Performing the test-run project: Activate Facebook chat heads on your iOS device

Updated Chat-Heads for iOS
Credit: Digital_chat_heads.com)

It is today when Facebook updated it's iOS app thus bringing chat-heads to it's platform. The update, maintains few glitches though, as special features like chat-heads and stickers still faces a set-back till it's official launch to everyone - In short, it's limited at the moment. Now the update is squared, what else? I guess a few of you have the interest in tasting the waters and see how deep they run.

 well, the good news is, you're lucky. Chat heads together with features like sticker have minoritly raised temperatures most likely to many who have seen the move as behind bars scenario. To be sober, i tasted the Facebook chat-head today and to my surprise it gave promising results especially if you're on iOS 6 family. Let's not waste time. I came across various tweaks but managed slicing you two, that will perhaps nurture your Facebook experience to a blowing reality. Off-course the tweaks am about to breakdown will carter for two updates, for those interested on Facebook chat-head alone and wish to out-leave Facebook stickers and for those intending icing for both - Facebook chat-heads for iOS will be rolling out sometime soon, most probably over the coming weeks and so, if you wish to jump over and consider yourself in the lab for chat-heads, then take full advantage of this very test-run project.

What you'll need.     
- iExplorer that will enable you to extract the plist file and immediately Xcode that to your PC for further changes.
- Your iPhone device.  (note that changing plist file codes needs you to be updated to iOS 6)
-Your PC. (Be sure to be running mac or Linux platform as Xcoding reference keys on iOS relies on mac and Linux explorer files for editing to be easily accomplished)

Editing the PLIST file and activating chat-heads : The process isn't cumbersome, you'll have to download  iExplorer  depending on your platform and thereafter execute it for extraction to be successfully logged within the system (Linux users will have to download mac's platform and dump the file via a console for installation)
- Once completed, launch the iExplorer app with your iPhone device docked and thereafter options with vast integrities and various functions will be seen. I advice you to mount your device and press the "auto transfer" tab. All of your contents paged within your device will all be on your PC for viewing. Now navigate to (Com.facebook.facebook.Plist) This plist holds a number of keys that Facebook determines how it should behave.
- Now open the plist file with your favorite plist editor. Myself used Plist Xcode editor and was successful. Look up for the key "messanger_chat_heads_ios". If this keys doesn't exist in your plist, just add it to the top level of same existing file. Change the key value to "Yes" or "</No>" (depending on what you're editing in)
- Save the edited plist and drag it back to your device while iExplorer is still running.
- Now kill the app and have it re-launched to make it adapt the changes  you made in plist.
- That's it, you now have Facebook chat-heads up and running. As you have chat conversation with either your relatives, friends and workmates you should see circles with their avatars scribble on screen as you navigate the app.

Activating Stickers  
Stickers, on the same note posses plist files but difference gears in as this mirrors different key codes  that communicates with servers from Facebook. The process is rather lengthy but for those who seek curiosity like Carly Rae jepsen and need to try Stickers can as well point their browsers to this post and perform the big boy's thing.

Commentary: Not being a fun of stickers on Facebook chat-heads, i simply deactivated it and now waiting the day Facebook will activate stickers to my account. All the best! 

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