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Help Can't Upload Video since Factory Reset

revival

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Jun 17, 2010
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After the 2.2 update I was having the normal syncing issues with Gmail. I did not need several accounts to sync, just my secondary account. I did a factory reset, made my old 2nd account the primary one and now all is well.

Except...

I can't upload video. When I try to use the Youtube app, right after I hit upload I get a message that quickly flashes then I get "Failed to retrieve Account Information." I have logged out and in, restarted etc. I can see my account, my videos etc.

When I try to upload using the Facebook site, as soon as I hit start uploading the video the browser closes. I have tried this with more than one video, both short and long.

Has anyone heard of not being able to upload video after doing a factory reset? any idea what the problem is?
 
So I think I solved this problem. Thought I would post what I did in case someone searches for the same thing.

I went into the YouTube app. It already had my youtube address as an account and all that was fine. I could see my channel, all my videos, and the stats. But it would still not let me upload.

I added an account using my youtube username and pw. Then it is letting me upload from the app.

Don't know why, but it is working.
 
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