I have an old Samsung Galaxy (2016) with Android 7.1 and all the recent Youtube ReVanced apps require Android 8+. The latest version you can use on Android 6+ is 17.36.37
My problem is videos stop loading after like a minute of playing, it gets stuck infinitely. I tried installing Vanced, which doesnt load videos at all anymore. Older versions of ReVanced, doesnt work. Other apps like NewPipe, but i dont like that they dont allow you to log-in to Google account. Also i heard that Youtube flags certain accounts like that, so you have to make a new one, but i dont want to abandon my 10 year old acc and build up my recommended page from scratch.
Is there anyone with old Androids? What is the solution here?
Playback stopping after a minute isn’t an Android version problem.
This setting in revanced extended fixes it.
Don’t know if it is available in revanced. Check settings - revanced - miscellaneous , scroll to the bottom.
If not try switching to rvextended
tried that, tried different versions of spoof player, including the “16.08 that solves the issue for most people”, but no results
Isn’t that “Spoof app version”? What we want is spoof player parameters.
Maybe check:
- LibreTube, requires Android 5 or newer: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.libretube/
- NewPipe, requires Android 5 or newer: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
- NewPipe Legacy, requires Android 4.1 or newer: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipelegacy/
edit: I’ve just seen that you don’t like the fact that you can’t sign in to your google account… If you want to synchronise your subscriptions with your computer, you can create an account on a Piped server and then your subscriptions will be synchronised with LibreTube. Otherwise, I don’t know.
i mostly use youtube for recommended page and i believe these apps with their separate accounts dont support that
Related videos somewhat still show up when you’re in a video. It’s true that the homepage is just default YouTube though
Look into grayjay. Luis Rossman just released that app as a YouTube client replacement
Find your exact device here and then look at tutorials for unlocking your bootloader and installing a custom ROM. I had a Galaxy from that era and it’s relatively easy to pwn them. As a noob, you should set aside a day for the process and make sure you’ve carefully read all the tutorials before that day. Careful prep will save you a lot of stress.
custom OS sounds like overkill for a single problem i have, i like my 7.1 and lots of apps work without problems besides youtube. relearning everything is too much work for my dumb ass
Well, you probably just need to buy that shitty Redmi then. My shitty Redmi thinks it’s a new Pixel, however, thanks to my dumb ass learning a few new tricks on my old S7 back in the day 😉
By the way, I get free backups in Google Photos with PixelExperience, because it’s free for my “Google Pixel 5”.
Same! Not sure why Google doesn’t crack down on it. They either don’t know, don’t care, or quietly want to encourage people to become Android devs
Well, I do have to agree Android 7 is the last great Android version.
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Have you considered upgrading to Android 10 with LOS?
https://github.com/kitadai31/revanced-patches-android6-7/wiki/How-to-build
I use this on my smt-700 which runs android 6. Never had any problems with it.
For revanced I can say it must be a change on Youtubes site. Because I had the same issue with a relatively new Version of Youtube and revanced on Android 12.
There is the new app grayjay.app which might be a solution for you. YouTube flagging your account is a risk you probably already take with revanced
I just made a new acc and the problem is still there, i guess they flag you down instantly as soon as you open ReVanced. Problem with different apps is that most of them dont allow you to log-in to Google acc, so you dont have your subscriptions, playlists, recommends page. I dont want to browse youtube anonymously, i dont care about my data being stolen by north korean CIA
I never had this issue with revanced. Maybe because I am from Europe
You run Android 6?
