Hi, I'm just making a post to see if an issue I've been having has been similar for anyone else, or if its something only I've been experiancing.
Up until recently I've been able to use the YouTube app just fine, but whats happening since last night is when I try to use it is it will hang at its loading screen indefinately. I'll go through a step by step of exactly what happens.
- I'll select the app on the Wii U menu and it'll start its pre-load and be able to get into the app successfully, HOWEVER what'll happen is that at the end of its loading, a high pitch squeal will come out both the TV and game pad. Similar to the "horn of death" that'll come up when the console freezes, only it lasts a very short moment and isn't all that loud.
- The app will start up, but will hang at the loading screen where the TV is black with the YouTube logo in the centre, and the gamepad is white with the YouTube logo and that little wheel is spinning. I've let the console sit at this screen for almost 10 minutes and nothing would ever happen.
Here's a couple of interesting notes on it as well.
- The console never actually freezes. Even when its hanging at the YouTube app, I can still press the Home button and get back to the Wii U menu at and time without issue.
- No other apps have had this issue. Netflix and Hulu run just fine (can't speak for Amazon since I don't use the service), and even going to YouTube on the brower and opening videos that way has worked just fine without any issues at all.
- None of my games have been freezing either, both Wii U and Wii games.
I tried removing and reinstalling the YouTube app, didn't help. I tried deleting and then re-setting up my wireless connection, both manually and automatically, no luck.
I guess all I can figure is at this point something is wrong with the app or how its connecting to YouTube, but I just wanted to see if anyone else was having similar issues, or if this was pointing to a sign of something being wrong with my Wii U in particular and that I should get my unit replaced. I did send a tech support form request to Nintendo, but I'm waiting on if I'll get word back for that.
Thanks in advance for any added input.