is GO!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] m0nkeyman:
Just installed 3.7 seems to be working ok thanks a bit quicker to me thinks. Will try it later and see how it does in a poor signal area. W is still missing lol.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] henryblake:
hi

still the same message mentioned above. I tried the login with wifi , wmdc and grps.

installation and softreset, always the same...

can you tell me, how i can locate the error o ere what i can do to help you finding the mistake .....or

has anybody have the same problem ?

Thanks a lot, best regards, Henry

edit: i changed my password, but it is still the same....weblogin and ms facebook-app are working fine .... but the ms app is full of bugs...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] conantroutman:
Just got the 3.7 update this morning............ all is well.... :D

Thanks guys. Much appreciated...........
[Windows Mobile Software Development] stevep:
3.7 working!

Thanks for the 3.7 update - I see notifications is working - yay! Is this the best app ever for my HD2!!!! :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] m0nkeyman:
Ok been testing on and off since this morning and well all good stuff mate have not had any crashes, Notifications work well and it is faster even worked ok in a bad signal area. Thanks and well done Joe.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] syncronizer:
3.7 work charm without any issue..im using hd blackstone
[Windows Mobile Software Development] m0nkeyman:
Ok Joe program keeps crashing when I like someones status.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] fubo73:
Same here.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Sherri1023:
That is a big update you must was working real hard and I can not wait to see the finish version of this app.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
thank you for the feedback every body!

yes I can confirm that liking is broken... I'll investigate
[Windows Mobile Software Development] bratboo:
Weird on my phone it doesn't crash but it only try to connect when click like, when still loading go back to home then back to feeds then its all fine and already liked the post.

btw, after uploading a photo the link to upload photo seems to hang, you have to click the home button then go back again to upload photos.

also sub folders still doesn't show.

The auto update works great maybe you should add About under Menu to see if the app really updates to the latest version.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] m0nkeyman:
Ok me again Joe sorry lol. I have noticed that the notifications only seems to update when I start the program. Is it possible to get it to update or look for new notifications every time we say hit the home button.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
notifications should get checked every 60 seconds and also when you click on requests. the red bar drops down if there are any unread updates at the end of the check. you can test this by closing the red bar and then clicking on the requests button or waiting 60 seconds. the red bar should drop down again.

let me know if this is not the case
[Windows Mobile Software Development] betterend:
the application freeze just after my login..........i have HD2 would you please support me in this.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Sure :) What ROM do you have? And version of the app are you using? Which login method did you use? What was the last screen you see? (the one that freezes) Could you send me a screenshot of it?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] betterend:
thak you for your reply :)...i have the official rom 1.66.415.9 and manilla 2.5.19211619. Actually it freezes just after the login it goes to web browser and it load and then stop...even my phone freeze so i have to wait press the home button and do a soft reset.

I have the latest version.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
you need to close (not just minimize) internet explorer. or just use the link in the second post to authorize the app.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] betterend:
Finally it works....thank you a lot :).....nice work.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] henryblake:
not for me ...........

Authorization should be working, but using the new URL is a lot cleaner (I think). Go here to authorize directly. Once you see the browser transfered to "Success" then try the application again

That is what i have done ....................but it does not work .....

ROM 1.72.111.4 (86525) ger

Manila 2.5.20121429.0

What do you need for helping me ...... i have still the unknown Error

Thanks a lot ............
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
have you tried the web login?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Sheijtan:
I updated to the current version today.

Though I still have some problems with the application. It may come from the "Like" - Button as mentioned earlier, though I am not sure.

I add the pictures of the error message. Hope they'll help you.

It's a great application and I am looking forward to the complete version :). And I am looking forward to giving more feedback.

As an explanation for the first, it translates to:

"Unexpected error at XDAFacebook.exe

Press "Beenden (Cancel)" and restart the application. For further Information, press "Details".
[Windows Mobile Software Development] henryblake:
hello

i tried it so often, but now it is working fine.....but while testing the programm crashed once...than a new loging in everything eas fine.

.. i wil let you know if something new is coming up....thanks a lot for supporting, henry
[Windows Mobile Software Development] m0nkeyman:
Ok test done the request button is working fine but the auto look for notifications every 60 seconds doesn't seem to be working.The only time I get to notifications is still when the program starts up or by pushing the request button.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] gr@ni:
Thanks, for app!!! Everything works fine, but the graphics looks bad on my QVGA HTC Mega!!! What about localization? Do you have plans to translate the application into other languages?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] raja'i:
im now using 3.7

- the out of memory exception is still there, with the same scenario

- the design is more elegant

- photo and feeds downloading is way better than b4, but a little more speed can make it perfect

- i think the scrolling may need fine tuning, its not that smooth

this program is great, cant wait to c it fully functional

i hope that i've helped

thanx for ur effort :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] nonothedj:
Hello,

I've tested the version 3.7 on my HTC HD2 and it work very good !

Congratulations on developing your application.

I look forward to discovering the new versions.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Dtrieb:
If i click on Settings nothing happens. But Great app!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] youpi01:
Hello!

Today i try the XDAFacebook apps!

But the apps not work, he says: "There was a server Timeout. make sure you have an internet connection."

Because there isn't useragent sfr...Can be added to it?

Sorry for my english...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] y0himba:
Donation made. Confirmation number: 03F41757JA977692R. Be sure to donate, this guy's work is worth it.

I am getting the same thing, clicking on 'Settings' does nothing. However, after looking around the app and seeing all the 'Coming Soon' stuff, I am sure that settings are in development.

I honestly cannot wait to see where this app goes. It is already better than the MS provided app, and that other advertisement filled Facebook app. I prefer this over the Facebook tab even.

FYI: HTC Imagio, Energy ROM CHT, WinMo 6.5
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Thank you for the pictures. I'll take a look and see what's up!

No problem :) If you get a crash screen, try and save a picture of the error message so I can fix it :) Thanks you!

I may have forgotten to start the timer. I'll take a look and see what's up about the refresh

I tried adding automatic image resizing for QVGA. I'll make a test app for QVGA devices so I can see what the app looks like at that resolution.

As for localization, once I get the settings menu up, I'll make the lang file importable :)

Hmmmm... I thought I had that fixed. Could you send me the crash screen?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Thank you :)

Yep, that is true! I'm still working on creating all of the menu controls. I just need to finish 2 more controls and then we're good to add the settings menu

Are you talking about the useragent that the application uses to communicate with Facebook? If that needs to be changed, let me know which agent to use and I'll make a test with it :)

Thank you very much! Yes, settings will be done next (along with some GUI skinning stuff) and all of the "Coming Soon"s will be finished in the 4.x beta releases :)

By the way, tomorrow I get the day off of work because of Veteran's Day here in the States, but my wife still has to work. So I should get a good 3-4 hours of programming in :) Hopefully that will be enough for 3.9!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Megadeth.V:
Nice!

Omg dude...been waitin for a good fb app on WinMo for years...when is chat gonna get ready? and if i can suggest somethin-i think you should add a top taskbar like S2u2 for this app..it'l be perfect ..:)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] youpi01:
Thank you for the answer but i don't know my user agent i use opera mini 5 and I don't know how to reach it!

I know that I had the same problem with this application: info trafic train

I had send my problem to the designer and he has to add even the useragent sfr and it works for all the world now...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Chat will be in the 4.X releases. We'll need a compatible XMPP library (some custom code) to hook in with Facebook before we can start making it. dotNetProgrammer is currently looking into that (along with other things). Once it's up, we'll be good to go with chat :)

Hmmmmm, I googled useragent SFR and I didn't get much information. Though, I don't think that the useragent makes that much of a difference. Maybe it was something else? The user agent that XDAFB uses is:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.2; MS-RTC LM 8; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] 2ksilverbullet:
Great app and thanks for the effort!

One thing that I've run into and didn't find an answer for when searching the thread: I'm using a black theme on SPB mobile shell on my i920 (VZW Omnia II) and the feed comments don't appear unless I change the theme to something that has a white background. Any chance of making the font color configurable (settings?), or auto-detect the black background and alter the font? If anyone knows of another way around this, let me know.

Thanks again, great app!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] youpi01:
:( I make how now? I don't know how to modify a useragent...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] claus1953:
Everything is working fine in this last beta. The only problem i have is when i try to switch to my second facebook account. I could set it and confirm it on the web page with the success message. Then i log out from my first account and log in in the second one, but i have no feeds, no friends (i have about 30 in this account) and the profile is the same as in the first account.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] henryblake:
ok, crash is the wrong word, may i call it a "freezer", the screen freezes, that can i say ....... BUT during the last days EVERYTHING was absolutely fine!!!!!

Thanks for your help!!

Best Regards Henry
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
lol, yeah I need to fix that. Could you tell me all the locations that appear black with black text?

I'll add an option for it in the settings. But I just need to find what UserAgent to use. If you can find it, PM me and I'll add it.

Hmmm... I've never tried doing that. I'll take a look and see what's up. I bet it's something with the cache

Sweet :) Keep me posted
[Windows Mobile Software Development] 2ksilverbullet:
News Feed - Black text listed under users/friends (blue Comment/Likes buttons can still be seen with black background, not easily, but good enough)

Profile - Info Tab - Black text listed under basic info/likes & dislikes

- Wall Tab - Black text comments made by users (Comment/Likes buttons are visible/blue text, same as above)

Friends - All friends names are black text

Inbox - Any text in the body of the message

All other features are listed as Coming Soon.

Hope that helps, thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Fredz:
Bad news. It seems that the microsoft facebook sdm does not allow to connect with our usually login and password. We need to regiqter the application in our facebook profilewhat give us an appilcatiob id and secret code. The sdk is based on this id and secret code to connect. I founds on internet a c# facebook sdk based on the login and password but actually i ve got problem to access the google code page of this project: unable to access from our serveur.

Post news when it s done.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Sopis:
Hey S.V.I, have you been added to the project at google?

If yes, under which name?

If not yet, please PM joe_coolish to add you.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Sopis:
Guys

I was thinking....

What if approach FB directly telling them that we would like to develop a WinMo version of FB...maybe they would be glad to hear news like that and would also provide us with some resources and info...

We should also make them understand why we want to do this...some graphs and statistics of WinMo users, the poll results from this thread etc...

What do you think?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] amannigam:
I think thats a gr8 idea sopis that way we can get support straight from fb...nice thought!!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Already did last week (first thing I did actually). No response as of yet... We still need to register the app I think. I'm looking into it. Hopefully I'll have something up today.

One thing I'm worried about thou, when we get the client_id and client_secret, we won't be able to commit it to the SVN, so we'll have to figure out what to do to keep it safe and secure
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Ha!

I tried registering our name and this is what I got:

Validation failed.

Application Name contains a variation on the disallowed term "face." If you believe your application name is being blocked in error, please contact us.

So, I just put "XDA Windows Mobile"

I have an app ID and secret so we good.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] amannigam:
Awesome...now we can make some progress....nd btw for the tutorial to connect...no need now...i did it...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Oh, sweet :) Yeah, I was just getting on to start writing! (I had to wait for my break)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] sinoo:
Already became a fan. Just to miss no progress. :)

Please add a donation list to the first post. I think a lot of potential users would love to spend you a cup of coffee if the app works.

I definitely will donate 10$ for a release that does the same as the official facebook app (nothing... :D ...). And another 10$ for improvements that make this app better than the official (should hopefully be easy for you).

I would love to help with this project, but unfortunately I'm no developer and no gfx genius, but I could give you feedback through beta-testing and translating (german).

That way you would even know, if this app will work in foreign countries.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Thanks! Yeah we definitely will need this translated. We'll make sure that the application gets programmed with internationalization in mind! I'm sure it won't be a problem since most of the people (if not all of the people) developing the application speak more than one language
[Windows Mobile Software Development] lesscro:
looks good...

Now, Destiny of apps begin really...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Keland44:
nice i'll be interested in testing
[Windows Mobile Software Development] nalab1:
+1 for testing...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] ADeadlySpoon:
+1 for testing also.

I'd be very happy to test as this is something I've been watching eagerly for a while. As I'm not able to help build it in any way I would love the opportunity to help test it! :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Ok, here is an update/where we are at the moment.

I've got the tokens and stuff to get the application moving and I'm currently reading and getting all the APIs down.

I've looked into various toolkits for Facebook, but none of them are currently supporting (actually, none of them are planning on supporting) Windows Mobile, so that means we're going to need to create our own! Yay....

I'm messing with the login right now. It's looking like we might have to suck it up and use the standard Facebook "Connect to this app"/"Log into Facebook" page. That's how all the documentation says we're suppose to log in, but I'm doing my best to figure out a way to go around that.

Once we're in and authenticated, it's all down hill from there!

the other Project Managers are also working hard to get their aspects of the project done. Hopefully we'll see some fruits here in the next little while!

p.s. If anyone has experience with the FB APIs, we would LOVE to have your help! Even if it's just to answer questions.

Thanks for the support~
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
On this, I just committed a small test program and submitted an new issue (see issue 2 on the google code page)

This issue needs to get resolved and I need help (both physically and mentally :))

Any input would be very welcome!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Ok, another quick update. I got the authentication key (Yay!!!) so that means we need to start working on some concept UIs and stuff.

I'm not completely done, so maybe monday I'll be far enough along to commit everything. There are still a few points, but for the most part, we should be good (very big SHOULD) :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Zeyn Karim:
+1 for testing!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Sopis:
joe, UI is already being worked on ;)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] thekrautdog:
can u post a donate link please? sorry but I can't figure out how to do it :o haha
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Wodge80:
Facebook Places Support

Firstly, brilliant concept! The closest thing to Facebook on the iphone at the moment! Keep up the excellent work! I'm going to watch this thread with keen enthusiasm, already signed up to your tweets as a follower!

Facebook Places:

I'm with MG686 here! Facebook places is the hottest thing since sliced bread at the moment, and its so disappointing that Windows Mobile devices are the only devices that do not support this well. I'm forced to use Foursquare which is very clunky and slow on the WM device... I'm using a HTC HD2.

Can you please incorporate Facebook Places in your WM FacebookXDA app to be the first the bring the WM devices in line with the competition! :p