iPhone 3G + wifi + YouTube = Slow!

I've noticed this same issue. I don't watch a whole lot of YouTube videos so I only realized this just recently. Basically, when on wifi everything is fast, web browsing, mail, etc. except for YouTube. It takes 5-10 minutes to load a 1-2 minute video. This is the case with every video I've tried watching when on wifi.

My internet connection is not the issue, it is 6Mbps down, 1Mbps up and almost always tests out at the rated speed, if not it's very close. I don't have any issues with my router and am able to max it out to spec. when transferring files over my local network. This has to be an issue with the YouTube app specifically. Here are some details on my configuration:

iPhone 3GS, OS 3.1.3
Comcast internet 6 down, 1 up
Buffalo WHR-G125 router (G-only, WPA2 encryption)

Hi

I think your problem can be resolved easily.
Switch your wifi security type to wep from WPA2.
You will certainly see a difference.

Any new findings regarding this issue?

Why would we downgrade to fake WEP security? Might as well just turn it off. My YouTube still *****, maybe 4.0 will fix? Doubt it.

Wow...The first post in this thread was August 2008 and the problem still persists! I have an iPhone 3G on OS 3.1.3 and have exactly the same issue as all the other posters. Surely, after nearly 2 long years, some customer service representitve or tech support from Apple would have replied to us, but I suspect it is something they want to ignore otherwise it might open up a can of worms and cause them all sorts of headaches. Come on Apple, do the right thing and at least give some advise or some sort of resolution to this ongoing drama.

Just thought that I'd add my voice to the chorus: my iPhone 4 has the same problem that my 3GS had; I have an Airport Extreme, and changing the wireless settings to 'b' only didn't seem to affect the situation at all.

I also tried the "airplane mode" trick (turning off all radio, then just reactivating WiFi) with no noticeable improvement.

YouTube seems to work pretty well on wireless... everywhere but here in my house. Frustrating.

I too would like to know if anyone ever found a solution to this issue. I have an iPhone 3G with iOS 4.0.2, and my YouTube doesn't buffer fast enough to play any videos over my home WiFi. In fact, I'd be happy to remove YouTube from my iPhone since it has never worked, but sadly YouTube can't be uninstalled. All other Internet/Wifi apps worke fine and are fast.

has anyone tried this? I found this fix on http://appletoolbox.com/2010/05/ipad-slow-youtube-fixes/

Tap Settings
Tap Wi-Fi on the left-hand side
Tap the blue arrow next to your current Wi-Fi network
Tap the “DNS” field and enter the following: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220
Exit Settings

seems to work with my iphone 4

Hey, that totally worked!

OMG! Why in the world does that DNS change make YouTube app work!?! Hopefully it keeps working!

This did not work for me on my iPhone 3GS. Even more peculiar is that the same YouTube video played on my friend's iPhone 3G works just fine on the same WiFi network. It makes me wonder if some sort of cache or buffer setting on my 3GS is messed up.

I made a post about it over here... http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2529237&tstart=0

somehow, the problem seems to have disappeared! I think it must be a network issue. Cause when I newly updated to 4.1 the problem was still there but its gone today. I guess its either something with youtube or with the ISP's handling of streaming content. I'm getting consistent 2Mbps speeds these days.

well, hope this continues to work.

Neerav

That is very interesting. Only thing I've notice is that using 3G connection, Youtube App seems to know the bandwidth and degrades video quality, whereas on wifi it takes little longer to start up by the video quality is at it's max.

has anyone tried this? I found this fix on http://appletoolbox.com/2010/05/ipad-slow-youtube-fixes/

Tap Settings
Tap Wi-Fi on the left-hand side
Tap the blue arrow next to your current Wi-Fi network
Tap the “DNS” field and enter the following: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220
Exit Settings

seems to work with my iphone 4

iphone 4 iOS 4


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IT WORKED!!!!!!!!! Thanks!

I've been trying to get a long YouTube video to play for several days. I entered the OpenDNS settings and it's working now. Hurray!