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.
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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
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.
Only solution is probably to get a newer android version. Check if a custom rom like LineageOS is available for your device.
that would be too much work for me, i would rather buy myself some cheap Redmi instead. i mean there has to be a huge chunk of people that use older phones because they dont care about playing games or (what else would you use new stronger phones for?). i think im gonna try to install default Youtube app, since we get no ads in russia anyways. but im gonna miss out on other Premium features
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)
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.
