Mike Southby

I have to be honest; I can take or leave Facebook.  Sure it is probably the most used social networking service out there but I much prefer Twitter.  Facebook has too many Pirates, Vampires, Racers and other annoyances for my liking these days.  I wonder if Facebook – like many before it – is becoming a victim of its own success.  The number of Facebook users may well be continuing to climb but I wonder for how long, it’s becoming too commercialised and too full of junk.

Still, I acknowledge Facebooks relevance and am surprised to see that the latest version of the Android specific client which is found on the new Motorola Droid has not been ported back to the wider community.  The version available in the Android Market is pretty poor.

So you want the new version?  OK, it’s actually quite easy to get it to work:

Caveat:  You MUST uninstall any previous versions of Facebook from your device before trying to install this new version.

• Download this file and copy it to the root of your SD card
• Open a terminal window and type the following:
  su
mount /system –o remount,rw
rm /system/app/Facebook.apk
cd /sdcard
cp Facebook.apk /system/app

You don’t need to reboot, the Facebook app will show up immediately in your menu.

Enjoy.

Note:  Feel free to add me on Facebook if you wish but remember to add a note that you’ve come from my blog otherwise as if I don’t know where you’re from I may not accept your request, and more importantly, any requests to join your Vampire or Werewolf clan (or any other for that matter) will not be met with enthusiasm.