How to watch YouTube videos on your Nokia S60 3rd Edition FP 1 & FP 2 phones with Flash Lite 3 support
December 1, 2008
Many people have faced the problem of accessing YouTube.com through the phone browsers, as clicking on a video in m.youtube.com website leads to RealPlayer popping up, which in turn gives connection errors, sometimes loading, but never actually working. Even after setting up the Default Access Point in the Settings> Streaming and keeping the Proxy “OFF” doesn’t help.
Personally I don’t use m.youtube.com that’s why I don’t have the settings, but some readers wanted to try, so as soon as I figure out how to fix the connection errors, I’ll share the solution with you guys.
The reason why RealPlayer opens up, is because m.youtube.com website is optimised for Mobile viewing, so it has .3gp format videos, not flash.
Now the thing which most non-techie people don’t know or fail to notice is that our lovely Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 & Feature Pack 2 devices (with latest firmware updates) have Flash Lite 3.0 which enables simple desktop Flash 8 content to be viewed through the mobile browser 
“…Flash Lite 3.0 enabled phones support Flash Lite content as standalone, screensaver and in the browser. This means that you can see YouTube flash videos directly in the S60 Web browser…”
To view flash videos in the S60 Web Browser, you’ll first need to check if you have Flash Lite 3.0 support or not. This can be done by checking the “About Application” of your phone’s “Flash Player“:
Menu> Applications> Media Folder> Flash Player> Options> About Application
Now that you have checked that you have a Flash Lite 3.0 enabled phone, you don’t need to use YouTube’s Mobile Website anymore. Simply log into YouTube’s Original Desktop website and all the videos will work easily.
Go to your S60 Web Browser and check the settings:
S60 Web Browser> Options> Settings> General
S60 Web Browser> Options> Settings> Page
S60 Web Browser> Options> Settings> Privacy
1) Open the www.YouTube.com on the Built-In S60 Web browser.
2) On opening, you will see that the browser has led to
the Mobile Website “m.youtube.com“. Scroll down to the end of the webpage,
and click on ” VIEW DESKTOP VERSION“
3) Here is a Screenshot of the List of videos when
I searched for Nokia E71 on YouTube
4) I selected & opened the “Nokia E71 Smartphone
Review” to view
4) That’s it. Now enjoy the videos in your Symbian S60 browser
5) Double-clicking will open the YouTube video in Full-screen
As an alternate method to view YouTube videos, I mostly use the MobiTubia application on my Nokia N82.
You can find MobiTubia on it’s Official Website:
www.mobitubia.com
Entry Filed under: How to - Guides & Tutorials. Tags: E71, Flash Lite 3.0, N82, Nokia, Nokia E71, Nokia N82, S60 3rd Edition, S60 3rd Edition FP1, S60 3rd Edition FP2, Symbian, Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Watch YouTube on Mobile, Youtube, Youtube Mobile.
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ali reza | December 2, 2008 at 5:34 am
Thanks for the post, tried going per your instructions, it gives me a msg saying flashscript is off or abode flash player not installed and when i go to adobe to download it, i get a msg saying platform not supported.
i do see a flash player in installation flash lite 3.0, works great with other flv files but youtube issue remains.
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Moblogpk | December 2, 2008 at 12:45 pm
@Ali Reza
Hi there!
The Nokia E71 is a Flash Lite 3 enabled phone. I have easily viewed Youtube’s videos on my friend’s Nokia E71 web browser, so if you are having problems, then this means that something is wrong with the settings in your phone.
Double check the settings and try again.
Secondly, opening the Flash Player as a standalone application will not let you view Youtube. Please use your S60 Web Browser as mentioned in the post.
At the end of the post I have also given the name of an alternate Application called MobiTubia to view the videos. You should try that as well.
3.
Ali Reza | December 3, 2008 at 3:53 am
thanks for the post i managed to make it work, it works with the S60 browser, i had been trying with opera mini earlier. Perfect,
Thanks.
4.
Moblogpk | December 3, 2008 at 5:10 am
@Ali Reza
I’m glad that its working for you now.
Most welcome
Take care & have a nice day!
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Larrisa12002 | December 3, 2008 at 12:13 pm
That was a very helpful tip. Thanks a lot.
6.
Moblogpk | December 3, 2008 at 1:53 pm
@Larissa12002
I’m happy to know that I was able to help.
Most welcome
7.
alex | December 3, 2008 at 3:03 pm
thks very much bro this advice was exellent.now my n82 is ok watching videos in youtube
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Moblogpk | December 3, 2008 at 3:39 pm
@Alex
Btw I’m a sis:)Great to know that you can enjoy YouTube on your Nokia N82 now.
Most welcome
9.
Vatha | December 16, 2008 at 12:43 am
Why my phone nokia n78 don’t have flash player? Plz send it to me ,thx
10.
bharat | January 3, 2009 at 11:41 am
why i can’t see the videos from yot tube. Plz give me a solution so that I can also use it. Thank you
11.
rahul | January 10, 2009 at 3:52 am
awwwwsome man…. dude u rock!!!!!i tried so much but never got thru you tube on my nokia e 71 .. .and today after reading this… its working…
awesome we need people like you dude…
cheers!!!
rb
12.
Moblogpk | January 10, 2009 at 5:33 am
@Rahul
I’m glad to know that you can watch YouTube videos on your Nokia E71 now. Enjoy!
Most welcome
Take care & have a nice day!
13.
a nokia n95 8gb owner | January 23, 2009 at 5:58 am
well too bad … it seems youtube changed their site and it dont longer works this way …
and now to bring u all the bad news .. youtube mobile has a diffrent stock of video’s.. ive seen that video’s werent available on mobile while i could view them at the desktop version .. very sad from google (the owners of youtube now) they just couldnt let it work .. this sucks big time cause as some of u might have seen
the quality of youtube video has always been terrible on ur pc .. but now since its this bad we could actually have quite pleasent picture quality with this poor desktop quality .. but youtube mobile is a TOTAL DISASTER …this is cause at youtube (or google wichever way u look at it) they actually managed to fuck the quality up even more and decided to call it mobile cause of low bandwith usage and 3gp support (with as a result unviewably bad (desktop)quality is now looking like coloured pixels without any possibillity of actually seeing anything else then moving coloured pixels and they actaully dare to call it video!!) it seems like now all we can do is HOPE THAT SOME-ONE FINDS A WAY OF CREATING A PROGRAM THAT WILL ACTUALLY RUN THE DESKTOP VERSION ON A MOBILE.. THIS BECAUSE OF RECENT SITE CHANGES ON THE YOUTUBE HOME SITE.. ITS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO USE YOUTUBE IN UR NATIVE PHONE BROWSER EXCEPT OFCOURSE OF THE EXTREMELY BAD QUALITY OF MOBILE YOUTUBE.. this is just BAD!! very bad move youtube/google!!!
14.
Moblogpk | January 23, 2009 at 2:10 pm
@A Nokia N95 8GB Owner
Google bought YouTube 3 years ago in 2006, so this news of yours is actually no news at all. Any changes in the server has made no effect whatsoever on viewing the “Desktop” version of YouTube on our Flash Lite 3.0 supported S60 Browsers.
YouTube was & is working absolutely fine using the latest MobiTubia Application, as well as in the Symbian S60 Browsers with Flash Lite 3.0 support.
For a second there I thought that you were either joking or trolling. Seriously, atleast get your facts right when you predict all the doom & gloom.
15. Comparing Mobile Browsers For Symbian(S60) Mobile Phones | January 23, 2009 at 2:15 pm
[...] phones with Flash 3.0 support are able to play YouTube videos within the S60 Web Browser see this article here on enabling Flash 3.0. [...]
16.
naysh | January 23, 2009 at 2:34 pm
great article you saved me from a flame war on my blog over S60 support for YouTube playback.
I have accordingly edited the article and attributed you.
17.
Moblogpk | January 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm
@Naysh
Btw, very nice article you have there. Good work!
Thanks for your comment and for the attribution
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Ralph | March 11, 2009 at 12:59 pm
How cAn i watch youtube on my n78 using my opera mini?
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Edwin | March 16, 2009 at 6:55 am
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! (Sorry for the Caps, it’s the excited.
)
I have a Newly adquired Nokia E61i, and I have 3 days now fighting with it so I could see youtube videos. I tried everything, ’till I came across your web. You have saved my life. Now I’m complete. You are my new hero. My Wonder Woman. Can I say I love you? Because I do.
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Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks.
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Moblogpk | March 16, 2009 at 8:41 am
@Edwin
Thank you for the kind appreciation . You are most welcome. It’s a pleasure to know that I’m able to help others through my guides 
Haha
A big thank you for knowing that I’m a girl. For some odd reason most of the other readers assume that I’m a guy.. Lol
Take care & have a nice day!