“Ooh, I’d like that new Facebook Home. Can you put it on my phone?”
So began a quest of almost Greek Epic proportions as I first tried to explain to my wife that no, Facebook Home won’t run on her LG Optimus P920 3D (I was rebuffed with “that’s the third Ron you’ve installed since you bought me it!” – no, I didn’t mention that we call them ‘ROMs’). Later, after some research, I then attempted to prise the phone out of her social network infested fingers so that I could test if the potential solution I had found would actually work.
With some surprise, I found that Facebook Home does indeed work on the LG Optimus P920 3D – and it works on many other older, “unsupported” devices too, just as long as you install a specially adjusted version.
What Is FB Home?
Facebook Home is the social networking giant’s new app for Android, a sort of mini launcher that can be used to replace your home screen and replace it with a Facebook-ized experience that puts your social connections to the forefront.
The effect is a visually pleasing experience with a regularly changing background collected from images uploaded by your friends, status updates and a single button to drag open the messenger, apps list and settings.
Facebook Home Compatibility
The problem many users will face with Facebook Home is threefold. First, it is designed only for Android 4.0 and later, so the many millions of Android device owners still running Froyo and Gingerbread will be excluded (unless they can find an Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean ROM).
There is a second problem in that Facebook has only made the app available to a narrow selection of devices, listed on Google Play as “including the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II, HTC One X and HTC One X+”. Presumably there some others, but they aren’t listed.
A third issue is that users in certain countries are unable to install Facebook Home, even if there device is supported.
It is worth noting that Facebook Home is a sort of umbrella app that uses the standard Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps. So for a user with a compatible device and Android version, all three apps would need to be installed.
But what if you don’t own a suitable device, or live in an unsupported country?
Installing Facebook Home
Just click on the link and download the apk file of Facebook HOME.
After Download the file open it and install.
Before Install Facebook HOME make sure that Facebook App and Facebook Messenger were installed in your Android device.
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