Apple TV 3 UI freezing and then rebooting after pausing a video on Youtube

Unfortunately it will keep nagging to update every day, so must be careful not to press Ok, since the default option is "Update Automatically". Does anyone know the URL of the update server? Maybe I can be blocked from the router.

Hi,

I followed all your steps but no pop-up window appeared at the following step so I couldn’t get to browse to my saved firmware and select it. It kept going without that option and Apple TV was acting the same as before. I think iTunes automatically downloaded the latest update without asking me.

• As soon as you do that, a pop-up window will appear. Browse to where you saved the firmware file and select it. (The IPSW file).

Well isn't that just peachy... how exactly are we supposed to know if or when Google actually fixes it!? "Wait and see" while hard-resetting our way through a totally broken YouTube app??? Pffft. So done with Google, none of their software works, no matter what it is or what device it runs on.

@ ripchord, hmm, interesting (I'm in northeast USA). I started a new thread with a picture of the issue - I'll see if anyone else in my region is dealing with this/replies to it. Here's a link for anyone viewing this thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251902287

It definitely does... what a vacuum cleaner does... but if it's between that and waiting for Google to fix all of these YouTube issues, I'll just bite the bullet and upgrade. Our streaming services are dropping like flies from the G3 ATV!!

Thanks again for all of your help on these issues (and everyone else on the thread), you rock!

I just got an email today from the "YouTube Help Community" notifying me of a reply (to my original contact with them about this issue) from official "Google Employee" Sarah of "TeamYouTube" . . . She said "Thanks for flagging. We are looking into this with Apple and will respond here when we have more to share!"

SIX WEEKS later and finally someone from Google acknowledges/replies, and only to say "no info, keep waiting." Thanks, Google. *HUGE EYE-ROLL*

If they ever actually "have more to share" I'll be sure to post it here...

Downgrading and unplugging cables should not be an option. What if Apple downgrades the software then and help all of its customers??! That’s why we chose Apple to have our job done without much workaround tricks. Not all of us have time to experiment. We just want apple products to work for what we bought them.

Yes, same here! =///

I just noticed that also if I pause, I cannot resume. The AppleTV is frozen and the only way to reboot it is to unplug it. This now makes is useless for YouTube.

Of course after the downgrade what remains now is the constant nagging to update to the broken v.7.6

You are absolutely correct, sir. In my opinion that’s a small price to pay to keep it working!

Same problem here. Any idea when Apple is fixing this?

I just went through the pain of doing a OS restore and not kin of going through that ordeal again with that downgrade solution.

Not a Google problem. Apple is responsible for the YouTube app on the 3rd generation AppleTV. There it's not like there is an App Store and you install it yourself.

Thanks! This solved the problem!

Done. It seems you can't edit posts on this forum, so I updated my original post with the links you provided. Thanks.

@sp227. Did you read the rest of this thread?