Facebook Zero on Android

January 19, 2011

I’ve been asked by some people on how to access facebook for free on their android mobile phone in the Philippines. Well, you can do this if you have a Sun cellular sim card, using a service called facebook zero.

I did this on my Cherry Mobile Nova, but basically all android phones have similar settings screen.

Facebook Zero is a service by Sun Cellular offered to its subscribers to access the popular social networking site for free (by now). Let us see how to configure this currently free service for android devices.

We need to make sure that the Sun wap APN is configured on the Settings->Wireless & Networks->Mobile network Settings->Access Point Names as shown below:

If its not created yet, let us create a new APN called “Sun GPRS” (screenshot below shows the important settings used for this wap service):

Select this APN for use and on the previous screen, enable Data:

This will let android connect to the wap service. Let us now open the default android browser and type in “0.facebook.com”:

If successful, you will now connect through the browser (through wap) to facebook for FREE. Happy surfing!

CM Flare Users (Karbonn A9+)
The default browser of CM Flare (Opera Mini) doesn’t like Facebook zero. If you want facebook zero working, install the Dolphin Browser App from Google Play. Screenshot of CM Flare running Facebook Zero in Dolphin shown below:

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Tags: android, Cherry Mobile Flare, cherry mobile nova, facebook, facebook zero, sun cellular

57 comments on “Facebook Zero on Android”

Janieve Ibanez on April 7, 2011 at 10:57 am said:

I just want to ask, my android doesn’t have the “DATA ENABLED” under the “Mobile Network Settings.” What will I do? I still can’t access facebook zero. thanks..

clintcan on April 29, 2011 at 5:54 pm said:

Hi Janieve,

You have to add the Sun GPRS APN in the APN section. Also, I don’t get it why you don’t have “DATA ENABLED” under the Mobile Network Settings of your android phone – this section is standard and available in the roms I’ve tried up to Gingerbread.

kartika on June 10, 2011 at 6:30 pm said:

i try it..
but it not works..
please help me

clintcan on June 10, 2011 at 9:42 pm said:

Works on my end kartika:

Mobile Network Settings -> Access Point Names -> New APN:

Name: Sun GPRS
APN: wap
Proxy: 202.138.159.78
Port 8080
Username: not set
Password: not set
Server: not set
MMSC: not set
MMS Proxy: not set
MCC: 515
MNC: 05
Authentication type: PAP or CHAP
APN type: default

And select Sun GPRS as the selected APN. Enable data connection, and you’re all set.

NT on June 14, 2011 at 8:25 pm said:

this might be a silly question so forgive me as I am an android newbie.

I notice android has a lot of background apps, widget, and processes (syncs) that are sometimes unknown to me that is why I always disable “mobile data” because of data automatic charges.

Now, when I turn on “mobile data” on SUN’s WAP to access FBZero, do I risk getting unknown charges due to the nature of “always online” android?

ding on June 15, 2011 at 7:18 pm said:

will it gonna work on iphone 3Gs?

clintcan on June 15, 2011 at 10:07 pm said:

@NT:
make sure your data roaming is turned off (auto syncing is turned off), notifications on 3rd party apps such as facebook, twitter, foursquare, etc are set to off… that way, you’ll not get any surcharges when you turn the facebook 0 sun service on.

clintcan on June 15, 2011 at 10:07 pm said:

@ding:
it should, the sun cellular facebook zero is standard gprs settings.

Mark on June 19, 2011 at 11:34 pm said:

im using samsung i9000…i followed the steps but im sad after seeing still can’t access it…

clintcan on June 20, 2011 at 8:40 am said:

@Mark

That’s really odd, because facebook zero works for me here. I’ve been asked by some people too, because it doesn’t work for them, and then when they changed sim, it works already. I got these settings from a friend of mine who went to Sun and asked for the GPRS settings for his nova (they set it up for him).

Mark on July 14, 2011 at 7:09 pm said:

already my facebook zero for my i9000…the lacking instruction for this is to set as well your browser settings…disable image loading and disable java too…then ayos….thanks to this thread it had help me…

grace on August 2, 2011 at 9:46 am said:

hello there, any1 can help me how to download the fb zero in my samsung galaxy s please thanks

Pingback: Thanks for great info, will be refering to your blog

bullet on October 31, 2012 at 9:17 am said:

working on my galaxy mini. thanks

belle on November 4, 2012 at 12:14 am said:

i asked sun customer rep, they said, android phones would no longer be able to access 0.facebook for free.:(
em using xperia s, and prepaid sim. just got the setting awhile ago. after 5 months of waiting.

RJ on November 17, 2012 at 2:49 am said:

I cant access facebook zero using my galaxy note

can anyone help me?

Jerry on November 27, 2012 at 10:24 pm said:

I can’t access it on my Sony Xperia GO st27i. Please reply or send it to my email. I’ll be glad if you’ll help me. Thank You so much !

clintcan on November 28, 2012 at 8:23 pm said:

Hi Jerry,

I tried my settings still here on my recent Huawei Honor, still works, pasting it here, this is for Gingerbread:

Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names -> New APN:

And select Sun GPRS as the selected APN. Enable data connection, and you’re all set.

Rolly M. on December 11, 2012 at 3:46 pm said:

Followed the instructions, working on my Huawei Ascend Y200.

clintcan on December 12, 2012 at 11:09 am said:

Glad to hear it works.

Seserakh on December 17, 2012 at 10:57 am said:

On my APNs there’s no SUN GPRS, however I already Activate the Sun GPRS What should I do?

Leevaun on December 18, 2012 at 4:42 pm said:

Hello..
I followed all the instructions but it seems it doesnt work on my android C.M Flare..

clintcan on December 18, 2012 at 6:40 pm said:

Can you do what you did with the CM Flare? Btw, nice phone. – I’ve heard a lot of good things about it.

cm punk_taker on January 3, 2013 at 1:32 pm said:

i tried it also on Cm flare but doesnt work. please help Thanks!!

kjshoot2ill on January 3, 2013 at 7:09 pm said:

eto yung nakita ko sa CM flare kung bakit di sya gagana
after selecting sun GPRS, later babalik sa SUN Internet…
paano ba gawin default yung sun GPRS as access point?

Nel on January 4, 2013 at 12:41 pm said:

i use also CM Flare but there is no thread abaout free internet that suits on the mobile

chandon on January 6, 2013 at 9:29 pm said:

i cant access zero facebook on my bright android phone .. though we followed the instructions please help us !

clintcan on January 8, 2013 at 4:42 pm said:

Please install Dolphin Browser from Google play or just use Browser App (not Opera Mini). Sun SIM should be enabled on SIM 1 (and Data enabled on SIM 1 as well). Screenshot shown in the post above using Dolphin Browser.

irene on January 8, 2013 at 10:34 pm said:

I want to thank you for this additional information; now my i9000 is working just fine and was able to connect facebook zeroo..thank you mark..godbless

Mark on July 14, 2011 at 7:09 pm said:

“already my facebook zero for my i9000…the lacking instruction for this is to set as well your browser settings…disable image loading and disable java too…then ayos….thanks to this thread it had help me…”
and also i wanna thank the guy who posted this thread…really big help!ty

che on January 9, 2013 at 4:43 pm said:

i cant access zero facebook ..my android doesn’t have the “DATA ENABLED” under the “Mobile Network Settings.” What will I do? I still can’t access facebook zero. thanks..

kate sandy on January 13, 2013 at 11:31 am said:

,,all set thank you,, i can now access facebook zero,, thank u & god bless!!

lee on January 15, 2013 at 10:07 pm said:

sir i did all the instructions and nothing happened i have CM flare here i can load up until log in of the 0.fb.com but i can’t log in because the connection has no download.. it always upload but no download cycle… pls help

lee on January 15, 2013 at 10:09 pm said:

i have CM flare and i did all the steps but i only get into login page nothing more after i enter my email and PW it stops there and endless loading… please help

CM Flare user on January 16, 2013 at 11:28 am said:

Pls. help.. CM Flare user here, could you please do a video or give a link re CM Flare fb 0, and settings.. it would be much appreciated. tia. running on ics 4.0.4 CM Flare.

kate on January 16, 2013 at 2:17 pm said:

hi clintcan! thank you for the big help……. you are genius!

marie on January 19, 2013 at 2:06 pm said:

i followed your instruction on my CM flare, and it works like magic! thanks a lot…

Dennis on January 21, 2013 at 3:38 pm said:

question lang… for those that said it worked on your flare… prepaid din ba sim nyo?
tnx

kirby on January 24, 2013 at 9:37 pm said:

thanks clintcan!it works!my looooooong problem in 0.facebook.com in my samsung mini was solved!thanks to you! godbless! )

xperia s on January 26, 2013 at 2:27 pm said:

Hi! still i cant access 0.facebook.com can someone help me with my xperia s?

Rochebelle on January 28, 2013 at 3:30 am said:

Thank you so much for posting this.We really had same experience from Sun Customer Service over the phone and even when I visited them personally. Its now working with my Myphone A888 Duo.