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Q: "Google couldn't confirm this attempt to sign in is safe. If you think this is a mistake, you can close and try again to sign in." warning when signing in.

  • The issue has been solved in v17.37.3-2.1 and higher. However, Google can easily break it again if they want. Therefore don't be surprised if it suddenly stop working.
  • For more details about the problem, check out this disscussion.

Q: "You can't sign in to this app because Google can't confirm that it's safe" warning when signing in.

☞ Update: this issue has been addressed on v17.33.2-2.1 and higher. You don‘t need to follow the trick below anymore. Just make sure you‘re on the newest version!

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☞ The situation:

Google has added a new implementation that prevents users from signing in to modified YouTube apps (see Less secure apps). Basically, If the bundle ID of the app is modified, Google won't let us sign in. But if you're already signed it, you will be fine. Just don't remove the app, so you don't need to sign in again.

☞ Which choice do we have now? (

Fortunately, there are two workarounds (not guarantee working 100%):

  • Method 1: Keeping the original bundle ID of YouTube (com.google.ios.youtube) when sideloading YouTube: This is definitely not a real solution because it isn't available for free users. You’ll need a paid developer certificate & a wildcard provisioning profile to achieve it.
  • Method 2: This might be a bit complicated, but everyone can follow it (discovered by @Cao Đức Phát):
  1. First, try to login to YouTube like normal, you’ll see the “You can't sign in to this app…” warning.
  2. Hold and copy the URL like this.
  3. Open the URL in a new Safari private (incognito) window, you should be able to sign in to Google now.
  4. After signing in to Google, you will be asked to “Open in YouTube” > Done!

=> For those who still having trouble following the second method, I made a video here.

PS: again, these workarounds are old and no longer needed. All you need to do is update to the latest version of uYouPlus.

Q: App crashes on iOS 16?

Q: Are you the developer of uYouPlus?

  • I'm just a guy who put all the tweaks which are used in uYouPlus into a YouTube IPA. Anyone can do that if they want to (see Building - Wiki).
  • In short: I'm not the developer of uYouPlus. All the developers who are mentioned in Credits are the developer of uYouPlus.

Q: I want to add my language to uYouPlus. How do I do that?

  • Translator are always welcome. If your language already exists then feel free to check it and/or improve it:

    1. Fork uYouPlus repo
    2. Go to lang > uYouPlus.bundle. Duplicate the template.lproj folder, and edit the duplicated folder's name to your <lang_code>.lproj id. For example: ru.lproj for Russia. To be sure, see Wiki - List of ISO codes.
    3. Translate each line below after each =
    4. Open a Pull Request.

  • You can also add your localization to YouPiP, YTUHD, Return YouTube Dislike, and YTABConfig. The process is the same.

Q: Is uYouPlus safe?

  • Eww, I'm afraid that I cannot answer this question. While most of the tweaks that are used in uYouPlus are open-source, there several part that are not open-source:
    • uYou: uYou is not open-source. But MiRO92 - the developer of uYou, is a very well-known and talent developer in jailbreak community. If you don't trust him, then I think you have no one left to trust 🤷‍♂️
    • The Open in YouTube extensions.
    • The YouTube IPA: you always can decrypt YouTube yourself.
  • After all, I highly recommend you build your own iPA of uYouPlus. See Building - Wiki

Q: I got the IPA. How do I install uYouPlus?

❖ There are many tools to sideload IPA to your phone. TrollStore is recommended first (if possible). Other alternatives are AltStore and Sideloadly. See Installation - Wiki for more info.

Q: Does it require jailbroken?

  • NO, IT DOES NOT. The IPA is made for non-jb users.
  • If you are jailbroken but still want to use uYouPlus, you must sideload it with TrollStore, AltStore, Sideloadly, Reprovision... Using AppSync Unifield & Filza will not work (app crashes on launching).

Q: Does it support ARM mac?

  • NO, IT DOES NOT.
  • I also don’t own an ARM mac, please don’t ask me to add support for ARM mac. Perhaps other developers could do that.

Q: How do I refresh uYouPlus?

  • AltStore users: see here.
  • Sideloadly users: see here.

Q: I can't open uYouPlus after a week (AltStore/Sideloadly). It said YouTube is no longer available.

  • Apps that have been installed using a free developer account are only valid for 7 days (you can check the expiry date in AltStore). Please re-install AltStore & uYouPlus.
  • How to Refresh apps? See the answer above.

Q: YouTube crashes when opening uYou's settings?

Q: Error Failed to load Info.plist from bundle at path /private/var/container/Bundle/Application...

Q: Should I remove the vanilla YouTube? Cast to TV not working?

❖ You don‘t have to but you should. However, keeping the vanilla YouTube app may cause issues with Cast to TV. Remove the stock YouTube app in that case.

Q: I see ads when casting to TV?

  • Let's make it simple: Cast to TV means you tell your TV play a video. But your TV loads that video directly from YouTube, not from your phone.
  • If you use AirPlay then you won't see any ads, because you're streaming your video directly to your TV.

Q: I signed in, but got "Error fetching channel list for account Tap to try again" error!

  • This should be fixed in v17.21.3-2.1 and newer. If not, see below:
    • If you're using a paid sigining service: contact your signing service and ask them "How to keep the original bundle ID when sideloading app". Login should work with the default bundle ID.
    • If you're using your own paid developer account: generate a wildcard profile, which allows you to use the default bundle ID of YouTube.
    • AltStore/Sideloadly users: make sure the bundle ID of the IPA was not modified. It should be com.google.ios.youtube

Q: The timestamp of videos in History, Playlist, Watch later is missing!

  • Go to uYou's setting > Other settings > Turn off Remove YouTube Ads.
  • This option will be disabled automatically since v17.40.5-2.1 and higher.

Q: Age restricted (offensive/inappropriate) videos not playing? (Issue #349)

  • Go to uYou's setting > Other settings > Turn off Disable Age Restriction.
  • This option will be disabled automatically since v17.40.5-2.1 and higher.

Q: Some Options in 'uYou > Settings > Other Settings' won't save (Remove YouTube Ads/ Disable Age Restriction)

  • Just read the 2 answers above...

Q: My watch history not syncing?

  • Check your DNS setting. Every time people complain about this issue, it is due to DNS configuration.

Q: Why can't I see 2K/4K quality?

  • Make sure you enable YTUHD in YouTube Settings > Video quality preferences. However, I recommend you leave YTUHD disabled unless you use TrollStore to install uYouPlus.
  • Watching 2K/4K videos may cause several issues, such as battery drain, overheating, stuttering... That's because YTUHD uses software decoder (vanilla YouTube uses hardware decoder). PoomSmart explained it here. However, YTUHD works perfectly fine when the app was installed by TrollStore.

Q: Deep-link (aka Open in the YouTube app) doesn't work?

  • If uYouPlus was installed via TrollStore, then Deep link should work out of the box.
  • If you can't use TrollStore, then it is impossible to fix deep link. However, there are several workarounds:
    • Open in YouTube Extensions by @CokePokes: This is the combination of Open in YouTube shorcut & userscript below. uYouPlus included Open in YouTube Extensions by default, so you don't have to worry about it. However, in order to keep the extensions work correctly, you MUST keep the app's extensions when install the iPA (especially AltStore users). In case you're running out of add IDs (uYou+ needs 3 app IDs), you can install the shortcut/userscript separately:
    • Opener is a paid app from AppStore that allows you to open links from the web in apps.

Q: Why does it take so long to active PiP?

❖ Have you enabled native YouTube PiP in YouTube Settings > YouPiP? This is where YouPiP shines!

Q: The app stop playing when I turn off the screen?

❖ I‘m pretty sure you have PiP enabled. PiP will stop playing when you lock the screen. This is iOS behavior! Feel free to send a feedback to Apple.

Q: What is Legacy PiP? Should I enable it?

  • No. I wouldn't suggest you enable Legacy PiP unless you tired of the speed-up bug.
  • Turn on Legacy PiP also breaks the Default video quality feature of uYou and/or YouTube.

Q: Why can't I disable Background playback?!? I turned off Background playback in uYou's settings!

  • In order to enable native Picture in Picture, Background playback must be enabled by YouPiP. Therefore, YouTube is still running in Background even when you disable Background playback in uYou's settings.
  • If you hate Background playback that much: Extract the IPA, go to Payload > YouTube.app > Frameworks, delete YouPiP.dylib, and then re-create the IPA. Or just build your own version of uYouPlus without YouPiP.

Q: Why can't I receive push notifications?

  • Pusn notifications works out of the box if the app was installed by TrollStore.
  • Push notifications will not work on free developer account (limitation of sideload).
  • If you have a paid developer account, take a look at SignTools. With some effort, you can fix push notifications.
  • Bear in mind that not all signing services support Push notifications.

Q: What is the difference between uYou normal download and uYouLocal download?

  • MiRO explained it here
  • From my experience, uYouLocal has a better download speed.

Q: Slow download speed?

  • Well, YouTube slows down the download speed. Let's hope MiRO92 could do something about it.
  • From my experience, uYouLocal has a better download speed.

Q: uYou download is not working! (Error 200: Unable to move a file from…)

  • This happens when you use an Apple Distribution Certificate to sign uYouPlus IPA. Please use an Apple Developer Certificate instead.
  • For appdb PRO users: follow this guide to fix uYou download not working.
  • Looks like the fix is not working anymore. Waiting for the new update of uYou is our only hope.
  • This issue should not happen when you use Trollstore.

Q: How many App ID does uYouPlus take? (AltStore)

  • When sideloading uYouPlus via AltStore, uYouPlus will take 3 App IDs by default. One app IDs for the app itself, and two app IDs for Open in YouTube Extensions. See here for more details.
  • In short: uYouPlus needs 3 app IDs to fully working. Removing app's extensions means no Open in YouTube workaround.

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