problems with facebook for android

cat2012

hi
anyone know wat the story is with facebook for android, the app is totally useless, takes ages to load and wen it does shows no pics or videos watsoever!

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elderlemon

Works fine for me on either my SG2 or Galaxy Nexus. No problems whatsover.

cat2012 wrote: »

hi
anyone know wat the story is with facebook for android, the app is totally useless, takes ages to load and wen it does shows no pics or videos watsoever!

cat2012

problems only started with it about two months ago, using xperia 8 myself

kearneybobs

It takes quite a while to work on both my Desire and my Tablet.

Yip

there was an update last night.
maybe that will help or you could try friendcaster

adamski8

both facebook and friendcaster are some of the worst apps for me on my gal s1 running on 2.2

cat2012

ive updated it every time there is an update, also tried uninstaling and re installing it again, makes no difference.

deman

It's been slow as hell with me for a few weeks now. Last night's update helped a bit though... I think.

cat2012

deman wrote: »

It's been slow as hell with me for a few weeks now. Last night's update helped a bit though... I think.

i thought it helped too for a while but no, still ****!

NJS007

cat2012 wrote: »

hi
anyone know wat the story is with facebook for android, the app is totally useless, takes ages to load and wen it does shows no pics or videos watsoever!

I have major problems with facebook as well... Really annoying and only turns to use Facebook on the pc....

Idleater

cat2012 wrote: »

hi
anyone know wat the story is with facebook for android, the app is totally useless, takes ages to load and wen it does shows no pics or videos watsoever!

m.facebook.com??

cat2012

Idleater wrote: »

m.facebook.com??

to clarify im tallking about the actual facebook app for android.....

longhalloween

Barely runs for me, takes nearly a minute to load, and sometimes freezes, vibrates the phone and returns the the main screen.

The update a few weeks ago seems to have made it worse.

Idleater

cat2012 wrote: »

Idleater wrote: »

m.facebook.com??

to clarify im tallking about the actual facebook app for android.....

I understand that, I'm just suggesting an alternative that doesn't have said issues. I gave up on the app long ago.

GalwayKiefer

Check out the reviews on the marketplace for it, it's page after page after page of people giving out about it. I ended up deleting it and use m.facebook.com instead because it was constantly crashing.

deman

cat2012 wrote: »

i thought it helped too for a while but no, still ****!

Yep, you're right.... still crap :mad:

cat2012

m.facebook.com is the only way to use it

marcbrophy

cat2012 wrote: »

m.facebook.com is the only way to use it

I agree. Just set that website as a bookmark, then you add the bookmark to the homescreen and launch it just like an app.

In the play store, almost every second user is giving out about the app!!

xxyyzz

I don't find the app too bad on the sII but for some reason if I search for somebody who is not a friend, I would get very few if any results. If I perform the search on the website I always get loads of results.

hawkwind23

staggeringly bad app.
it simply doesnt work?????
how can that be for a billion pound tech company?

cat2012

hawkwind23 wrote: »

staggeringly bad app.
it simply doesnt work?????
how can that be for a billion pound tech company?

Ud think with all the peoples thats giving out about it that they wud have done something to improve it at this stage!!

Idleater

cat2012 wrote: »

hawkwind23 wrote: »

staggeringly bad app.
it simply doesnt work?????
how can that be for a billion pound tech company?

Ud think with all the peoples thats giving out about it that they wud have done something to improve it at this stage!!

Or get rid of it. Clearly with android there is less need for an app front to a website than the iphone app for that phenomenon.
The aib app is another example, the mobile front works exactly the same and no need to install.
Apps are fine when used properly, ie to use the computing power of the phone and reduce communication, but for a website, that is just not needed.

happyman81

Terrible app. Just awful. I use FB on Opera.

Heroditas

Second update within a week downloaded this morning.
FFS!

Southern Belle

Anyone having problems in the last week or so with the Facebook android app. Have a Samsung S3 mini - app rarely updates newsfeed when not connected to wifi - but randomly does sometimes. Have installed the most recent update and have also completely uninstalled and reinstalled completely with no success?