Android OS

Texts just lag Android phones.
As long as I back up my numbers I don't care about texts :P

Can it run at 710MHz?

EDIT: NVM it can, I'll give it a whirl later, tell me if the Market works fully

I just got my first Android phone today. I'm disappointed with the Facebook application because it doesn't let me customise statuses. I like to hide my statuses from family members and the app doesn't appear to have any options other than to type in a status and publish it. Is there a way to fix this or a better Facebook app?

Pretty sure if thats the setting on your computer, it's logged as that in your phone...

That's the problem. It uses the default settings. The default settings for statuses are useless since Facebook merged the privacy settings to make them "simpler". You can't just hide statuses from certain people by default, you have to hide your entire wall and that's no good. To get around that you have to customise each status individually, which phone apps don't seem to allow.

I've found a way to access the full version of Facebook via a browser which should let me do what I want, but I need to download the Dolphin browser. I have an exam tomorrow and Friday so I'm going to wait until the weekend to play around with it all.

What phone have you got?

That's the problem. It uses the default settings. The default settings for statuses are useless since Facebook merged the privacy settings to make them "simpler". You can't just hide statuses from certain people by default, you have to hide your entire wall and that's no good. To get around that you have to customise each status individually, which phone apps don't seem to allow.

I've found a way to access the full version of Facebook via a browser which should let me do what I want, but I need to download the Dolphin browser. I have an exam tomorrow and Friday so I'm going to wait until the weekend to play around with it all.

Get Opera browser

Also, I never use the FB app, it's really badly made. Hopefully a new one should come into play soon..
I usually use the mobile site on my browser. Though I'm sure I've hidden everything I do from my family, so this specifically doesn't concern me.

I don't see the point of hiding my whole wall, just wish Facebook hadn't dumbed down the settings in December or whenever. I dread to think what they're implementing tomorrow when they change them.

The reason I mentioned Dolphin is it has an option to spook the device name that's connecting, so I can pretend my phone is a desktop and see the full Facebook site. Facebook redirects me if it detects my phone. I don't know if Opera has that capability but it;s essential for this.

I can view the whole site with Opera..
Go on the mobile site, scroll down to the bottom and it says "full site" and "touch site"

Oh right, might try that then. So what's the name of the browser that comes pre-installed?

Edit: That didn't work, the only link is "touch site". Same issue as the browser pre-installed. Pretending to be a desktop with Dolphin is probably the only way. Will try that now. I should be revising. >.<

Just the general Android browser I assume.. I never use it. It's too slow.
Odd, I wonder why the option isn't there for you

Revising? After 4 years I still don't know how

Dolphin worked for me. I just cloned the user agent for a desktop or an iPhone and it let me access the full Facebook. But for some reason desktop was too buggy to post a status. iPhone seems to work better, even though it's accessing the same page.

Meh, gave up on waiting and downloaded VillainRom 6.

Got 2.1... got navigation... got other goodies. All happy for now