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1. Make sure you have WiFi (I've tried it with EDGE and its either really slow or won't work). Try deleting the account you made and try again.
2. YouTube doesn't seem to work over EDGE (for me at least). What firmware are you running? There are a few "YouTube fixit patches" on Installer.
Add this to sources: SurrealNetworks: iphone.surrealnetworks.com/repo
 
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