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The YouTube app that apple already had on here isn't working it's saying it can't connect to YouTube

Myself (on a 2G, 3.1.2) and two friends (new iPod Touches, 3.1.2) just checked -- nope,it's working fine.

Are you Jailbroken?

Yes, I am. They aren't.

It's probably just a case of the connection speed not being high enough, or a weak wifi signal. You are on wifi, right?

chasm wrote:Myself (on a 2G, 3.1.2) and two friends (new iPod Touches, 3.1.2) just checked -- nope,it's working fine.

How do you know dustingibson isn't Jailbroken? Some quick Googling shows some reports of Jailbroken iPhones being unable to connect to YouTube.

You and I were writing our replies at roughly the same time, so you probably didn't see my reply. While there may be reports of some jailbroken iPhones having trouble, I can report that I -- on a jailbroken/unlocked iPhone -- am not.

chasm wrote:You and I were writing our replies at roughly the same time, so you probably didn't see my reply. While there may be reports of some jailbroken iPhones having trouble, I can report that I -- on a jailbroken/unlocked iPhone -- am not.

Yeah, and it isn't to suggest that jailbreaking automatically equals no YouTube. Obviously, we're not reading reports of a mass worldwide inability of jailbroken phones to access YouTube - that would be tremendous news. It does seem, though, from my preliminary Googling, that cases of YouTube not being accessible when it should be have a higher occurrence on jailbroken phones than not. Perhaps an incomplete or corrupt jailbreaking process, or the installation of some third-party app that requires the jailbreaking is causing this? Hopefully someone more familiar with this situation can find a solution. As I have never jailbroken my phone nor have I ever lost YouTube functionality for any reason other than no network or a firewall.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that there is a fix for this on Cydia or Icy (third-party app installers often found on jailbroken iPhones). Worth a check.