Enable Official Facebook App in Your iPad [How-to Guide]

This discovery was reported by the folks over at TechCrunch while the discovery of the Facebook app for iPad was actually made by Marvin Bernal (@AeroEchelon) over at Twitter. The discovery was made by simply editing the info.plist of the iPhone app and by changing “UIDeviceFamily” from the value 1 to 2. There have been some clues as well that the hidden iPad app is bound to go universal which means it is compatible both for iPhone and iPad. In order to explain it better:

Hidden in the code of Facebook’s iPhone app is the code for something else. Something everyone has been waiting over a year for. The iPad app. Yes, it’s real, and it’s spectacular (well, very good, at the very least). And yes, it really is right there within the code. Even better, it’s executable.

A TechCrunch staff also confirmed that this secret Facebook iPad app is in fact the one that the social networking giant is about to launch and iPad owners have been expecting:

Update: We’ve just talked to a source who had previous seen the app and says that this is in fact the app Facebook was intending to launch shortly. We’ll see if that gets sped up now.

NOTE: There are actually 3 ways for you to enable the official Facebook app in your iPad, one requires you to download a free jailbreak tweak from Cydia, the other one requires you to edit the app's plist file using iFile and finally one requires you to use iPhone Explorer and Xcode to edit a plist file. Just use whatever method you are comfortable with.

The first two methods require you to have a jailbroken iPad while the third one requires no jailbeaking. Be sure that you know what you are doing before you proceed.

Method #1
1.Download the latest official Facebook iPhone app (version 3.4.4) into your iPad (iTunes download link below).
2.Open up Cydia and search for the “FullForce” tweak by developer Ryan Petrich and install it. Version 1.3.3 should be the version that you want to enable the Facebook app in iPad.
3.You'll be prompted to respring your iPad so go ahead and do that.
4.Navigate to your iPad's Settings and look for the configuration settings of Fullforce.
5.Toggle the Facebook iPhone app to ON.
6.Now go back to your springboard and open the Facebook app. The official Facebook should now be enabled for your iPad.
Method #2
1.Download the latest Facebook iPhone app into your iPad (iTunes download link below).
2.Make sure that you have iFile installed in your device, if not download it from Cydia and install.
3.Launch iFile to use to navigate to Applications > Facebook.
4.Open the Facebook.app folder.
5.Look and select the info.plist file.
6.Head over to Display Properties > UIDeviceFamily.
7.Modify the UIDeviceFamily value “1” in the upper right corner to “2”.
8.Respring your iPad.
Method #3 (Requires no jailbreaking)
1.Download and install iPhone Explorer and the developer tool Xcode for Mac.
2.Open the info.plist file in the Facebook app in Xcode.
3.Modify the UIDeviceFamily property from “1? to “2.”
4.Respring the iPad.
This hidden Facebook app for iPad should be 100% functional and usable with a few minor bugs. The interface is quite slick and the overall aesthetics simply looks great. The app is also quite snappy since it is mostly based in HTML 5.

Download Facebook App for iPhone in iTunes App Store.

RedSn0w Can Jailbreak iOS 4.3.5

Following the release of iOS 4.3.5 this morning, we issued our usual warning about staying away from the latest firmware so that you don’t lose your jailbreak or unlock.

This warning is still in effect for those who don’t want a tethered jailbreak. For the rest of you who don’t mind plugging your iDevice in your computer every time you have to reboot, the word on the street is that RedSn0w can jailbreak iOS 4.3.5…
This will work for all devices that support iOS 4.3.5, except for the iPad 2.

In order to jailbreak iOS 4.3.5 using RedSn0w, you will have to update to 4.3.5 first, then point RedSn0w to 4.3.4.

Not sure how to do that? Then check our our ultimate RedSn0w guide. Make sure you are on 4.3.5, then in step 6 of the tutorial, point RedSn0w to 4.3.4. The remaining steps are identical.

Keep in mind this is a tethered jailbreak. You will need to plug your iDevice in your computer, and launch RedSn0w every single time you’ll want to reboot your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.

Now for those of you who try this, please make sure to leave a comment below and tell us about your experience.

Warning: Don’t Update to iOS 4.3.5 if You Care About Your Jailbreak

With the release of iOS 4.3.5 and 4.3.10 earlier today, I think it would be safe to remind you to stay away from this “update” button if you care about your jailbreak or unlock.

If you run a stock iPhone, or iPad, then go ahead, update to the latest firmware. But if like most iDB readers you heavily rely on a jailbreak/unlock, make sure you do not update…
You’d still be able to jailbreak iOS 4.3.5 using RedSn0w, but it would be a tethered jailbreak, meaning you would have to plug your iDevice in your computer to tether boot it every time you have to start it up.

Updating to the latest firmware would definitely make you lose your software unlock no matter what.

Apple Releases iOS 4.3.5 To Fix Vulnerability with Certificate Validation

Apple has released iOS 4.3.5 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This update is now available in iTunes and fixes an apparent security vulnerability with certificate validation.

iOS 4.3.5 can be applied to your iDevice by updating your software in iTunes.
Jailbreakers are obviously warned to stay away from this update, or else you will lose your jailbreak.

We do expect the Dev Team to release an update to RedSn0w that will allow for a tethered jailbreak as they’ve done previously, but the untethered jailbreak has been killed by Apple.

For that reason, we advise anyone who really cares about their jailbreaking abilities to stay far away from iOS 4.3.5. It’s a relatively minor update anyway.

For CDMA iPhone users, Apple has released iOS 4.2.10.

All latest firmwares can be downloaded from our download section.

Thoughts on Apple’s consistent flow of iOS updates?