potential workaround to make the stream 4k at least usable again after the latest trash update

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so, i can confirm (for me anyway) that it is the youtube app that has made the stream 4k basically unusable after tivo forced this latest trash update on all of us and then went radio silent. every time i reboot, i end up with the youtube app freezing the second you try to play anything and video in every other app (no joke, literally every other app does this) is so choppy that everything is unwatchable. the device is basically a brick at that point.

here's what i've come up with so far to at least make the device usable (unfortunately though you have to do this on every reboot...or at least i have, i haven't found a way to make it stick over a reboot yet):

• go to android settings > apps > youtube > force stop, then uninstall updates
  
• go to google play store, click your profile icon at the top of the screen, and update the youtube app

at this point, the youtube app should now work again and video in other apps will be smooth again.

i have absolutely no idea why or how this is happening, but this has worked for me. i can't speak for it fixing the youtube tv issues, but if anyone is willing to test it out go right ahead.

also, if anyone could figure out a way to make this stick across a reboot or figure out what the hell tivo did to bork this update so badly, that would be much appreciated...i tried just disabling the youtube app, that didn't work. even after reboot the problem persists until i re-enable and then do the uninstall updates / update dance with the youtube app.

 

no, there are multiple people on reddit who have reported the same thing.

also no, not having these issues with any other devices (including the new chromecast nor fire stick 4k or second gen).

also no. the stream 4k worked perfectly until the last update...so unless you're telling me this update fried my power brick (also unlikely since the procedure i described above fixes the issue until a reboot), that's not it either.

what exactly do you gain from refusing to admit that tivo might have screwed up with this update? there are TONS of people both here and on reddit reporting all sorts of issues, including this one. i'm far from the only one. in fact, another redditor has already confirmed that my procedure fixed youtube for him as well...

but sure, i'm the only one and it's my network causing the issues. FFS.

 

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like i said, disabling doesn't solve the problem. the choppy video is still there after a reboot.

literally the only way i've found to fix it is the procedure i've described above.

 

yes, that seems to be the case. every time i see the choppy video issue in *any* app (which seems to be every time i reboot), the youtube app also hangs when trying to play any video and performing these steps fixes it. every time. and these are the only steps i've found that have definitively fixed it every single time.

i've tried literally everything else i can think of, and this is quite literally the *only* thing that has worked to resolve this for me aside from a complete factory reset, which obviously takes far too long to accomplish given the frequency i've had to keep doing this with (once a week or so since this horrible update was forced on us).

i get it, that seems counterintuitive, and as a long time android user and computer developer by day i have no clue how they managed to screw this up this badly and make it happen this way...but it's absolutely the case on my device.

 

my experience has been that the issues always return after a reboot. i'll have to try disabling stuff again...last time i tried, youtube either returned after a reboot or the issue returned anyway (which required me to reinstall youtube to do the "uninstall updates / update" dance to fix it again).