YouTube very slow on iPhone 5

Sixpack446 · Sep 23, 2012, 01:39 PM

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?

Sixpack446 · Sep 23, 2012, 02:18 PM

Anyone?

Sixpack446 · Sep 23, 2012, 03:23 PM

96 views and not one reply. All I want to know is if anyone else is experiencing problems with youtube on iPhone 5. A simple yes or no reply will do.

mandres12 · Sep 23, 2012, 03:26 PM

no mine is working fine

Vundu · Sep 23, 2012, 03:28 PM

Sometimes slow sometimes fine for me.

Whorehay · Sep 23, 2012, 03:29 PM

No, it loaded the entire video faster than my 4S. May be the processing power, or the fact that it's on 5GHz band.

Daveoc64 · Sep 23, 2012, 03:29 PM

Yes.

I have had this problem today (not tried it before today).

Video buffers incredibly slowly on both the YouTube App and the YouTube mobile web site.

I found the video (3:20 long) I wanted on a different site and it buffered in about 4 seconds.

TheMacBookPro · Sep 23, 2012, 03:30 PM

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

Sixpack446 · Sep 23, 2012, 03:33 PM

Thank you for the replies. My iphone 4 is still blowing the doors off my iphone 5 on youtube. I'm starting to get really frustrated.

LouieSamman · Sep 23, 2012, 03:35 PM

No problems with the iPhone 5. Youtube video loads fine.

Gasgas · Sep 23, 2012, 03:53 PM

I'm having the same trouble, it's seriously annoying!

Sixpack446 · Sep 23, 2012, 04:26 PM

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.

iFanboy · Sep 23, 2012, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixpack446

96 views and not one reply. All I want to know is if anyone else is experiencing problems with youtube on iPhone 5. A simple yes or no reply will do.

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.

Dennis187 · Sep 23, 2012, 04:53 PM

I was and still am going to say that it's because of Apple and Google's relationship, haha, but some of the above responses wouldn't justify this post.

divisionbuyzero · Sep 23, 2012, 04:55 PM

YouTube was CRAWLING last night on Wifi. I paused my video and ran a speed test: 20 down 5 up. I'm guessing it could have been youtube's servers I doubt it's iOS related.

sarcosis · Sep 23, 2012, 04:56 PM

Are you using the new YouTube apparently or the YouTube site?

Trek2100 · Sep 23, 2012, 04:59 PM

Yesterday I looked up a music video on Safari. It linked to a YouTube video and played exactly as expected (within Safari), perfect. I then downloaded the YouTube app from the app store. I searched for the same video and the dang thing was very slow and kept locking up

. Same thing happened today so I deleted the app and went back to Safari. All is well again

. No difference between WiFi and LTE when using the new YouTube app. Both locked up.

rmwebs · Sep 23, 2012, 05:00 PM

Working fine for me. Probably your ISP throttling traffic to it.

Sixpack446 · Sep 23, 2012, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iFanboy

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.

Oh shut up. It's not like I was rude about it.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sarcosis

Are you using the new YouTube apparently or the YouTube site?

I've tried on both the new app and the website on safari. All other video stream sites load videos perfectly except for youtube.

iFanboy · Sep 23, 2012, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixpack446

Oh shut up. It's not like I was rude about it.[COLOR="#808080"]

Actually, yes. Yes you were.

Posting here isn't a guarantee of immediate help

Sixpack446 · Sep 23, 2012, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iFanboy

Actually, yes. Yes you were.

Posting here isn't a guarantee of immediate help

Go find another thread to derail. I said thank you for the replies in my earlier post. Get lost you troll.

bozzykid · Sep 23, 2012, 06:02 PM

There have been widespread reports of slow WiFi on the iPhone 5. This may not be a YouTube problem but a general wifi issue with the phone.

Trek2100 · Sep 23, 2012, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bozzykid

There have been widespread reports of slow WiFi on the iPhone 5. This may not be a YouTube problem but a general wifi issue with the phone.

I've been using my WiFi for the better part of 3 days with absolutely no slow down. The speed test showed the full 15 Mbits download speed which is what I have at home. The only problem was with the new YouTube app from the app store, both on WiFi and LTE. My problem was with the app because all worked fine through Safari. Can't say for other folks. And, no problem at Starbucks,

Daveoc64 · Sep 23, 2012, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bozzykid

There have been widespread reports of slow WiFi on the iPhone 5. This may not be a YouTube problem but a general wifi issue with the phone.

In my case, I don't think that's the problem.

Videos load ok from other sites and other usage of Wi-Fi seems fine.

bozzykid · Sep 23, 2012, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daveoc64

In my case, I don't think that's the problem.

Videos load ok from other sites and other usage of Wi-Fi seems fine.

It could of been a temporary Youtube issue. One of the posts mentioned it worked better on LTE which isn't surprising giving the current issues with WiFi. I'm sure there are several issues here.

Sep 23, 2012, 01:39 PM	#1
Sixpack446 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	YouTube very slow on iPhone 5 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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Daveoc64 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bristol, UK	Yes. I have had this problem today (not tried it before today). Video buffers incredibly slowly on both the YouTube App and the YouTube mobile web site. I found the video (3:20 long) I wanted on a different site and it buffered in about 4 seconds. __________________ iPhone 5 32GB Black (Three UK) \| Nexus 7 \| Kindle Keyboard 3G White MacBook (Late 2007) Windows 8 \| iCloud, Dropbox, Spotify Premium
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Sixpack446 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	Anyone?
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Sep 23, 2012, 03:23 PM	#3
Sixpack446 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	96 views and not one reply. All I want to know is if anyone else is experiencing problems with youtube on iPhone 5. A simple yes or no reply will do.
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Sep 23, 2012, 03:26 PM	#4
mandres12 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	no mine is working fine
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Sep 23, 2012, 03:28 PM	#5
Vundu macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK	Sometimes slow sometimes fine for me.
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Sep 23, 2012, 03:33 PM	#9
Sixpack446 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	Thank you for the replies. My iphone 4 is still blowing the doors off my iphone 5 on youtube. I'm starting to get really frustrated.
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Sep 23, 2012, 03:53 PM	#11
Gasgas macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	I'm having the same trouble, it's seriously annoying!
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Sep 23, 2012, 04:26 PM	#12
Sixpack446 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	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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Sep 23, 2012, 04:53 PM	#14
Dennis187 macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: below you	I was and still am going to say that it's because of Apple and Google's relationship, haha, but some of the above responses wouldn't justify this post.
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Sep 23, 2012, 04:55 PM	#15
divisionbuyzero macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012	YouTube was CRAWLING last night on Wifi. I paused my video and ran a speed test: 20 down 5 up. I'm guessing it could have been youtube's servers I doubt it's iOS related.
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Sep 23, 2012, 04:59 PM	#17
Trek2100 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Catonsville, MD	Yesterday I looked up a music video on Safari. It linked to a YouTube video and played exactly as expected (within Safari), perfect. I then downloaded the YouTube app from the app store. I searched for the same video and the dang thing was very slow and kept locking up. Same thing happened today so I deleted the app and went back to Safari. All is well again. No difference between WiFi and LTE when using the new YouTube app. Both locked up. __________________ *Life is too short to drink cheap booze and argue with stupid people.* *iMac i7 8GB, MBP 2.33 GHz, 80GB ViPod, iPhone 5, iPad 32GB WiFi, Nano 6th Gen, Nano 7th Gen plus other stuff*
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rmwebs macrumors 68030 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North London, England	Working fine for me. Probably your ISP throttling traffic to it. __________________ Walt Disney World Guide
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bozzykid macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2009	There have been widespread reports of slow WiFi on the iPhone 5. This may not be a YouTube problem but a general wifi issue with the phone.
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