YouTube very slow on iPhone 5 - Page 3

Usehername · Nov 29, 2012, 08:04 PM

YouTube was slow. So I got Jasmine, now it's not slow.

chrislaw · Nov 29, 2012, 08:08 PM

Mine is slow on wifi. It tests very well on wifi using speedtest, but youtube videos do load slow on wifi. Fast on 4g though.

jetlitheone · Nov 29, 2012, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrislaw

Mine is slow on wifi. It tests very well on wifi using speedtest, but youtube videos do load slow on wifi. Fast on 4g though.

Same. Every video loads slow on wifi. But not lte

iFanboy · Nov 30, 2012, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by VinegarTasters

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?

That's quite a bump there.

No, the OP was complaining of all the views but no comments. I simply pointed out that most visitors to this website don't have accounts. So despite a high view count only a few of those may be logged in users.

Infinig03 · Nov 30, 2012, 11:43 PM

+1 on good speed test results over wifi but YouTube loading slow as ****. No problems on LTE either. Lame

JacksonHuston · Dec 1, 2012, 02:14 AM

Well, I think it depends on the internet speed of where you are with your iPhone 5.

TacticalDesire · Dec 1, 2012, 09:44 AM

Another vote for jasmine

chrislaw · Dec 1, 2012, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by JacksonHuston

Well, I think it depends on the internet speed of where you are with your iPhone 5.

It doesn't. I never had a single problem with this on the 4s. I never have a problem with it on my laptop or iMac. Just the 5. I consistently get mid 20's mbps or higher on speed tests.

Iphonehelp56 · Dec 1, 2012, 05:21 PM

I am also having really slow connection with youtube that it buffers every couple of seconds. Also, Jasmine does not help for anyone mentioning that. My download is 21 mbps and every other device else does it fine

ray203 · 10:45 PM

I was speaking to apple and they could not help, but I have rounded down the problem I think.

Well, the problem I am having is on wifi, using youtube app will not stream video at all with cursor spinning and NO data transfer! basically idle when checking my windows pc network connection during youtube stream, this is with mobile data turned off.

Turn on mobile data, and for some reason youtube app starts streaming over wifi??? data starts flowing.. but phone using wifi not 3g.

After all that, go to safari and youtube from there, works fine with wifi on and mobile data off.

Mind you, I can use youtube app to search browse videos no probnlem, but start to watch a video over wifi, does not stream at all!

apple said they have no contract with youtube no more, she sent me to google forums, wow!!

strange...

Sir Ruben · Dec 7, 2012, 11:50 AM

To be honest the answer the OP is looking for is right on the App Store where he downloaded the YouTube app. THE REVIEWS.

Have a quick browse of them and you will see loads of people rating the app down for being slow, buffering etc.

Its generally regarded as not being very good. So the people who say its flying must have a magical version, because that doesnt tie in with the reviews.

flipn0tic · Dec 7, 2012, 12:04 PM

I've noticed the same. Chalk it up to the ongoing petty war between Apple and Google, where no matter who wins what battle, the end user is the one that loses every time.

Alan max · Dec 23, 2012, 06:50 AM

Yes I'm having the same problem

kamalds · Dec 23, 2012, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nickchallis92

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

ah that felt good

It worked perfectly on my S3 and note 2 too but it keeps buffering on my iPhone 5. Looks like Google is going it from the back end to the iOS devices.

mikemix · Jan 13, 2013, 12:58 PM

My iPhone 5 loads youtube very slowly on wifi and even stops loading. Switch off wifi and LTE jams! My wifi is typically 30 Meg's down! This also happens when I try to stream church services outside of youtube. So I don't think it's youtube. Interestingly, I have no issues on my ipad!! It's an iPhone 5 issue for sure! I am thinking it has to be software but COULD it be hardware? I bought mine shortly after release. Has anyone had this problem and resolved it?
Mike

schulzey · Jan 21, 2013, 07:36 PM

This is happening to me as well. I was getting ready to smash my iphone 5. My iphone 4s and 4 blow this phone away when it comes speed over wifi.

I thought it was all wifi problems, but I've now narrowed it down to mainly youtube and sending photos via native email app while on wifi.

When I go to mobile youtube website via safari, youtube downloads decent (4s is still faster) but when I use youtube app it crawls and stops, completely unuseable and I'm on youtube a lot. Also, sending a photo to another email address takes hours and usually just times out.

The wierd thing is browser is blazing fast, someone explain that.

I don't know if this is apple or googles fault but I'd like this resolved. I even went as far as ordering a nexus 4 but I can't stand android. When a phone is 2gb ram and quad core and still lags like crazy that's a bad os.

I can't go back to the 4s because this iphone 5 screen is barely large enough for me. I would prefer android sized screens on an apple device. So hopefully apple can start figuring this out or I would guess someone out there is going to start taking huge market share from apple and I would hate it if that were android.

bonskovsky · Jan 21, 2013, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sixpack446

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?

Me too. Especially I hate the thing where YouTube automatically down renders videos. Plays them in lower quality automatically, I hate it. It's a big problem.

vastoholic · Jan 21, 2013, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bonskovsky

Me too. Especially I hate the thing where YouTube automatically down renders videos. Plays them in lower quality automatically, I hate it. It's a big problem.

That's due to your cellular connection speed usually. Is it doing this while on WiFi as well? If so, I've never seen this before on any iDevice.

bonskovsky · Jan 21, 2013, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by vastoholic

That's due to your cellular connection speed usually. Is it doing this while on WiFi as well? If so, I've never seen this before on any iDevice.

The problem is the YouTube app, I'm about to delete it. I have one of the fastest Wi-Fi connections around. That's why it's so shocking.

vastoholic · Jan 21, 2013, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bonskovsky

The problem is the YouTube app, I'm about to delete it. I have one of the fastest Wi-Fi connections around. That's why it's so shocking.

But it shouldn't down grade your video if you're on wifi. That's what's curious to me. At least I've never seen it happen. Every time I've been on wifi anywhere, no matter how fast or slow, it always plays in HQ and the only difference is the load times.

bonskovsky · Jan 21, 2013, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by vastoholic

But it shouldn't down grade your video if you're on wifi. That's what's curious to me. At least I've never seen it happen. Every time I've been on wifi anywhere, no matter how fast or slow, it always plays in HQ and the only difference is the load times.

It's happening. There's not even any way to control it. That's what pisses me off. Even if you try to scrub the video so it reloads, nope, it still wants to play in low quality.

I could see how it would be helpful for 3G, but it also does it on Wi-Fi.

Zerilos · Jan 21, 2013, 08:48 PM

I gave up on Google's Youtube App a longtime ago. Jasmine and MacTube are way better. I have a Nexus 7 and the Google apps is no better on Android.

Frenchjay · Jan 21, 2013, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by vastoholic

That's due to your cellular connection speed usually. Is it doing this while on WiFi as well? If so, I've never seen this before on any iDevice.

No, this is when the WIFI loses connection and drops the quality down to 3G. I e found streaming video or even sometimes loading web pages cuts out my WIFI and its really annoying.

vastoholic · Jan 21, 2013, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Frenchjay

No, this is when the WIFI loses connection and drops the quality down to 3G. I e found streaming video or even sometimes loading web pages cuts out my WIFI and its really annoying.

But if his wifi connection remains constant, it shouldn't be doing it. I obviously don't know if his wifi is dropping out or not.

bonskovsky · Jan 21, 2013, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by haruhiko

use the Jasmine app.

It solves all your problems including iPhone 5 display support.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zerilos

I gave up on Google's Youtube App a longtime ago. Jasmine and MacTube are way better. I have a Nexus 7 and the Google apps is no better on Android.

:shocked: This app is... Why was I using that dumb YouTube app?

WHY DON'T PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS?

Nov 29, 2012, 08:08 PM	#52
chrislaw macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: central ohio	Mine is slow on wifi. It tests very well on wifi using speedtest, but youtube videos do load slow on wifi. Fast on 4g though. __________________ 21.5" iMac-8gb RAM-1tb HD 13" Macbook Pro-8gb RAM-750gb HD 32gb White iPhone 5 Twitter - @ceegeelawrence Instagram - @ceegeelawrence
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Dec 6, 2012, 10:42 PM	#60
ray203 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	youtube iphone 5 on wifi I was speaking to apple and they could not help, but I have rounded down the problem I think. Well, the problem I am having is on wifi, using youtube app will not stream video at all with cursor spinning and NO data transfer! basically idle when checking my windows pc network connection during youtube stream, this is with mobile data turned off. Turn on mobile data, and for some reason youtube app starts streaming over wifi??? data starts flowing.. but phone using wifi not 3g. After all that, go to safari and youtube from there, works fine with wifi on and mobile data off. Mind you, I can use youtube app to search browse videos no probnlem, but start to watch a video over wifi, does not stream at all! apple said they have no contract with youtube no more, she sent me to google forums, wow!! strange... Last edited by ray203; Dec 6, 2012 at 10:45 PM. Reason: add text
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Dec 7, 2012, 11:50 AM	#61
Sir Ruben macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2010	To be honest the answer the OP is looking for is right on the App Store where he downloaded the YouTube app. THE REVIEWS. Have a quick browse of them and you will see loads of people rating the app down for being slow, buffering etc. Its generally regarded as not being very good. So the people who say its flying must have a magical version, because that doesnt tie in with the reviews. __________________ iPad (3rd Gen, 16GB, WiFi, White) iPhone 5 (16GB, White & Silver) Mac Mini (2012) Apple TV (2nd Gen) iPod Touch (4th Gen) My Flickr
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Jan 21, 2013, 07:36 PM	#66
schulzey macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	This is very frustrating! This is happening to me as well. I was getting ready to smash my iphone 5. My iphone 4s and 4 blow this phone away when it comes speed over wifi. I thought it was all wifi problems, but I've now narrowed it down to mainly youtube and sending photos via native email app while on wifi. When I go to mobile youtube website via safari, youtube downloads decent (4s is still faster) but when I use youtube app it crawls and stops, completely unuseable and I'm on youtube a lot. Also, sending a photo to another email address takes hours and usually just times out. The wierd thing is browser is blazing fast, someone explain that. I don't know if this is apple or googles fault but I'd like this resolved. I even went as far as ordering a nexus 4 but I can't stand android. When a phone is 2gb ram and quad core and still lags like crazy that's a bad os. I can't go back to the 4s because this iphone 5 screen is barely large enough for me. I would prefer android sized screens on an apple device. So hopefully apple can start figuring this out or I would guess someone out there is going to start taking huge market share from apple and I would hate it if that were android.
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Nov 29, 2012, 08:04 PM	#51
Usehername macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	YouTube was slow. So I got Jasmine, now it's not slow.
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Nov 30, 2012, 11:43 PM	#55
Infinig03 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009	+1 on good speed test results over wifi but YouTube loading slow as ****. No problems on LTE either. Lame
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Dec 1, 2012, 02:14 AM	#56
JacksonHuston macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	Well, I think it depends on the internet speed of where you are with your iPhone 5.
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Dec 1, 2012, 09:44 AM	#57
TacticalDesire macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2012	Another vote for jasmine
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Dec 1, 2012, 05:21 PM	#59
Iphonehelp56 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2011	I am also having really slow connection with youtube that it buffers every couple of seconds. Also, Jasmine does not help for anyone mentioning that. My download is 21 mbps and every other device else does it fine
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Dec 7, 2012, 12:04 PM	#62
flipn0tic macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012	I've noticed the same. Chalk it up to the ongoing petty war between Apple and Google, where no matter who wins what battle, the end user is the one that loses every time.
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Dec 23, 2012, 06:50 AM	#63
Alan max macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	Yes I'm having the same problem
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Jan 13, 2013, 12:58 PM	#65
mikemix macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012	My iPhone 5 loads youtube very slowly on wifi and even stops loading. Switch off wifi and LTE jams! My wifi is typically 30 Meg's down! This also happens when I try to stream church services outside of youtube. So I don't think it's youtube. Interestingly, I have no issues on my ipad!! It's an iPhone 5 issue for sure! I am thinking it has to be software but COULD it be hardware? I bought mine shortly after release. Has anyone had this problem and resolved it? Mike
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Jan 21, 2013, 08:48 PM	#72
Zerilos macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2012	I gave up on Google's Youtube App a longtime ago. Jasmine and MacTube are way better. I have a Nexus 7 and the Google apps is no better on Android.
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