So all of a sudden your BlackBerry is being bombarded with Facebook notifications like "so and so has posted a link" or "so and so updated their status". You login and make sure all your notifications are turned off yet they still keep coming! I pulled my 9930 off the charger at 6:30 am and by noon, my battery was down to 32% all in thanks to my Facebook app going off every two or three minutes with these silly notifications. After wracking my brain trying to figure out why I was still receiving them when all the settings were set to off, I do what we all should do when faced with a BlackBerry problem...I logged on to CrackBerry and went straight to the forums. The amount of knowledge all of us can gain from each other is astounding. Within two minutes, I had searched, found my answer & solved the problem all thanks to this forum.
Here's how to solve the issue:
- Login to Facebook (on your pc)
- Find and select your "Close Friends" group on the left hand side
- In the top right hand corner, select notifications, then off or on
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Quick Tip: Turn off those pesky Facebook notifications
I'm only posting to make it so someone can't yell 'FIRST POST!'
I have nothing to say
When the "first" posters post, normally they have nothing to say. So in your own way, youve been just as annoying.
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i too ... have nothing to say
I have a lot to say but too little time to say it.
weird, doesn't work for good.
oh and bummer, not first :-(
Make sure you have turned of all notifications in your settings on your BB Facebook app & then login on your pc & follow the instructions above. it should solve your problem. Haven't had any notifications pop up for me unless it's something ve commented on or have been tagged in.
OMG!!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I get so tired of the notifications I sometimes uninstall the app just to get some peace.
FINALLY! This thing has been driving me crazy! Now to see if it really works...
Thanks a bunch!!! IT was irking my last nerves!!! I couldnt figure it out either...Love Crackberry Nation
thank you CB nation...finally fixed
I turned off all notifications on the FB app as soon as I installed it. I even set it to never check for new notifications. Nevertheless, my battery life is still suffering. I only re-installed FB on my BB because we're about to have a baby, and I wanted to be able to share pics as soon as possible from the hospital. After this, I'll be deleting the FB app, once again. It's the biggest drain on my battery, even worse than WiFi.
Turning off all notifications is different from the steps explained above. they are in fact, two different sets of notifications.
OMG this is a Godsend!!! This dude that's friends with my BF posts these random pics, tags everyone on the planet (which of course includes ME)...and then all of those people spend the day commenting on said picture (not me). Drives me crazy!!!! I will be doing this tonight, THANKS CB!!!!
This won't work for me, as I don't have my FB friends in groups. They're all either "family" or "friends". I blame Blackberry for this one. There was a beta version of the app that actually worked when you turned off all notifications within the app itself. Why that ability got lost is beyond me. There needs to be a permanent fix for this within the app!
Thank you! This was driving my wife & I NUTS!
nice thanks
Its nice to see more appreciation for the CrackBerry nation but going back to the battery drain, my 9700/9780 handles numerous notifications of any kind but still maintains a strong battery life. RIM made a mistake by downgrading the battery for this phone thats why i ditched it & came back to my 97**.
What about just logging out of the FB app when you're done with it? There is a log-off under options.
I don't mind that I'm 18th, so long as I'm not last.
Thanks OP Kerri for this simple fix that I never figured out!
I know this a slightly different question but is there a way of deleting all your facebook notifications with out having to go into everyone? I could on my old blackberry but not on this one. Its really annoying
There's a grey bar with the date above each day of notifications. Tap and hold (or press trackpad and hold) till the menu pops up. There will be a delete all prior option.
Just delete the whole app. Most obtrusive app ever made. Never again will I let that piece of crap on any phone I ever own.
This did *not* work! I have the notifications option unchecked in the FB app and notifications turned off in close friend group on PC. This is such a horribly annoying bug wtf.
This is good advice! But if you don't want to go as far as switching off your notifications whole-sale in FB, that is, you'd still like to be alerted when a 'close friend' posts, but without all the beeping and flashing, you can set your BB not to flash or alert you (if you have the FB app then it will show the red astrix still however). This was my case where I would rather check the notifications at my leisure rather than having my phone buzz me everytime some random person comments on one of my friend's photo. To do this go to Sounds -> Edit Profiles. Then select the profile that is for the FB app. On my 9700, OS 5, the profile was called by default 'Phone Calls Only'. This then brings you to a menu where you can expand several fields, Messages (for email and SMS alert sound control), Instant Messages (for BBM alert sound control), Reminders (for calendar alert sound control, and 'Other'. In Other was located the Facebook app sound profile. Set the LED to off and whatever other settings you want. Good by beeping, flashing, and buzzing!