Geo Location feature is actually the key for any app to use mobile’s location based services. And while it has been introduced in Opera Mobile 10.1 version earlier but has been improved even more in Opera Mobile 11.
For Facebook Places/Check-in feature, It’s Symbian’s default web browser which can’t yet facilitate any webpage or website to use embedded location based services. That’s actually the problem why Facebook Places/Check-in feature doesn’t work on it. It will not work in any browser which can’t give a webpage access to your location.
Well Opera Mobile 11 (10.1 earlier before) has been enabled with the Geo Location feature to use your current location and give webpages the access to this information after your permission.
UPDATE: (15-05-2011) As the new Touch UI of facebook Mobile Website has been rolled out to most of the devices, Opera Mobile 11 also got affected with this new change and all requests to http://touch.facebook.com are now being redirected to http://m.facebook.com. Hence the following post is no more of use for places/check-in.
We’ll update this post if there comes a new update in future related to this.
UPDATE: (21-05-2011) Still NO Touch User Interface but Facebook Places/Check-in is back now. You have to deal with some crappy mobile interface.
Some users were reporting earlier about Opera Mobile 10.1 Geo Location feature for not working correctly or not working at all or hanging the GPS service. It’s recommended that you upgrade to Opera Mobile 11 as this feature has been improved.
Following is the way you do it.
visit on your phone
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i've a problem with the tag!
there is no button for search my friend in my list!
how to?
thankssss
I can't either if you find out please tell me
I've been searching everywhere to find check in "places" for symbian phones and had no luck until i found your site! Now it workss, i can check in and tag friends! Thank you so much =D
Oh im having trouble like Lorenzo, dere's no button for search my friend in my list. How do we fix that?
@Lorenzo @Jasldlr @Neko
Thanks for reporting but
I just tried with tagging friends. It works flawlessly..
If you can't see a button for tagging friends then you might need to check your privacy settings on Facebook perhaps?
I'll post about it if there is any privacy settings concerns with tagging friends.
Thanks
I have a Nokia 5230 with opera 11 installed. I also use opera on my pc. I can use fb places on the pc which isn't much use as it's a desktop! Can't get it on the mobile. I followed instructions above but Terms of Service & the following screens don't appear when I click on the Places tab. I just get a friends location & mine that I posted from the pc.
You might have rejected terms & conditions and saved your answer at first.. Perhas
do following and try again
- in opera settings > privacy...
- Clear cache. And
- Clear shared locations.. http://twitpic.com/4tsjej
restart Opera Mobile 11 and check if it prompts with T&Cs
you can also try removing and reinstalling Opera Mobile 11
Also places location sharing works on Opera Mobile 11 and wont work on Opera Mini
thanks, you saved my phone from getting trashed, tried to make it work with opera mini but installed opera 11 and now it works perfect=) thanks thanks thanks =)
This works on my pc but not on my Nokia 5230. Clicking on the Places tab just gives me the location i entered on my pc + one friends location. No terms & condition, no share location, no check in ??
my posts are not showing. Is that because I am a guest?
I have problem with the tag too!
I couldn't search my friends after key in the name, no 'Enter' button...
I have to click page by page to tag my friends. It is so inconvenience.
hi. Do you know if there are any broswer that supports windows mobile 6 so that i could check in to facebook places?
I installed it yesterday and it worked perfectly until now. Now it's the same as in the past,, I can see my friends locations but can't share mine at all. What happened since yesterday ? I can't understand...