I use FaceSlim myself, which seems to do much better, mostly a web view with a useragent that gets the older less-gimped mobile facebook website, and can send/view messages still.
I'm keeping messenger for now, only because my GF is in another state, and it's the most consistent way to video chat (which is a shame).
I'm keeping messenger for now, only because my GF is in another state, and it's the most consistent way to video chat (which is a shame).