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Facebook update not updating

I am trying to update to the new Facebook Update, Version: 6.7.1

I have a few updates all come in at once tonight (November 8th at 9pm) However the other 4 apps updated but when I try to update Facebook, it tells me "Unable to Download App. "Facebook" could not be downloaded at this time."


I have shut off anf back on my IPHONE 5. I have signed in and out of my itunes account.


Does anyone know how to fix this?

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Nov 8, 2013 7:32 PM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2013 7:39 PM

Also having this issue.


Tried deleting and re-installing, but get same error. When deleting and re-installing app downloads from "purchased" as expected and looks like it is installing (indicator moves), but then app requests authentication and app fails to download.


Both hard and soft restarted phone, no effect.


5s, 7.0.3

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Nov 10, 2013 7:28 AM in response to josephpillow

I'm reading posts from people saying this is fixed. I don't think has been resolved. When I tried to install yesterday it did install but I was not seeing full information. When I logged in through the app I only saw half the people in my chat but when I was in safari I saw more people and more content in news feed. I think if this was fixed we would see a current date for this fix under updates but mine still shows the date of November 8th when this fix came out. I haven't seen any responses from Apple or Facebook saying this is fixed. Don't know about anyone else but I'm using the 6.6 version until I know this is corrected.

Nov 11, 2013 7:33 AM in response to josephpillow

Same problem here -- with the same unsuccessful fixes that everyone else has tried. I deleted the app and am seriously considering never reinstalling it. Facebook's iPhone app has consistently been more of a problem than almost any other app I have (which is over 150). That's quite a feat for one of the Valley's leading companies. For the dwindling amount of time I spend on FB now, I'll just use Safari.

Nov 11, 2013 12:51 PM in response to josephpillow

Honestly, I wonder if this doesn't have to do with the privacy settings being removed... I had the same issue as the people here.

For the past week, everytime I was browsing the site on a PC, I had refused to select the acknoledgement of the privacy changes. I loved my profile being private and unsearchable

The update (not a brand new install) of FB kept on crashing on my Iphone 5 over the weekend.

Until... I went on a PC and clicked on the"I undertsand" pop up that didn't want to go way this time and was making the browsing of the website impossible.

Guess what... my profile, that used to be private, turned into public and the Iphone update worked fine this time. Suckers!

So, I can now update and use FB on my Iphone.

As my profile is now fully public, I have no choice but to delete the app and close my account.


For those of you who did not accept the privacy change, it was probably done in your back by batch over the weekend, which could explain why even if you didn't agree to anything, as you were forced to, then it is now working.


Long story short, even though my theory is probably not the thruth, I am leaving facebook!


Ciao,

A ex-facebook user

Facebook update not updating

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