On my Galaxy Nexus, both the Facebook app and m.facebook.com present the full "Timeline" view with cover photo and links to About, Photos, Friends, Likes.
On my Springboard (running ICS and "high resolution" mode), I get a pared-down view with only cover photo, buttons for friending and messaging, write post and share photo. I am not able to browse any other aspects of one's profile unless I load the desktop page.
Any idea why Facebook has LESS features on a tablet than on a phone? Has anyone managed to force the full mobile Timeline view to work?
Don't know what would make the difference. They both come up the same on my phone and springboard. Have you tried Friendcaster though? Way better then thee actual Facebook app.
Okay screenshots. Here is the public profile of a local politician who I haven't friended, but her permissions allow lots to be shown on her profile so she makes a good example.
Galaxy Nexus: (cut off part of the cover photo to show the important parts)
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Note how the GNex version has About, Photos, Friends, Likes. The MediaPad version is missing the entire Timeline layout, and has only her About page - no links to see her wall, photos or likes. When I do the same for people who *are* my friends, I get the wall with no links to About, Photos or Friends.
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that is touch.facebook.com
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that is touch.facebook.com
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Both screenshots are from the Facebook app, same version, latest from Google Play. Neither is a browser shot.
Notice in both shots there is a three-dot menu button on the taskbar. That would not be there if I were viewing it from the browser.
but touch.facebook.com looks the same like your screens....so fb app only display touch fb site
Nonetheless, the problem is that on one device it's displaying all the correct links/buttons and on the other it isn't.
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I have same problem. Anoying :-(
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It's fixed in the latest version.
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It's fixed in the latest version.
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No it isn't, at least not on mine. Pages are still missing links to see all parts of the profile. I loaded up the Hedy Fry page again just now and it looks the same.
cmstlist said:
No it isn't, at least not on mine. Pages are still missing links to see all parts of the profile. I loaded up the Hedy Fry page again just now and it looks the same.
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Maybe it's because you're using high res? I'm on standard.
It turns out that I had spoofed my device (as a galaxy note). Going back to mediapad and the Facebook app is broken again. Basically the Facebook app developer is incompetent.
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rurou said:
It turns out that I had spoofed my device (as a galaxy note). Going back to mediapad and the Facebook app is broken again. Basically the Facebook app developer is incompetent.
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There we go, that's more like it.
The thing is, our devices are the same dimensions as the Nexus 7. Chances are any app broken on ours will be broken on Nexus 7, no? Hopefully that gets the devs' asses in gear. Although if the fixes only work on JB, we're still out of luck.
Due to an unrelated matter I had to change my Facebook password. Upon signing back into Facebook, all the Timeline elements started showing up again. Strange, but happy that I finally have the full feature set again!
I have a problem with logging in to facebook with any app. It works from the browser, but friendcaster, the official facebook app, and any other application that gets news from facebook crashes when i want to login. I use cm10 rom, does anybody else have this problem?
Stock is fine. Maybe someone broke an important API in CM10?
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Stock is fine. Maybe someone broke an important API in CM10?
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I tried it with previous releases of cm10, didn't work. I'm not sure when did this issue start. It was okay, i think somewhere at the alpha3 release.
Balls. I opened the app today and all Timeline elements are once again gone.
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Hi,
To all Prime owners,
How is the official Facebook app running on Transforme Prime?
Is fully tablet optimized?
Or a bit optimized?
Or not at all?
Please if you can post screenshot of the news feed in landscape mode.
Thanks
PS: I am not interested in Friendly nor FriendCaster.
Facebook is Tablet optimized. It looks just like the iOS version.
Its laggy and choppy for me. I find the desktop version works well on Opera.
Maybe I downloaded the wrong one... but facebook does not look tablet optimized to me. Looks identical to the phone version... but with lots of white space. Is there another version?
tbns said:
Maybe I downloaded the wrong one... but facebook does not look tablet optimized to me. Looks identical to the phone version... but with lots of white space. Is there another version?
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Same here. I am just using the full browser version instead.
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Yeah I think there is only one apk...runs pretty crappy if you're trying to zip through the interface.
TF201 / XDA premium
No tablet version yet. I just go to browser desktop version.
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The official facebook application was just updated recently. it's tablet optimized. its OK but going through opera mobile browser is better.
gogol said:
Hi,
To all Prime owners,
How is the official Facebook app running on Transforme Prime?
Is fully tablet optimized?
Or a bit optimized?
Or not at all?
Please if you can post screenshot of the news feed in landscape mode.
Thanks
PS: I am not interested in Friendly nor FriendCaster.
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There's an app on the market called "friend me" works very well with the prime
it also lets you play flash games on fb haven't tired the flash games since i never play fb games
Ive been using friend me as well, the facebook application is the mobile version, it just looks 'OK' on the transformer, its not a tablet version (check the ipad version out thats how it should be).
Tweetcomb for twitter is best i've found to, very similar to tweetdeck for pc's
There are too many apps that should have a tablet version but don't (tv guide . co . uk for example - great on ipad, crap on honeycomb)
kevinm2k said:
Ive been using friend me as well, the facebook application is the mobile version, it just looks 'OK' on the transformer, its not a tablet version (check the ipad version out thats how it should be).
Tweetcomb for twitter is best i've found to, very similar to tweetdeck for pc's
There are too many apps that should have a tablet version but don't (tv guide . co . uk for example - great on ipad, crap on honeycomb)
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Problem is, Friend Me and Tweetcomb dont have push notifications.
Try Friendcaster or Friendcaster Pro in market. It has notifications. Don't get the Friendcaster Tab beta as it has ended and the features are integrated in the other versions.
I am running Friendcaster Pro and love it.. Works very well!
When I add a direct dial shortcut to home screen, the contact photo appears with it. But soon after, with no apparent cause I can connect, the photo disappears. I can use apps, turn the screen on and off - no change. It almost seems it's related to time. It stays about 10 minutes and then it's gone. I know this sounds crazy.
I am using Go Launcher (new to it, having preferred Launcher Pro), so don't know if that's the problem.
Anyone else have this happen?
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When I add a direct dial shortcut to home screen, the contact photo appears with it. But soon after, with no apparent cause I can connect, the photo disappears. I can use apps, turn the screen on and off - no change. It almost seems it's related to time. It stays about 10 minutes and then it's gone. I know this sounds crazy.
I am using Go Launcher (new to it, having preferred Launcher Pro), so don't know if that's the problem.
Anyone else have this happen?
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No problem here (see pic) what ROM are you on...? Dont know why go launcher would effect it...?
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Yeah, not sure what is going on with yours. Using Apex and not having any issue.
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No problem here (see pic) what ROM are you on...? Dont know why go launcher would effect it...?
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Ugggh! Another dark theme.
Juat kidding, my friend.
I re-added contact shortcuts with photos today a couple of hours ago, and they seemed to stay, but when I just checked, one has already disappeared (not the contact, just the photo - the photo is still attached when I go into contacts, just not the direct dial shortcut).
I'm thinking of doing a hard reset and starting fresh, not because of this one problem, but because I think it might be an indicator.
I bought the phone from a guy who only had it 3 months (perfect condition), and who told me he did a hard reset. And he took his SIM. AT&T set it up for my account, as I assumed it was restored to factory because of what he told me. Then when I went to add my photos, I discovered his were still there (seriously, Dude, do all men have their male body parts on their phones?).
So I think I should start totally fresh, and see if that fixes any of these little problems. Also, sound notifications and ringers are not always the same.
I of course have factory ROM, no rooting or flashing, and it is locked to AT&T.
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Ugggh! Another dark theme.
Juat kidding, my friend.
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No worries...lol
See i gotz color...lol
Sorry, not thread related, but BigJoe that pic you attached to your last post just about made me fall out of my chair laughing! I know that dog!
Had that issue with Facebook contacts. Are the problem picts from any Facebook contacts?
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dafoxs said:
Had that issue with Facebook contacts. Are the problem picts from any Facebook contacts?
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No, not Facebook contacts. I don't even do Facebook. The inconsistency is what drives me crazy. Yesterday one out of 5 disappeared. I put it back on this morning, and all 5 are there for now.
It's a problem with Go Launcher. I uninstalled it fully, synced my Facebook pictures, synced Google so that it would save, and then reinstalled Go Launcher and set up my direct dial shortcuts again. Haven't had a problem since.
Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
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Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
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For the full screen youtube, have you tried turning the phone sideways? with the screen rotation on from the notification bar? :good:
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For the full screen youtube, have you tried turning the phone sideways? with the screen rotation on from the notification bar? :good:
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Yes I know I can get full screen support in landscape mode but thats not what I am after.
I want full -screen portait mode, would be awesome with this screen. This is a native feature in IOS, just saying -
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Yes I know I can get full screen support in landscape mode but thats not what I am after.
I want full -screen portait mode, would be awesome with this screen. This is a native feature in IOS, just saying -
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I'm not sure I get the point of full screen portrait when video is landscape. Do you mean like how it will be black around the video with no other information in portrait?
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Srgsx said:
Ok so what app do I need to get that will allow me to play you-tube in full screen portait ? A big missing feature coming from IOS
I am not having any luck finding out where my favorites are in Chrome, I just see mobile bookmarks and no other option to navigate to favorites. What I am missing ?
Vimeo not working in Chrome but works in native browser, seriously ?
The cleansing of the full phone search feature is really sad, the wifi reception is pretty weak but otherwise this phone is awesome coming from 4 plus years of iphones.
Flipboard on a 4.8 inch screen is incredible.
Thanks in advance
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For Chrome, click on "Boommarks" to the left of where it says "Mobile Bookmarks" and it will take you up a level where you'll see a folder of your desktop bookmarks. See attached screen grab. Love this feature, btw.
As for the weak wifi, I agree. Doesn't do as well as my iPhone 4 did. But, the iPhone 4 and 4s sure can't do what this phone can.
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How exactly does full screen portrait mode work?
Can we get a screenshot from iOS?
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How exactly does full screen portrait mode work?
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I was wondering the same thing. After all, if the Video is fully from side to side, the only difference would be full black over the top and bottom section rather than additional info.
the vimeo thing works in stock because it uses flash player. it will never work in chrome because it will never have flash player.
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I was wondering the same thing. After all, if the Video is fully from side to side, the only difference would be full black over the top and bottom section rather than additional info.
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I really think this is what he means, but I could be wrong.
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Good to know about Chrome not supporting flash - What confuses me is that Vimeo works fine on IOS devices which of course do NOT support flash. And to add to that I am not seeing many flash sites mostly news sites work on this phone. The Adobe flash app thats native to this device seems to do nothing...
As far as youtube, IOS 4 or newer renders a full screen portrait mode, that somewhat compresses the content on the sides and magnifies the image. Its basically doing a zoom function which is pretty sweet. I thought for sure there would be some Android app that could do the same. I find it silly to have this giant screen and when I play in portrait I get a 1.5X1.5 video with the rest of the screen filled with useless text.
I can easily find my mobile bookmarks in Chrome, what I dont see is the bookmarks I have been saving in favorites. How does one get to the actual saved favorites folder ? It should not be this difficult. The bookmarks in the stock browser are much easier to navigate -
One of the best features that separates the Galaxy Note 2 apart from the rest of the high end smartphones is the Multi-Window feature, where users can run two applications simultaneously, side by side. However, it is severely limited out of the box. Instead of allowing users to open any application in this Multi-Window there are only 13 applications that natively work with Multi-Window. For example you can't have your web browser and your favorite Twitter client side by side since Twitter is not one of the 13 apps available with Multi-Window. Well according to an article from phonedog.com, one can now root their Note 2 and use Paul O'Brien's automated Note 2 Multi Window Tool. This tool takes a list of apps and creates you an update zip (for flashing via clockworkmod) with a modified framework APK that enables your chosen apps for multi window support.
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I tried to attach links to each page but im new here. You can search for the article at phonedog.com using, "After one month, I decided to root the Galaxy Note II"
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I've read that all we need now is root
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I only see 6 apps for multi-window... I must be missing something.
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I only see 6 apps for multi-window... I must be missing something.
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I think we're on our own. Going to have to wait for root and perform the mod that allows us to add any app to multi-view. I actually would not mine having a custom ROM that strips all the bloat and adds these features.
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I only see 6 apps for multi-window... I must be missing something.
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Im in the same boat. Verizonvtexhbsupport was unable to help. Samsung tier 1 said
U.S versions wont work till update. I explained it works just fine but I cant add any apps tobthe list. After 35 min with samsung advanced support, I was told I would have to wait for an update.
Sadly, proper multi-window function is not all we VZW customers are missing. Guess rooting will be the only way to go, unless their update actually fixes it.
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The VZW rep at the store that I know pretty good said there is a update coming in January to expand the userbility of multi window. Dont know how true that is.
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Thanks for the info, I spent some time on YouTube watching videos of the multi-window feature and everyone else had lots of apps, including facebook, twitter, YouTube, etc. I really hope the update comes soon!
While the Verizon version may need an update to add things like YouTube, chrome, twitter, etc, some apps just need to add the support more the multiview bar.
I installed super video and it was automatically placed in the multiview bar.
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The VZW rep at the store that I know pretty good said there is a update coming in January to expand the userbility of multi window. Dont know how true that is.
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Not to discredit your friend, more to discredit the idiots telling him even vague timelines, I'd say it's very untrue
The built in multi-window apps make this thing nearly useless for the time being.
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Wait what? the verizon N2 software is different?
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I think its an update behind the other Note 2s alt there is the possibility that Verizon also watered it down a bit but I think its the first.
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Hello all. I recently got a dna, i am coming from a thunderbolt. This phone is 100 percent stock. When on pages like facebook and i click on a video, it will only play it really small in the browser, i get no option of what program to use to watch the video in. There is no way to make it full screen and i cant rewind or ff most the time. Whay do i need to change to make videos open in a video app by default and not in the browser. It does it on the stock browser as well as dolphin. Any help would be appreciated.
snakebyt said:
Hello all. I recently got a dna, i am coming from a thunderbolt. This phone is 100 percent stock. When on pages like facebook and i click on a video, it will only play it really small in the browser, i get no option of what program to use to watch the video in. There is no way to make it full screen and i cant rewind or ff most the time. Whay do i need to change to make videos open in a video app by default and not in the browser. It does it on the stock browser as well as dolphin. Any help would be appreciated.
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This may or may not solve your specific problem with Facebook, but lets say you wanted Youtube videos to play in the Youtube app instead of in the browser, all you have to do is go to settings>application associations (i think that's the name, it should be right under applications) and change the video player from browser to Youtube, or whichever app you would prefer videos be played in, you can do that with any of the options available in that section. Though certain apps like facebook where its a video uploaded to their service will probably still only play there.
I hope this helps!
Did you try in another browser like Chrome ??
I tried the settings in app associations, still no go. Also tried this in firefox and got the same result. Any othet suggestions
Hey just install mxplayer then set browser to mobile in browser settings. Think that should.
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Hey just install mxplayer then set browser to mobile in browser settings. Think that should.
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I have mx installed, but it still wont work. I looked in the factory browser as well as dolphin and see no setting to set to mobile.
snakebyt said:
I have mx installed, but it still wont work. I looked in the factory browser as well as dolphin and see no setting to set to mobile.
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you have to associate mx player with videos. I think it is under app associations. I had to do the same thing.
First sidyour
Tried posting a screenshot of my app associations, but i guess i am too new to post pics.
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Notice where I changed them to mx player.
Exact same settings i have on mine..thanks for the pic ill try to post a pic of mine as soon as i can
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Exact same settings i have on mine..thanks for the pic ill try to post a pic of mine as soon as i can
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Hmm, yours should work if you have the settings since mine does. I'm using stock browser.
I took some screens and will post them as soon as i am able
The ladt pic is how it plays my videos..quite annoying
You can also touch that box in the bottom right corner of the video to do full screen. That is the built in HTML5 player
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foolishly crossing my fingers that this app associations menu gets patched out now that the legal stuff between HTC and Apple is over. The implementation is so bad
Something..i still cant get it to open videos in a player...
i don't get why the HTCLinkify stuff doesn't wokr on here like it did ICS? i guess it's coded diff in JB?
Try downloading Chrome and setting it to your default for web links. On mine when I used the stock browser everything opened in there no matter what my app associations were, but when I had Chrome set all of them worked.
It's all integrated pretty deep into the OS in Sense 4 iirc. Hoping it's removed in 5
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