Why can i not watch a video in YouTube ?

[BiggieRat1256]

Everytime i try to watch a video it takes forever. Starts and then stops. It does it in hq or not. I'M lost. Thanks for any help.

 

[BiggieRat1256]

THANKS FOR THE HELP. YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MY MOTOROLA PHOTON AND HTC EVO 4G . I HAD A COUPLE OF THE EVO'S. I DID NOT SEE SAMMY'S POST. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR 4G LTE. TO WATCH YOUTUBE. THANKS AGAIN

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[BiggieRat1256]

P.S. I HAVE 4 BARS 90% OF THE TIME.

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[anon(94115)]

Sammy isn't making you think you are getting four bars, you actually are getting the strong signal possible. It just so happens that the network itself sucks

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[BiggieRat1256]

I DO HAVE 4 BARS LIKE I SAID. BUT I TIMED A CLIP... IT WAS LIKE A 1.5 MINUTE LONG. TOOK RIGHT AT 14 MINUTES WITH ALL STARTS AND STOPS. BUT THE VERY FIRST TIME ON YOUTUBE WITH MY GS3.... IT PLAYED A CLIP THAT WAS AT 11 MINUTES OR SO LONG.... PERFECTLY. GO FIGURE. THANKS FOLKS, BIGGIERAT

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[Upstreammiami]

Please caps off dude and your YouTube does this cuz of slow Internet its normal!

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[Skunkape60]

Upstreammiami is correct. Just because you have 4 bars doesn't really mean anything. Your signal strength has no bearing on the speed in which you download. The download is entirely based on the current speed and bandwidth available from the Sprint network. Signal has nothing to do with speed.

 

[IAmSixNine]

When your having issues with buffering stop and take a moment to run a speedtest. As the others have mentioned its probably a bandwidth issue. Running a speedtest will verify this.
in the play store there are several apps. One of the more popular is speedtest.net app.

 

[Rev2010]

Skunkape60 is correct, the bars indicate your voice cell service not your data connection. I'm not on Sprint but I work with a guy that is and the connection is always horribly slow in NYC. Whether I had an iPhone or DROID there's a spot where I catch the bus that would always show full bars but would give me zero data connection. Bars only mean you have a good signal for a phone call.


Rev.

 

[Gator352]

When I hear bars, I think of jail.Idon't like thinking of jail....it makes me angry.....

 

[Upstreammiami]

When I hear bars, I think of jail.Idon't like thinking of jail....it makes me angry.....

Umm ok

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