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[Android Apps and Games] TinySoul:
I do not have a premium account. May be I was not clear so let me try again.

You open a video on vanced or YouTube app. Download the video if it is available for download. Once downloaded you get a checkmark indicating it is downloaded. Now you can play the video when your mobile internet connection is OFF. But if you play that video with your internet connection still ON then what happens?

Does the app still stream that video content from the online source since you have an active internet connection or does the app checks whether that video has been downloaded on the user device and if it is it then it plays it from the local copy(cache)?

And the reverse scenario. Say your mobile internet connection is off and you were playing one of the offline video you downloaded earlier. Now for some reason you need to go online so you turn your internet connection on. So now does the app continue to play the video from the local cache or realizing that the internet connection is now available it will start streaming the data from the online source.

I tried the following experiment. I played an offline downloaded video in vanced app with my internet connection on. Then after a minute I switched off my internet connection. The video continued to play. From this it does seems that once the internet connection was lost, the app started using the local cache to play the contents.

What is not clear from this is what source the app was using when the internet connection was available. Was it using the online source and switched to offline source once the connection was lost. Or was it always using the offline source (local cache) since the video was already downloaded for offline playing.

I hope I am clear this time.

Thank you for the reply 🙏
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Should be fine.
[Android Apps and Games] Infintybeyond:
Hello, thanks to the Dev. I really appreciate the app. I'm using version 13.11.57 non-root on Samsung note 8 Oreo. I haven't had any problems. I'm using the blue version. I just wanted to state that I hope you continue with the blue & pink theme, if you weren't aware of the support for those colors. Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] Megalopolis:
I thought the same but it is still not working. It worked with Magisk because I put the pvz file in the Download folder but the YouTube App still doesn't appear.
[Android Apps and Games] borisov87:
Detach not work.

I create file enable_detach on module folder, but even after restart phone - youtube stay attached to google play.
[Android Apps and Games] garylawwd:
Just search detach on the thread and you will find your answer
[Android Apps and Games] jonasdoess:
Same here. I tried every solution proposed in the tread... Same result. I tried 15 times since yesterday. (it worked before installer v.3.0 for me..)
[Android Apps and Games] oroboros74:
It would be a cool feature to incorporate in Vanced!
[Android Apps and Games] mhasan92:
Anyone??
[Android Apps and Games] DaFelix:
Hey, guys. Is it just me or there is no download button? I see the option for downloads, there is help explaining how to download, but I can't see a button, so I can save it the video to my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] yametekudasai:
Hi,

I recently downloaded this app non-root version(even though I have a rooted phone) and this app stopped when i go to comment section. How can I fix this?

I am using gt-i8262 cm11 custom rom w/ 220 dpi.

Thanks,
[Android Apps and Games] garylawwd:
You can't download with this. You can save certain videos for offline use but downloading isn't an option
[Android Apps and Games] yametekudasai:
I reseted my phone's default dpi (240) and it still has the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] owhbaem:
deleted
[Android Apps and Games] dugi9991:
I would't say that this app is the cause of your problem, but a log would be useful. Also, remove Subs overlays if you use one, clear data and cache, reboot the phone - all the usual if you already didn't.
[Android Apps and Games] DaFelix:
So what is this for?
[Android Apps and Games] garylawwd:
For saving certain videos offline. You can do that with stock YouTube aswel. But you can't download any video you want just ones where the uploader gives permission to do so
[Android Apps and Games] madbat99:
Not sure why one part would crash it.

---------- Post added at 11:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 AM ----------

Pretty sure some recent changes have disabled detach. It was causing issues for many people. Like playstore no longer auto updating anything anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] hotcell:
Yes. I uninstalled vanced from universal installer via TWRP with YES flag set for complete uninstall in settings file (in internal card Download dir), it removed YT completely, including the OEM original version in /system. After that, just downloaded vanced module from Magisk Manager, rebooted, and that was it! I think Magisk module install is better as it easier for updating.
[Android Apps and Games] sanvlagan:
I'm loving the app, but I've found a couple of things that are making me reconsider going back to the original YouTube app. My first problem is that when I watch a video on the app, it isn't marked as watched, so it doesn't appear on my history and still appear on my home as if I've never watched it before and so there is no red underline under the thumbnail marked at where I stopped watching the video o the "WATCHED" marker on the top left of the videos that I've completed. Is this a bug or a feature?

My other "problem" is that I would like to enable adds, at least on some creators.
[Android Apps and Games] hotcell:
For root install you should have the files shown onthe pic below.
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
Well, I am clear on what you are asking, just not on how you are doing it. I have never used the YouTube or Vanced app to download videos, because I do not have a premium account. I use TubeMate to download videos, and watch those OFFLINE with my video player.

I did a bit of Googling and see that SOME YouTube videos can be downloaded with YouTube, in SOME countries, for a LIMITED time (48 hours apparently, after which you need to download them again). If this is what you are talking about, then I expect the "downloaded" copy would be playable for 48 hours after you download it, whether you are connected or not, after which time you would have to download it again or it will be played online.

I personally think your best bet would be to use a YouTube downloader app, such as TubeMate, which places no restrictions on the use of the videos you download.
[Android Apps and Games] TinySoul:
Yes I am talking about those offline videos. Most videos do not require premium subscription to download them. If you do not have premium subscription and you try to download a video through original YouTube app or vanced app that requires premium subscription, you will get a popup dialog saying this video require premium subscription to download.

48 hours limit was there initially, now days you need an internet connection once in every 29 days to renew those downloaded videos and it is not downloaded again. YouTube is simply updating the timestamp.

I know how to download videos permanently on the device. There are tons(sic) of apps available and I have also used javascript bookmarklets in the past to download the videos.

All I am asking is what does the Vanced app or the original YouTube app does in the scenarios mentioned in my earlier posts.

My exact usecase is like this.

Say I download a music album which is in the form of a video (basically audio with a static display). Since the video is static I can go ahead and start reading the comments while I am listening the music. But scrolling through the comments requires an active internet connection.

So my concern is which source the app is using to play the contents? Does the app always stream the contents from online source when your internet connection is ON, irrespective of whether the video has already been downloaded on my device for offline viewing or not.

If the app is always using the online source whenever the internet connection is active, then it sort of (at least I see it that way) defeats the purpose of downloading the video for offline playback in the first place itself as the video is not only wasting space on my device and I am also wasting the daily quota of available data (I have a metered connection with daily 2GB data limit) whenever I play that video.

I can always download the video permanently on my mobile using third party apps, play it using external player in the background and browse through the comments in YouTube and Vanced app. But I feel this is cumbersome besides that running an extra app implies extra battery drain and extra RAM usage.
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
Cannot install the app via Vanced Manager, root variant. I've given root access, installed microG, but after the manager downloads the latest YT version, it just hangs during the installation part. When trying an older version (also via manager) I get an error about downgrade, even though I don't have any YT version installed. In Vanced manager installed version always showed unavailable even back when I had an older version installed.

Phone is Realme X2 Pro, Android 10.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
What for do you need microG for the ROOT variant?!?!

If you properly use Vanced Manager it will not install MocroG with root
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
Sorry about that, I had it installed back when I first used non-root so installed it again by habit. Still, even after I've removed it, situation is the same.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Vanced Mngr attempts to install YT 16.20.35 while the latest YT on Appstore is 16.25.37

If your already installed YT is newer than 16.20.35, root YT Vanced installation will fail (since first part consist of installing the official YT 16.20.35)

Whenever installing the root YT Vanced version x y z, you must make sure you have no higher YT already installed - if so, you have to uninstall it first by all means

There is no that problem with non-root since it installs alomgside the YT (you can have both on the phone) because it comes with different package name
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
NINJA'D! For starters, the root version does not use microG.
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
I already wrote that I don't have YT installed
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
You mentioned yourself the downgrade error in one of your previous posts.

And don't rely on what Mngr says that no version is installed

Go to Settings, Apps and check is there a YT app installed - and try to Uninstall or at least Uninstall updates

Install from Google Play the app: Package Manager

Run Package Manager, search for YouTube and take App full details, General and you will see do you really have YT installed (or not), which version and where is it installed - see how it looks on my screenshot
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
No no, what I meant is that it's really gone, I removed youtube with Titanium backup beforehand :)
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
You really cant expect everyone to go back and read your whole history of posts.

Just because it does not show up in the settings as installed, does not mean it is not installed, but frozen or hidden. What did you do in Titanium? have you physically checked your file system?

The app I created called TeMeFI has methods that list which apps are installed but hidden or frozen; making them appear uninstalled to the settings app.

You can find these in the menu at: Application Info / Manage>State>List debloated (hidden & Frozen) Although right now I cant remember if it also shows apps that are simply frozen or only apps that are frozen AND hidden. You should be able to see the frozen list at Application Info / Manage>State>Freezer>Defrost App

But to also state the obvious, logcat.;)
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Then specially check with Package Manager as I wrote you in the prev answer!

If YT is frozen/disabled, the YT app/package is STILL PRESENT and installing an older version over that newer (frozen/disabled) will fail
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
Not just frozen, uninstalled it.

@DiamondJohn

I've attached what it looks like, no YouTube app, just YT Music. Thank you for the app though, it looks incredibly useful.

EDIT: I tried installing stock YT from playstore, then uninstalled updates for it (leaving some old 14.x version installed), and then I was able to install Vanced on top!

EDIT 2: @DiamondJohn Why am I unable to detach the app from play store? Something weird is going on, check the additional attached screenshots. Titanium backup shows the app as already detached, but that's obviously BS. However in your app nothing is showing in the list of detached apps, and I cannot find YouTube in the full list. Also some of the apps shown in this list are no longer installed on the phone at all. Any tips?
[Android Apps and Games] Spannaa:
Don't rely on Titanium Backup, it's not been updated since November 2019 and doesn't support split apks like YouTube.
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
Yeah true, well I use it mostly for what the name suggests - backup :D

Still, if we disregard what TB shows, it's a weird situation.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
This question has been covered Ad infinitum in the TeMeFI thread.

YOU CANNOT DETACH SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ATTACHED

Also, because I knew most people would be detaching YouTube, I explicitly place it at the very top of the list, so your screen shot of the emd of the menu is also of no use. And again, ONLY IF IT IS ATTACHED.
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
Brother, I went through the whole list and it's not there at all, and your app doesn't show that anything is currently detached. You can see from the other screenshots that YT Vanced is installed.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
Again, YOU CANNOT DETACH SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ATTACHED. How to force an attachment is also covered in the TeMeFI thread.

INSTALLED IS NOT ATTACHED!

So, your screenshot of your app draw is useless, similarly your screenshot that Vanced is running is also useless.

As for showing nothing is detached. If you are talking about something you detached using TB, thats irrelevant. Detaching is NOT a standard feature of android, shared between apps. If anything, it is explicitly worked by Google to stop it. So, your list of nothing detach tells me you have not detached anything using TeMeFI. OR your playstore has in some-way been corrupted (there could be a hundred ways and I cant and do not wish to guess what you have done)

A menu list of "Check" is irrelevant. actually run the check!!! Why would you not run the check is beyond me. If you clear/damage/reset the playstore data, that will break TeMeFI detachments. Also, its getting a bit beyond this thread, you should probably ask any further question in the TeMeFI thread.
[Android Apps and Games] TinySoul:
(Resolved) - [New behavior observed - Automatic inplace video play]

I am running non-root Vanced app v16.20.35 on Android 11 on my smartphone.

Since yesterday I have noticed a new behavior in the app and that is it automatically starts playing the video inplace. Once the video is finished the screen is automatically refreshed and the top most video on the screen starts playing inplace. Kindly see the attached image and the circled part. That equalizer type graphics was not there earlier. Also the video time now goes to zero.

Does anyone know is this something youtube introduced recently. Do note that the feature may be experimental and may not be available everywhere. I do not have YouTube app on my smartphone (disabled) to test it on my own.

When you open the app for the first time, everything is fine. As soon as you touch the screen for scrolling or anything else then usually the middle video (sometimes it is topmost video, I guess it depends on the focus) automatically starts playing inplace. I could not find any new setting to control it.

The current way to stop it when the video starts playing inplace, then click it. It opens up like it used to do. Then stop it and minimize it if you want to browse/scroll the videos above or below this video on the page you are coming from. Or scroll down the see the videos available on the current page. Now the videos will not play inplace.

Please do let me know if you need more information.
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
I'm sorry if I've upset you, but I think you misunderstood me. All I've meant to show is that the YT app is installed, but it's not detected by TeMeFl in ANY CATEGORY, it's not showing either in the detached app list nor in the list of apps that I can detach. It has to be either attached or detached, right? It can't be in limbo.

I haven't done anything to it via Titanium Backup, I just used it to check the status, but it's irrelevant, I get it now. In any case, what do you mean "check"? There's no YT app to check. I've given the screenshot from the CHECK category, but the DETACH category is the same. Point is that the app is installed, but isn't detected at all. Unless I'm missing a separate option?

EDIT: My apologies, I've discovered a workaround actually exist for this particular situation, which I thought was unique. I will continue further discussion in the TeMeFl thread for anything that concerns that app.
[Android Apps and Games] adileebra:
Please dev all google app mods also without ads like google "apps", google news, etc
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
You are not understanding. TeMeFI does not "detect" youtube. It interrogates the PlayStore data to see what IT has detected.
[Android Apps and Games] Arcide:
Well true, but ultimately irrelevant. I wasn't blaming TeMeFl, the point was that it wasn't detected as detached or attached in anything I used, instead being in the unrecognized state. Which was very weird to me, especially after I had the issue with installing the app and getting errors like "can't downgrade", even though I didn't have ANY version installed. Thank you for the help.
[Android Apps and Games] jivteshchahal:
Do you have the google tv app moded?
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Already asked (scroll or search) and answered negatively

You can also check their Web site:

Vanced

The official website of Vanced - a Video client for Android (Not affiliated with Google/YouTube).

vancedapp.com
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Different ads pushing technology and hence different ads blocking methods and appa

Simply use AdAway to block ads in Google News
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
Hi. A question: is streaming to smart rv/google cast is fixed? I'm not following this thread regularly, and last time I've checked it was broken.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
when you dont follow the thread yew can not expect to get updated on call. Thats the reason there is a search function.
[Android Apps and Games] wonsky21:
I appreciate the effort you put in writing this helpful answer. Shame you didn't answer my question instead.
[Android Apps and Games] Spannaa:
Sarcasm won't help you get an answer.

XDA rule #1 is, and has always been: Search before posting.
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
Or even better in my personal opinion, Blokada 4 (no root required).
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
Not only that, but he completely missed the point, that I purposefully did NOT answer, because he did not follow the rules of the board.

He also does not understand sarcasm, digging the hole deeper because he still expects to be answered,! even after having the explanation of why he did not get an answer. Its like he robbed a bank, got caught, and then was upset the cops didn't let him keep the money. He probably still expects an answer.
[Android Apps and Games] robbyoconnor:
You're not entitled to help. Search before you ask a question.
[Android Apps and Games] robbyoconnor:
These types actually feel entitled...like how dare you not spoonfeed me the answer!
[Android Apps and Games] mrjuniork:
Following the question of a member, there have been 6 posts going off-topic regarding a question that could have been answered by searching the thread in the first place.

Do you see where I am getting at?

Not answering the question led to more clutter, which is against the rules as well.

You either ignore the post, answer it properly or report it if you deem it necessary, then a Moderator will take a look at it.

Please keep that in mind and let's get back on topic, shall we?

Good day 😊
[Android Apps and Games] bigup25:
Hello, and thank you for your app it is really great.

I would like to know if you had planned to add a function to bypass Google's age verification for videos with age restriction, which requires an ID card or a Bank card ? It would be really cool to have this feature.

I think Google already has enough data on us and doesn't need that extra (Translated by Google translate, sorry)
[Android Apps and Games] TheMystic:
Can you explain why Adaway or Blokada is superior to simply changing the Private DNS setting to dns.adguard.com?

The private DNS setting allows you to work with an actual VPN too (unlike Blokada and other adblockers that create a local VPN), and some of the VPNs (like PIA) allow you to change DNS to one of your choice.
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
Wrong thread for this, but does just changing the DNS block the ads in all apps for you?

With Blokada 4, granted it acts as VPN, so must be disabled to use a VPN, or you can support the devs by using Blokada Plus. It allows me to set an alternate DNS, in addition to its block lists. I can exclude apps that I want to get ads in and I can whitelist or blacklist hosts as needed occasionally for some apps. I find it much more flexible than AdAway was on my rooted phone. Blokada 5 has less capabilities, at least currently, for the sake of simplicity.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
With the app you can whitelist some hosts if you need.

Also, you can additionally blacklist something if you wish (or you can just combine several hosts sources)

When using their DNS, you get what you get with that server, you canmot modify

But yes, you have missed the thread with your question - this thread is about Vanced and therefore blocking the ads in YT videos (Private DNS, Blokada, AdAway or DNS66 apps are not related with that)
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
Today I happened to watch a short YouTube video in a browser for whatever reason and was startled when an ad started in the middle of it. It is easy to forget how lucky we are to have Vanced!
[Android Apps and Games] VD171:
How may I detach Youtube from the play store to disable updates?
[Android Apps and Games] Spannaa:
You could search this thread for "detach youtube" or similar or you could wait for someone to reply or do the search for you and then reply.
[Android Apps and Games] VD171:
I tried some methods, but it is "reattached" once I reboot, I am on Android 11.
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
I try to avoid doing this, but this has been discussed SO MUCH in this thread that you are best searching or even reading back a few pages probably, especially if you don't want to mention what methods you tried which didn't work.
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
OT: but in desktop, I use chrome with the "AdBlock" extension

TeMeFI method 3
[Android Apps and Games] Kippy51:
Ninjad by DiamondJ.
[Android Apps and Games] stasiof:
Release Vanced MicroG v0.2.21.212417 · TeamVanced/VancedMicroG

Migrate some settings to the new service provider (to avoid settings overwriting) Change settings provider name to allow installation with original MicroG

github.com
[Android Apps and Games] TinySoul:
The issue is resolved now. I have found the setting to stop this inplace video play.

The setting is present in YouTube settings>General>muted playback on home and feeds

For some reasons I have set this option to "always on" and forgotten about it and hence video was being played without sound automatically.

Thanks 🙏
[Android Apps and Games] latinohot:
For the longest time now I can not find a way to keep having to scroll every time I back out of subscription lists, it's annoying having to scroll through every time after I watched a video and go back to the list only to find it's not kept place in line but I now have to scroll again to find where I left off