[Android Central Question]

I have a a10e and it is very new, after it was all set up I was watching youtube and I noticed black bars on each side of the screen, like it wasn't a 16:9 aspect ratio. I have restared my phone and even factory reset it but nothing seems to help...

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Try using a pinch gesture to zoom in, so that the video fills the whole screen.

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[ManiacJoe]

This is common when the shape of the video (2:3, 4:3, 16:9, 18:9) does not match the shape of your screen. When that happens, the video player should enlarge the video size, while maintaining the shape, to fill the screen. However, due to the shapes not matching, there will be black margins on the screen.

If you search hard enough you might find a video app that has the option to distort the video shape to unnaturally fill the screen. However, since most people would not find this to be pleasing, most apps dropped that feature many years ago.

[B. Diddy]

The Galaxy A10e has a 2.1:1 screen ratio, while most YouTube videos are 16:9, so it's not surprising you're seeing black bars on the sides.

[Android Central Question]

I have a new a10e and its playing yt videos weird, there are black borders on each side and there is only an option for 72060 and below for quality. I have seen other yt vids of people with the phone in youtube and it's fine. Already factory reset, nothing. Please help as I am contemplating trading it back for a different one which I think is unnecessary.

[mustang7757]

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[mustang7757]

You need pinch your fingers out on the screen to put in full view

[Boquifios Gormal]

You need pinch your fingers out on the screen to put in full view

I did that before you commented but it cuts off a noticeable amount off the bottom and top of the screen. And also doesnt allow 1080p still

[mustang7757]

I did that before you commented but it cuts off a noticeable amount off the bottom and top of the screen. And also doesnt allow 1080p still

Hi, welcome !
Yeah that's the only option I know , but yours gets cut off that much ?

[Boquifios Gormal]

Hi, welcome !
Yeah that's the only option I know , but yours gets cut off that much ?

It cuts off enough to the point where if there is text at the bottom of the screen, it is cut in half, I am just concerned because this is really only happening to me, no one else has had this it seems

[mustang7757]

It cuts off enough to the point where if there is text at the bottom of the screen, it is cut in half, I am just concerned because this is really only happening to me, no one else has had this it seems

Have you tried clearing data,cache,data,force stop you tube app?

[Boquifios Gormal]

Have you tried clearing data,cache,data,force stop you tube app?

No I will try, thanks for the help btw

[mustang7757]

No I will try, thanks for the help btw

Your welcome ! Ok let me know

[Boquifios Gormal]

Your welcome ! Ok let me know

No, nothing, I also uninstalled updates and reinstalled them, but still nothing.

[mustang7757]

No, nothing, I also uninstalled updates and reinstalled them, but still nothing.

How about trying in safe mode?

[Boquifios Gormal]

How about trying in safe mode?

It still didnt work, do you think I should switch my phone in for a new one?

[mustang7757]

It still didnt work, do you think I should switch my phone in for a new one?

If you can , I would ..especially you said others not experiencing this

[Boquifios Gormal]

If you can , I would ..especially you said others not experiencing this

I think I will, I will reply w/ new phone if it's fixed, thanks for the help!

[mustang7757]

No problem, let me know what happens .

I think I will, I will reply w/ new phone if it's fixed, thanks for the help!

[B. Diddy]

Duplicate threads merged.

There's nothing wrong with your phone. As I previously discussed above, your phone has a 2.1:1 screen ratio, while most YouTube videos are 16:9. That means that in order to see entire frame, you will always have black bars on the sides. If you zoom in so that the video fills the whole screen, you will always cut off the top and bottom of the frame