Title explains most of it but the long explanation is I'm trying to get an older version of youtube vanced to work again by decompiling the vanced 14.10.53 apk and trying to find a sort of info.plist equivalent for android to spoof youtube's servers into thinking this version of youtube is newer than it is so it can receive the yummy youtube juice and get around this dumb arbitrary restriction but I can't for the life of me get it to recognize as youtube 17.49.34 "the version of yt im spoofing it as" If anyone could point me in the right direction that would be wonderful. Youtube is a real necessity for me and every android 4 variant forcing me to use the browser sucks, especially since I can still get yt to work on my 2010 iphone 4 but not my dam 2013 galaxy express running a 2014 version of android? That's stupid
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So I was browsing the Tab forum and I saw that there was a hack to make Hulu work on the Tab even though Hulu tries to block mobile devices. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855898
What I wanted to know is, will this work for Archos too? I know that there is already a hacked version of Flash for the Archos, so I know it's possible to do this.
Any thoughts?
Techngro said:
So I was browsing the Tab forum and I saw that there was a hack to make Hulu work on the Tab even though Hulu tries to block mobile devices. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855898
What I wanted to know is, will this work for Archos too? I know that there is already a hacked version of Flash for the Archos, so I know it's possible to do this.
Any thoughts?
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Dunno if I'm way off here, but wouldn't changing your User Agent fix this?
just use dolphin hd browser and set user agent to desktop
I believe what hulu does is it detects what kind of flash your using. it doesn't accept the flash that adobe released for mobile devices. so user agent doesn't solve it. but I can't say I know if that flash hack works for Archos, I might test it later
User agent does not work for me in Dolphin HD
No success. Any other tips? I am willing to try.
I followed his instructions to hexedit the file and HULU is now working in Dolphin Browser. But it is so slow and choppy that is completely unwatchable.
We might have better luck once we get the GPU optimized version of flash from archos.
cdelta01 said:
No success. Any other tips? I am willing to try.
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Theoretically using a proxy website (or anonymous browsing website) might work. However since it transmits from hulu to another site, and then to you it might be slower than other methods (like simple browser masking).
anurbanlegend said:
I followed his instructions to hexedit the file and HULU is now working in Dolphin Browser. But it is so slow and choppy that is completely unwatchable.
We might have better luck once we get the GPU optimized version of flash from archos.
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Are the other videos you watch online choppy as well? Where did you get your version of flash? (Is it one downloaded from the market, or is it the gregmattersen droid x version that was posted on the archosfans site?)
I used gregmattersen droid x version. I just tried a youtube video and it was choppy too but not as much as the Hulu site.
Are the other videos you watch online choppy as well? Where did you get your version of flash? (Is it one downloaded from the market, or is it the gregmattersen droid x version that was posted on the archosfans site?)
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anurbanlegend said:
I used gregmattersen droid x version. I just tried a youtube video and it was choppy too but not as much as the Hulu site.
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yeah but the bitrates aren't even comparable. Hulu uses 5x or more what youtube does on SD... that means lag in streaming and lag in processing.
I think the optimized version of flash is the answer, once Archos gives it to us. nice to know we can hexedit it and get it working though
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digibucc said:
yeah but the bitrates aren't even comparable. Hulu uses 5x or more what youtube does on SD... that means lag in streaming and lag in processing.
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It may not be ideal, but for the time being people who are interested in watching Hulu might be able to get it to run through the widget linked on the page below. Since its running through a widget in a smaller size it may not be as taxing on the system and allow video to play smoother (until an optimized flash comes out).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686765
anurbanlegend said:
I followed his instructions to hexedit the file and HULU is now working in Dolphin Browser. But it is so slow and choppy that is completely unwatchable.
We might have better luck once we get the GPU optimized version of flash from archos.
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What version of flash did you hack? I would think you would need root to do this? Can you sure your hacked version of flash so I can test it?
soldieroftheone said:
What version of flash did you hack? I would think you would need root to do this? Can you sure your hacked version of flash so I can test it?
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I used the one from this post http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?p=284672#p284672
Sorry I don't have the files anymore, I deleted them since it's totally unwatchable plus I don't have root anymore with the latest firmware.
I don't know if you all heard, but Hulu Plus (the paid version) will be coming to Android soon.
archos 70 hulu not working
ok first off, i am a major league amateur when it comes to hacking, rooting or anything so i will need bigtime simple step by step instructions.
i have an archos 70 with the latest firmware update. i wanna watch netflix and hulu on it via my hdtv. i know hulu blocks droid/mobile devices. i tried the user agent switch, the hulu widget and the fixed flask apk. i probably am doing something wrong but idk what.
any and all help will be appreciated. thanks!!
I think the only way this will ever work with any margin of success is to capture the stream that is coming from Hulu on a computer and recompress the content to something with an appropriate resolution/quality for playback on the device.
Or download the torrents of your favorite shows...
archos 70 streaming netflix and hulu
so far i have had no luck with anything. tried teamviewer on my computer, using the archos to access it, but the video was so laggy it was unwatchable. sure hope someone figures out how to trick hulu or netflix so i can stream it thru my archos 70 onto my hdtv.
again, total noob here, with no clue how to hack anything but willing to learn.
I wanted to play YouTube videos on my A7HT v1 and found that version 1.3 works.But the videos do not play in fullscreen.some are small while others are large. .I also tried using Skyfire browser but the video quality is bad in it.
Then i switched to 2.1 beta 6 ROM(you can find it at archosfans forums) and noticed that the YouTube app in it displays videos in fullscreen but the videos cannot play on any ROM higher than 1.5.
Now i have decided to decompile the 2.1 apk,copy the properties that tell it to play in fullscreen and paste those into the 1.5 apk.So can any one guide me on this.
Thanks
Make sure that your browsers are up to date. Im not much of a youtube user but I think that they just started using HTML5 for the videos as opposed to flash. So if the app is working but the browser isnt, that could be why. Aside from that, try to empty the cache for your browser or the app? This might not be related directly to your ROM, I have heard a lot of people (running stock roms) complaining that youtube has been broken on their android phone. Does it work in your stock ROM?
Hope this helps, but I doubt it haha.
Hi,
I have a Nexus 10 which I use quite a lot for video streaming, however the new design of the YouTube app is terrible on tablets, it's basically an enlarged phone version. Because of this I've tried to looking for the latest YouTube version which still has the old layout, but I couldn't find much information about it. I have version 3.5.5 now, however I'm not sure if that is the latest one, so if anyone knows which one is it (or if you have the apk even better ), any help would be appreciated.
Whenever I launch youtube and play a video, the audio glitches out and the video skips to 27 hours.
J112eR said:
Whenever I launch youtube and play a video, the audio glitches out and the video skips to 27 hours.
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Works fine here. Model (3rd/4th gen), size (7/9 inch), ROM and other basic details are needed if you want further help.
It's a 3rd gen 7 inch tablet from 2013 I think
J112eR said:
It's a 3rd gen 7 inch tablet from 2013 I think
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If still running FireOS v4 (7j years old) then YouTube app will likely fail. Sideload a standalone browser such as Opera and enjoy YouTube that way.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/opera-software-asa/
I am running v4.5.5.3 And by likely, you mean that it would Probrably not work on it?
J112eR said:
I am running v4.5.5.3 And by likely, you mean that it would Probrably not work on it?
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FireOS v4.5 is a highly skinned Android 4.4 variant that is 5+ years old and does not natively support Google core apps. Nor is it easy to load Google Play Services which the YouTube app leverages. So yea, it will *probably* fail.
I've seen other people here have been able to get it working along with the THOUSANDS of youtube videos on the topic. These videos don't go in depth on say running a video and just show them installing the app. Are those other people running v5.1 or something?
J112eR said:
I've seen other people here have been able to get it working along with the THOUSANDS of youtube videos on the topic. These videos don't go in depth on say running a video and just show them installing the app. Are those other people running v5.1 or something?
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Well, given there are "THOUSANDS" of instructional videos it should take you no time getting YouTube up and running. I'll just step out of the way a let the experts lead the way ...
Tip: look for videos specifically targeting 3rd gen HDX hardware (screen size doesn't matter) running stock FireOS. It's doable if you don't mind investing hours, dealing with an unstable device and possibly spinning up a 'soft brick' depending on the methodology employed.
Alternatively, root/unlock and install a custom ROM + GAaps
Alternatively, sideload a high quality browser like Opera and play vids there
Alternatively, use a different device running near AOSP such as the Onn 8
Choose your poison wisely. Good luck.
Use browser.
Youtube app sucks since 2018
Older version stopped working after api updates 1 year ago
With silk browser you can choose video quality and get dark mode (the trick to enable its simple, open youtube and switch to desktop version , open configuration menu and enable dark mode,after that switch to mobile version and there is , full darkmode youtube)
If you wanna youtube app, Skytube works fine,you can see your suscriptions videos/ trendings and see comments.
You cannot see live streamings and comment,but its ok for me.
I have tried side-loading Youtube Vanced and NewPipe on my stock HDX 3rd, neither work. Vanced does the weird glitchy playback like you describe, and NewPipe just errors out. As others have said, I imagine it's because of this old Fire OS we're running.
Browser playback works fine. There is an Amazon app store app called 'Video For Youtube' that also works well, it even allows you to sign into your Youtube/Google account. It's free (I'm not the dev.)
Youtube vanced is not updated.. Is there another alternative modded original YouTube that has support for background music listening?
I find only xxxxxxx patch for 14.17.50 version, but my phone not rooted and preinstalled in system version of youtube is 14.25.xx and lower version don't allow to replace newer version. Clone in xxxxxx is not working with youtube apk..After cloneed and installed, youtube crashed.
Try Ymusic.
You can found in this forum.
Enjoy it.
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Thanks.
musti35 said:
Try Ymusic.
You can found in this forum.
Enjoy it.
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I need YouTube modded app. All other app is not good for me
im on android 8.1 and google chrome has built in "background" video player were youtube continue playing while you access other apps
I am also looking for a vanced alternative because it is somewhat similar to original YT so there is no point in using vanced.
I am finding alternative to YT messaging because it was a dam good feature that i always used to forward videos to my wife but now it's a long process of either sending it to FB messenger or any other thing. I thought since vanced is a YT alternative so it would be having all the YT features but what is the point of having a 3rd party app which is JUST AN AD-BLOCKER for YT and else than that some options which don't mean so much.
I seriously want to know what alternatives you guys use?