YouTube very slow on iPhone 5

The app is working fine for me. Haven't noticed any speed issues with it.

You tube is rip roar in' fast on my I5 !

EricE

I have this issue. Played the same video, on the same WiFi connection on the youTube app on my 4 and 5.. The 4 played instantly and loaded faster than it played. The 5 is basically unwatchable. Took about 10 second to start, then played about 3 seconds, buffered for 20, then played a few more, then repeat... Strange thing is I turn off WiFi and switch to 4G (non LTE) and it plays fast. Although, it looks like youTube drops the video quality when on 4G.

Although, I did the same with the iTunes Fesitval app which provides very high quality video and they both play instantly and smoothly on WiFi. So, I'd guess this is a youTube issue.

I did a speed tst on my WiFi and it gets like 17 mbps so I don't think I have the slow WiFi issue reported by other 5 users.

So basically the exact same issue the OP has...

I confirmed when I go off wifi YouTube is fast again (even though I get 20-30 Mbps down). Odd

My IP5 would not buffer YT videos. I cleared cookies/data and powered down the phone.

When I powered up the phone again, YT was running / buffering as it normally should be.

Speed test on LTE 39.75 down, 27.59 up

Speed test on home WiFi 0.68 down, 1.46 up, then 2.38 down, 1.37 up

iMac same test, same WiFi 10.37 down, 1.46 up

I was getting 11 down on my phone with no Safari YouTube issues (although the new YouTube app wouldn't load the videos). Today I can't get Safari YouTube to load and my speed test WiFi speeds are at a standstill.

Any hope this is a 6.0.1 fix?

EDIT: Just disabled LTE and my WiFi speed test is now compatible with my iMac at 10.95 and 1.61.

UPDATE: Disabling LTE wasn't a consistent fix. I'm wondering if it has something to do with my Time Machine bridged to my router.

Most likely related to WiFi issues. Safari is fast though on my iPhone 5. Speeds are very inconsistent on SpeedTest..

Same Problem

I'm having the same problem on an iPhone 5. I'm using wifi on AT&T Uverse 24mb down. If I go to YouTube over LTE, it loads fast.

I get this exact problem. YouTube on ip5 on WIFI Keeps stalling. Also when it does work the video will drop quality badly! It's very annoying! ... Oh I'm in the u.k. But ip4 worked like a dream!

If your Internet speeds are doing fine, tat means it's a problem on YouTube server side.

FYI I use Jasmine, 99% of the time I had no problems with videos buffering even though my 3G connection is a mere 1.5mbps.

I can confirm youtube is working just swimmingly on my S3 and is using all my screen's estate

ah that felt good

Mine was doing this until I deleted the app then reinstalled it, now fixed !!!

TheMacBookPro said:

Working fine for me. I just wish they'd update the official app to support the larger display.

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They may have already submitted the updated version, and Apple needs to approve it.. but who knows..

Just use Jasmine...supported for the new screen and works very well.

I am also having the same problem. It's really frustrTrating. I held 4s and ip5 side by side and plYed the same youtube video at the same time over the same wifi network. Guess what ip4s played it very smoothly while the iphone 5 likes practically doesn't move after first 10 seconds. I don't know what's the problem. Mr Sixpack, how was it fixed in your case can you tell me? Or it just came to work without any reason?

Having problems as well. Works fine in safari but practically useless with the app.

Youtube has been slow on every iPhone I have had. Even over wifi on my 120mb connection.

All other things on my iphone have been fast so not a setup issue.

No YouTube problem but a Jasmine user too.

I noticed this on my 4s after using the App Store YouTube app

Sixpack446 said:

I just tested it on AT&T lte network and it loaded extremely fast. I tried again on wifi and it was very slow. I ran a speedtest on my wifi and it was fine. This is really annoying.

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I was having the same issues tonight.

still i don't get iphone5, i have iPhone 4 and still working good. maybe you have internet issues . i guess so

Had d same problem on my iphone 5 but fixed it by deleting the YouTube app and instead opening youtube in the safari browser. You can just add it to your home screen from there so it's same as having the app but it works fine and videos load very quickly

Sixpack446 said:

Youtube is painfully slow for me on my iphone 5 using wifi. It doesn't seem to buffer and videos are constantly freezing on me. When I run a speedtest I am getting 30 download and 3 up, so it is not my Internet. I played the same video on my iphone 4 side by side with my 5 and the iPhone 4 loads perfectly, while the iPhone 5 just sits there. The weird thing is that I can go to any other video streaming site and my iphone 5 will load the videos extremely fast. It's the same results using the youtube app and using safari.

Can anyone else confirm this on their iphone 5?

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use the Jasmine app.

It solves all your problems including iPhone 5 display support.

iFanboy said:

The view count is generated by unregistered users browsing the forum also.

At one stage today there were almost 7000 people looking at the iPhone form alone. There weren't 7000 users logged in and browsing. Some threads received 500 views before a logged in user even saw it.

Pipe down.

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Are you saying the number of views is bogus? That it is artificially inflated about 20 times or more depending on number of real views?