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Galaxy Nexus doesn't play 720p on mobile

I noticed today that when I watched an HD clip on youtube using wifi that is is 720p but not when on a mobile network. Yes it's full screen and says HQ but it's not 720p.
How do I fix this or is this a limitation put on by Samsung?

I'm having difficult time believing that the stream is 720p even on wifi, how did you verify it?

Cmmts said:
I'm having difficult time believing that the stream is 720p even on wifi, how did you verify it?
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Just watch a clip (1080p HD trailer or something) on wifi that is insanely sharp and you'll know it's 720p. There should be no pixelation at all.
Watch the same video on the mobile network and you'll notice the difference.

You have to activate it in Settings, its off by default to save people!
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Even if you activate High Quality for mobile in the settings, it's still not as sharp as wifi.

It's true, it looks upscaled. High quality on mobile data is lower quality then on wifi.
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It's normal, the speed is not the same..
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ZOMG I didn't even know it was possibible to do 720p from the YT app! This phone is just getting cooler and COOLER!!
... back to thread.

There is a HD icon on the bottom left of the screen when the video is playing. Just hit that....but watch out if you're on AT&T!

Ok I don't think people are understanding so let me clarify:
- When on wifi, HQ youtube videos are sharp like they should be
- When on mobile internet, the SAME video with HQ on Mobile turned on is not as sharp
- Even while on mobile and having HQ turned on in the settings menu and the HQ button is lit up on the bottom left; pressing it makes the video go to a non-full screen blob
Why doesn't it load the real video if on mobile internet? I can wait a little bit longer for it load if it means sharp videos how they're meant to be viewed on my screen.

Wasn't there someone talking about how the Netflix on the new razr has actual non-wifi HD youtube? I noticed this problem the day I got the phone as well.

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Yeah, I hope they fix this.

Do you have the latest version of YouTube? As was said before it should say HD not HQ. I just watched a video on mobile and it was definitely HD! Go to the market and see if there is an update for your YouTube app.
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z06mike said:
Do you have the latest version of YouTube? As was said before it should say HD not HQ. I just watched a video on mobile and it was definitely HD! Go to the market and see if there is an update for your YouTube app.
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Mine only says HD when on WiFi. When I'm on mobile it says HQ.

nascasho said:
ZOMG I didn't even know it was possibible to do 720p from the YT app! This phone is just getting cooler and COOLER!!
... back to thread.
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Not only that, but because this is a buttonless device, watching videos just looks stunning. Specifically with the youtube app over wifi, 720p only. It just blows me away how good it looks.

I know its not quite as convenient but 720p flash video plays flawlessly in the browser. I even sent it to my 19" with a mhl/dvi cable and it blew me away. For a mobile to be able to play that kind of quality video that smoothly is really impressive imo.
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Video quality uploaded on Youtube

Hello
I uploaded 1080p and 720p videos taken with my Note 2 on Youtube. But then the quality is very bad when im watching them on the youtube app frop the phone. Even in HQ. Is this normal ?
Same thing watching them from a computer in 480p ( i have to choose 720p streaming minimum to have it quite ok but for me its a lof of time to load) but I have seen some video test taken with the Note 2 and they look fine in 360p.
Anyone experienced it or has a solution ?

Can you give us a link to the YouTube video so we can see what's going on?
I haven't uploaded video into YouTube from this phone, but I don't see why the quality would be poor.
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you have to wait for a while for YouTube to work on the video first.
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EP2008 said:
Can you give us a link to the YouTube video so we can see what's going on?
I haven't uploaded video into YouTube from this phone, but I don't see why the quality would be poor.
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http://youtu.be/gzeO4rNy2rU
quality not so great on phone
melvinchng said:
you have to wait for a while for YouTube to work on the video first.
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really ? I'll wait a few days then and see what happens.

Just checked from the phone, it's HD, no problem with that. Quality looks okay.
One thing, in phone, HQ and HD are two completely different things. HQ could be 480P but HD is 720P.
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chinaa said:
http://youtu.be/gzeO4rNy2rU
quality not so great on phone
really ? I'll wait a few days then and see what happens.
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The quality is hd and looks fine on my phone. What exactly aren't you happy with? Does it look blurry? Blocky? Jerky?
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Thanks for playing my video.
This is the quality I have with the HQ activated.
I'm not sure this is an okay quality, i've seen better. You both had the same kind of view ?
Even played it with my LG phone, its the same.
Just so we clear, I just have to click on the HQ button on the bottom left corner right ?
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chinaa said:
Thanks for playing my video.
This is the quality I have with the HQ activated.
I'm not sure this is an okay quality, i've seen better. You both had the same kind of view ?
Even played it with my LG phone, its the same.
Just so we clear, I just have to click on the HQ button on the bottom left corner right ?
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I'm not sure if this screen capture will be posted in high quality, but the one you posted does look very low resolution.
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The uploader on xda app only proposes me 640x360 max size.
But we can see my quality is completely different from yours no ?
You cant even identify childrens face lol ! I have no clue
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Again, if the video is 720P, then it should show HD button, not HQ, on your Note.

jujuburi said:
Again, if the video is 720P, then it should show HD button, not HQ, on your Note.
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It is a 1080p video ! First you should try it on your computer you'll see the quality is very bad in 360.
And I have never seen a HD button on youtube android app, only HQ. Have you ? Its the same with my LG phone, shows HQ.
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Well I rarely see videos which show HQ. I see HD most of the time.
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I feel dumb lol. I found the reason why I havent got it HD. using WiFi gives me HD. but 3G network doesnt. I always use Mobile data.
I really have a good network connection, the carrier or Youtube must have blocked HD videos. still, my 3G HQ quality really sucks then
thanks for your time
now for the second part of the matter, is this normal 360p using the computer to stream is such a bad quality ?

chinaa said:
I feel dumb lol. I found the reason why I havent got it HD. using WiFi gives me HD. but 3G network doesnt. I always use Mobile data.
I really have a good network connection, the carrier or Youtube must have blocked HD videos. still, my 3G HQ quality really sucks then
thanks for your time
now for the second part of the matter, is this normal 360p using the computer to stream is such a bad quality ?
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Just enable hd on mobile data if you have a big enough data plan.
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EP2008 said:
Just enable hd on mobile data if you have a big enough data plan.
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trust me thats what I did in the first place when I started Youtube. I believe its a carrier network thing.

chinaa said:
trust me thats what I did in the first place when I started Youtube. I believe its a carrier network thing.
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Do you have a compression app like Onavo Extend running? Maybe the video is being compressed to save bandwidth on playback?
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The native YouTube app on our phones only support HQ on mobile data. HD on wifi.
There is a hacked YouTube app on XDA which allows HD on mobile data, but you need to root to be able to install it.
I'm using it at the moment and it's beautiful.
It's got nothing to do with your carrier blocking HD on mobile data, just the YouTube app itself.
Try the hacked YouTube app here on XDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
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EP2008 said:
Do you have a compression app like Onavo Extend running? Maybe the video is being compressed to save bandwidth on playback?
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Nope. dont have any
AjunNg said:
The native YouTube app on our phones only support HQ on mobile data. HD on wifi.
There is a hacked YouTube app on XDA which allows HD on mobile data, but you need to root to be able to install it.
I'm using it at the moment and it's beautiful.
It's got nothing to do with your carrier blocking HD on mobile data, just the YouTube app itself.
Try the hacked YouTube app here on XDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
Beamed from Jupiter on my Galaxy Note II
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I asked a friend to try it on his 3G network but with Galaxy s3, he had HD with no hack.
Thanks I'll definitely give it a try !! (nice draw )
EDIT: it definitely works ! thanks a lot

So you installed the YouTube .apk?

Yes yes I previously edited my comment thanks again
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how do you stream in HD?

it seems like I can't stream anything in HD. is there a setting for this? Both YouTube and Netflix apps streams in 360 or 480p even when HD button is on. it's kind of annoying when I know I can get better picture than that. What's the purpose of having a nice screen when you can only stream in this resolution? is there a way to force these to stream in 720p? or at least an apk that will work on Galaxy Note II. i've found some but it doesn't work on my NII. thanks.
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Hd YouTube only works on wifi unless you un install with titanium and flash custom one YOU MUST RESTART YOUR PHONE BETWEEN UNINSTALL AND NEW INSTALL
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egorre said:
it seems like I can't stream anything in HD. is there a setting for this? Both YouTube and Netflix apps streams in 360 or 480p even when HD button is on. it's kind of annoying when I know I can get better picture than that. What's the purpose of having a nice screen when you can only stream in this resolution? is there a way to force these to stream in 720p? or at least an apk that will work on Galaxy Note II. i've found some but it doesn't work on my NII. thanks.
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For youtube you can go to settings but I think its HQ and for you to see videos you have to make sure whatever video you choose to watch is a HD video that way when it starts you can select the HD option button remember on youtube you have to hope that the uploader had recorded their videos in HD also. Now for netflix it shows on its own since I have lte I really never tried to see if their was an option for HD in the settings.
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yellowman82 said:
For youtube you can go to settings but I think its HQ and for you to see videos you have to make sure whatever video you choose to watch is a HD video that way when it starts you can select the HD option button remember on youtube you have to hope that the uploader had recorded their videos in HD also. Now for netflix it shows on its own since I have lte I really never tried to see if their was an option for HD in the settings.
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both of them shows pixelation even both the Netflix shows I watch and YouTube channels in am subscribed to is both available in HD. I cannot express how much I hate this.
I see you use Sprint version. have you tried comparing it side by side a laptop or desktop if they are the same? I tried comparing them and note II was inferior of the three, but when I run a video I have on my sd card it looks crisp.
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Remove the stock YouTube app and install this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
The Netflix app I'm not sure about, but a quick search might find it for you
noted for future reference on my Note 2

dre89 said:
Remove the stock YouTube app and install this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
The Netflix app I'm not sure about, but a quick search might find it for you
noted for future reference on my Note 2
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this! I tried this earlier with TIBU but I can't install it. Apparently it stayed at my app drawer so it blocked me from installing it. I tried it again and worked like magic. it's finally streaming true HD! now we just need netflix. I tried some already but all of them won't work. It force closes on me. tyvm
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My stock youtube from the play store dose hd on 4g
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prepaidguy9081 said:
My stock youtube from the play store dose hd on 4g
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mine didn't. It seems like it's not just me. There's a huge difference between the modded apk linked above than the one on play store. no pixelation and discoloration on the new apk. crisp and clear just like how it looks like on a laptop. but now it eats a lot more data which is fine since I have unlimited 4g nationwide. I guess I see why the official one doesn't offer true HD. ^^.
I hope somebody do something like that for netflix. I've searched but no one has a working apk on Samsung devices. :/
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egorre said:
but now it eats a lot more data which is fine since I have unlimited 4g nationwide. I guess I see why the official one doesn't offer true HD. ^^.
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Yeah true HD eats a lot of data
Unlimited 4G FTW
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Download Tube mate (Google It) you can stream or download 1080P,720P,480P,360P HD videos on 3G/4G/LTE or WiFi. Works great for me. Also there's a modded Netflix APK that supports 720P. Google it as well. I don't like posting links because they may be considered as spam.
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YouTube app

Is anyone able to get 2K out even 1080 to work? Highest video quality I can select is 720, which is only a quarter resolution of the screen, and it shows.

You have to root your device and delete your recent YouTube app and install previous version to enable 1080p and 1440p

No root needed...search google for version 5.9.0.10. Install...profit
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yes and both. I have no root either.
1080p. Note, I was also testing the stabilization.
4K
I was holding the phone with my legs, and I think someone I covered the mic since there is no audio.

BigJPNut said:
No root needed...search google for version 5.9.0.10. Install...profit
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T-Mobile note4 couldn't install because it was already installed in the system .... So in my case I had to delete the app from inside the system ..... And uninstalled all updates .... And disable auto update from play store ....

I got it working with 5.10.1.5. Don't get why Google removed the option though. Are there any benefits to 5.9 over 5.10?

JUSMEJOSE said:
T-Mobile note4 couldn't install because it was already installed in the system .... So in my case I had to delete the app from inside the system ..... And uninstalled all updates .... And disable auto update from play store ....
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Yes true on the steps. I didn't have to remove the system app though. Just uninstalled the updates and it worked for me after unchecking auto updates in play store.
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I got it working with 5.10.1.5. Don't get why Google removed the option though. Are there any benefits to 5.9 over 5.10?
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How did you get 5.10.1.5 working? Did you do anything special?
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Link to download the 5.9 YouTube apk file.
http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/45964769/file.html
*Update* I tried uninstalling all updates and the 5.9 version, neither option gives me a resolution choice greater than 720p.
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Thank you so much!!! I was incredibly disappointed that my brand new phone with a 2k screen could only get 720p youtube. Amazing clarity now.
So does anybody have a fix for hulu? On my HTC M7, there was an HD quality setting that was better than high. On this phone I can only get medium and high setting. Even high is pretty pixelated. Would love to see it in 1080p. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

photoshopgeek said:
Thank you so much!!! I was incredibly disappointed that my brand new phone with a 2k screen could only get 720p youtube. Amazing clarity now.
So does anybody have a fix for hulu? On my HTC M7, there was an HD quality setting that was better than high. On this phone I can only get medium and high setting. Even high is pretty pixelated. Would love to see it in 1080p. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Do you have the 1080p and 1440p option with that 5.9 apk? Are you running in Dalvick or ART mode?
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Kortekn said:
Do you have the 1080p and 1440p option with that 5.9 apk? Are you running in Dalvick or ART mode?
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Yes the 1440 is very nice!. Had to uninstall updates, then install apk. And I'm running dalvik. Had a few issues with art and never saw a performance increase.

I'm running in ART mode, wondering if that is why I can't get 1080p or 1440p with the 5.9 version. Guess I'll switch back to Dalvik and see if that makes a difference.
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Here's the apk I used:
http://www.devfiles.co/download/ayYiS0rU/YouTube_5.9.0.10.apk

Error- There was a problem parsing the package. I get that message when i download that version. I'm changing my runtime back to Dalvik and seeing if that makes a difference.
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Yeah, I had no problems. That may be the issue...

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Yeah, I had no problems. That may be the issue...
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Changed back to Dalvik, uninstalled updates and then reinstalled 5.9v. Now I have 1080p and 1440p options, but when I select them, it stays on the default 720p selection. No idea where the issue is, but I'm too tired to play around with it more tonight. Thanks for the feedback photoshopgeek.
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I had the same problem but if you use Chrome in desktop view
U can chose. 720p 1080p 1400p and 4k if available
Awesome videos at 1440p and 4k

Kortekn said:
Changed back to Dalvik, uninstalled updates and then reinstalled 5.9v. Now I have 1080p and 1440p options, but when I select them, it stays on the default 720p selection. No idea where the issue is, but I'm too tired to play around with it more tonight. Thanks for the feedback photoshopgeek.
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Odd.. I had no problems. If I start up youtube again, it defaults lower, but when I switch it stays for that session.

Couldn't get 1080 or 1440 to work on 5.9. 5.10 works fine for me though. Occasionally I have to restart the video to get the setting to stick

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Odd.. I had no problems. If I start up youtube again, it defaults lower, but when I switch it stays for that session.
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Same here. To all having trouble, try deleting app data and rebooting. Other then that I'm out of ideas
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Youtube won't show 480 p or 1080 p on my SM-T707A

I've tried everything I could find. Is it just not possible to fix this? it won't go over 720 p and won't show 480 p in the options either.

I guess no one else has this problem?
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MrBooMY said:
I've tried everything I could find. Is it just not possible to fix this? it won't go over 720 p and won't show 480 p in the options either.
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Is this both when you are on wifi and on mobile data? Is this only through the app or also if you play a video through either the website or a different youtube player?

No matter wifi or not browser or YouTube app. ALWAYS 720p no 480p or 1080p.
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That is ood and sounds kinda like it is a restriction placed in by your carrier to cut down on data through their network. The odd thing is the missing 480p but there has been cases of even 144p missing so maybe it is not that odd.

Not being able to play +1080p and 480p is a restriction Google introduced for unofficial YouTube apps on all platforms a few months back. I normally would say that your YouTube app is modified in any way but it's strange that your browser it's also affected. Do other in browser videos work in 1080/480p? You might try to uninstall the YouTube app (might require root) and install it back from Play. Otherwise go get a Custom Rom.

Lol custom rom on a locked bootloader device. You're a trip. Even if you can safe strap you are stuck with stock based roms.
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Lol custom rom on a locked bootloader device. You're a trip. Even if you can safe strap you are stuck with stock based roms.
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Incorrect. Its perfectly feasible to install a custom rom even if the bootloader is locked. You need to do more research before assuming. Does it matter if it's stock based it's still custom?