You can now open YouTube. The app may crash if you picked a version too new for iOS 9, or if YouTube has blocked the API for that specific old version.
A standard sideload will open YouTube, but search and video playback will return "There was a problem loading the feed." This is because Google’s API now requires a X-YouTube-Client-Version header and a VISITOR_DATA cookie that old versions cannot generate.
Windows or macOS is required to desktop-stream the installation package.
If you are not jailbroken, you can modify the Info.plist file inside the IPA archive before you use Sideloadly: Youtube Ipa For Ios 9.3.5
[Discussion] Working YouTube on iOS 9.3.5 : r/LegacyJailbreak
"If you have an old iPad or iPhone stuck on iOS 9.3.5, the official YouTube app won’t download anymore. But with the right IPA file and sideloading, you can still watch videos. Let me show you two methods."
Tap the "i" or edit button next to these entries. Change their values from 12.11.6 to a much newer version, such as or 17.03.2 . Save the changes in the top right corner and exit Filza. You can now open YouTube
: Log in with your Apple ID on a newer iPhone/iPad and "purchase" (download) the current YouTube app so it is linked to your account.
Older Apple devices like the iPad 2, iPad Mini 1, and iPhone 4S are famously locked out of modern applications. If you boot up a device running iOS 9.3.5 today and open the official App Store, you will quickly find that the YouTube app requires a much newer version of iOS.
| Problem | Solution | |--------|----------| | “Unable to Download” | Delete any existing YouTube app first. | | Crash on launch | Reboot device, then open app again. | | Blank thumbnails | Wait 10–15 seconds – old network stack is slow. | | “No internet connection” | Go to Settings → YouTube → toggle Cellular Data off/on. | | Videos stop loading | App is too old for some new YouTube APIs – use Safari as fallback. | Windows or macOS is required to desktop-stream the
If you simply open the App Store on iOS 9.3.5 today and attempt to download YouTube, you will be met with an error: "This application requires iOS 11.0 or later." Apple’s deprecation of older API keys and Google’s migration to the v3 InnerTube protocol means that even if you install an old IPA, the backend logic fails. YouTube’s modern pb protocol buffers and gRPC endpoints reject legacy clients. Thus, any functional IPA must be or paired with a proxy tweak .
Find the keys CFBundleShortVersionString and CFBundleVersion .