How to Fix YouTube Not Working on iPhone 6/6 Plus/5S/5C Problem

Why is YouTube not working on my iPhone anymore? I've tried everything but nothing works. Now YouTube videos are not playing on iPhone and just keeps loading. This is too bad and I need a solution.

I got my iPhone 6 Plus and I noticed that YouTube won't work on iPhone. For the past week or so I realized I can't do that anymore and I keep getting a message saying "sorry, this video is not available on this device." How to fix this playback error YouTube on iPhone?

I have iPhone 6 Plus and install the YouTube app, but why wont YouTube work on my iPhone with a HD movie trailer? I know the video is offered in 1080P even 2 and 4K. I can see no YoutUBE contents on iPhone now. Help.

iPhone won't play YouTube videos, really frustrating! Almost all the iOS (iOS 9/8/7...) mobile users who use their phone to view YouTube videos have experience YouTube not working on iPhone problem, like slow loading, endless buffering, poor quality or straightforward message to ask you to tap and retry... The factors lead to iPhone YouTube not working include internet problem or 3G/4G cellular data difference, software/hardware issues to play YouTube videos etc. It can be a hard process for users to find the reason for why wont YouTube work on my iPhone. Below we gather all the tips for YouTube playback error on iPhone, try if there is one that works for you.

[Solutions] How to Fix YouTube Videos Not Playing on iPhone Problem

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1. Internet settings. Try to switch your connectivity to another network. This is simple but it works in many cases of YouTube wont work on iPhone. If you're on your cellular date, try to down from 4G to 3G, or turn off and retry the internet. If you're on WiFi, check if there is any problem with your router. Or change the frequency of WiFi from 5GHz band to 2.4 GHz band only.

2. Update your modem firmware. Users who is having YouTube not working on iPhone, even through the YouTube app, can try to check if their Modem firmware is in the latest version. Otherwise, update your Modem firmware first. The latest firmware will also help to get a faster bandwidth connection.

3. Uninstall iOS YouTube app. To install a YouTube app is a good way to avoid playback errors of YouTube on iPhone, but once in a while users of the new iOS 9 and early iOS 8 complain that they have run into YouTube app not working on iPhone problem. In this case, they may first force to close the YouTube app or restart your iPhone to see if the YouTube videos not playing on iPhone problem is solved. If not, uninstall the app > reboot iPhone > reinstall YouTube app on iPhone from the App Store.

4. Free download YouTube videos to iPhone. Many YouTube videos aren't enabled for mobile devices including iPhone for format, resolution issues. If your iPhone has trouble playing YouTube videos of any kind, you may free download it for smooth playback. MacX Video Converter Pro is a good choice for this job. It can free download videos movies of 4K UHD 2160p, 3D Blu-ray, HD 1080p/720p SD resolution and in formats of MP4, FLV, MKV, 3GP, AVI etc with original quality to your iOS 9/8/7/6 iPhone 6/6 Plus/5s/5c/4, iPad Android phones and tablets.

5. Adjust the video quality. Some users cry that YouTube not working on iPhone with videos in HD quality. If you have a YouTube app installed on your device, it will automatically adjust of the video stream based on your phone and the internet connection speed. If it is not, you may manually lower the video quality to a lower clarity resolution to help resolve YouTube wont work on iPhone issue.

6. Retry playback or restart the video. Many users have ever been reminded the message "tap to retry playback or restart the video". When YouTube videos are not playing on iPhone and you see the message to ask to tap and retry, touch the player one or more times to let it refresh. If the YouTube playback error on iPhone still exists, follow the steps: Swipe down to minimize the video > Swipe to the right to dismiss the video > Find and select the video again.

7. Restore your iPhone. Still have no idea of why wont YouTube work on your iPhone? OK, restore your iPhone is the left way to go. Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iTunes. Click on the iPhone's name in the "Devices" panel and click "Restore". Then just follow the prompts that pop up and go to restore your iPhone. See if it fixes YouTube errors with iPhone. Good luck!    

iPhone YouTube Not Working Fixed! Free Download YouTube Videos to iPhone 6/6 Plus/5s/5c/4

Tired of troubleshooting why wont YouTube work on my iPhone, to free download videos from YouTube seems to be a more straightforward solution to YouTube not working on iPhone error. Let's check how to download YouTube videos to iPhone for free below. First, free download MacX Video Converter for Mac (or MacX Video Converter for Windows version) on your computer. Note that both El Capitan and Windows 10 are supported.

1. Click "YouTube" icon on the main interface and paste the URL of the YouTube videos that you want to watch on iPhone/iPad/Android to the Box and click "Analyze". Alternatively, you can click "Paste & Analyze" button to automatically detect the music details.

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2. Choose output format of the downloaded YouTube files. You may choose a iPhone compatible video audio format like MP4 MP3, or directly choose your iPhone device (iPhone 6/6 Plus/5S/5C/4, Android Samsung, HTC etc) from the list.

3. Hit "Download Now" to start to free download YouTube videos. Any UHD HD videos can be download with 98% original quality within only minutes.

4. Transfer the downloaded YouTube videos to your iPhone devices through iTunes or USB. Then you can watch the video without iPhone YouTube playback error.

Note: In addition to iOS 9/iOS 8/7/6-based iPhone YouTube not playing problem, there are many users suffer from YouTube errors with Apple TV and iPad. For those users, the above troubleshooting tips and downloader are also worth a try to help to fix the problem.