Social networking is something we cannot live without now. Almost every one of us at least goes on Facebook and checks what is going around. You see many interested things which you may want to save for later. For example you like a video which you want to save for later viewing. This is now possible and you can download videos from Facebook on iOS on your iPhone & iPad easily. All you have to do is follow my simple guide.
Although there are many applications on the app store which are there to download videos. But they all open Facebook in their own browser and then download videos. The method I am going to show you will add a video download functionality to the official Facebook application in iOS 8 or iOS 7. You just have to click on the arrow when video is playing and tap on download video .Simple as that. You can down load it and save it. Later on when you want, you can view that video and have fun.
Method to Download Videos from Official Facebook App
The method I am going to show you involves jailbreak and cydia. You will have to install a cydia tweak named prenesi to download Facebook videos. This is a free tweak ,app from the big boss repo with no disadvantages. It will add a download button inside Facebook app.
The videos are saved directly to your camera roll.So you won’t have to go to another app and view it. You can do normal stuff on these clips like delete, edit etc.
How To Get Prenesi Cydia Tweak For Facebook Video Downloading
Follow these step by step instructions.
- Jailbreak your iPhone,iPad and install cydia.
- Go to your cydia app. From the bottom menu, tap on search.
- Now in the search bar. Type in Prenesi. Results will come up.
- Tap on the tweak ,download and install it.
- Respring your iDevice.
That is it. You are done. The tweak automatically integrates itself into the facebook stock app.
How To Use Prenesi Cydia Tweak For Facebook Video Downloading
Using the tweak is pretty easy. You can do this.
- Open your Facebook application.
- Now in the news feed. Scroll down and search for a video.
- Tap on it and play the movie clip.
- Beneath the clip when the video is playing. There is an arrow icon right next to comments icon. Tap on it.
- Select download this video and it will start downloading.
That’s it. The clips once downloaded will be saved right in your gallery. And you can play it from there.
Advantages
There are many advantages of this cydia tweak
- integrates into the official Facebook app
- does not require any third-party installer
- clean and efficient
- saving into the gallery directly
- merely crashes
- works on all major devices
So there you have it. Another great 2015 useful cydia tweak/app. What do you think about it ? Share your views and tell me in the comments.
