Alright so I was following some YouTube idiot and rooted my phone wrongly, so it wouldn't boot, so I downloaded the GRI54 Deodexed and flashed it on, completely stock, however, there are 2 weird problems on my GT-i9023 Nexus S
Problem 1 - The wi-fi is WEAK. Not just normal weak, EXTREMELY WEAK. I'm only 1 meter away from the router and I've already lost 1-2 bar(s)??? When I'm out atschool and use my iPod Touch 4g, I get full-bars but with my Nexus S I have only 1 bar and the internet doesn't work at all!
Problem 2 - Youtube buffers videos fine on the wi-fi, but with EVERY video after 1 minute it would come up with an error saying something like touch to retry, and it happens EVERY MINUTE. LITERALLY. 1 minute later, bam, video stops loading. So I reload the video, continue from where it stopped and BAM one minute later, touch to retry.
What the heck is wrong here? The GSM signal is awesome/amazing, I get fullbars everywhere, but the wi-fi and youtube are annoying me.
Should I try out a custom ROM to see if it fixes this problem??
Tried custom roms, same thing.
What channel is your W-LAN AP set to?
0x6d6b said:
What channel is your W-LAN AP set to?
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Was 6, changed it to 1, no difference.
Oh and I restored using Odin and the weak wi-fi was resolved.
But I still have this weird YouTube problem where it will load a video, then suddenly stop loading it after 1 minute in HQ mode and 3 minutes in non-HQ mode, it's like the wi-fi sleeps or something.
same problem here. Cannot watch youtube videos on both youtube app and browser.
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Mr.Bank said:
same problem here. Cannot watch youtube videos on both youtube app and browser.
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Yeah, same. But weirdly enough Vimeo videos buffer and load just fine, and I can enjoy the whole video? WEIRD.
I have same YouTube problem.
About wifi it seems like I have a problem too: I have a router at home and there are some places where my father's old HTC touch HD gets the wifi and my device doesn't even see the network.
I'm on stock 2.32 had the nexus s since Jan or Feb and I never
Had wifi or you tube problems it must be all that rooting and rom experimenting y'all been
Doing....
Well I'm running a custom ROM and have no problems. My Wifi reception is acceptable and even when I'm far away from my access point and getting just 18 Mbit/s YouTube videos load just fine, HQ mode too.
Problem can be the channel your access point is set to our other Wifis in your neighborhood. You could also try to update the radio on your Nexus S and disable the sleep policy for Wifi connections.
Same here. Even if i sit right next to the router, my wifi speeds are pathetic. Is this a problem with the handset or the android 2.3.4 OS?
Any luck finding out???
My wifi speeds are fine but I did notice the drop in signal. I realized the wifi antenna might be on the bottom or near the bottom of the phone where the buldge on the back of the phone. If you put your hand over that spot your signal will drop ....it's sorta like the iPhones grip of death.
Youtube sucks.. It buffers more than Realplayer did in 1998 on dialup. Nothing to do with your phone..
Hello,
Im getting a weird youtube problem on my hd2 w/wp7. This happens on any video longer than 1min 20ish sec. It will start and play a video fine, but it will stop playing at around 1:18 min:sec or so. Its like it just doesnt bother to finish downloading. But if its connected to wifi, it will play the entire video.
With good 3g signal, Ill get around 900kb/s dl speeds.
I have tried several youtube apps including lazyworm and HTC.
Im running green mango w/ market place, but this has happened to every rom ive tried.
Im on giffgaffs network (o2) and I have unlimited downloads. I also have asked them if they throttle youtube at all and they said no. They said to try to erase any apn/proxy settings i have, but I dont have any settings under apn.
Thanks or looking and any help is much appreciated!
Chris.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem or have any ideas??
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Hey XDA.
I was wondering if any of you guys could help me sort out an issue I've been having with youtube.
I have a 12Mb/s connection through AT&T U-verse and I can't even load a 720p youtube video without lag.
This only happens with youtube because I can play HD videos on Vimeo with no problems whatsoever and can download torrents at 1 megabyte a second.
Youtube speed test says my average download speed is only 2.1 Megabits a second, nowhere near my 12 megabit connection.
Is this an AT&T issue or is it a youtube issue?
What can I do to help stop this?
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Hi there your drop in speed could be a number of from youtube usage(other people), open background applications like facebook gmail syncing etc i suggest turning all that off then try using youtube again other than that alot of people on the yt review section are saying its only with the latest updates so if you have an old backup try restoring that and see if it makes a difference again im no expert but some useful tips i hope ive given you
Also forgot to mention try wiping your cache aswell it gets pretty full once a while depends on yt usage
You also have to remember that ATT shares its data connection with your TV (FAIL) so if you are watching tv or having the DVR record anything your speed will do down... That is why i will NEVER EVER get ATT because i hate the fact that they steal bandwidth from other devices... So your best bet with the youtube is to not be doing anything else on the TV or other computers... Or depending on your area you can switch to cable INET and TV as you WILL NEVER have that issue!!!
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You also have to remember that ATT shares its data connection with your TV (FAIL) so if you are watching tv or having the DVR record anything your speed will do down... That is why i will NEVER EVER get ATT because i hate the fact that they steal bandwidth from other devices... So your best bet with the youtube is to not be doing anything else on the TV or other computers... Or depending on your area you can switch to cable INET and TV as you WILL NEVER have that issue!!!
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Actually, I already had that in mind. I tested even with all tv receivers disconnected.
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when streaming youtube videos it cant keep up in hd and sometimes it cant even keep up in hq. on speedtest i get good speeds 2.5megabytes down 0.5 up and can easily stream 1080p off my laptop. just running stock unrooted android. any help would be appreciated
thanks matt
It's server thing on googles end most likely. Even on PC it keeps loading and stopping for a month now. I get 30 down 10 up.
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when streaming youtube videos it cant keep up in hd and sometimes it cant even keep up in hq. on speedtest i get good speeds 2.5megabytes down 0.5 up and can easily stream 1080p off my laptop. just running stock unrooted android. any help would be appreciated
thanks matt
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Try different videos / different video apps, like Netflix or something. I doubt it's an issue with the phone.
I've noticed that while watching videos on the YouTube app it takes 20 seconds to start streaming in 1080p HD quality on my device. My friend has an S5 and his starts streaming HD instantly. Why does it take exactly 20 seconds to start streaming HD on only my device? It's fully stock, never been rooted so i really am baffled as to why only i am having this issue? If anyone has any idea or solution, please, enlighten me! Many thanks in advance.
Are both of you under same network service?
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Are both of you under same network service?
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Yes, we are both on the giffgaff network. Surely i would have thought the network has nothing to do with how long the video takes to start streaming in HD since i am using WiFi and not mobile data? Even when I'm streaming HD videos via mobile data/4G, it still takes exactly 20 seconds until the quality updates to HD... I'm completely baffled by it all and I'm sure no doubt everyone who reads my post will be too! ?