July 25, 2011 
SoSly 
Earlier today we wrote up a piece on how to use the official unreleased Facebook iPad app. It required basic text editing of the Facebook for iphone app and viola you were using the hidden Facebook for iPad app.
It didn’t last long until Facebook put a stop to this by remotely blocking the ability to log in using the unreleased app. Some users are reporting no problems while others are reporting not being able to log in to Facebook with the edited version of Facebook for iphone app.
Just last night, our own MG Siegler unveiled that Facebook’s top secret iPad app was hiding in plain sight right within the publicly available iPhone app. All it took was a quick, mostly-pain-free modification or two, and you were knee deep in unexplored Beta territory.
Alas, it looks like Facebook has found a way to close things back up.
We’re hearing tons (as in hundreds) of reports that users who are just now getting around to checking out the trick are unable to do so. The iPad-friendly app still launches — you just can’t do much, as newcomers are being turned away at the login screen.
Oddly, it seems that those who managed to sneak in to the party before Facebook started closing the gates are still on the guest list.. to some extent. MG is still able to click around the app, though certain things (like notifications) are acting strangely or not functioning at all. No word yet on whether they plan to give everyone outside of Facebook HQ the boot completely
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