Facebook 3.0.1 for iPhone — With Bug Fixes! — Now in the App Store
Facebook 3.0.1 for iPhone [Free - iTunes link], which fixes some of the bugs found in Facebook 3.0 (others are reportedly being fixed on the Facebook backend servers), is now being served piping hot and ready from the iTunes App Store.
(And wow but can Apple approve fast in some cases?!)
[Thanks Cameron for the tip!]
August 30th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
that was rather quick lol ooo apple!
August 30th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Quick, yes… however! I just uploaded a short video… the video icon shows on my 3GS but when I try to play it I get a pop up saying: Alert – Sorry, Facebook Video is not yet compatible with iPhones and iPod Touches, but we’re working on it.
August 30th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
The video does play on regular Facebook.
August 30th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I didnt know I had any bugs but, I downloaded it anyway
August 30th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
The twitpocalypse bug fix on Tweetie had to wait more than 2 weeks. So unfair!
August 30th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
@Wesley:
So when was 3.0.1 submitted to the App Store?
The ad-hoc beta testers may have discovered what needed fixing just after 3.0 went in to apple.
August 30th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
I believe push notifications is also included in this update! Woot!
August 30th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I was so happy when I seen this update cuz I just knew it was gonne get rid of that stupid crash when u click on friends.
August 30th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
i love this blog…
August 30th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Bah…maybe no push notifications afterall?
August 30th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
What is ‘push notifications’?
August 30th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Alex: That’s 3.1 that you’re thinking of. Not 3.0.1.
August 30th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
This was a bug fix update only, nothing new.
August 30th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
haha i havent even seen any bugs other than the video one, but apparently thats still down..
JimmyD: Push is when notifications are forwarded or “pushed” to your phone automatically instead of having to physicallyh go into the app to refresh it.. like when you get a new email and the little red number pops up over the mail icon, etc..
August 30th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
There is no in app notification when you get a new chat. Or am I missing something? This update dosent appear to fix the problem.
August 30th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Hi to all . Well I tried to download the new 3.0 Facebook update but the App. Store is telling me it cannot connect to the Itunes Store… Anybody else have this also.? Thanks
August 30th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Facebook probably released 3.0.1 before apple approved 3.0
August 30th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Can you clear your status?
August 31st, 2009 at 12:09 am
Yay events are now fixed!
August 31st, 2009 at 1:20 am
This has fixed my crashing friends list bug.
August 31st, 2009 at 2:05 am
Yeah good job for facebook devs, but the app still has major bugs. Fix it already you lazy ********. How do you sell a product half finished?? Cmon..
August 31st, 2009 at 2:11 am
Simple, They dont sell anything! Its free!!
August 31st, 2009 at 2:45 am
@icebike it doesn’t work that way, you have to either cancel the app approval (or app-roval if you will), and submit a new one or wait till it hits the app store then add a new version… They will swap a version to a older approved version if a big error exist quickly though…
August 31st, 2009 at 5:34 am
3.01 there is a bug in birthdays list, for me, in September list appears 3 contacts with different month of birthday
August 31st, 2009 at 5:55 am
I’ve got fairly major problems with birthdays list, too, with birthdays appearing in the wrong months!
August 31st, 2009 at 6:13 am
I downloaded 3.0.1 but I still have a bug with the Notifications bar. tapping on it when there is a new notification just brings me to an error screen and the notification appears unread. Very annoying.
Does anyone know how I can roll back to the pre 3.0 release?
August 31st, 2009 at 7:37 am
jbkilluh: ‘push notification’ – Thanks. Now that you’ve told me I’m all “Duhhh… I knew that!”
August 31st, 2009 at 7:56 am
I had 3 friends who’s entire iPhone crashed during or after downloading 3.0! Two had to go into forced recovery mode & lost most everything (since they didn’t backup) and another had to go to an Apple store for them to reset it! I’m guessing these are the real bugs!
August 31st, 2009 at 8:03 am
I never had any crashes or problems, but it seems a bit snappier now.
Facebook 3.0 is comparable to OS 9 going to OS X. It’s by far the biggest update I’ve ever seen go into any app in the App Store. It went from being one of the worst apps to being one of the best in one update.
August 31st, 2009 at 8:10 am
So many uneducated people posting comments right now, dang…
The notification errors is a backend/server side bug, it will be fixed in a few days (http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/3657576064)
v3.0.1 was submitted hours after v3.0 went live into the store – it wasn’t a planned release after 3.0, it was a bug fix release for issues found by the masses that wasn’t located by the limited amount of beta testers (an Apple restriction). (http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/3588374432 & http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/3590689004 & http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/3600083349)
Push is coming in v3.1 currently being developed (http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/3461400625)
This app really doesn’t have any ‘MAJOR’ bugs in it, if it’s crashing non-stop then it’s something screwy with your device. Restart the phone, if that doesn’t fix it delete and reinstall the app, if that doesn’t fix it I would do a backup & restore.
Do yourself a favor and follow the developer if you use Twitter: http://twitter.com/joehewitt
August 31st, 2009 at 8:23 am
Surly you guys know that Apple doesn’t have to approve bug fixes. I am not certain where I read that and I am not a dev but I remember reading a dev blog and it stated that if you are simply making bug fixes, you don’t have to get that approved.
August 31st, 2009 at 9:03 am
Apple setup an emergency e-mail for devs incase something like this happens, major app just released with a few bugs
August 31st, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Push notifications might be included in 3.1, not 3.01. The Birthday issue is something that 3.01 should fix. Notifications within the app is a server issue and should be fixed by today or tomorrow. Joe submitted the bug fix update on Friday and it hit the app store this weekend.
August 31st, 2009 at 5:16 pm
My entire phone crashed as well just after downloading. Had to bring it in to the apple store to get it reset.
August 31st, 2009 at 5:32 pm
My first update was working perfect… But now my app keeps crashing. :/
August 31st, 2009 at 11:47 pm
When are they going to fix the friends list bug?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:09 am
It crashed my phone multiple times with the 3.0 update. It COMPLETELY crashed my iPhone with the 3.0.1 update. I had to completely restore my phone, which meant reinstalling OS 3.0 and using my backups to restore data.
I’m not amused!
I would recommend backing up your phone before updating. I’m deleting it until I’m sure this won’t happen again. No app has ever forced me to restore my phone (and lost recent data!)
September 1st, 2009 at 1:45 am
Joe hewitt said on his twitter page that 3.02 is coming to fix some leftover bugs and add accesibilty
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I noticed that my hidden news returned when updating to 3.0.1, anyone else noticed that?
September 14th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
@Russell: i work with iphones all day with troubleshooting before we contact apple if we cant fix it. and it crashed my device also. @josh: when i called apple the guy already guessed my problem as soon as i mentioned facebook. my device wouldnt stay powered on would come to the apple screen sit for 2 mins and shut off. they couldnt fix my phone and had to replace it. not just uneducated people having the issue i went to work and heard about all kinds of issues and it had even crashed serveral devices in the office.
unfortunately no apple store for me its 3 hours away so they shipped me a new phone and that was a hassel too.
September 21st, 2009 at 1:46 am
how do u clear your status in 3.0.1? I haven’t found a way and I would think this would be a major feature to leave out,especially seeing as even the original version had a ‘clear’ button. anyone??
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:48 am
Hello,
I would like to know when we will be able to watch posted videos using this iPhone facebook application? This is a real disadvantage over Blackberry! Or at least, being able to share those videos if not view them!
Thanks.