[Q] Help Youtube "Connection to server lost"

rickylims · Sep 19, 2013

when i wanna play youtube always get "connection to server lost, touch to retry", i'm in sprint stock rom with mobile package data active, for internet is no problem, on wifi can play, when i tethering my phone as modem and i connect to my computer for play youtube is ok. it just cant play only in a phone.

somebody can help thanks.

joeyhdownsouth · Sep 19, 2013

Did you try clearing data and cache in apps? Or even uninstall and reinstall the app itself

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Whiplashh · Sep 19, 2013

Usually I just exit the app, hold the home button and clear all recent apps and then it works again.

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Ragnar · Sep 20, 2013

Easy fast simple solution when this occurs and usually after an update. Just uninstall the app completely and then go back to google play store and redownload the app.

Have a great day!

rickylims · Sep 20, 2013

I have been tried all the way ( clear, uninstall update etc) but still error... I tried to install other program 'tubemate' still cant connect /play the video, but when i download the video first and play later is no problem..

Maybe something wrong with my data package on my carrier??? Hmmm..

Thanks for all advise...

Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

mrotenlu · Oct 3, 2013

rickylims said:
I have been tried all the way ( clear, uninstall update etc) but still error... I tried to install other program 'tubemate' still cant connect /play the video, but when i download the video first and play later is no problem..

Maybe something wrong with my data package on my carrier??? Hmmm..

Thanks for all advise...

Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

Im getting the same thing on my tablets now (nexus 7 and 10). Uninstalling updates solves the issue, but then again I want the new sweet app... Any solution for this?

Ragnar · Oct 3, 2013

mrotenlu said:
Im getting the same thing on my tablets now (nexus 7 and 10). Uninstalling updates solves the issue, but then again I want the new sweet app... Any solution for this?

Remove (uninstall) the app completely, go back to play store and get the new updated app again fresh install.

Have a great day!

MuWu · Oct 5, 2013

edfunkycold said:
Remove (uninstall) the app completely, go back to play store and get the new updated app again fresh install.

Have a great day!

i did this also, but i get again the same error... what the $%#& is up with youtube !??

mrotenlu · Oct 5, 2013

MuWu said:
i did this also, but i get again the same error... what the $%#& is up with youtube !??

Same issue here. Reinstalling doesn't fix it.

Edit: But disabling Adblock Plus does fix it.

peej4ygee · Oct 5, 2013

mrotenlu said:
Edit: But disabling Adblock Plus does fix it.

Ty, I've been hunting for a solution for some time now, and I didn't think of something like that.... It is true, when I disabled AdBlock Plus, I didn't see the error again.

Guess I either need a replacement for Adblock Plus, or something in it's settings to change?? hmmmm.

Again though, thanks again!!!!

:good::good::good::good::good::laugh:

X82X · Oct 7, 2013

wow thanks for this. It's been driving me insane. I removed Adblock Plus and it worked. So I installed AdAway and rebooted. Seems to still work fine also. So try that ad blocking app out. So far so good.

firelogic · Dec 27, 2013

Solved ! ( apparently not related to AdBlockPlus)

To make a long story short, I don't have AdBlockPlus but i DO have DroidWall installed.
just forgot I had to allow "MediaServer" to access the internet (as well as YouTube of course) - problem solved.

i7vSa7vi7y · Dec 29, 2013

This has been happening to me. I fixed it by going to manage apps. YouTube, Delete cache, delete data, uninstall updates and I clicked the turn off button. Ran cleanmaster app and removed junk files. Then I rebooted and turned youtube back on and now videos will play. I'm on the Galaxy S4 stock.
Hopefully this helps someone

By the way Facebook wouldn't play any videos it would say "can't play video" and now Facebook is playing the same videos that it couldn't before.

Two_byte_Four · Jan 16, 2014

firelogic said:
To make a long story short, I don't have AdBlockPlus but i DO have DroidWall installed.
just forgot I had to allow "MediaServer" to access the internet (as well as YouTube of course) - problem solved.

:good:

Thanks that did it for me as well. Have been searching on the internet but no real solution for people with a firewall or a privacy app (pdroid/xprivacy etc). But this made it work on my S4.

Thanks! :laugh:

reyhen25 · Apr 9, 2014

Hi i have the same issue

first i dont have adblock or droidwall but still the problem persist, and only on my wifi connection, even on browser the m.youtube wont work, i tried everthing ,clear cache and data,restart,pull the battery,change rom,update the app,restart,google,seek help, i gave up, please help me it has something to do with proxy thing but, i dont have a proxy setting on my settings im using gingerbread 2.3.6, i also tried apps like proxydroid and all of its kind, still doesnt fix my problem, im so frustrated with this thing. I cant watch youtube videos anymore please help to fix this, i just saw this "All you need to do is ensure that Proxy settings is set as None and not Manual. That’s all, my best bet is that you will now be able to play the videos in the YouTube app." but i dont have setting like done, please help me, thanks in advance

bilgerryan · Apr 9, 2014

reyhen25 said:
first i dont have adblock or droidwall but still the problem persist, and only on my wifi connection, even on browser the m.youtube wont work, i tried everthing ,clear cache and data,restart,pull the battery,change rom,update the app,restart,google,seek help, i gave up, please help me it has something to do with proxy thing but, i dont have a proxy setting on my settings im using gingerbread 2.3.6, i also tried apps like proxydroid and all of its kind, still doesnt fix my problem, im so frustrated with this thing. I cant watch youtube videos anymore please help to fix this, i just saw this "All you need to do is ensure that Proxy settings is set as None and not Manual. That’s all, my best bet is that you will now be able to play the videos in the YouTube app." but i dont have setting like done, please help me, thanks in advance

How about upgrading from that dinosaur you're using? Gingerbread is like 4 years outdated.

vlatko019 · Feb 1, 2015

No AdBlock, Firewall, root or custom ROM

I have stock device 4.3 android (not Samsung btw.). As i said, no adblock/firewall/custom rom etc.
When I updated YouTube app, I got that connection problem.
I've tryed reinstalling, changing DNS1 and 2, clearing data... Nothing helped...
Any suggestions?

Zeuszoos · Jul 11, 2015

Ragnar said:
Remove (uninstall) the app completely, go back to play store and get the new updated app again fresh install.

Have a great day!

That doesn't work.

---------- Post added at 06:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:20 AM ----------

vlatko019 said:
I have stock device 4.3 android (not Samsung btw.). As i said, no adblock/firewall/custom rom etc.
When I updated YouTube app, I got that connection problem.
I've tryed reinstalling, changing DNS1 and 2, clearing data... Nothing helped...
Any suggestions?

It's happening to me now too. But since mine's installed as a User App and not a System App, I can't just uninstall the updates, although I did try uninstalling it completely and reinstalling. No joy.

I've tried a dozen different things. You should know that lots of people post lots of "solutions", but for 95% of the users, none of them work.

I'm hurting especially bad, because it happens to me on both types of connections (4G & WiFi). I even tried a 3rd party YouTube app and that wouldn't work either.

All this since today's (or last night's?) v10.25.57 YouTube update!

I am running a Samsung.

Samsung Galaxy (SGH-M819N) Mega
KitKat 4.4.4 (Stock), Rooted

Thank You.

Zeuszoos · Jul 11, 2015

peej4ygee said:
Ty, I've been hunting for a solution for some time now, and I didn't think of something like that.... It is true, when I disabled AdBlock Plus, I didn't see the error again.

Guess I either need a replacement for Adblock Plus, or something in it's settings to change?? hmmmm.

Again though, thanks again!!!!

:good::good::good::good::good::laugh:

Hi,

I tried disabling AdAway and reverting back to the original Hosts file, but no joy.

This time, it's affecting both my 4G & WiFi connections. When this happened before, I could at least watch it on 4G.

The weird thing is, that if I'm not signed in, I can watch videos. But once I sign in, EVEN WHEN USING A 3RD PARTY YOUTUBE APP, I have the problem!

Yes, eventually a YouTube update will come through that will fix it (could be 6 months or so), but I'm thinking that something "underneath" it all got updated/changed at the same time, because otherwise;

Why would it affect me only when I sign in?

And if it was limited to only the YouTube app being updated and there isn't anything else being changed at the same time in the background where you don't see it, then how could 3rd party YouTube apps be affected when you sign in to them with your Google (Gmail) account?

See what I mean? Something else, "under the hood" simply must be going on, amen?

TTYL

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