AVForums

Our philosophy in our forums, reviews, podcasts and feature videos is to promote audio and visual excellence by gathering and sharing the best information and resources available.

Help

To begin please visit our help section »

Not a Member Yet?

It only takes a minute to start enjoying the benefits of AVForums membership, and it's free!

Member Log in

Trying to view youtube on 2g signal?? HELP PLZ

Post Reply
Old 04-11-2009, 12:39 PM   #1
Member
 
Henborg's Avatar
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Londonderry
Experience Points:
3,034, Level: 12
Points: 3,034, Level: 12 Points: 3,034, Level: 12 Points: 3,034, Level: 12
Activity: 7.2%
Activity: 7.2% Activity: 7.2% Activity: 7.2%
Thanks: Gave 55, Got 39
Posts: 538
Trying to view youtube on 2g signal?? HELP PLZ

As above have a 3g 16gig iphone but at work I dont have a 3G signal..

and do enjoying spending some free time on youtube.. But never loads anything just comes up with the message "load more..." every time i am out of 3g signal...

Surely you tube should work on 2G as well??

any help be great on the issue...

thanks
Steve
  Quote
Old 04-11-2009, 2:51 PM   #2
Veteran Member
 
Autopilot's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Region 2
Experience Points:
20,515, Level: 34
Points: 20,515, Level: 34 Points: 20,515, Level: 34 Points: 20,515, Level: 34
Activity: 4.9%
Activity: 4.9% Activity: 4.9% Activity: 4.9%
Thanks: Gave 461, Got 719
Posts: 5,384
Re: Trying to view youtube on 2g signal?? HELP PLZ

2g is too slow for YouTube. You need 3g or wifi.
  Quote
Thanks from:
Henborg (04-11-2009)
Old 04-11-2009, 2:52 PM   #3
Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Experience Points:
3,156, Level: 13
Points: 3,156, Level: 13 Points: 3,156, Level: 13 Points: 3,156, Level: 13
Activity: 0.3%
Activity: 0.3% Activity: 0.3% Activity: 0.3%
Thanks: Gave 28, Got 43
Posts: 460
Re: Trying to view youtube on 2g signal?? HELP PLZ

in works on 2g, but only if you have an Edge symbol (an E next to your operator logo)

The video will be very choppy however and low resolution.

There are no settings to adjust to get edge, you can't turn it on and off like 3g, if it's in an Edge covered area, it will automatically connect, so unfortunately, if its not worked for you yet, it's very unlikely to now
  Quote
Thanks from:
Henborg (04-11-2009)
Old 04-11-2009, 3:46 PM   #4
Member
 
Henborg's Avatar
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Londonderry
Experience Points:
3,034, Level: 12
Points: 3,034, Level: 12 Points: 3,034, Level: 12 Points: 3,034, Level: 12
Activity: 7.2%
Activity: 7.2% Activity: 7.2% Activity: 7.2%
Thanks: Gave 55, Got 39
Posts: 538
Re: Trying to view youtube on 2g signal?? HELP PLZ

Thanks guys for clearing that up for me I have seen the Edge symbol before on there but dont look like its going to happen here, so thanks again
  Quote
Old 06-11-2009, 8:33 PM   #5
Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Experience Points:
3,708, Level: 14
Points: 3,708, Level: 14 Points: 3,708, Level: 14 Points: 3,708, Level: 14
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Thanks: Gave 7, Got 11
Posts: 117
Re: Trying to view youtube on 2g signal?? HELP PLZ

yup as mentioned above if your not in a 3g covered area and there is no "edge" symbol then it basically means you are connecting over a gprs network/signal. Some videos however will play (not youtube) from other sources but tbh the load times are ludicrous over gprs, a 30 sec clip can take 5 minutes to view
  Quote
Post Reply



Thread information and display options
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off