April 13, 2013 in Android Basics / Tips and Tricks, Android How To's, Blog, Featured, How To's
You might have heard about Facebook’s new app, Facebook
Home, that replaces the home screen on your Android device. This new app
launched on April 12th in the Google Play store but is only currently
available for a handful of devices. Thanks to some impatient developers,
that exclusivity didn’t last long. You can now download and install on
the Facebook Home app on any Android device. Here’s how.
2. Download the three APK files from the links below and save them to your desktop.
Facebook Home (Updated 04.16.13)
Facebook Messenger (Updated 04.16.13)
Facebook App (Updated 04.16.13)
3. Plug your Android device in via USB cable.
4. Copy the three APK files over to the storage of your device.
5. Unplug the device.
6. Open any file browser on your Android device and locate the APK files. (If you don’t have a file browser, head to the Google Play store on your device and search for Astro File Browser and install that, then use that to locate the APK files).
7. Click each of the APK files to install them, one by one. To avoid issues, install the Facebook App first, open it and login. Then install the Messenger app, open it and login. Then, finally, install the Facebook Home app, open it, and login.
8. Once they are all installed, hit the home button and when asked which app to use select the Facebook home application (you can check the box to make it the default if you decide you want to keep it for now).
9. Enjoy exploring the new launcher and apps. To uninstall, simply go to Settings > Apps > Select them Facebook apps and hit uninstall on each of them, one by one.
If you have any issues and have a custom recovery (or a stock recovery that has these options) head to recovery and wipe cache/wipe dalvik cache and reboot.
Read more at http://theunlockr.com/2013/04/13/how-to-get-facebook-home-on-any-android-device/#3q1vDyHGMCUfZc2R.99 I. Install the New Facebook APKs
1. Uninstall your current Facebook app and Facebook Messenger and Facebook Home if you already tried to install it and failed. (You can do this by going to Settings > Apps > find the apps and uninstall them one by one).2. Download the three APK files from the links below and save them to your desktop.
Facebook Home (Updated 04.16.13)
Facebook Messenger (Updated 04.16.13)
Facebook App (Updated 04.16.13)
3. Plug your Android device in via USB cable.
4. Copy the three APK files over to the storage of your device.
5. Unplug the device.
6. Open any file browser on your Android device and locate the APK files. (If you don’t have a file browser, head to the Google Play store on your device and search for Astro File Browser and install that, then use that to locate the APK files).
7. Click each of the APK files to install them, one by one. To avoid issues, install the Facebook App first, open it and login. Then install the Messenger app, open it and login. Then, finally, install the Facebook Home app, open it, and login.
8. Once they are all installed, hit the home button and when asked which app to use select the Facebook home application (you can check the box to make it the default if you decide you want to keep it for now).
9. Enjoy exploring the new launcher and apps. To uninstall, simply go to Settings > Apps > Select them Facebook apps and hit uninstall on each of them, one by one.
If you have any issues and have a custom recovery (or a stock recovery that has these options) head to recovery and wipe cache/wipe dalvik cache and reboot.
If this procedure helped you, please head to the developer’s original thread and thank/donate to them!
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