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Fixing YouTube on your Jailbroken iPhone

TUAW reader Mauro writes that after running the 1.1.2 jailbreak, YouTube no longer works. He asks: "Any idea how to solve this problem?" Here is a simple guide from Ging of the South that will help.

The guide walks you through editing a particular property list to add a device certificate that authorizes your iPhone or iPod touch. The Ging page provides the certificate text for you to paste into Property List Editor. If you're not on a Mac, you can use my plutil utility to convert the file to XML format and then edit it with your favorite text editor.

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TUAW reader Mauro writes that after running the 1.1.2 jailbreak, YouTube no longer works. He asks: "Any idea how to solve this problem?"...
 

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patricia

hello!

I have an unlocked iphone that works perfetcly except that i cant use youtube, its says its unnable to connect. what i should do?
and also i have another question i have an old version of itunes, should i get the newest version if so, would i have any kind of problems with my iphone.??

please help me! :)) thanx

February 13 2008 at 1:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ian Charles

Heres the fix - instead of hacking your iPhone use it normally. There you go.

November 30 2007 at 11:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chow7

You can add http://limitededitioniphone.com/lei.xml as a source in installer and then just install the youtube fix. You can also goto: http://limitededitioniphone.com/youtube-not-working-on-your-iphone-steps-to-fix/ if you need more help

November 30 2007 at 10:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bneyman

It seems like "jailbroken" means two different things, depending who is writing. In my case, my phone is "jailbroken" in the sense that I've got Installer running under 1.1.2 but have no problems with YouTube. I think some folks are calling what I call "unlocking" by the name "jailbreaking." Unlocking is the process of unlocking the SIM on the phone for non-AT&T access. If you've done that, it's necessary to use the procedure suggested by Ging of the South to restore YouTube access.

November 30 2007 at 4:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tuco

YouTube works fine on my 1.1.2 jailbroken iPhone...

November 30 2007 at 1:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ace

PC user here and I have no idea how to use the utility you prescribed:
"If you're not on a Mac, you can use my plutil utility to convert the file to XML format and then edit it with your favorite text editor."

could you provide a little more instruction? I'm pretty stuck here..

November 29 2007 at 11:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jimtyner

Didn't work for me. I'm still getting "Cannot connect to YouTube." with the OK button. They don't specifically mention for firmware 1.1.2. In fact they say for 1.0.2. There must either be some small difference in 1.1.2 that prevents this method from working, or, I still have something set up incorrectly in my phone. I have installed the 3 new files and have copied the certification string so that the Data_ark.plist and Activation_Records match.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Jim.

November 29 2007 at 7:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian

Never had a problem with a UK jailbroken iPhone and YouTube. Now DivX support and access to Stage6 would be cool.

November 29 2007 at 6:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ethan

Nobody can fix youtube. It's heart's stopped for two long, all that's going through it's brain are ads and AMVs now...

I hope it's useful to somebody.

November 29 2007 at 5:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ethan

It appears I've lost the ability to choose the correct three-letter word. I apologize insincerely.

November 29 2007 at 5:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Four20

Why isn't this tweak in Installer.app?

November 29 2007 at 5:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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