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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FallenGod33:
Making the YouTube App run in the Background

Dear OP, and everyone in this thread,

I stumbled upon this thread about a month ago, searching for a work around to this on my GS3. I would like to thank everyone for contributing their solutions to the problem.

Anyway, I recently found a simpler alternative - to use an older version of the YouTube App. You may want to backup your current YouTube app before doing this.

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Download a YouTube app that lets you continue to play videos with the screen off:

1) Go to [www].freewarelovers.com/android/app/youtube (Remove square brackets, this isn't spam)

2) In the website, pick a version of the YouTube app from 2.1.6 and below (I recommend just using ver 2.1.6, found in this link, but others should work well. [www].freewarelovers.com/android/download/temp/1291899890_YouTube_2.1.6.apk

3) Download and Install the .apk file on your Android device. Agree to override your existing version if prompted to.

4) Open the YouTube app and start playing songs! You can now put the screen to sleep and continue to listen to the song.

NOTE: This is an official YouTube app, albeit an older version of it, and downloading it will replace your previous version of the YouTube app. It seems like YouTube removed the function of playing songs in the sleep mode after upgrading to 2.3.4. I find that this version and my previous version (3.5.5) has little differences; I prefer the black theme of v 2.1.6. actually! You can use the YouTube app just like how you would previously, and from personal experience it works on ICS without any error.

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Yep, I hope you find this solution helpful! You don't need to use any external application to play youtube, just use the OFFICIAL youtube app 2.1.6 and you're set!

And - while I do not want to engage in an argument, I do feel that using the youtube app just for streaming music isn't wrong or inappropriate; most (from that I heard about half) of the videos on youtube are music videos, so why not allow us to just listen to the music while playing the video? Yes, its a function which the YouTube developers may not have intended, but its an additional function that we want and welcome! Whatever the reason for the removal of such a useful function - be it for copyrights issues, advertising, google, profit - I have to say it simply will just push many of us to look for alternatives. (because of function availability, not because we hate YouTube or anything)

In any case, to each his/her own; we may have our own preferences and opinions, but please do not start a flame war, this thread is not a debate about how YouTube should make its apps.

Lastly, thanks for taking the time to read my post in this old thread, do give me a thumbs up if I'd helped you! (Also, first post ftw! XD)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treslug:
I was also looking for a way to do this! I like to listen to/watch videos while I work, and to save battery I'll turn the screen off. I also don't get why some people are saying we shouldn't want or expect to listen to videos in the background - I mean, we all customize our phones to our personal liking - why not this? It is nothing like wanting a flying car. Or if it is, then lots of cars can fly, my last car flew, and I expect my new car to fly as well. :laugh:

Anyway, on my Galaxy S2 downgrading the YouTube app to 2.2.16 worked beautifully.

On the Galaxy S3 I couldn't get YouTube 2.2.16 to work. I tried Harex and PVSTAR and some others but I really wanted to be able to log into my own YouTube account and see my feed (not just download my playlists). I tried the Maxthon browser technique, which did work but I didn't like having to switch tabs after loading the video.

The best solution I found was TubeMate. You can get it from the Amazon store. Instead of hitting the green arrow to save a video, hit the regular "play" button on the video itself. Then the video plays within TubeMate and you can turn the screen off. If, when you hit the play button, the "like" buttons pop up instead of the video playing, try switching to Desktop mode from the menu.The video won't go full screen, but if I'm turning the screen off sometimes anyway, I don't care that much.

If you want to multitask, not just turn the screen off, I don't know that TubeMate can do that. If you get VPlayer, though, you can use TubeMate to download videos and then play them in VPlayer, hit the home button, and the sound keeps playing in the background. Or use the Maxthon browser method as described above in the thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealz0r:
Your rude answer is totally uncalled for. Listening to Youtube for the sound is common practice. If you ever browse youtube you will realize that there are quite a few "videos" which show only one picture with "background music"

To quote the analogy for your car, its more like your car stops if you look in the rear view mirror.

Besides from that, youtube doesnt only pause the playback, it stops the stream, which means that you cannot continue watching but you have to reload the video, or, if you're watching a playlist it will skip to the next song. And often when you're not on wifi this feature makes it almost unuseable, because videos buffer a long time, and if you want to read a text or get a call while watching it will stop working.

This is arguably not androids fault, but makes the OPs question all the more legit.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T679noob:
+1

I sure am glad the devs for my phone aren't this rude. Wow...

I was used to this ability on iOS, and was the ONLY feature I missed when moving to Android. All I do on YouTube is listen to music, of which, most "videos" are just a picture. I'm sorry if your life is so exciting that you'd prefer people like myself to go brain dead staring at a picture, all so we can listen to a song.

I'm sure you don't speak to people like you have in this thread, in the real world, Mr. Oink. Get over yourself.

Thanks a lot to those who have contributed to this idea. The max browser option works, but is a little inconvenient and also stops playing if you view any other sort of web content (ie Flipboard). The Retro YouTube app idea is great, but I run the HD YouTube app (not HQ) and would hate to give up the awesome video quality, for when I actually watch a video. Not to mention the HD sound quality. If only I could install two YouTube apk's. Womp womp waaaa...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fekken:
I don't see how oinkylicious was being rude. The OP basically said that 'android engineers are stupid' if you read the first few posts, and oinkylicious was against that.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealz0r:
While I agree that calling developers stupid doesnt lead anywhere, what I read from oinkylicious is along the lines of "if you want to listen to youtube without watching the video you are stupid" - just with better wording/expression/language however you may call it. Thats rude in my book, even if hes not using cusswords. Or self-entitled at least. Dont get me wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion. Thats actually my point. Everyone.

On a side not, I tried older youtube versions, but they dont allow me to access my youtube account where my playlists are stored, displaying some error that my youtube account isnt connected to my google account or vice versa. which is kinda annoying because it makes accessing my playlists a pain.

I tried QueueTube and liked it, it only plays the Sound of videos, and you are able to make your own playlists and save them. you have to go through the chore once to redo your playlist if you're coming from the youtube account though. but for most of my needs it will do.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajelandro:
I use this app

I didn't read all the posts before mine, but I hope this helps FreeYTplayer is an application that allows you to hear music trough youtube in the background by pressing the back button.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sherbiny:
Search on Google Play PVSTAR+ (YouTube Music Player) :good::good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jakob1379:
Answer to your prayer

Your answers has been heard. Use nextvid, gets your jobs done.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
Here is an app that actually acts as popup video player but also has full screen video playback, YouTube support,video download and using this you can watch 2 or 3 videos together if you feel like it it, the popup window is also resizeable, this app ain't available in play store because it violates google policy of allowing youtube video download for offline watching.

Edit: Oh also it plays video even if the screen is off.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arimnistos:
thank you.i was looking for this solution.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonas9:
every time when i switch the mobile internet on and my desire has no receiving (sorry my englisch is not so good..in germen: empfang)

so the desire is freezing and i can't do anything anymore..

this is everytime so..

my rom: aurora 4.1

pls help me guys..

thank you !!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Are you S-ON or S-OFF? Which radio are you currently? Which kernel are you using? Using something like setcpu or vipermod?

And the word you search for is "signal" (at least I am pretty sure). ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonas9:
s-off with cmr2

the latest radio .23 and the gingercakes 0.7g kernel.

overclocked with setcpu wake:245000-1113600 scalling smartassV2

sleep:128000-5370000 scalling on minmax
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
First I recommend to update to gingercakes newest kernel (should be 0.9 if I remember correctly).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve16:
Was there ever a solution to the red spot problem other than tweaking the settings......never seen any final solutions, was there ?

sr
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chetasus:
its same with me can some please advise if this is normal??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anshmiester78900:
what red spot are you talking about ???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chetasus:
its blinking/flashing Proximity Sensor when making a call (on phone, fring or skype)

---------- Post added at 09:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:02 PM ----------

its blinking/flashing Proximity Sensor when making a call (on phone, fring or skype)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSaw:
I don't think he's talking about that red spot? I mean, it's not a sport, and why would it be a problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chetasus:
see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19885559#post19885559

will make more sense. I think if people want to discuss about Flashing Red Light from Proximity Sensor should go to this post rather then confusing everyone.
[General Questions and Answers] Mehman123:
My email accounts are getting hacked continously from past 5 days. I have accessed my email accounts from 2 pc's, one from my home pc and one from my office pc, and this are hotmail and yahoo email account. I have also configured my email account on my blackberry 9800 torch. Surprisingly, when first time my email account was hacked I received information about my account from alternate email id, and I safely reset my hotmail password but am still able to receive email on my blackberry. So, if I had reset my email address then in my blackberry 9800, shouldnt it ask for password to login to the email, since i reset it. The same incident has happened for past 3 times and I dont have clue whether its the blackberry (RIM) service problem or the Vodafone carrier that I am using, since vodafone might be getting all the information related to my email account and its password, when I login on blackberry?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzgreen:
I am somewhat new to the epic scene, and had a few general questions that i have searched for over the forums here but get such a broad variety of answer im unsure of what is true and what is not.

Basically, my phone is set up with the following :

Firmware Version : 2.3.5

Baseband : S:D700.0.5S.EG22

Kernel : 2.6.35.7-g67f7514

Build : CleanGB.b13.EI22

I haven't updated to the latest CleanGB (which i plan on doing when i get home today)

But the problem is as follows:

My data connections suck..... I have replaced the phone 3 times (in less than a month) I have updated the PLS, changed the wimax settings with the MSL code, and had sprint flash it as well. But my connection speeds are so messed up.... I get 4-12 mb's Down, but only like .2-.8 up.... Can anyone recommend a GB build (if the updated one of CGB is better that's fine too) and kernel/modem to use in combo with each other that may help with this problem? It doesnt seem to matter what build i use, they all seem to have this issue.

Thanks alot!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Try updating your modem. You need to Odin the EC05 modem then flash the EC05toEI22.zip. If you think it is software related as opposed to Sprint network problems (i'd bet on that) then Odin in stock EC05 and test it there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzgreen:
Thank you. I will try that when i get home as well.

Is the wimax and wireless running on the same thing? The reason i ask is becuase when i connect to a wireless network it will do 10+mb down and usually 5+ up.....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
They all go through the modem. But 4G is dependent on Clearwire's network nearest you and wifi is dependent on your router switching speed and network speed.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzgreen:
Gotcha thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzgreen:
So after having to flash my phone about 15 times.... i thought i had broken something, i flashed a stock rom, them CWM..... then black screen and wouldnt power up. So after messing with the phone itsself for abit i finally got it to cycle again. But now im Running ASC/Samurai with the ec05 to ei22 modem. Runs so much better, and my wimax upload has almost doubled.

Thanks again for the help.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] advocator:
Anyone tried doing something with the lame 784mb of the p7510? say like using the SD for RAM?

Someone suggested (in a general android forum) to use swapper and to create swap partition on the sd. Anyone tried "Android Swapper" Yet?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RZK:
Hello.

I installed Cyanogenmod 7.1 on my Xperia Arc when it was released a while ago. I'm having so much trouble with it, and I miss some of the essential features SE had implemented into the stock firmware which has made me want to go back.

How do I do this the "correct" way, so I can go back to stock, recieve official updates etc?

When I connect my phone to PC Companion it tells me there is an update available. I assume this is because CM 7.1 is based on a slightly older firmware for the Arc, so what will happen if I press accept? Will it just install the newest stock firmware or do I risk bricking it?

I did create a backup of current installation in ClockworkMod before installing Cyanogenmod.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
Use WotanServer or flashtool restoring your device.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
Relock your.bootloader and flash 2.3.4 with flash tool.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RZK:
Okay. I used this guide to use flashtool

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10879507#post10879507

I came to the point where it said "flashing finished" and "unplug the device and power it on" but nothing is happening when I press the power button.

So I guess thats it then..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
Flashing was sucsessful and no errors?

Wiped device?

Battery was 50+?

Remove battery, put back and press power agen?

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RZK:
Yes, all of the above
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
You don't lose anything if you doing reflash.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RZK:
Here is the Flashtool log.

there is no reaction from my phone now

EDIT: Ok, I'm too new to post a link obviously

EDIT 2: I tried using WotanClient to flash it again, and the flashing process went fine, but it still won't turn on. I've taken the battery in and out several times. When I hold the power button down, the LED light just flashes green but nothing happens.

EDIT 3: Ok I fixed it with this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126358 it worked for some reason, although that was not the problem. I never updated it. But at least it works now, so hopefully I can lock the bootloader and finally fix this.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfer777:
Since installing a kk4 ROM I no longer get H symbol for data connection. Any ideas as to why? I'm on Rogers network with captivate. Thanks

using modem ugkc1

When I switch back to apex. H data shows up again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Really? This has been known and covered since the first I9000 FROYO Ports.

I9000 modem/kennels offer hsupa

I897 do not.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfer777:
Sorry for the noob question. So i'm on TRusello effen ROM. Can I change to i9000 kernel and modem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Not if you wanna boot up...:)

Firmware has to match kernel for gingerbread, on froyo you could mix I897 firmware with I9000 kernel and modem but on gingerbread it will Get stuck on the kernel splash and go no farther.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^ I honestly didn't realize this. (with Gingerbread that is) Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezcats:
Try to see what modem you are using in the apex rom; it will be in the about phone section. Download that modem and flash that over the KK4 rom. Should work. (I had the same problem but with AT&T so i don't know what modem you use) :P
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
An I897 modem and an I9000 kernel or vice versa, will cause very awful static during phone calls.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezcats:
Not true.....Mine works fine!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Wait what? I9000 modem on I897 rom+kernel working fine with no static?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezcats:
no.. i897 modem....i9000 kernel...(ics beta 1)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Which modem and which kernel ??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezcats:
Modem: JL3

Kernel: Fugumod i9000
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
You are running I9000 kernel AND i9000 modem. ICS no clue wth that is so GB rules don't necesary apply. But I promise you it isn't possible to use I9000 modem with out static at the very least.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezcats:
oops... :)

I just tried the KK1 modem....its not bad at all...not as good as the i9000 one but still good.
[HTC Sensation] jmgutier:
Hi people....i am from Spain so place forgot my bad English...i will try to make me understand

I have two days trying to unblock the boot loader, put it in S-on, the revolutionary.exe do not start, only do a error

HTCSync is incompatible with this tool, Uninstall HTCSync and try again.

i have uninstall the HTCSync, i have try everything, charge mode, sync mode, this model is the new htc sensation Z710a , have since yesterday, i actualize the room via ota, and now the hboot is on 1.18.0000

In mode bootloader say this

*** LOCKED ***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.18.0000

eMMC-boot

Aug 2 2011,22:35:52

please help me if someone know how

best regards from Barcelona
[HTC Sensation] SeptimiuB:
i would suggest you to try this procedure on another pc. maybe on yours you have a conflict or something..
[HTC Sensation] Langz:
What guide did you follow?

As far as I know the procedure is to uninstall sync, install the mentioned drivers from the guide, set usb debug on, fastboot off and there you go?

Tried all this?

O, btw, did you try to s-off or s-on the phone? Your boot is saying your phone is s-on now.
[HTC Sensation] suprakarma:
Que es exactamente lo que necesitas? S off o s on? Al parecer tu problema puede ser con htc sync, da mas de talles y tal vez te pueda ayudar
[HTC Sensation] jmgutier:
I can resolve this problem, now i am s-on.

Mi problem was that htcsync is installed in computer, i has unistall in mobile but not has in vomputer, close htcsync in computer and revolucionary come go good.
[HTC Sensation] jmgutier:
I mean s-off not s-on , jeje

sorry my mistake
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] man_77:
hey guys...i was wandering...since the xperia mini have same screen resolution and we have gingerdx:D...is it possible to have xperia mini music player on our x8 gingerdx?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sparks:
yes i want this too, any1?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokénoob:
If you want a music player,you can try one of this> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1299627 .

Sorry for my terrible English.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] man_77:
thnx for your help man...but the player u gave me is a ttpod themed player...i need the original mini ported to x8..but thnx anyway;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj_mol3y_x8:
thanks mate very nice is now my music player:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebas156:
When I'm trying to do a Nandroid backup I get this error:

"Can't mount backup path."

and when I try to flash a custom ROM (Cyanogen 7.1), it says:

"E:Can't mount /sdcard/"

I searched a bit, only found people having problems with a certain boot loop. I don't have that problem. Just can't do anything from CWM recovery menu.

Anyone who has a suggestion? Thanks.

edit: i just noticed a similar topic about this under this one :x

edit2: seems it worked when I tried to backup on the 'internet SD card', gonna try to flash it that way too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javideku:
Hello,

I am getting the "Can't mount backup path." and I don't know what to do now. Also, FWI, the first time I tried to backup, it started, and few minutes later, it stopped because lack of memory, so I switched to a bigger SD card and this is where I am: Can't mount backup path.

If I go to the "mounts and storage" menu, I can mount everything but the /sdcard.

I don't know what to do. I'll keep googling, thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Have you tried backup to internal sdcard? (4th option, if present)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javideku:
Oh, that's it!

Thank you very much!

That's what sebas156 meant by "internet SD card" (LOL), the internal one.

Thanks again.

Also, I've read several problems on google with the "Can't mount sdcard" error, should I be worried?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rainymetel:
Thank you SO MUCH!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dani_bv:
I also had the problem with "can't mount backup path" and I thought that it was a CWM problem. Was thinking of making a new topic, but apparently I wasn't the only one who had this "problem". This topic made things clear.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtindru:
Can't mount backup path - I want to backup to internal memory

I am using CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 on a Galaxy Tab 2 GT-P3100.

The phone is not rooted. Do i need to root the phone before backing up?

I am getting an error - Can't mount backup path every-time I try to backup.

I do not have an external SD card. I want to backup to internal sd card.

I don't have the 'supposedly 4th option' to backup to internal memory.

Is it because this version of CWM does not have that feature?

I went into 'mounts and storage' and could mount everything except '/sdcard'

Kindly help me out here.

Regards

Indrajit