Help Facebook for Android 1.3 - battery bug / constant partial wake use

[tpetran]

1.3.1. has the same battery issue for me...

 

[JsT]

I rolled back to the old one which isn't working property now either. The last update in status updates somehow is getting dated Jan 1 instead of today and then it refuses to pull older posts when pressing the link to do so. What a joke. Back to m.facebook.com for me then I guess....

 

[tpetran]

I rolled back to the old one which isn't working property now either. The last update in status updates somehow is getting dated Jan 1 instead of today and then it refuses to pull older posts when pressing the link to do so. What a joke. Back to m.facebook.com for me then I guess....

yeah, noticed that too... cannot believe all the problems we are getting with facebook apps...

 

[mattots]

Oddly I hadn't noticed the battery drain with the first update but since installing the latest one (1.3.1) yesterday morning my battery has been draining at about double the rate it was before, even with Juice Defender running and the phone idle. My wife has noticed the same thing on her Legend.

 

[JsT]

yeah, noticed that too... cannot believe all the problems we are getting with facebook apps...

I know. Facebook apps should be simple and effective, not some kind of nightmare.

 

[adam_hilluk]

i got an update yesterday morning for facebook and thankfully its not killing my battery no more

Now we just need the devs to take note of improvements we want. e.g. push notifications, no longer directing to internet for stuff that could be done in app. Please just make us a version the same as iphone which works flawless...

 

[ynwa]

Oddly I hadn't noticed the battery drain with the first update but since installing the latest one (1.3.1) yesterday morning my battery has been draining at about double the rate it was before, even with Juice Defender running and the phone idle. My wife has noticed the same thing on her Legend.

Same here. I removed the first update on the advice of everyone on here but hadnt noticed any problems myself. The latest update totally killed my battery over night though.

 

[Deleted User]

Now I've been running v1.3.1 for over day I can say it's not draining my battery like before. There is no longer a Facebook service constantly appearing in the Running Services menu and the partial wake is minimal, whereas before it was full.

 

[joll200x]

i just got this update now when i was browsing the market. any idea if it's fixed the contact sync problem so it actually does what the options say? ie, only sync FB info with current contacts and not just add the whole phonebook?

 

[Deleted User]

i just got this update now when i was browsing the market. any idea if it's fixed the contact sync problem so it actually does what the options say? ie, only sync FB info with current contacts and not just add the whole phonebook?

Facebook for HTC Sense adds all your Facebook contacts to the Phone list and seems to take precedence over the Facebook app's new syncing options.

Have you tried removed the HTC Sense account and letting the new Facebook app manage the contacts?

 

[joll200x]

yup, there's no Facebook for HTC sense account because I don't like getting all my FB contacts synced to my car over bluetooth. Using the sync existing contacts option does just the same as the HTC sense account

 

[eteyen1]

so are people still having battery issues or has the update fixed that? Just wondering before I get the update myself

 

[StoneDeCroze]

so are people still having battery issues or has the update fixed that? Just wondering before I get the update myself

I'm not having any issues myself since the fix came out

 

[adam_hilluk]

I'm not having any issues myself since the fix came out

me neiher, latest update solved it thankfully.

still not worth updating though imo, because old olld version is loads better imo

 

[marshalex]

still one of the only apps the iphone has the advantage over android (apart from angry birds!). find it easier to just use the web version than the app

 

[adam_hilluk]

still one of the only apps the iphone has the advantage over android (apart from angry birds!). find it easier to just use the web version than the app

i miss angry birds so much :'(

and

a decent version of doodle jump. epic on iphone but apparently crap on android due to lack of dev. a disgrace imo considering it costs more on android.... we're probably paying for iphone devs!!!!

 

[marshalex]

i miss angry birds so much :'(

and

a decent version of doodle jump. epic on iphone but apparently crap on android due to lack of dev. a disgrace imo considering it costs more on android.... we're probably paying for iphone devs!!!!

yeah i read that on the reviews as well, plus i'm not paying any more than the iphone version. did email the angry birds devs earlier in the year and they said coming soon possibly, not holding out much hope really.

 

[beyond]

just updated to 1.32 and the running screen time doesn't look to be at full 100% (which means it should be 'sleeping' properly). however, in partial wake up, it still appears to be running BUT unlike before it doesn't show a massive blue bar running across the screen.

i.e when i go back to check on it say a minute later, the partial wake time up for the facebook app is thus a minute longer..

some ppl earlier in the thread mentioned it being like this when they updated to 1.31. so in the long run, does it seem to drain battery etc?

 

[beyond]

COrrection nothing has improved. Looks like running time and partial wake up are still up.

Best way of checking by 1) 'resetting' the times by charging your phone for 1 minute, as this resets the 'since last boot' 2) play with the Facebook app for a bit 3) leave phone held then check the times.

Sigh.

 

[Si Pie]

I have had this issue, but only since updating. Have solved it by killing the process (and the facebook for HTC sense one too), force closing those apps and then rebooting.

I'm now 20 hours since last boot and facebook partial wake usage is 56 seconds. Hopefully this could help a few people out.

 

[beyond]

did you use it again after rebooting and doing those checks? i ask because you've probably completely killed the process..until the next time you open it.

edit: ^ just did what you said and wtf?! it works?!!1one. thanks man.

with this tip and the longer lasting battery thing (that i'm gonna try later tonight), there are some real unconventional and inconsistent methods to fixing these problems!

on the one hand it's sort of satisfying fixing these problems but on the other it's like 'arghh the small perils of enjoying such a new open platform'.

 

[Deleted User]

Since installing v1.3.2 I see Facebook is back at the top of my partial wake usage list. It wasn't a problem after they fixed this in v1.3.1.

 

[Deleted User]

I've uninstalled v1.3 and gone back to HTC's stock FroYo version, v1.2. v1.3.2 was destroying my battery with its partial wake usage.

 

[Si Pie]

Edit: I posted in the wrong thread!

 

[Deleted User]

Is no one else having the partial wake problem again with v1.3.2?