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Can't play Need for Speed shift

I need help, I purshased the game Need for Speed shift and when I downloaded the entired file to my GSII it tells me my device is not supported. Does it have to do anything with the type of CPU we have on our galaxy sII? Please help.
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I bought it when i had the i9000, its never worked when i upgraded to i9100.
The support is none existant, you have wasted your money like the rest of us.
Even the countless negative reviews havnt alerted them to fix it.
EA - poor!
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chrisjcks said:
The support is none existant, you have wasted your money like the rest of us.
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One quick way around is to root and install ChainFire3d and install the necessary plugins <Tegra, Qualcomm> and then installing them and playing the game!
Hope this helps!

chestvrg said:
I need help, I purshased the game Need for Speed shift and when I downloaded the entired file to my GSII it tells me my device is not supported. Does it have to do anything with the type of CPU we have on our galaxy sII? Please help.
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Did you download it from the Android Market or from Samsung Apps?? Samsung Apps has it for free but specifically states that it is only for the oringinal SGS1 and not the SGS2.

I downloaded it from the android market and thank you everyone for your support. I feel so bad that I can't install the beloved game my 4 yr. Old loves to play on his ipod, I feel definitely really bad since I paid $749 for my GSII that I can't play a simple high end game like NFS.
Yea I am rooted I will look for that software thank you.
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katkoriaarpan said:
One quick way around is to root and install ChainFire3d and install the necessary plugins <Tegra, Qualcomm> and then installing them and playing the game!
Hope this helps!
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Can u please confirm that chainfire actually works for altering the GPU settings?
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katkoriaarpan said:
One quick way around is to root and install ChainFire3d and install the necessary plugins <Tegra, Qualcomm> and then installing them and playing the game!
Hope this helps!
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Can you post the links?
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NFS Shift 1.0.73 (latest) does support SII without the need of Chainfire3D, im running it without any problem.
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rembrandtlnx said:
NFS Shift 1.0.73 (latest) does support SII without the need of Chainfire3D, im running it without any problem.
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Why on earth would anyone want to play Shift on a phone? You need to play it with a wheel!

Same reason people wan't to watch youtube on the mobile instead of on their HDTV. It's so damn difficult to walk around with a HDTV or a set of wheels for that matter

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Same reason people wan't to watch youtube on the mobile instead of on their HDTV. It's so damn difficult to walk around with a HDTV or a set of wheels for that matter
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Roman5 said:
Why on earth would anyone want to play Shift on a phone? You need to play it with a wheel!
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Makes no sense..
Why even have the mobile if you can talk on a landline?
Why have a car if you can use public transport?
Why go to the football match, when its showing on tv?
Why use internet on your phone when you have it at home?
I could go on...
EA has ripped us all off, and neither them nor google wish to refund everyone!
Disgusting.
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working with powervr chainfire plugin
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rembrandtlnx said:
NFS Shift 1.0.73 (latest) does support SII without the need of Chainfire3D, im running it without any problem.
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can you please post the plugins for the necessary plugins so I can download them thank you so much.

Ok, the game is playing fine now, but the only problem is that every like 3 minutes it pauses or turns off completely, so I have to turn the power buttom on my GSII and the game comes back telling me that it has been paused.
Strange every time this happens I see the lock screen, have to unlock the lock screen and then un-pause the game.
Is anyone else having a similar problem like this?

try this post:
http://nfs4galaxys2.blogspot.com/

tonz22 said:
try this post:
http://nfs4galaxys2.blogspot.com/
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Thank you so much.
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I`m also playing NFS Shift on my SGS2 without using Chainfire 3D.

What apps have made you like this phone?

been reading all over the General/Accessories threads.. great stuff... im not readay to root or install roms yet... sooo
I am coming from the Sprint Mogul (Titan) and loved it.. then with custom roms it was a better phone.. powered windshield mount, gps software and all.. it was great..
now this my first android... and I have already started seeing the night and day difference (side from hardware.. bigger screen, faster, etc...)..
just ordered a infuse windshield mount and going to order a samsung e4gt desk cradle in a bit (waiting on an ebay offer if accepted)
what apps do you run that is making the phone enjoyable???
my list and couldnt do on the Titan...
1. Office Talk Free (Office communicator) - really nice so now i can go to the labratories and can get messages still!!!!
2. VIP Access - no more keyfob on my keychain.. just put it in my drawer...
3. Beat the Traffic
4. KeypassDroid
5. Craigslist
6. a reliable flashlight app
7. Wifi Analizer - had one on ppc but this one was way better.. even told me to change channels for performance
what do you use???
Only thing I am not thrilled with is the GPS software.. I had TomTom7, iGuidance and GarminXT... TeleNav isnt working right (triangle not on the street) and Navigation looses connection....

Fruit Ninja

I liked it before I even bought it. I just knew it was the next phone I needed.
My gut was right, and I love it completely. Even stock it's an awesome piece of hardware. Not that mine is stock at all lol.
I work in the hosting biz, so the stardevelop live help messenger app is very helpful for me, as well as whmcs, the high quality browsers, Go SMS Pro, and many others.

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Fruit Ninja
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LMFAO
But seriously? All the games that never played on my Hero, and all the games that kinda lagged on my Evo4G. All run like melted butter on this.
That being said, I actually only game on my way home on the subway. GoogNav works great for me (if you root, you can try diff modems/kernel combos, fix that, btw), NetFlix is awesome, all the basics (gmail, calendar, talk) are also smoove as hell and easy to read, wifi-analyzer/network utility apps and things like wifikill and "Anti" are awesome, all the camera apps like vignette and camera360,...
On and on and on...
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I run the same main apps I have had on my previous phons.

1> Llama (Used to be locale, but I think I like Llama better)
2> Tapatalk
3> Aldiko and iReader
4> Runkeeper
5> Flashlight (Amazing idea and REALLY useful at times)
6> Navigate (I haven't pulled my GPS out of my glove box in a few years now)
7> Pandora
8> Sound Hound
10> Goggles

tough question to answer, but, let me put it this way; I have yet to see ANY app that didn't run perfectly, smoothly, and faster than any other phone I have owned..
Nothing is even close to this phone right now, as far as being perfect in almost every way...
I've owned at least 50 phones in my life, so I know of what I speak..

Agree with above
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Loved the phone straight out of the box but the wealth of apps definitely makes me love it more.
Mobile Checkbook
Beat the Traffic Plus
Key Ring
Out of Milk
Dropbox
Springpad
There's quite a few more but that's the gist of it.

I agree that besides compatibility like with games like GTA3, this phone mostly just brings speed and size to the table. That said my most used apps on it are:
1. Plume
2. Netflix
3. HBOGO
4. MIUI Music
5. LOUDER
6. SB Nation
7. ACS Mobile
8. Transparent XDA
9. Scorecenter
10. GTA3

Everyone has mentioned some very useful apps. Personally, I like checking Amazon's App Store to see what 'app of the day' they are giving away for free.

Lost Impulse said:
Everyone has mentioned some very useful apps. Personally, I like checking Amazon's App Store to see what 'app of the day' they are giving away for free.
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I agree (and why I started this thread... )
im gonna hitup the market later and search these out!!!!!
i agree on the Amazon App Store... guy at work told me about it...

SwiftKey x
Evernote
Stream furious
Netflix

I personally like the Netflix and youtube apps so much more on this phone.... considering the 4.5" screen real estate

cds0699 said:
I personally like the Netflix and youtube apps so much more on this phone.... considering the 4.5" screen real estate
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i agree on that...
im loving AMC channel app too!!! can watch Walking Dead!!!!!!!!

Google wallet of course
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mdeathike said:
Google wallet of course
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now see i have never messed with the wallets... maybe cuz im married and not allowed to have a real one.. never thought of using one on a device...

Well installed xda free
Torque free but once I get a bt obd plug will buy..
Few police scanners.... PRetty cool.. Well shame though... We heard cops dispatched as man beating on a woman.... In center city philly
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The camera. It's even better in ICS.
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im starting to like google music. I think with a few updates it could be a really great music player system. I just wish there was a desktop application to make playlists, etc offline and then upload them when internet is available, rather than solely relying on the online player

Canadian Gnex Users, where do you get your music?

Google Music is onlyavailable in the USA. Is there a similar service in Canada?
Thanks

Once you have created an account (do it on your computer thru a proxy), you will be able to use Google Music in Canada. You can't buy music but you can still stream/download for offline use.

There is a guide how to use Google music outside of US here in xda. I followed that guide and using Google music in Korea.
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I was able to use proxy very easily. Using Firefox browser, a plugin called "stealthy" is used, and is visible, once installed in the top right corner of your screen. When you want the proxy turned on, click the stealth bomber and it turns green. Want it off? Click it again and it turns red!
I am able to go to google music anytime using this method, and works flawlessly!
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I was able to use proxy very easily. Using Firefox browser, a plugin called "stealthy" is used, and is visible, once installed in the top right corner of your screen. When you want the proxy turned on, click the stealth bomber and it turns green. Want it off? Click it again and it turns red!
I am able to go to google music anytime using this method, and works flawlessly!
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You know you only needed a proxy when signing up? After that, you can use Google Music normally without any issues.

ljordan2 said:
There is a guide how to use Google music outside of US here in xda. I followed that guide and using Google music in Korea.
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Link please.

TheMarvelous said:
Link please.
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It is literally the first hit when you use the search feature.

I think the OP meant where do we purchase our music since we can't get it from Google. For me it's generally itunes.
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Devhux said:
I think the OP meant where do we purchase our music since we can't get it from Google. For me it's generally itunes.
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Or basically anywhere you would normally get music before Google Music popped onto the scene only a few short months ago. Odd question.

I use Microsoft Zune. Music is generally cheaper than other places and the UI is great. My sister and I buy a Zune pass together. The music is DRM protected, but there are ways around that...
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Mainly iTunes but that's due to a lack of options. I always check hmvdigital.ca first though and if it's the same price there, I'll get it from there instead of iTunes. hmvdigital songs are for the most part 320kpbs and are DRM free and you can download them again and again as many times as you want.

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You know you only needed a proxy when signing up? After that, you can use Google Music normally without any issues.
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Is this still working for you? I have been using the services in Canada without issue until today, now the Music Manager won't upload additional songs. Methinks Google may have caught on.

I use 7digital. They have a Canadian store and an Android app so you can buy right to the phone if you like. The stuff I've purchased has been 320kbps DRM-free. Easy as pie.

I've been using Google music in Canada since it launched with absolutely no issues. I used a program to fake my IP for the invite, as far as I know you no longer need an invite now. Music manager works flawlessly as well, overall the whole setup is beautiful and I love it.
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this_is_nick6 said:
I've been using Google music in Canada since it launched with absolutely no issues. I used a program to fake my IP for the invite, as far as I know you no longer need an invite now. Music manager works flawlessly as well, overall the whole setup is beautiful and I love it.
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Weird. It's back to normal now. Refused to upload anything new last night. Maybe they were just having a server issue. Excellent *tents fingers*

Best music app subscription

So I have been using a windows phone with a zune pass which allows you to download unlimited music and stream it. Its almost exactly like MOG. Now I have this phone and use mog. I paid for the subscription so I can download music to my hearts content. This issue is that my car radio doesn't display any of the artist or song info of the downloaded music or the streaming music. Mog saves the songs as random numbers and not by any artist title. My question is what subscription based music app let's you download and stream music that is similar to zune but not mog.
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Rdio is my favorite. 10$ a month for unlimited download and streaming on mobile and online. I love it. Amazing sound quality. A crap ton of music to choose from. Takes me around an hour to sync my collection of 825+ songs which is nice. I even have it themed
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ÜBER™ said:
Rdio is my favorite. 10$ a month for unlimited download and streaming on mobile and online. I love it. Amazing sound quality. A crap ton of music to choose from. Takes me around an hour to sync my collection of 825+ songs which is nice. I even have it themed
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I'm using Spotify for my music streaming needs. I don't know subscription price, or the quality of the service in the US though (I'm from Norway).
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus

There is an app called MusicHyped that allows you to stream songs for Free, you can find the thread for it in Themes/Apps sections.
EDIT: here's the thread link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835236
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He's not talking about music streaming... hr is talking about a subscription type deal like Rapshody or the app I mentioned Rdio.
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Haven't tried Uber's recommendation, but I have been using Rhapsody for around 8 or more years. Downloaded it for android the day it became available. I would marry it if it had girl parts and could cook. But for music it's great.
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Oh I misunderstood, so what is special about the subscription based music streamers/downloaders?
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Oh I misunderstood, so what is special about the subscription based music streamers/downloaders?
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Its legal? And you can actually listen to your collection offline and not use so much battery streaming
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Thanks for all the recommendations. I tried the free trial for rdio and it doesnt seem as refined as mog and basically works the exact same. I have resigned to the fact that no music from my android will display the artist, song, and album info onto my truck radio. I have tried to use MOG, Apollo (using songs that I manually ripped and put on the phone), and songs from my google music and none will display the song info on my truck's screen. Has anybody had success with Android and displaying the song info on radios? My Lumia 900 did it just perfectly but my Gnex just says no text for every kind of app that plays music.

Well, my friend used his Galaxy S III (stock) and was able to play music from google play and it displayed the information up on my truck's radio. It is either the phone or the ROM that i am using (phandroid). I dont want to flash another rom though to test it, so if anybody is able to display song / title info onto their vehicle radios, please let me know.
Next issue, is that on wp7 phones, it automatically will read texts to you while connected to a bluetooth headset, which is extremely useful for driving. Gnex doesnt do this. I am curious as to what apps people are using that can do this same thing. Any ideas?

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Well, my friend used his Galaxy S III (stock) and was able to play music from google play and it displayed the information up on my truck's radio. It is either the phone or the ROM that i am using (phandroid). I dont want to flash another rom though to test it, so if anybody is able to display song / title info onto their vehicle radios, please let me know.
Next issue, is that on wp7 phones, it automatically will read texts to you while connected to a bluetooth headset, which is extremely useful for driving. Gnex doesnt do this. I am curious as to what apps people are using that can do this same thing. Any ideas?
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Doubtful. You could just backup in recovery... and then flash a new ROM and see if it works if it works then just start over if it doesnt just restore your nandroid. Everything will be back to the way it was like nothing ever occurred.

NEW YouTube for Android TV 2.0?

Has anyone yet figured out how to either find or port the "NEW YouTube for Android TV 2.0" x86 APK to an ARM APK? We have waited over a year for a new version, yet its only for x86. It is disturbing that this new YouTube version is not available on the SHIELD TV almost immediately.
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-tvs-youtube-app-gets-a-refreshed-ui-with-latest-update

You've waited a year, you can wait some more. APKmirror is probably the place where it will show up first.

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You've waited a year, you can wait some more. APKmirror is probably the place where it will show up first.
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Yeah lets hope so. And no I didn't wait a year. I flashed Full Android on mine so I wouldn't have to wait for newer YouTube versions any more. It was the only reason I went to FULL Android because the Youtube for Android TV was really showing its age and crashing all the time. You pay a premium for a premium device, so you should expect a premium experience in return. Otherwise they are not doing their jobs.

What's interesting is that this youtube 2.0 UI is exactly how youtube looks like on my old and loud Xbox360!!

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What's interesting is that this youtube 2.0 UI is exactly how youtube looks like on my old and loud Xbox360!!
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Yeah some say it looks like the HTML Smart TV version below. I'm not so sure until I actually see it on my SHIELD TV.
https://www.youtube.com/tv

So it can't be ported to arm format?

I have this new format on my Smart TV, and it may well do away with that crappy Red Bar that pops up when you try to pause on something. But that said, the new Layout sucks donky balls. And Google can take their sweet gentels with porting it to the Shield.
Though I have to say (Even given the decentralized nature), of my Smart TV), I'm kinda shocked the OEM has even botherd. Considering the TV was sold in 2015. And, picked up about a year ago on clearance. But it was hard to say no to a 50" 3D 4k LED set. Even if the Smart TV bits of it tended to also suck.

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Good question. Maybe it is exclusive to the Nexus Player. Or they are just testing it on the NP before releasing it to 3rd party devices. Who knows? Without an official statement of what's going on we can only speculate. I guess Android TV must not be very big or as important of a platform to warrant updates.

apk for arm device is available on apk mirror (v2.00.17):
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...d-tv-android-tv-2-00-17-android-apk-download/

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apk for arm device is available on apk mirror (v2.00.17):
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That is utterly hilarious. Was uploaded 1 HOUR AGO. lol
I better start my device to see if it gets it automatically or not. Thanks for the heads up. :good:

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apk for arm device is available on apk mirror (v2.00.17):
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Someone was looking at this threat actually was looking for some tutorial in how to port it, but google has done the work for us, we should thank them

Yeah they were working on it all along but released the x86 version first for some reason. Maybe the arm versions had a must fix first before release bug?
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Really I don't like very much this new version, I don't know about you, but the app crashes when you try to type anything on video search.

No crash for me
But option to change quality video is gone:crying:

The user reviews are in the toilet as well. I'm no longer in a hurry to try it. However I can't get last year's YouTube version to not crash either. It's easily the #1 most unstable app I use by far.
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I updated it and hated it and immediately rolled back to the old one. My problem is I got 2 Youtube accounts associated with my Google account. My primary account I created about 10 years ago with all my subscriptions and the G+ one it forced me to create a few years back, which I don't use.
Under the old app, it allowed me to select the account I wanted to use:
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I downloaded and installed it and I hated it as well... There's no rolling text on the thumbnails so you have to open each video just to read the full title... no comments as well, no add to watch later no anything good... rolling back to the old version as this one sux.
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New app is ugly and slow (everything seems to require more clicks to get there).
Besides the ability to select resolution being removed, many Sony TVs lost the ability to play 4k (they locked it to a max of 1440p).
This version is going to need some work.

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New app is ugly and slow (everything seems to require more clicks to get there).
Besides the ability to select resolution being removed, many Sony TVs lost the ability to play 4k (they locked it to a max of 1440p).
This version is going to need some work.
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Do we really believe Google will be working on it??? :/
Yeah, and not only that, when I updated to the new Youtube app it used my "original" Youtube account before Google bought them out. So hundreds of my subscriptions and all my proper recommendations were missing and I couldn't recognize my own Youtube channel. It was like starting all over again on Youtube from scratch. And worse still, it wouldn't even offer me the ONLY account I ever use, yes the same one I have been using every day since Google bought Youtube, it was completely missing as an account option.
So I was forced to reset back to the original Youtube app and it immediately offered me and connected to the proper account. Is it really this hard for a multi Billion dollar corporation such as Google to code these apps?

I sort of meant someone HERE might take a look under the hood.