Your phone could have been switching power profiles incorrectly due to your phone rapidly switching between charging and not charging (and perhaps with a low power state depending on battery level).
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dumbass@leminal.space 2 months agoI thought I was getting that blank screen long pause before videos, turns out my phone cable was damaged, fixed it and YouTube’s back to normal.
mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fades@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And this phone cable damage only impacted youtube lol
jaemo@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
No, it potentially impacts cpu power profile (if it’s toggling between AC and DC because of a loose connection)
This would adjust throttling of the cpu, which could impact playback in certain cases, so it’s possible. Likely other apps would be affected but OP was probably most often watching videos while plugged so noticed mostly there 🤷
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wait, how would a phone cable cause a symptom like that…?
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Maybe they’re using the phone line for their Internet ? Vsdl etc…
dumbass@leminal.space 2 months ago
I’m guessing some of the wires being broken caused congestion or sonething, I dont know why it did it, I just know once I fixed the cable it was fine.
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Was the video signal going through it? Otherwise, sounds more like a coincidence.
Fades@lemmy.world 2 months ago
100% coincidence