At the start of the month, everyone was excited about the
Facebook Event, which finally revealed Facebook’s new launcher for Android –
Facebook Home. A few days later an apk was leaked which worked on nearly any
mobile. But, Facebook was quick to pull the plug on the app. Yesterday, finally
Facebook Home was launched on the Play Store.
Sadly Facebook Home currently supports only Samsung Galaxy
S3, Galaxy Note 2, HTC One, One X, or One X+ (and HTC First). At first I side-loaded
the apk (as I had done with the leak), surprisingly Facebook was checking the
phone build, and all you get is this screen.
Luckily, Android is open-source and highly modifiable. You
can change nearly anything, even your device. Hence running Facebook Home on your device is
pretty easy.
Method 1: Rooted Devices Only
2. Open the app and MAKE A BACKUP.
3. Change build.prop to the
following:
ro.product.model=GT-N7100
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=t03gxx
ro.product.device=t03g
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-samsung
5. Install the Facebook Home apk –
Link Here.
6. You are good to go!
Method 2: Non-Rooted Devices
1. Uninstall your current Facebook
and Facebook Messenger apps.
3. You are good to go!
4. Do note that by this method your
apps will no longer get updates on the Play Store.
My personal experience with Facebook Home, has not been the
best. I simply do not like it. It looks useful for those who use their smartphones
only for Facebook. Although I love the “chat-heads” feature (more on that in
the next article).
Please let us know your views on Facebook Home in the
comments below.
P.S: I’m not gonna do a complete review of the app – as I
find that my views are much similar to those by Android Police.
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Source: Android Police
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