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?
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
Sure, throw away a working phone because you won't spend half an hour on upgrading it
Not everyone is a jobless neet with free time to tinker and destroy perfectly working devices.
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
Maybe check:
- LibreTube, requires Android 5 or newer: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.libretube/
- NewPipe, requires Android 5 or newer: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
- NewPipe Legacy, requires Android 4.1 or newer: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipelegacy/
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.
i mostly use youtube for recommended page and i believe these apps with their separate accounts dont support that
Look into grayjay. Luis Rossman just released that app as a YouTube client replacement
