YouTube and other videos lag??
Hey all, I've been having this issue with my phone for months now and its just annoying as hell. If I use my YouTube to watch a video or any other form of videos, they take forever to load and when they do they lag like mad. If I pause it for a min of two so it can buffer/load it'll still lag and skip like crazy. Am I missing something? I've restarted my phone like its going to help any :/ nothing I do works. Its to the point where I just want to throw it against a wall. Can anyone help me out and put me in the right direction?
Thanks for any help
Mike
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How much system memory do you have available? If you're seriously low on memory you're going to have a hard time playing video.
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THEWHITEZOMBIE,
It is probably a good thing to find out as well: are you using the phone's network for the videos, or are you using WiFi? If you use WiFi, does it get better or still laggy?
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THEWHITEZOMBIE,
I'm sorry the phone is giving you such grief with videos. It is frustrating when these things don't work like they should.
On the memory thing, check here:
From the home screen, click Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Running Services
At the bottom it should say something like 212 MB used and 349 MB free.
What does it say there?
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THEWHITEZOMBIE,
I'm going to start with some of the easy stuff. First, have you gone to Android market and updated your Youtube app? The other videos that are choppy, are they streaming or saved to your SD card (is it only streaming movies like Netflix that are choppy or all videos period)?
From what I could tell from your response, your available memory appears to be good, assuming I understood you correctly.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by
THEWHITEZOMBIE It says 82MB in 4 and 230MB+147 in 37
It shows the green more then 3/4 of the scale as well
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I don't know where you're looking, but if you're looking where tmn72tx described it should just say (x)MB used on a gray bar and (x)MB free on a green bar. But this is also misleading. The best way to check available system memory is to pull down the notification bar, choose quick settings and look at total memory. That will tell you what system memory is free.
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THEWHITEZOMBIE,
You've got me. I can't explain why your video is choppy. I have 6 movies that I have ripped using Handbrake and they are clear as a bell. So are my YouTube and Netflix movies. I wish I had an answer for you.
You can always try the last resort of the dejected and unhelped. You can try a full reset and see if it is still there. But that is a crappy answer, I know.:'(
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Originally Posted by
THEWHITEZOMBIE Settings> SD&phone storage >SD storage is 7.39GB with available space saying 4.08GB
Internal storage says 373MB
Dose that help you guys?
Again thanks for anyhelp
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Nope, not yet. If you do what I said in my last post, you could see what available memory is. Nothing you have listed shows that. Internal storage and system memory are two different things. Also, I'm assuming you're running Gingerbread, but some of the things you said are starting to make me unsure.
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Originally Posted by
THEWHITEZOMBIE How do I find the quick settings? I pull the tab but nothing shows up :/ sorry if I'm lame with this not a tech guy
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So if you swipe down on the screen, it opens the Notifications screen. If you're running Gingerbread, at the bottom there will be 2 tabs, Notifications and Quick Settings. If you don't see those 2 tabs, then you're still on Froyo, and I've been on Gingerbread so long I can't remember where to find the memory info on Froyo.
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You don't happen to be running an Ice Cream Sandwich rom are you?
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Originally Posted by
THEWHITEZOMBIE No rom at all just the stock set up with the adw launcher
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Hi, So i had this problem too. Goto > Options > More... > Applications. Go to the last page and remove EVERYTHING USELESS from there ( Daemontools for me and the games )
This will help! Enjoy.
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I have like 3.47Gb of internal storage left and around 29.7Gb free on SD card and still YouTube and other online videos lag (screen freezes and the sound is still on it takes a while for the screen to play , but the sound and display are out of sync )
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Originally Posted by
Saiyajin319 I have like 3.47Gb of internal storage left and around 29.7Gb free on SD card and still YouTube and other online videos lag (screen freezes and the sound is still on it takes a while for the screen to play , but the sound and display are out of sync )
My exact problem
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Just want my phone fixed that would be very appreciated thank you
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Originally Posted by
Punkstar1 Just want my phone fixed that would be very appreciated thank you
Welcome to Android Central! Do you have an HTC Inspire 4G? That's a pretty old phone, and this is an old thread. More details are always helpful.