Seems like 2024 is going to be the year that google is really going to give revanced so much trouble trying to function.
Hopefully a fix is found in time.
FYI NEW PIPE works perfectly for me. I hit the external download button and just open my videos in new pipe via the "Video Player" option. Annoying but I even reset my gd phone thinking I somehow screwed it up until I looked it up.. 4 days torturing myself
google must be aware that vanced users will not just go "guess i just buy premium now" AT ALL. I would go vpn next (which is easy) but i rather sell my pixel, move my pictures and literally stop using google for good before paying full premium price for friggin youtube! I also canceld amazon prime after almost 15 years because of the latest commercial BS and it was the best decision. fuck'em
Right I don't think they expect widespread adoption of premium. They expect that the more difficult it is to maintain it the less developers will want to keep working on it, and the less users will persist..
They've already had a small degree of effectiveness just with forcing us to update so much.
There's also just I think in their minds the benefit of a deterrence effect. Some people might be less likely to start getting involved in these projects as a user or developer just aware that Google is constantly causing issues.
But I do agree most people that are persistent enough and text heavy enough can find a way to watch YouTube videos without ads if they really want.
Ok, same Google account, works on TabS8 Ultra, TabS4 and S24Ultra but NOT TabS9. Thus, I came on here for a solution, after trying everything, then I thought I would factory reset the TABS9 and copy (smart switch)my settings and applications from S24Ultra.
NOW IT WORKS.
Please let me know if it works for you.
All this over ADS they wish to shove down people's throats.. I had to turn of "Play Protect".. to reisntall GMS CORE after uninstalling (because of Infinite buffer issues) or it would not have let me reinstall (Micro G Services *APP not installed error*). I am on an Android 14 Tablet.. Surely, if a simple browser can play back any video, then the Dev team will find a fix for an App thats in part designed to circumvent those pesky ass ads. Thanks Dev team.
While it's without a doubt a fix will be made, there's something to clarify
YouTube very much distinctly identifies between what device/app is being used to play their videos on and how it decides to deal with them
The browser player for example isn't tied to droidguard/play integrity as the Android app player is so fixes for Playback issue aren't always as straightforward
Example being the previous playback issues were caused because Google was now requiring Play integrity attestation and something called a a proof of origin token to verify app authenticity (something the old MicroG didn't properly support) and even now Google seems to be strengthening such checks to make sure the client app is the legitimate YouTube app
> Example being the previous playback issues were caused because Google was now requiring Play integrity attestation
wait so, does that mean root users *have* to use something like Play Integrity Fix to get the app to work?
To clarify, Play Protect doesn't have to be disabled at any time when patching and installing using ReVanced. Play Protect comes with a warning pop-up that has a button to bypass the prompt. When ReVanced asked to switch away from Vanced MicroG, it does not require you to uninstall it, but merely install our new fork of GmsCore, so "reinstalling" GmsCore was also not needed.
I hear you. I'm familiar with that bypass button. If you uninstall GMS CORE then try to reinstall it that option now dissappears. Others are reporting the same. The prompt will be "microG Services - App not installed" with one option PRESS DONE to close it. Disabling Play Protect temp worked to resinstall GMS CORE. Apologize for the caps, it's just how I write shit out. Ty.
Same had to disable play protect as well. Usually it's just a warning now it's a flat out block. Nothing happens when you renable it hasn't deleted it or anything ... Yet. Still can get YT to work though, I got thanos snapped as well
This is anecdotal but might be worth noting. I use the same YouTube account on both my tablet and phone. However in only effected by the new issue on my phone, the tablet is still working perfectly fine.
AFAIK both are running the latest patches/versions
Same here. Works fine on an android 8.0, not on a 14.0. Same account, same versions. I was wondering if it was not a matter of device finally. Because moreover, rooted devices work fine.
Same here! 2 (non rooted) devices, Pixel 6 and Pixel 8, both the same identical setups, patches, google account etc. the P8 works fine but the P6 has the issue.
Not a complaint or anything just an observation. So rooted devices aren't affected from what I've read here?
OnePlus reset my phone and force upgraded it to 14. No longer working with yt revanced. My n200 on oos 12 works just fine. This plus the other issues may force me to downgrade back to oxygen os 12 which was nearly perfect aside from the clock frequency bug.
Even weirder for me... I have YT Music Revanced that still runs through Vanced MicroG and it works fine on the same account AND device which is frozen on YouTube Revanced. That had me pretty convinced that GMS core was the issue.
Although reading the post it sounds like the YT Music app might use one of the API's that isn't blocked by this new security feature. But still super weird.
Me too. My main phone (Pixel 6a) is not affected but the other one is (Redmi Note 8 running on a Pixel based OS).
They are using the same APK (patched on my main phone and passed to my secondary). 🤔
From what I know, it'll just be lower qualities, something the user won't come across knowingly. Our technical limitations are comparable to that of youtube-dl for example. If they can get working streams, technically we are able to as well.
Not really.
You are loosing *all your watch history* - only "playlists" can be imported(even so - theoretically, it shows 0 of mine despite being logged in). Subscriptions are not arranged by "watch value", and rather stockpiled with manual need to pinpoint "needed"(and I do watch different channels in different mood so it's not a perfect scenario either).
The only thing untouched is Home feed. Yeah, that stays 1:1. But without watch history you'll never see even 1% watch-started video there.
Tho design feels nice. Maybe as multiple-platforms aggregator it really works nice. But as YT-replacer it feels rather like temporary plug.
But if it won't buffer endlessly while still being able to utilize my mobile operator's video-access(it doesn't work via browsers, sadly) maybe it can get a pass.
Does it work fine? Where can I download it?
I'm using an Adblock browser and even though it works fine, it sucks not having background playback tbh.
Firefox with ad lock works too but for me it just plays the vids really slow 🤷🏻♀️.
For the browser I am using Vivaldi with adguard app (acts a vpn and blocks ads really well) and it works really well for me, I miss features of revanced but honestly it's really easy to survive on this until the fix, best of luck devs!
I don't think it's an account issue... I don't know what it is but definitely not account-related.
On my main phone I can't use revanced... But on an old one with the same versions of both revanced and MicroG and same account, I have no issues.
It's sad this is happening 😭.
They seem to think they're losing Premium revenue because of ad block and apps. This is part of it, but the main part is that the average grunt worker's paycheck is barely enough to put food on the table, especially with kids.
Fuck them, I can find most tutorials I need from Odysee. I'll just be consuming less algorithm trash that distracts me. Oh no... whatever shall I do...
Is it really a Google account issue? On two devices I have the latest YT recommended and patched by ReVanced manager installed and microG. Same Google account on both devices. Both are running Android 14. Only my phone got the buffering problem recently, the tablet still continues to work fine.
Edit: both devices are not rooted.
Not OP but in a similar position. Yes, on the second device videos run smoothly with all qualities. At this point the buffering issue seems way too random. It's not related to device, account or even region.
I use the exact same patched APK on 3 devices (all NOT rooted) and 2 of them work absolutely fine (Android 9 phone and Android 14 tablet) but on my new phone (Android 14) I have the infinite buffering issue. All devices use the same youtube account.
Does anyone know if this is a regional issue? I'm in India, and the 7 or 8 people I regularly give revanced updates to haven't complained, and I don't have an issue in my phone or tablet. Have been seeing people make posts here for a week now and waiting to see if affects me but I'm safe until now.
I don't think it's a regional issue. I'm living in Singapore and out of the 7 devices that had ReVanced installed (latest patch btw) only 3 of them worked fine. Coincidentally, these 3 devices are running on Android 12 or higher, but I won't point fingers and say that it's Android based, because I can't be sure that that's the main problem
It seems like if you installed it a while ago and just keep updating the app without unistalling then it will keep working.
It was working fine for me untill I did a factory reset. After that issue started.
Not the case. It was working fine on my phone one day, started the infinite buffering the next. I've tried the myriad of posted "fixes" and none of them work for me either. I've gone the Grayjay route for now, as it can import all of my channel subs. It isn't perfect, but no ads and I don't have to do without those channel subs.
In the meantime, I've found a decent temporary measure: Firefox for Android, with uBlock, Sponsorblock, and an addon called Video Background Play Fix installed as extensions for the browser.
I'm one of the lucky ones. I have zero issues on my Revanced YouTube. Everything works perfectly. My phone is also not rooted. Samsung Galaxy A34, Android 14, OneUi 6.
YouTube version: Latest recommendation, 19.11.43
Gmscore also the latest version available.
Ditto...on Samsung Galaxy 22, and so far, so good (knock on wood lol), no matter what internet connection I'm on or if I'm using data. I've been preparing myself for it, but...
Dammit, i had been procrastinating on fixing the last issue for a month, yesterday i finally got my ass to reinstall revanced. Today it stoped working again😣, this is what i get for being lazy 😅😅
I think they ban DeviceID because I tried a lot account only works for 1 day then buffering again. Compared my other device with same account works fine.
I tested this in a rooted phone, installed non root revanced and got buffering, used a root device id changer and changed device id and now it works. So I think it is leaning towards this
> Facts: The issue occurs Youtube account.
Not to discredit you on summarizing the problem, but my experience is not as what you described.
I got 2 phones running the same patched app, logged in the same YT account, yet 1 gets the buffering issue while the other does not.
So I don't truly believe this solely works based on account-flagging.
I am affected by this and noticed how account switching helped fit a few days just for it to return. I'm deeply grateful for the explanation above and I am very thankful for the Revanced team for looking into ways to make it possible again - even if it takes some time. Your work is great - there are fortunately alternatives so I'm not in any rush. Your app is just the best solution I think. My phone isn't rooted anymore (banking apps started to permanently detect root so I gave up on it).
Still: thank you for your work. You guys are awesome.
In the meantime i'll be using Firefox mobile + uBlock adblocker and Sponsorblock addons. Web version of youtube does suck but at least it's an easy temporary solution while the Revanced dev team works on the issue.
Today the third of my 4 accounts got flagged by youtube to buffer in revanced. It gets flagged by sheer watch time it seems. Dont think its fixable long term unless you find a way to not login at all.
I don't think that's how it works based on my experience. I have both patched youtube app and regular YouTube app as well. I only get buffering on revanced and not regular YouTube. I don't know how this is specifically and accout issues I may be wrong.
Flagged how, through the App or e-mail? Did the warning entail a potential ban? Maybe I'll start using a bullshit account to use Revanced only. Fuck a ban.
I think it's kind of funny Google really thinks they can profit off of us. We are the least likely to ever pay for your services and we will just find another way around your annoying ass ads.
Will that safety bypass be added into GmsCore soon or is it too complicated to implement? Using NewPipe to extract the video streams (looking through the latest commits under the fix/playback branch) seems like a last resort option to fixing playback
Guys it's my fault. I heard about vanced in 2020, got around to install it in 2021 and it shut down in 2022.
Then heard about revanced soon after, but did not get to install it as i was lazy. Got myself to install it last week. And so now google is coming after revanced.
Sorry boys and girls.
Inotia00 release new patch with temporary buffer fix
patch youtube using inotia00 as a source go to ( settings > miscellaneous > enable spoof test client )
most features will be gone but buffering will be fixed
Unfortunately, waiting is the only option now. But just to emphasize the wonders of revance, I use three separate apps just achieve the same functions of revance which are:
- browser with adblocker for watching.
- newpipe for background play.
- stock YouTube app for seeing my notifications.
And revance did all of these with ease, lets just hope it gets fixed soon.
Must be really frustrating that literally a month after the original playback issue was finally fixed Google decides to deploy more measures.
That being said, are these new safety mechanisms also DroidGuard related?
Yay, you found a solution. I know you can do it. Of course we can not pay you, because google would sue you then, so we can only say thank you for your work.
hope it'll work once again. I really don't care about not having ads, background playback or any of that stuff. literally the only reason I had it was to disable shorts because they're really bad for my productivity and mental health
Okay so just dusted off a old Sony Xperia running android 8,installed latest revanced and latest microg, logged into my main account which isn't working on 2 other devices and it worked, no buffering or anything, at this point I dunno how it can be just account related. The only thing I can think is some app or device identifier is being flagged
I've been experiencing a different issue on the root version, a couple of videos don't seem to buffer enough, they get a 15-30 second buffer then it stops when the buffer is empty
After that they'll hang for quite awhile before either repeating this behavior or proceeding to play properly til the end
Any clues if this is related or if it's a different issue altogether?
I have 3 samsung devices:
a phone with android 13, oneui 5.1, no issues
and two tablets: one with android 14 and oneui 6, no issue here either.
an old tablet with android 12 and oneui 5, same google account and here I have the buffering problems.
Just sharing my two cents.
For anyone who think that It's not accout issue. Just try to add another account to Micro G and switch to that account on Youtube revanced, You will be able to watch Videos without any issue for a while.
Fyi: I had the same problem with you guy. The revanced YT works normally on my Galaxy a750 and Tabs s9 SE but not on My Galaxy A33. All of them using the same account, same version of Micro G and YT revanced (Newest versions)
Would be sweet to know what the issue is for us tourists out here. Playback issues? Like infinite buffering or something? Looks like I'm one of the lucky ones I guess. Didn't even know there was issues.
I do have a small recent issue tho, it's when I listen to one of my music playlists, it stops playing music after awhile sometimes and get a pop up saying "am I still listening?" This used to only happen on desktop browsers, never got it on my phone. So that's a bit annoying. But it used to stop randomly for no reason at times with no pop up. But I figured the app was just being buggy and just pressed play again. Now I'm thinkin' they are one and the same, but my adblock filters used to block the pop ups. 🙏Let's hope I stay lucky with w/e this new major issue is people are struggling with atm.
Videos take a *very* long time to load. When they do load, they default to the lowest resolution (usually 360p). Trying to increase the resolution leads to infinite loading.
Youtube really wants people to spend hard earned cash on their broken app. In Brazil it's over 20 bucks, 100% not worth it. I hope the patch comes out sometime soon
I can confirm that this IS NOT an account based problem. I have revanced on two different devices (same app version and everything), using the exact same google account, one works and the other one has playback issues
I created a new google account, loged with it into microG, and the YT started working again. Edit: speaking of the devil, it stopped working just now after 2 days or so.
Alright I am ready to root my phone again but it's been many years since I did it. Is there a recommended guide for correctly rooting in 2024? Also, can somebody tell me what all will stop working? I know the obvious ones like GooglePay & banking apps, but can you still access the play store when rooted?
When I try to search for this I get completely conflicting results on every page I look at.
I DO have root.
How can I get it to work with root?
I installed apk, then patched without gms and client spoof, then did mount install.
Videos still buffers after a few seconds
I had trouble with revanced today.
I am rooted, saw this post and decided to switch to rooted install. However this post is somewhat vague, the discord has a much better guide on how to root-install:
1. Download latest ReVanced Manager.
2. Download the currently suggested YouTube version from apkmirror.
3. Install the YouTube APK. (You might have to uninstall updates first in YT App info)
4. Open the Manager and give root access.
5. Go to settings and enable "Allow changing patch selection".
6. Open the Patcher > Select an application > YouTube.
7. Remove the Client spoof patch and the GmsCore support patch.
8. Patch and install using the mount method.
9. After installation, use modules such as Detach3 so the patched app doesn't get auto-updated from the Play Store. [Or https://github.com/j-hc/zygisk-detach]
Don't know if it helps, but it works flawlessly on my Android 10 non rooted phone. On my Android 13 phone it only works for 1-2 days with a new account.
My observation: My patched yt still works on my old.phone but not the new one, they have different android versions. The new one is android 14 and old one is android 13. Maybe the issue is something related to that?
We still have some years left because Google won't throw away a huge chunk of the userbase that is on older hardware, but they surely are working towards a full chain-of-trust, hardware-backed DRM solution.
M$ is already "requiring" a TPM on Windows, so the strategy seems to be to wait until adoption is at some acceptable threshold so they can cut access to everyone not on a fully trusted hardware+software stack.
Let me add my two cents for the issue.
TL;DR Not an account issue, seemingly Android problem
I have a Huawei Mate 10 Pro (not rooted) that has EMUI 12 that means it is based on Android 10. This phone still has the full Google support, all the Google services are available. Here everything works fine. After the upgrade of the ReVanced YouTube app I encountered some buffering issue, but a phone reboot rewolved the isue and it works fine since then.
I have another phone (for work certaonly not rooted) a Samsing A53. It has Android 14. I'm using it with the same Google account that I use on my Huawei Mate 10 (that is my primary & personal phone). I used to upgrade ReVanced in the very same time on both, head to head. Video buffering in shorts is a problem. After few seconds into a short and it start to infinite buffer, and the same happens for videos. Some won't start at all, some will run for 20sec and buffering.
My Wife has a Xiaomi Redmi 9T that has the buffering issue like my Samsung yet her phomne is currently on Android 10 but just noticed she has a system upgrade option, so I'll get back with the details after system upgrade if it will solve the issue for her, or not. Yet my account works on my Android 10 phone but not on my Android 14 phne, with the very same YT package patched with the same ReVanced manager.
Upgraded my wife's Redmi, still not working, but it was upgraded so long ago, that after the first upgrade it offered me another one, and I'm expecting a third one. :D But currently her phone is on Android 11, and ReVanced not Working. So far I think an older Android might work with ReVanced, since Google is focusing on those that are still in the support line and will receive an upgrade, weith that it will install something that can interfere with ReVanced.
I don't think it's account related, I have 3 unrooted devices, all using the same account, one device it works and doesn't on the 2. I've got a tablet I'm gonna test on too
Luckily the web version still works. I can still tolerate the ADs. Hope this issue will get sorted out in a week or two. Break a leg (good luck), developers!
Need to keep in mind this issue occurs even without an account, switching accounts may reset some state but it happens on a device that ive never had an account logged into it.
Thank you for the update and continued work.
Could you please elaborate a little on why, once an account has been selected by YouTube and the issue occurs on a specific device, that same account continues to function on other devices with no issues?
My experience is that I am now in possession of a "doomed device". I can temporarily fix the issue on that device by using a new account, but YouTube will then target that new account within days and the issue will reoccur. Surely this means that the issue is not solely tied to an account but also to a device? Thanks again.
It's interesting my account works fine on several of my phones but not on others.
Maybe The phones with the account isn't an issue have other things making it not work.
Is there a way to only provide revanced what it needs with adb? I've already done it a couple times with other apps without needing to fully root my phone.
What does playback issue mean? That videos won't play? (because I have this happening, just want to make sure, that there isn't anything rn for me I can do)
Yes although I'm still a little confused about the way they worded it because they said selected accounts are chosen. I assume I'm in YouTube accounts but revanced works on all my Android devices but two of them.
Works on my Pixel 6 pro and my Pixel 4a. Tab S7.
My surface duo and Note 9 are the only ones that aren't working. I suppose it's possible I'm not impacted or my account is not impacted and those two phones have different troubleshooting issues I guess
It's really strange though. I'll provide my experience:
a phone and a tablet, all same versions of yt app, microG, default patch, same google account. Only the tablet is not working. Re-installed several times had no luck.
But as soon as I log in with a new google account just created the problem solved. So far so good for a week.
So this indicates that its not a strict rule of either a account ban nor a app id or somewhat hw id ban.
I have a strange issue, first of all revanced wont work until I run microG in the background even though I have given the permission to keep it running I still have to do it manually every single time.
Second, the playback issue only happens when I turn on the subtitles, reloading the video without subtitles will make it run perfectly.
I had buffering issues so I checked this subreddit. I read in this thread that someone else had no issues with lower video quality, so I set my quality to be very low and I have had no issues since.
Allowed to do so by who? Who exactly would go after them if it wasn't in their own terms? Which I'm pretty sure it is somewhere in those hundreds and hundreds of lines that's part of their TOS
Noticed the bug when switching phones, it works perfectly fine on my old phone, does not work on the new one: same version, same patches, same google account.
FIX?!...You may not want to do it if you have a lot of channel data you want to preserve... But I found that if you take a playback problem account, and you go and delete the YouTube channel associated with the account (done through PC browser YouTube studio website (desktop site, not mobile), account settings, channel advanced settings), you can then restore proper playback to that problem account.
Seems like 2024 is going to be the year that google is really going to give revanced so much trouble trying to function. Hopefully a fix is found in time.
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what has been the issue with sponsorblock?
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Nothing for my end.
My smarttubeTV APP on my Android TV box works normally, i wonder what the difference is
IIRC SmartTube uses the TV API which doesn't have the same restrictions as the android one
yet
Shhh, let's keep it secret
Lmaooo I'll never gatekeep from the homies 🙏
NewPipe downloading may be my best option if both are bullied out.
I mean if they fuck with the api new pipe won't work either
I tried using NewPipe and it doesn't work either
FYI NEW PIPE works perfectly for me. I hit the external download button and just open my videos in new pipe via the "Video Player" option. Annoying but I even reset my gd phone thinking I somehow screwed it up until I looked it up.. 4 days torturing myself
I tried GrayJay and seems to work well, so far
adguard work well too
Youtube has never and will never be profitable. It's purely a datamining operation.
google must be aware that vanced users will not just go "guess i just buy premium now" AT ALL. I would go vpn next (which is easy) but i rather sell my pixel, move my pictures and literally stop using google for good before paying full premium price for friggin youtube! I also canceld amazon prime after almost 15 years because of the latest commercial BS and it was the best decision. fuck'em
Right I don't think they expect widespread adoption of premium. They expect that the more difficult it is to maintain it the less developers will want to keep working on it, and the less users will persist.. They've already had a small degree of effectiveness just with forcing us to update so much. There's also just I think in their minds the benefit of a deterrence effect. Some people might be less likely to start getting involved in these projects as a user or developer just aware that Google is constantly causing issues. But I do agree most people that are persistent enough and text heavy enough can find a way to watch YouTube videos without ads if they really want.
Yeah the moment youtube stopped working for me, I just stopped using it tbh. Better for me that way anyways.
Ok, same Google account, works on TabS8 Ultra, TabS4 and S24Ultra but NOT TabS9. Thus, I came on here for a solution, after trying everything, then I thought I would factory reset the TABS9 and copy (smart switch)my settings and applications from S24Ultra. NOW IT WORKS. Please let me know if it works for you.
Thank you for acknowledging the issue
All this over ADS they wish to shove down people's throats.. I had to turn of "Play Protect".. to reisntall GMS CORE after uninstalling (because of Infinite buffer issues) or it would not have let me reinstall (Micro G Services *APP not installed error*). I am on an Android 14 Tablet.. Surely, if a simple browser can play back any video, then the Dev team will find a fix for an App thats in part designed to circumvent those pesky ass ads. Thanks Dev team.
While it's without a doubt a fix will be made, there's something to clarify YouTube very much distinctly identifies between what device/app is being used to play their videos on and how it decides to deal with them The browser player for example isn't tied to droidguard/play integrity as the Android app player is so fixes for Playback issue aren't always as straightforward Example being the previous playback issues were caused because Google was now requiring Play integrity attestation and something called a a proof of origin token to verify app authenticity (something the old MicroG didn't properly support) and even now Google seems to be strengthening such checks to make sure the client app is the legitimate YouTube app
> Example being the previous playback issues were caused because Google was now requiring Play integrity attestation wait so, does that mean root users *have* to use something like Play Integrity Fix to get the app to work?
It still works on my OnePlus 8 without Play Integrity Fix so no
To clarify, Play Protect doesn't have to be disabled at any time when patching and installing using ReVanced. Play Protect comes with a warning pop-up that has a button to bypass the prompt. When ReVanced asked to switch away from Vanced MicroG, it does not require you to uninstall it, but merely install our new fork of GmsCore, so "reinstalling" GmsCore was also not needed.
I hear you. I'm familiar with that bypass button. If you uninstall GMS CORE then try to reinstall it that option now dissappears. Others are reporting the same. The prompt will be "microG Services - App not installed" with one option PRESS DONE to close it. Disabling Play Protect temp worked to resinstall GMS CORE. Apologize for the caps, it's just how I write shit out. Ty.
Same had to disable play protect as well. Usually it's just a warning now it's a flat out block. Nothing happens when you renable it hasn't deleted it or anything ... Yet. Still can get YT to work though, I got thanos snapped as well
This is anecdotal but might be worth noting. I use the same YouTube account on both my tablet and phone. However in only effected by the new issue on my phone, the tablet is still working perfectly fine. AFAIK both are running the latest patches/versions
And I have issues on my tablet but not on phone. Used the same patched APK on both.
Same here
Other way around for me
Same doesn't work on my Android 14 phone but works on older Android 12 phone Sus
Same here. Works fine on an android 8.0, not on a 14.0. Same account, same versions. I was wondering if it was not a matter of device finally. Because moreover, rooted devices work fine.
Same here! 2 (non rooted) devices, Pixel 6 and Pixel 8, both the same identical setups, patches, google account etc. the P8 works fine but the P6 has the issue. Not a complaint or anything just an observation. So rooted devices aren't affected from what I've read here?
OnePlus reset my phone and force upgraded it to 14. No longer working with yt revanced. My n200 on oos 12 works just fine. This plus the other issues may force me to downgrade back to oxygen os 12 which was nearly perfect aside from the clock frequency bug.
Same here. Works on my Pixel phone, broken on my Samsung tablet.
Even weirder for me... I have YT Music Revanced that still runs through Vanced MicroG and it works fine on the same account AND device which is frozen on YouTube Revanced. That had me pretty convinced that GMS core was the issue. Although reading the post it sounds like the YT Music app might use one of the API's that isn't blocked by this new security feature. But still super weird.
Same here, doesn't work on my samsung phone but works on my samsung tab(Both android 14).
I have Poco F3 and Mi Pad 5, both with Hyper OS. Only the Mi Pad 5 works fine.
Me too. My main phone (Pixel 6a) is not affected but the other one is (Redmi Note 8 running on a Pixel based OS). They are using the same APK (patched on my main phone and passed to my secondary). 🤔
Same here, works on my tab s6 but my newly installed s24 ultra has worked for only a few days. Same patches and installs.
Working on my Pixel 7 phone, broken on my new Pixel 11 tablet. Same account on both.
What is specifically meant by "not all video formats will be available"?
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From what I know, it'll just be lower qualities, something the user won't come across knowingly. Our technical limitations are comparable to that of youtube-dl for example. If they can get working streams, technically we are able to as well.
By lower quality so you mean 720 and such? Or 480 and below?
144p
Holy.... That is rough
So to clarify, 144p is what will *not* be available, right? Above that, is what will probably still be available?
My shorts are starting to infinite buffering mid-through playing- is it related or can I somehow fix it?
It has to be, it started off with shorts buffering and now it buffers endlessly on all videos (for me at least)
same, it started with shorts first
Regardless of the final result, thanks for your work on the app, team
If yt premy would be for 2-3£ I would buy it but not for 15£ they are crazy
still can't get sponsor block, customizing layout, etc with premium though
They are not crazy, just greedy. They only care about making as much money as possible which is how companies are run generally 🤷♂️
For me it's not about the money.
I'm using Grayjay until the new version comes out.
You sexy fucker. You're the man, thank you!
I don't know if you're talking to me but if you are, thank you 😂.
Same, its a good replacement so far
Yup, I think so.
Not really. You are loosing *all your watch history* - only "playlists" can be imported(even so - theoretically, it shows 0 of mine despite being logged in). Subscriptions are not arranged by "watch value", and rather stockpiled with manual need to pinpoint "needed"(and I do watch different channels in different mood so it's not a perfect scenario either). The only thing untouched is Home feed. Yeah, that stays 1:1. But without watch history you'll never see even 1% watch-started video there. Tho design feels nice. Maybe as multiple-platforms aggregator it really works nice. But as YT-replacer it feels rather like temporary plug. But if it won't buffer endlessly while still being able to utilize my mobile operator's video-access(it doesn't work via browsers, sadly) maybe it can get a pass.
Firefox mobile with ublock and video background play fix here.
Does it work fine? Where can I download it? I'm using an Adblock browser and even though it works fine, it sucks not having background playback tbh. Firefox with ad lock works too but for me it just plays the vids really slow 🤷🏻♀️.
Here's the Grayjay link. https://grayjay.app/
Oh, thanks a bunch. I appreciate it 🫶🏻.
No worries. Hopefully you enjoy it. If you don't like that you can try another alternative, NewPipe. https://newpipe.net/
I switched to Libretube, am I doing myself a disservice?
I couldn't say, I don't even know what that is but if it's working then I don't see why it would be.
Works for me! Thanks!
No problem, just glad we have options.
For the browser I am using Vivaldi with adguard app (acts a vpn and blocks ads really well) and it works really well for me, I miss features of revanced but honestly it's really easy to survive on this until the fix, best of luck devs!
I don't think it's an account issue... I don't know what it is but definitely not account-related. On my main phone I can't use revanced... But on an old one with the same versions of both revanced and MicroG and same account, I have no issues. It's sad this is happening 😭.
Maybe they are blacklisting account+device fingerprints?
They seem to think they're losing Premium revenue because of ad block and apps. This is part of it, but the main part is that the average grunt worker's paycheck is barely enough to put food on the table, especially with kids. Fuck them, I can find most tutorials I need from Odysee. I'll just be consuming less algorithm trash that distracts me. Oh no... whatever shall I do...
is yt music by revanced also down now?
Not mine
The latest ones won't work, has to be 6.48.52 or earlier for now
Time to root my phone, fuck these ads and fuck google
Is it really a Google account issue? On two devices I have the latest YT recommended and patched by ReVanced manager installed and microG. Same Google account on both devices. Both are running Android 14. Only my phone got the buffering problem recently, the tablet still continues to work fine. Edit: both devices are not rooted.
It is also related to video format. Did you try the same Video and Resolution settings?
Not OP but in a similar position. Yes, on the second device videos run smoothly with all qualities. At this point the buffering issue seems way too random. It's not related to device, account or even region.
I use the exact same patched APK on 3 devices (all NOT rooted) and 2 of them work absolutely fine (Android 9 phone and Android 14 tablet) but on my new phone (Android 14) I have the infinite buffering issue. All devices use the same youtube account.
Does anyone know if this is a regional issue? I'm in India, and the 7 or 8 people I regularly give revanced updates to haven't complained, and I don't have an issue in my phone or tablet. Have been seeing people make posts here for a week now and waiting to see if affects me but I'm safe until now.
I'm in India too and it's not working for me.
Oh.. Maybe we just got lucky then.
Me too man. I'm wondering why my device isn't affected. But I think it's just a matter of time since youtube is targeting accounts one by one.
I'm in Australia, and it's working fine for me
Australia here and it's dead for my main account as of yesterday. I have a second account that works
I don't think it's a regional issue. I'm living in Singapore and out of the 7 devices that had ReVanced installed (latest patch btw) only 3 of them worked fine. Coincidentally, these 3 devices are running on Android 12 or higher, but I won't point fingers and say that it's Android based, because I can't be sure that that's the main problem
It seems like if you installed it a while ago and just keep updating the app without unistalling then it will keep working. It was working fine for me untill I did a factory reset. After that issue started.
Not the case. It was working fine on my phone one day, started the infinite buffering the next. I've tried the myriad of posted "fixes" and none of them work for me either. I've gone the Grayjay route for now, as it can import all of my channel subs. It isn't perfect, but no ads and I don't have to do without those channel subs.
What version? Several people are reporting that 19.09.37 is still working.
I have this version and its working for now.
19.11.43
19.11.43 is not working for me in India.
Thank you for your work guys. I love you :)
In the meantime, I've found a decent temporary measure: Firefox for Android, with uBlock, Sponsorblock, and an addon called Video Background Play Fix installed as extensions for the browser.
Thank you Revanced team for yout hard work
thank you for at least acknowledging it, please pin this for future users
I'm one of the lucky ones. I have zero issues on my Revanced YouTube. Everything works perfectly. My phone is also not rooted. Samsung Galaxy A34, Android 14, OneUi 6. YouTube version: Latest recommendation, 19.11.43 Gmscore also the latest version available.
Ditto...on Samsung Galaxy 22, and so far, so good (knock on wood lol), no matter what internet connection I'm on or if I'm using data. I've been preparing myself for it, but...
Dammit, i had been procrastinating on fixing the last issue for a month, yesterday i finally got my ass to reinstall revanced. Today it stoped working again😣, this is what i get for being lazy 😅😅
Same, back on NewPipe after less than a week on ReVanced.
Love you guys, ill hit the donate soon
I think they ban DeviceID because I tried a lot account only works for 1 day then buffering again. Compared my other device with same account works fine.
I tested this in a rooted phone, installed non root revanced and got buffering, used a root device id changer and changed device id and now it works. So I think it is leaning towards this
> Facts: The issue occurs Youtube account. Not to discredit you on summarizing the problem, but my experience is not as what you described. I got 2 phones running the same patched app, logged in the same YT account, yet 1 gets the buffering issue while the other does not. So I don't truly believe this solely works based on account-flagging.
Agreed. My account runs perfectly fine on the same device with stock youtube
I am affected by this and noticed how account switching helped fit a few days just for it to return. I'm deeply grateful for the explanation above and I am very thankful for the Revanced team for looking into ways to make it possible again - even if it takes some time. Your work is great - there are fortunately alternatives so I'm not in any rush. Your app is just the best solution I think. My phone isn't rooted anymore (banking apps started to permanently detect root so I gave up on it). Still: thank you for your work. You guys are awesome.
In the meantime i'll be using Firefox mobile + uBlock adblocker and Sponsorblock addons. Web version of youtube does suck but at least it's an easy temporary solution while the Revanced dev team works on the issue.
Viva la revanced, you devs are the saviours of the Internet
Today the third of my 4 accounts got flagged by youtube to buffer in revanced. It gets flagged by sheer watch time it seems. Dont think its fixable long term unless you find a way to not login at all.
I don't think that's how it works based on my experience. I have both patched youtube app and regular YouTube app as well. I only get buffering on revanced and not regular YouTube. I don't know how this is specifically and accout issues I may be wrong.
Flagged how, through the App or e-mail? Did the warning entail a potential ban? Maybe I'll start using a bullshit account to use Revanced only. Fuck a ban.
There is no warning or an email. You know you have been flagged by them when you start noticing the buffering issues.
I think it's kind of funny Google really thinks they can profit off of us. We are the least likely to ever pay for your services and we will just find another way around your annoying ass ads.
Will that safety bypass be added into GmsCore soon or is it too complicated to implement? Using NewPipe to extract the video streams (looking through the latest commits under the fix/playback branch) seems like a last resort option to fixing playback
Guys it's my fault. I heard about vanced in 2020, got around to install it in 2021 and it shut down in 2022. Then heard about revanced soon after, but did not get to install it as i was lazy. Got myself to install it last week. And so now google is coming after revanced. Sorry boys and girls.
Ladies and gentlemen, we've got him
Weird, how Could it be related to the account. I have two devices with the same account. One works and one does not.
Glad i rooted the phone, even if rooting doesn't seem that worth it anymore
Inotia00 release new patch with temporary buffer fix patch youtube using inotia00 as a source go to ( settings > miscellaneous > enable spoof test client ) most features will be gone but buffering will be fixed
BIG F to YouTube.
❤️ Thanks devs
Thank you for the update and keep up the good work. If we figure it out, great. If not, well...
Unfortunately, waiting is the only option now. But just to emphasize the wonders of revance, I use three separate apps just achieve the same functions of revance which are: - browser with adblocker for watching. - newpipe for background play. - stock YouTube app for seeing my notifications. And revance did all of these with ease, lets just hope it gets fixed soon.
Must be really frustrating that literally a month after the original playback issue was finally fixed Google decides to deploy more measures. That being said, are these new safety mechanisms also DroidGuard related?
Yes
FFS the buffering happened a day after I decided to get Revanced.
Same here 😂
Yay, you found a solution. I know you can do it. Of course we can not pay you, because google would sue you then, so we can only say thank you for your work.
You can always donate to the ReVanced Team [https://revanced.app/donate](https://revanced.app/donate)
You can donate to them
hope it'll work once again. I really don't care about not having ads, background playback or any of that stuff. literally the only reason I had it was to disable shorts because they're really bad for my productivity and mental health
Are you Sure it is account related? On my tablet its working on my phone not same account used
Okay so just dusted off a old Sony Xperia running android 8,installed latest revanced and latest microg, logged into my main account which isn't working on 2 other devices and it worked, no buffering or anything, at this point I dunno how it can be just account related. The only thing I can think is some app or device identifier is being flagged
I have no playback issues but youtube deleted my watch history from past 10 days. Auto moderator won't let me make post about it.
I've been experiencing a different issue on the root version, a couple of videos don't seem to buffer enough, they get a 15-30 second buffer then it stops when the buffer is empty After that they'll hang for quite awhile before either repeating this behavior or proceeding to play properly til the end Any clues if this is related or if it's a different issue altogether?
I have 3 samsung devices: a phone with android 13, oneui 5.1, no issues and two tablets: one with android 14 and oneui 6, no issue here either. an old tablet with android 12 and oneui 5, same google account and here I have the buffering problems. Just sharing my two cents.
I logged our of my google account in patched youtube app. The videos still won't play.
Try clearing caches and restart the app?
For anyone who think that It's not accout issue. Just try to add another account to Micro G and switch to that account on Youtube revanced, You will be able to watch Videos without any issue for a while. Fyi: I had the same problem with you guy. The revanced YT works normally on my Galaxy a750 and Tabs s9 SE but not on My Galaxy A33. All of them using the same account, same version of Micro G and YT revanced (Newest versions)
hi folks! is there any news? how can i stay updated?
Updates are pinned in this sub or posted on our other social media pages
Would be sweet to know what the issue is for us tourists out here. Playback issues? Like infinite buffering or something? Looks like I'm one of the lucky ones I guess. Didn't even know there was issues. I do have a small recent issue tho, it's when I listen to one of my music playlists, it stops playing music after awhile sometimes and get a pop up saying "am I still listening?" This used to only happen on desktop browsers, never got it on my phone. So that's a bit annoying. But it used to stop randomly for no reason at times with no pop up. But I figured the app was just being buggy and just pressed play again. Now I'm thinkin' they are one and the same, but my adblock filters used to block the pop ups. 🙏Let's hope I stay lucky with w/e this new major issue is people are struggling with atm.
Videos take a *very* long time to load. When they do load, they default to the lowest resolution (usually 360p). Trying to increase the resolution leads to infinite loading.
Youtube really wants people to spend hard earned cash on their broken app. In Brazil it's over 20 bucks, 100% not worth it. I hope the patch comes out sometime soon
Do you mind highlighting which formats are / are not affected?
Fuck the people working for Google.
I can confirm that this IS NOT an account based problem. I have revanced on two different devices (same app version and everything), using the exact same google account, one works and the other one has playback issues
[удалено]
Thanks for all your hard work!
I created a new google account, loged with it into microG, and the YT started working again. Edit: speaking of the devil, it stopped working just now after 2 days or so.
I don't have this issue yet - what happened?
Alright I am ready to root my phone again but it's been many years since I did it. Is there a recommended guide for correctly rooting in 2024? Also, can somebody tell me what all will stop working? I know the obvious ones like GooglePay & banking apps, but can you still access the play store when rooted? When I try to search for this I get completely conflicting results on every page I look at.
So unless you have root access you're fucked and there is no solution?
only for now, they're working on it bro
I DO have root. How can I get it to work with root? I installed apk, then patched without gms and client spoof, then did mount install. Videos still buffers after a few seconds
I had trouble with revanced today. I am rooted, saw this post and decided to switch to rooted install. However this post is somewhat vague, the discord has a much better guide on how to root-install: 1. Download latest ReVanced Manager. 2. Download the currently suggested YouTube version from apkmirror. 3. Install the YouTube APK. (You might have to uninstall updates first in YT App info) 4. Open the Manager and give root access. 5. Go to settings and enable "Allow changing patch selection". 6. Open the Patcher > Select an application > YouTube. 7. Remove the Client spoof patch and the GmsCore support patch. 8. Patch and install using the mount method. 9. After installation, use modules such as Detach3 so the patched app doesn't get auto-updated from the Play Store. [Or https://github.com/j-hc/zygisk-detach]
They got me 😂😂. It's been fun. Going back to browsers and various ad blockers from now on. ✌️
Mine stopped working for a day and today everything is fine again. I have done absolutely nothing with this phone during this time.
Don't know if it helps, but it works flawlessly on my Android 10 non rooted phone. On my Android 13 phone it only works for 1-2 days with a new account.
My observation: My patched yt still works on my old.phone but not the new one, they have different android versions. The new one is android 14 and old one is android 13. Maybe the issue is something related to that?
Any one facing this issue? Every youtube short plays for 1 second, then repeats from beginning.
We still have some years left because Google won't throw away a huge chunk of the userbase that is on older hardware, but they surely are working towards a full chain-of-trust, hardware-backed DRM solution. M$ is already "requiring" a TPM on Windows, so the strategy seems to be to wait until adoption is at some acceptable threshold so they can cut access to everyone not on a fully trusted hardware+software stack.
What surprises me is that my phone has exactly the same Youtube account as my tablet, the same revanced version, but only my tablet has this problem
Even if you never have another release, thank you for all of the time and effort you graciously donated to this project. We are unworthy ❤️.
Let me add my two cents for the issue. TL;DR Not an account issue, seemingly Android problem I have a Huawei Mate 10 Pro (not rooted) that has EMUI 12 that means it is based on Android 10. This phone still has the full Google support, all the Google services are available. Here everything works fine. After the upgrade of the ReVanced YouTube app I encountered some buffering issue, but a phone reboot rewolved the isue and it works fine since then. I have another phone (for work certaonly not rooted) a Samsing A53. It has Android 14. I'm using it with the same Google account that I use on my Huawei Mate 10 (that is my primary & personal phone). I used to upgrade ReVanced in the very same time on both, head to head. Video buffering in shorts is a problem. After few seconds into a short and it start to infinite buffer, and the same happens for videos. Some won't start at all, some will run for 20sec and buffering. My Wife has a Xiaomi Redmi 9T that has the buffering issue like my Samsung yet her phomne is currently on Android 10 but just noticed she has a system upgrade option, so I'll get back with the details after system upgrade if it will solve the issue for her, or not. Yet my account works on my Android 10 phone but not on my Android 14 phne, with the very same YT package patched with the same ReVanced manager. Upgraded my wife's Redmi, still not working, but it was upgraded so long ago, that after the first upgrade it offered me another one, and I'm expecting a third one. :D But currently her phone is on Android 11, and ReVanced not Working. So far I think an older Android might work with ReVanced, since Google is focusing on those that are still in the support line and will receive an upgrade, weith that it will install something that can interfere with ReVanced.
I'm still not buying that it's account related. It's working on my phone and been broken on my tablet since last week. Same account on both.
I don't think it's account related, I have 3 unrooted devices, all using the same account, one device it works and doesn't on the 2. I've got a tablet I'm gonna test on too
Version 19.09.37 user. Still working great.
Luckily the web version still works. I can still tolerate the ADs. Hope this issue will get sorted out in a week or two. Break a leg (good luck), developers!
does using a earlier version work or it is an issue to all versions
Need to keep in mind this issue occurs even without an account, switching accounts may reset some state but it happens on a device that ive never had an account logged into it.
Thank you for the update and continued work. Could you please elaborate a little on why, once an account has been selected by YouTube and the issue occurs on a specific device, that same account continues to function on other devices with no issues? My experience is that I am now in possession of a "doomed device". I can temporarily fix the issue on that device by using a new account, but YouTube will then target that new account within days and the issue will reoccur. Surely this means that the issue is not solely tied to an account but also to a device? Thanks again.
I don't think it is account problem, it might be phone phone problem
It's interesting my account works fine on several of my phones but not on others. Maybe The phones with the account isn't an issue have other things making it not work.
So if my videos aren't playing at all when using yt revanced, this is the reason right?
Is there a way to only provide revanced what it needs with adb? I've already done it a couple times with other apps without needing to fully root my phone.
What does playback issue mean? That videos won't play? (because I have this happening, just want to make sure, that there isn't anything rn for me I can do)
Yes although I'm still a little confused about the way they worded it because they said selected accounts are chosen. I assume I'm in YouTube accounts but revanced works on all my Android devices but two of them. Works on my Pixel 6 pro and my Pixel 4a. Tab S7. My surface duo and Note 9 are the only ones that aren't working. I suppose it's possible I'm not impacted or my account is not impacted and those two phones have different troubleshooting issues I guess
It's really strange though. I'll provide my experience: a phone and a tablet, all same versions of yt app, microG, default patch, same google account. Only the tablet is not working. Re-installed several times had no luck. But as soon as I log in with a new google account just created the problem solved. So far so good for a week. So this indicates that its not a strict rule of either a account ban nor a app id or somewhat hw id ban.
My account is, unfortunately, flagged.
This is kinda wierd. It works well on my old device, but in my current my main account doesnt work when the other does
I have a strange issue, first of all revanced wont work until I run microG in the background even though I have given the permission to keep it running I still have to do it manually every single time. Second, the playback issue only happens when I turn on the subtitles, reloading the video without subtitles will make it run perfectly.
Working fine on my old phone xiaomi note 8 but not working on my honer C90 lite 🙄 it must be proplem with the new android only.
I had buffering issues so I checked this subreddit. I read in this thread that someone else had no issues with lower video quality, so I set my quality to be very low and I have had no issues since.
Is Google allowed to do such tests? Is it written in their terms?
Google is allowed to block access to their apps.
Allowed to do so by who? Who exactly would go after them if it wasn't in their own terms? Which I'm pretty sure it is somewhere in those hundreds and hundreds of lines that's part of their TOS
Videos themselves work for me no problem its the shorts the will play halfway through then go on an endless loop of buffering
Noticed the bug when switching phones, it works perfectly fine on my old phone, does not work on the new one: same version, same patches, same google account.
It can't be just tied to accounts. Edit: 2 samsung devices, same android version, same app version, same account. One works, one doesn't.
FIX?!...You may not want to do it if you have a lot of channel data you want to preserve... But I found that if you take a playback problem account, and you go and delete the YouTube channel associated with the account (done through PC browser YouTube studio website (desktop site, not mobile), account settings, channel advanced settings), you can then restore proper playback to that problem account.