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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?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Playback stopping after a minute isn't an Android version problem.

This setting in revanced extended fixes it.

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Don't know if it is available in revanced. Check settings - revanced - miscellaneous , scroll to the bottom.

If not try switching to rvextended

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tried that, tried different versions of spoof player, including the "16.08 that solves the issue for most people", but no results

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Isn't that "Spoof app version"? What we want is spoof player parameters.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe check:

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

i mostly use youtube for recommended page and i believe these apps with their separate accounts dont support that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Related videos somewhat still show up when you're in a video. It's true that the homepage is just default YouTube though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is how I use youtube with NewPipe while still taking the advantage of recommended page (algorithm).

A bit of a complicated setup, but it's not that awful.

I use browser to open up the youtube front page (thus taking the advantage of the recommended page) Tap and hold on the video you want to watch and in the context menu, choose Share link and then choose to share it with Open link with, which will let you choose where you want to open up the video in, then choose NewPipe.

In chrome based browsers a shortcut will appear for the most used share link option you use, which will reduce one tap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look into grayjay. Luis Rossman just released that app as a YouTube client replacement

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Grayjay requires minimum android 10, after some community feedback I believe they're bringing it down to android 9

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only solution is probably to get a newer android version. Check if a custom rom like LineageOS is available for your device.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think this is pretty much the best solution available to OP here, aside from them getting a new device

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

lol that sounds like an existing old-YouTube bug that ReVanced also suffered of a while ago.

You'd wanna use an up-to-date version, but that's hard on such an old android version

I'd suggest - even tho it isn't 1:1 the same - that you export your subscriptions from Google and import them either into LibreTube (closer to the official YT app) or NewPipe.

Because LibreTube uses the (awesome) Piped Project to load videos and info, you can also sync data using it and your favourite piped instance. (piped.video, piped.smnz.de, piped.adminforge.de are personal recommendations)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Have you considered upgrading to Android 10 with LOS?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I never had this issue with revanced. Maybe because I am from Europe

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

You run Android 6?