YouTube app with lollipop

[Alex Wetzel]

Sometimes videos will give me an error saying "There was a problem while playing, tap to retry." The only way that I've found that fixes the problem is by clearing the cache partition in recovery mode, and this is only a temporary fix. Please help.

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[B. Diddy]

What happens if you just clear YouTube's app cache and data, rather than the whole system cache partition?

 

[Alex Wetzel]

I haven't tried that yet. But I'm sure that it also is a temporary fix. Can't wait for an update to fix this.

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[B. Diddy]

Wiping the cache partition doesn't necessarily clear out app data. I'm actually not sure if it clears out app caches either, since I think the system cache is separate from the app cache. So it's worth a try--there might be some bad data stuck in the app.

 

[daihard2008]

Have you tried unchecking the "Use NuPlayer (experimental)" option in the Developer options? It is checked by default. I saw some reports that said they were having trouble playing some YouTube videos with this option on in the Developer Preview forum, so it may be worth trying.

 

[Alex Wetzel]

I've tried that also, and it didn't work either

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[daihard2008]

I've tried that also, and it didn't work either

Okay. Too bad that didn't work.

 

[Alex Wetzel]

I've got it to work now without any issues. Thanks for your help

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[daihard2008]

I've got it to work now without any issues. Thanks for your help

Would you mind telling us what you did to get your problem resolved?

 

[Alex Wetzel]

I went into settings and cleared the app data/cache from the YouTube app. Haven't had any problems since

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[daihard2008]

I went into settings and cleared the app data/cache from the YouTube app. Haven't had any problems since

Good on you! Thanks for the info.

 

[Alex Wetzel]

You're very welcome. Glad I could help.

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