Thanks for the info!

thanks for the info on the update... will try it now

downloaded already checking it out thanks!!

finally rebooted the tour and it looks great. love the small appearance changes and such. very nice improvement!

RIM seriously needs to stop this BS of not alerting users to when its apps are updated. We shouldn't have to rely on word of mouth to know there's an update. This is an area where Apple does things right. Every app update shows up on the iPhone as soon as it hits the system and those aren't even apps made by Apple!

Thanks for the info. Updating as I type.

yess!!!!!!!
ill test this out

Still cant view events!!!! WTF man! iPhone has it!

I'm pretty sure I posted the original thread containing this information and damnit, i want the credit! LOL... I'm always hunting for this information and for once i think i got it first!

It did say at the bottom, "Thanks to Adam for the tip" before but now it says Jared... My name is Adam, don't know if it was referring to me though.

Anywho... FACEBOOK 1.7 IS OUT! CHEERS!

Seems a bit faster running on the 8330. Moving around used to lag so hard.

does it have the facebook chat feature?

Gonna download it now....good deal. I agree with an earlier comment. I am NOT gonna drink the iPhone kool-aid, but they do get it right with their updates. Even my daughter's iPod touches get the updates when they are hooked into wi-fi....what gives RIM?

everything posted now. I couldn't see app posts (ex Mafia Wars) before; I can now.

I like the new FB 1.7 I like how we can like the status through the app now without having to go onto the mobile web! :) I also like how we can switch between news feed, status updates, photos, etc. I agree w/ you CJ RIM needs to start updating us when there is upgrades available!! good thing I follow crackberry on twitter! :) keeps me informed.

So far I have no complaints about the fb upgrade.

please tell me it filters out the news feeds that you hide from the desktop version... so annoyign that they havent done this yet

downloading right now

I like it, wish it had the chat option but it is a definate improvement so far

I like the new upgrade for facebook runs pretty smooth on my storm so far looks and works good.....

most of the world wouldn't even have a clue RIM stuff is released. Hell...I havent even received an update for the Mac Desktop Manager release that I signed up for...twice 2 months ago!

You give your email to a company for updates and get none...you dont give your email a company for updates and you get spammed to all holy heck...

what gives!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Not a bad update. I would still like to be able to access my apps from my bb. I hope that is coming soon. It is great to be able to see the new feed and links and things. Just want to be able to have access to the apps.

im seeing dumb games and quizzes...ahhhh. i was afraid this was going to happen

My 1.6 was working on my boostberry 8350i but now that i downloaded 1.7, its not letting me log on. Looks like im going to have to look everywhere for the legacy app :\

Not sure what people are talking about not being notified. Anything I download through App World I get notified when there is a update. It gives you a red star on the app world icon and also gives you a small icon by your time. Then when you go into app world and go into your downloads it marks what is available for a update.

I really hope that the Fb app 2.0 will make a leap ahead.

I wonder how the Rim shares are doing right now :)))

Another cool feature is that it now says "Facebook for BlackBerry" versus just "facebook Mobile," when updating or adding content. So it's specific in identifying you're using a BB.

downloading now.....I really dont want to see the dumb quizzes though. Will let everyone know how I like though.

I have a Tour download the new Facebook tonight was a little slow downloading but finally finished. I really like it you can see updated pictures, can leave if you like a post has a cool statuse feed its worth the upgrade.

Nothing major but some nice improvements.

I have had it saying "Facebook for BlackBerry" for a while. Only got "Facebook Mobile" if I sent a text to update.

I can now "like" status updates!

DUDE WHAT TWITTER APP. ARE YOU USING THAT YOU GET THE BIRD NOTIFICATION!!!!!!!!!!

When is the myspace app going to be updated?.. More people use Myspace.

is this version over 1mb smaller? nice

like it

the most important part for me was that it was compatible with the leaked storm os 5.0.0.230. Finally I have FB on my storm again!

glad you can change it to status updates and not leave it on news feeds. okay so far I guess

woot. still no fb chat on it tho

not out for the 8330 curve..bs....!!!

Thanks again CB. Upgrading as we speak.

Something went awry.. it loads fine.. but it's SO SLOW to load any information.. and it seems to have taken out socialscope because that won't even open anymore =(

ETA: two battery pulls later fb is better.. socialscope is still fubar.. i'll have to reload that.

Nice...

The front page makes this app update sound boring... IT HAS FREAKIN IN APP LIKEABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love it at first glance!!!

I'm glad I check Crackberry and Crackberry mobile constantly. Looks sweet.

No auto calendar updates....DEAL BREAKER! Going back to 1.5....

sweet! thanks for the heads up on this one!!!

I never get notifications if i get a wall post or anything like that.. Will it work with this new update?? Thanks!

I have it set to notify me, but it did not. I even opened my facebook app and asked it to check for updates and it came back and said none were available. Only after going to blackberry.com/facebook did I get the option for the 1.7 update....annnoying.

Sucks that you cant delete a status update still though. If I mess up with a typo or say something stupid I have to find a PC to login with to delete it.

This app. is getting better and better all the time. Downloaded fast and works great on my bold 9000...

it is not live in the app world client. wtf??

Downloading now , thanks so much for the heads up !!!

Okay, I am totally digging this new app that Facebook came out with. The new feeds are awesome! It actually shows everything!! Uplaoding photos from your phone is a GREEN LIGHT NOW, it is actually working! YAY..........Much faster and more like the real thing1

...you just have to hit the BB button and click "go to mobile site" and do it that way. Sucks, but atleast you can do it.

Can you "like" status's in this update? Someone mentioned earlier that you can but i havent seen anyone else confirm it.

really liking all the updates, makes the app run that much faster n smoother :))

Why are we still not able to play videos in our facebook app...come on....cant have those iphone users showing us up like that...do better than that RIM

Memory usage is down from 2.2Mb for the app down to 1Mb if i'm reading it correctly.. that's awesome! The app definitely seems faster. Quite impressed except for one thing...i think the scroll between options on the screen could flow better..

The update was going so slow and then it put it into a restart cycle and had to reload my OS :(

I have the storm, I dont have a 5.0 OS but it's almost as if there's flick scrolling -or acts like it anyway- on this version BUT, for some reason only on the "news feed" tab, it doesn't do it on the "status updates" tab or other tabs......??

This is terrible. Did anybody else experienced this? I cannot open in Blackberry Contacts, my facebook friends :((( With the previous version I was able to open/look at the contact info, without problems, but now I can see there are there, but cannot open, unless they are not on my facebook list of friends (which I can view )

Anyone else notice the missing FB notification icon when a comment, message, etc. is received. Eveeything goes to my email. 9530 Storm 4.7.0.167

Has anyone ever got the message "could not connect because a data service is not avaiable. Please try again later. If this continues contact your service provider for support." I have taken my Storm 1 to the verizon store and they do not know what is wrong with and I called VZW also and they tell me to call Facebook. Also I have deleted it and reinstalled it. HELP please!!!

This is a nice improvement to the app. It keeps getting better.

I have looked it up on the Blackberry website on my computer and Blackberry App World client as well and it still shows 1.6 ......WTF??? Did they pull it?

....i switch to iphone in 3 days....

goodbye crappy blackberry storm, you will make a great paperweight.

What the hell? After install, it rebooted and now it's rebooting endlessly. Restarts over and over. Eff Facebook, what the hell... Can't even connect to Desktop Manager anymore.

It's still not as fast as the mobile site when reading and scrolling through status updates. I'm sticking with the mobile site. The app takes to long to load and refresh.

Does anyone know what that little twitter icon on the top is?

I like to connect my Facebook friends with my Blackberry contacts. I'm happy to say that the update does not remove the "connection!"

Works great on my 8330 alltel vzw curve. with the leaked 5.0 OS

I got nothing. Says there are no updates in the program and the downloan site keeps giving me an error. Help is appreciated.

Everytime i have facebook on my phone and i set it so i can get notifications ( txt) when someone post on my wall or get an email..it never works. will this fix it?

I'm digging it so far. Sadly, the photo upload quality is still janky (they had improved it with 1.5, but regressed with 1.6). Good thing I can still MMS 'em!

xiaohuaxing Im having the same problem.

this update just bricked my tour. I cannot even get it to boot. its stuck in boot mode. Pulled the battery a dozen times and i cannot connect it to my desktop manager. HELP!!

Is there any way to make the Status Updates be the default screen this version opens up to? Mine keeps going to News Feed on reopen even if the last thing I had open was Status Updates. I see no option on what screen you want this version to open up to. Thanks!

How do i hide games and quizzes? How do i hide them on the desktop site?

love the update. least this update you can notice the changes. =)

I can see the twitter icon at the top, I was wondering what twitter app that is??

1.6 wasn't working for me anyway, to be honest it was useless and all the updates were wrong. This seems better, although it could be much improved. I'm waiting for v2.

Upgrade wasn't available in app world but got it by going to the web address.....not sure how i feel about all the bs in the news feed.

RIM should put crackberry on the payroll...yall do more for them than they do for themselves.

I went into my facebook app & went to "check for upgrades" & it said nothing was available. I love how Crackberry knows there's an update before the app itself even does!

So, discovered after upgrading to 1.7 that it will no longer connect via TCP/IP - and since I have no BIS or BES (carrier doesn't support it), Facebook won't work. Tried downgrading to 1.6, but get the notice "sorry, your device doesn't meet the system requirements that are needed to support facebook". Since I have a 8900 running 4.6 (and was running Facebook 1.6 until this morning!), I highly doubt this is the case.

Had to remove Facebook completely and now have no way of getting it back.

This whole "this application won't run unless you use our proprietary data service" is ridiculous.

I must say that as much as I`ve become a blackberry addict, I`ve also become a Crackberry.com addict. Single day cannot pass that I don`t check this site at least 4-5 times. And the reason for that are all these great articles about new devices, app updates, tests....
Thank you Crackberry.com, for making me a double addict :)))
Once I upgrade to Storm (1, since 2 is not coming any time soon to Croatia) I guess I`ll be spending my free time on this site through BB browser. :))

They also added the ability to 'like' items from the news feed, which I think was missing from 1.6.

Now I have only a few gripes with the Facebook app:

- The persistent toolbar at the top of the screen is a waste of pixels. They should stick all of that stuff into the BB menu and let us hide the toolbar.

- The new widget that lets you select News Feed, Status Updates, Photos, or Links should also go hide in the BB menu (but at least it scrolls out of the way as you're reading).

- There's no apparent way to access your older inbox messages and replies.

- Looks like the trackball is the only way to scroll through updates - T and B work to get you to the top and bottom, but the space bar doesn't get your through a screen at a time the way it does in the browser.

Ah well.. still a decent app!

works fine on my curve 8900...absolutely love it!

they did a nice job with it, but the iphone/ipod app is so much better..everything is easy to get to and the chat feature is good touch

I don't see the FB 1.7 on the BB apps, still showing 1.6 ?

Just went to App world, no 1.7 being displayed. It shows 1.6.0.21.

I love the new Facebook. Best yet.

I downloaded this and now the app is gone. Can't find it anywhere, downloads folder - no, applications folder - no, instant messaging folder - no, setup folder - no. Where did it go? Crazy thing is that it shows up in Options>Advanced Options>Applications with the new 1.7.0.18 version.

1.7 has fuc*ed up my storm 9500. Extremely slow. Takes forever to update status. Keeps freezing. Doesn't close automatically and runs in the backround causing my storm to respond extremely slow. 4-5 battery puls with no improvement. Running 4.7.178 OS which was working great with FB 1.6. trying to go back to 1.6 but cannot find the OTA link. Anyone have any suggestions. The usual links just give me " your phone does not meet the requirements for facebook" when I try to download

I really dislike when a program asks me to reboot lol.. Also when it rebooted after the install it took longer than usual.. about almost two minutes longer..
I like the tab to select what I want to see.. It did pull alot of data on the first load it seems.. I'll play around with it to see if I like.. if not I can always go back to my back up folder.. So far.. though.. speed-wise it is faster..

I like this update alot, smoothed out design, feeds, and it seems alot faster on my 8330.

Just saw this. I am downloading now as I type. Thanks for the heads up, CB!

I agree this is a smooth running app and it seems much faster on my Bold then the last version. Yes chat is STILL MISSING but its getting better...

Still can not comment on links. That's a bit annouying! I do like the overall look of the app and I love the photo updates too. Moving in the right direction but still not 100%

all well and good letting us see links now and liking but what's point in giving us links if you wont let us SHARE them on our profiles ala the desktop site. BIG FAIL!

Still a few things missing but runs really well on my bold. This app looks alot better and runs alot better on my bold. I like the new feeds. Before on 1.6 if a friend played a game or something it wouldnt even post it. It would just skip it and give me only status updates. Now I can see everything . I just wish when they post videos I could watch them. Overall a big improvement from 1.6

apart from it being a fresh look to the feed, theres no real improvemnt i would hav thought it wud compete with the iphone facebook n incorporate chat into it as a minimum

apart from it being a fresh look to the feed, theres no real improvemnt i would hav thought it wud compete with the iphone facebook n incorporate chat into it as a minimum

I also notice a Facebook folder on my memory card now as well...

The photo handling in this version is really nice, especially when I'm using a fast UMA/Wi-Fi connection. I love the idea of having a scrollable photo gallery from FB right on the 8900. I know there's more they can do, but this is a welcome upgrade.

I'm sure some of the limitations are due simply to constraints on memory, CPU power and wireless bandwidth. This is already SO much more powerful than any mobile device I could have stuck in my pocket a couple of years ago, and it's only going to get better. I'm aware of the current limitations, but not upset as I'm seeing progress with each new firmware release and each new device. Also, for me, it's a huge leap from where we were with something like Win mobile a couple of years ago on HTC devices (e.g., T-Mobile MDA) -- that was SO clutzy and slow, it was positively painful to use. While this setup -- 8900 / 5.0.0.283 / FB 1.7, etc -- still could use advancement, it's FAR more useful, really works, and isn't just a hobbyist nightmare like the old Win Mo devices.

I'm enjoying the ride!

- Jon

Needs chat feature and my main feature that I am waiting for is video upload. WTF wheres the video upload RIM?

If I knew I was going to have to look at everyone's stupid quiz results and NOT be able to hide them directly from my BB I would have stuck with 1.6! UGGGHHHH! How can I get 1.6 back?

I saw someone else (page 3 maybe) mention that they can't connect BB contacts w/FB Contacts....although I have those choices on the options page, I'm also not able to put a check in the box for either connect calendar or connect contacts. It takes me to a menu....but not able to choose the options. I think this has something to do with my company's security policy set up on the BES??? Anybody have any insight here? Same thing with 1.6; so I rolled back to 1.5 and I may do that again now...

That's the message I got when I re-downloaded Facebook and did a battery pull.

How the heck do I do that? I've never used the Blackberry Desktop Manager on this computer at home, only the one at work. Do I have to go to that BDM? That would really suck!

Although I didnt get notified for a upgrade on my bold I went to app world an my world and it had the upgrade there. Just had to manually look. Thanks crackberry for the info.

Still a no?
Anybody? Bueller?

I'll be in my corner.....
*slams head on desk*

downloaded this last night. im loving the update, but it runs super slow on my tour. hmmm

Good Job!

holy wow! rim does have the technology to incorporate functional photo handling into this program. i can actually upload photos now; yay!

Loads faster, shows pics and graphics and it even has the "like" button. A definite upgrade.

It's much better -- definitely worth a download.

It's easier to navigate, and you can now "like" posts when you couldn't before. The added news feeds, etc. are a nice touch as well.

I noticed that all of a sudden, all the status updates states that the updates are marked 12 hours or more, even though its shows correctly on m.facebook.com and x.facebook.com. Anyone having this problem all of a sudden?

Have they fixed the excessive compression for images uploaded from the app? I went from 1.6 back to 1.5 because of this.

It is a definite improvement over 1.6, loving it on my Bold

off all the apps/themes/OS I downloaded, never thought the first time I would brick my phone would be with a RIM app...big thumbs down for this one, and caution to all at least until they fix whatever's messed up!

Does any one know how to fix the browser setting unlock Blackberry Storm for AT&T??

I installed the Facebook update last night then clicked Reboot and went to bed.... this morning I woke to find my tour restarting over and over and over and never getting off the loading screen... after talking to Verizon they are going to swap it out =(

Downloaded it. First 3 attempts to log in got me the "no data service, login expired, and problem communicating with facebook" errors. This has been going on for about 3 weeks now.

Downloaded it. First 3 attempts to log in got me the "no data service, login expired, and problem communicating with facebook" errors. This has been going on for about 3 weeks now.

downloading now!

Updated on App world now (1.7) !

I do agree that it is pretty senseless to be able to update software constatly without being notified!

Makes me feel like I have a rotten berry, mmm tainted...

I like this new facebook app. Seems to be a lot quicker on my Storm. The one thing I did notice was that it doesn't keep my password saved. I have to type it in each time. My old version saved it without me even telling it to. Did anyone else experience this or can someone tell me how to save my password? Thanks.

Worked perfectly over the last year, on 1.6, now this crap. Anyone have a fix yet for the new 1.7>

Tried to downgrade, icon dissapears now on 1.6.

Now stuck with this crap app that won't connect.

where is the update??? nothing in application center, bb app world, or check for updates in facebook. can someone tell me wheree to get the update. app center just shows version 1.6.0.21

Since updating my Tour it hasn't been able to boot up. It goes through the motions of booting up and them resets itself as if I pulled the battery. This is weird.

FXED - My photo uploads are working properly again.. before they would generally fail 90% of the time.. Not anymore, I like the UI updates, subtle and clean. Would've liked to have seen a chat client native in the RIM application, but I guess this'll do for now.

No troubles on my VZW Tour - w/ stock OS - after upgrading to FB 1.7.
Did have to reboot after installing, but seems to be working just fine.

thats what my 8900 is doing now that i tried to update this.. knew i should of just left well enough alone

I like the news feed being seperate from the status updates.
But listen RIM we need the chat option. The iphone facebook app has it and I think blackberry can too.

serious this Sh!t needs to stop if you like the apps on a iphone then GET AN IPHONE or an IPOD TOUCH"gaming"(<--like me) ... sooner or later our apps will get better...lets be patient and good things will come

I've said it before and I'll say it again. How come Facebook and RIM have not teamed up to add some very basic features to the Facebook app? Seriously why cant you find and add a new Facebook friend on your BlackBerry when your on the go? Or how about add instant messaging like the Facebook for iPhone has? How about being able to upload a video as well as the pictures. Also considering that most people reply to a link for something on someone's posts don't you think that Facebook should allow to to comment on something when there are more then 2 posts(like when you write on someone's wall and they reply directly to your post rather then on your wall)? Am I alone on this one?

I went to app world for it and it was still version 1.6. I did get it though it works great so far.

Anyone else having a problem where the friends refresh stops at %99 and keeps chugging away? Makes the app run really slow. Tried a couple of battery pulls and still nothing.

Besides that; liking the updated look and ability to like statuses. Definite upgrade.

It works on my Bold running 5.0.0.190 :)

so far I have found small differences! but I love it! if you are a facebook'er this update makes you feel as if you are right there without being at a computer! great update crackberry!

The FB 1.7 app keeps on freezing my Storm while the Friends list is being updated. Did a battery pull and avoided Friends update, then when I tried to tag someone in a photo that I wanted to upload, it froze again. It appeared that it doesn't work well with Storm OS 5.0.0.230. This app is a POS.

I like that you can switch what you can view, such as news feed or status updates. I also like the fact that you can 'like' without going to the mobile site.... that is all I have observed so far.

I like that you can switch what you can view, such as news feed or status updates. I also like the fact that you can 'like' without going to the mobile site.... that is all I have observed so far.

Work's a lot better than the old on on the TOUR

does this finally work over wifi only?

Ouch. Greater than 1MB on a Curve 8320 is painful, no matter how pretty it is. Up 'til now, I've tried each version then deleted it because I think there was better functionality just using the mobile facebook site with BB Browser.

I am really hesitant to allow facebook app to automatically connect with calendar and contacts, not for security concerns, but I'm already using GooSynch and I'd hate to have that messed up since it is working fairly well now. Unfortunately, there isn't any detailed information about what may happen. So its either do it and hope for the best (and post my trials and tribulations on Crackberry forums) or skip it for now. Aarrgh. Anguish. I've been through troubleshooting and fixing calendar and contact issues before.

Well, I left them all checked and will report what happens when everything starts syncing - facebook, bb, google sync . . .

Beyond that, initial impressions. Nice. Nice enough to sacrifice precious memory on my Curve 8329? Not so sure. Time will tell

Why can I not get onto Facebook from my bb? It keeps telling me session expired or communication down etc!

?

Had just checked for an update and of course none was showing. Then I logged onto CB and what do I see??? Shared with my FB buddies and Tweets....Thanks CB! I love the new look! Just LIVIN for the chat feature!

awesome...

about time it was fixed!

just downloaded and love it !! much much better version !

Does anyone's facebook calender sync to your MAC with they new BB Desktop for MAC?

I'm new to the BB world but in the past 3 weeks I've had my tour, I've noticed that sometimes - about 1/2 - 3/4 of the time - when I try to comment on a friends' status or wall, it says "user not available" or "cannot use this feature" or some B.S. like that... Does 1.7 fix that at all- and what does it even mean?!

Nice to see the newsfeed improvements. Photo browsing is sweet. Very nice.

I have installed 1.7, but now I can't open any contacts that are linked to a FB profile. So when I go to my contacts and click on any contact that is linked to a FB contact it just won't open or edit. It just doesn't react. All other contacts can be opened fine. When I uninstall the FB app I can open these contacts fine, and then when I install the FB 1.7 again it won't open these profiles again. Any idea what this could be? My roommate has exactly the same problem.

I'm not sure if it's related, but right after I downloaded and installed this update for Facebook, my data went down and I haven't been able to connect to data since then (2 hours ago).

First... I am amazed that people are getting angry that this app does not work on a leaked OS version that is not supported (ie: Dragoneer above) .. Maybe try switching to an official version and you won't have problems... RIM does not have to support leaked OS's ..
Second... Seems to be alot of BB newbies lol.. can tell by the posts lol...

News feed is the major change in this app'. Yet I am still waiting for the streams to load, so not surprised there. Photos take horrendously longer to load, older version was much faster! Facebook team need to sort this out, very slow for a blackberry why should we get disadvantaged and iphone users advantaged, get your act straight!