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kinchee87
Jan 8, 2009, 02:12 PM
Finally, an update to Facebook is out! It says it fixes the time zone issues, crashings, pages going blank after a while, and showing you the last message in an inbox conversation/thread. Installed the update and with my limited time playing around with it, everything seems to be working. Oh it did mention that sync times should be shorter. My syncs have been hours long so I hope this update really does shorten it!


Kilamite
Jan 8, 2009, 02:13 PM
Awesome.

Will report back any new bugs or fixes.
kas23
Jan 8, 2009, 02:58 PM
It was a very close call, but...

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=630690
kinchee87
Jan 8, 2009, 03:12 PM
Wow, I just synced my iPod touch and it only took 5 min. A far cry from the 1-2 hours I was having. If only I knew Facebook was the culprit, I would have deleted it! I'm guessing it was backing up its cache when there's really no point.
eyefoniac
Jan 8, 2009, 08:33 PM
Hey, has anyone had problems with the facebook app chat feature not working? I was hoping it would work with the update but no luck. I have reinstalled, rebooted but still no luck. Any suggestions?
Jwalker9
Jan 8, 2009, 08:42 PM
installed 2.1 on both mine and my wifes iphones and rebooted. doesnt work on either one! wont load the app. terrible
leishan
Jan 8, 2009, 09:52 PM
installed 2.1 on both mine and my wifes iphones and rebooted. doesnt work on either one! wont load the app. terrible

Thanks for the heads up!
kinchee87
Jan 8, 2009, 10:11 PM
Hey, has anyone had problems with the facebook app chat feature not working? I was hoping it would work with the update but no luck. I have reinstalled, rebooted but still no luck. Any suggestions?
Was it working in the old 2.0? Enabled chat in your Facebook account?

installed 2.1 on both mine and my wifes iphones and rebooted. doesnt work on either one! wont load the app. terrible
Yeah that happened to me. I had to delete then reinstall Facebook before it would load.
eyefoniac
Jan 9, 2009, 01:42 PM
Was it working in the old 2.0? Enabled chat in your Facebook account?


Yeah that happened to me. I had to delete then reinstall Facebook before it would load.

Thanks, sure enough enabling it in my profile fixed it!
westernmass
Jan 9, 2009, 02:01 PM
Wow, I just synced my iPod touch and it only took 5 min. A far cry from the 1-2 hours I was having. If only I knew Facebook was the culprit, I would have deleted it! I'm guessing it was backing up its cache when there's really no point.


No kidding!!! I had been having not as severe as yours but 20 minute back ups were creeping up. I restored it still didn't help. tried the sync a few minutes ago, first one since updating FB and done in under 5 as well. Double bonus. :eek:

OH and I could not chat with folks either, it would open and I could send a note but when they replied it said I wasn't online. Tried last night worked no problem. I am sure I have not changed any settings in FB either. Cool either way.
westernmass
Jan 10, 2009, 03:43 PM
Well back to status updates showing 3 hours and an email stuck as new even after opening.
nfl46
Jan 10, 2009, 04:07 PM
My status updates times are still messed up! The Top Story times are correct though.
Krafty
Jan 10, 2009, 04:35 PM
Mines wont even open now.
Rojo
Jan 11, 2009, 12:07 AM
Time stamps still messed up for me too. Will this app ever work right? :(
226896
Jan 11, 2009, 04:38 AM
My time stamps were fixed for about a day and now they've just gone back to showing '8 hours ago' for every post. Ridiculous.
gjw4u
Jan 11, 2009, 04:46 AM
Yup, I still get the wrong stamps, & crashes, so I would not call this update a success.
X3n0 AcId
Jan 11, 2009, 09:20 AM
Time Zones still messed up :@
LostLogik
Jan 11, 2009, 09:46 AM
Yep, times of postings all mucked up for me too, though bizarly I thought they were working when I first installed the update. At least the white screens are fixed.
01jamcon
Jan 11, 2009, 09:55 AM
At least its stopped crashing and my friends list doesn't suddenly disappear anymore.
alansmallen
Jan 11, 2009, 10:02 AM
This instantly crashes everytime I open it.

Facebook 2.1=EPIC FAIL
kinchee87
Jan 12, 2009, 03:15 AM
Well back to status updates showing 3 hours and an email stuck as new even after opening.
Yeah times are all wrong. Had one status update stuck at 24 seconds for more than an hour. Meh...

I just refresh the inbox list by tapping on the reload button. That removes the "new" status on messages I've read.
TwiceNightly
Jan 12, 2009, 05:01 AM
My time stamps were fixed for about a day and now they've just gone back to showing '8 hours ago' for every post. Ridiculous.

Same thing happened here :mad:

I'm in the UK (GMT) just in case there is some kind of connection
XianPalin
Jan 12, 2009, 09:31 AM
Working for me. The fix for the white pages was long overdue.
croshtique
Jan 12, 2009, 06:27 PM
My time stamps were fixed for about a day and now they've just gone back to showing '8 hours ago' for every post. Ridiculous.

Same here - the timezone fix worked for half a day or so, but now it's back to "8 hours ago" mode.
226896
Jan 12, 2009, 08:51 PM
Same thing happened here :mad:

I'm in the UK (GMT) just in case there is some kind of connection

Yea, UK here too. I wonder... anyway I just want this damn thing fixed. Maybe facebook should make an official app themselves.
kinchee87
Jan 12, 2009, 11:01 PM
... Maybe facebook should make an official app themselves ...
Haha but it is an official app from Facebook! (http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=22389032130)