Because the standard IPA often fails to load the home feed, reviewers and the legacy community rely on specific "fixes": Fix YouTube update required on Old iPad iOS 9.3.5.

Normally, the App Store handles these files in the background. However, because the modern YouTube app no longer supports iOS 9, we have to find an archived version of the app (the IPA) and install it manually.

/var/containers/Bundle/Application/YouTube/YouTube.app/Info.plist Find the strings CFBundleShortVersionString CFBundleVersion Change their values to a modern version number (e.g.,

To get the YouTube app working on iOS 9.3.5 (common for devices like the iPad 2 or 3), you generally cannot download the latest version from the App Store because it requires iOS 16.0 or later . Instead, you have to use a "legacy version" feature or a workaround.

Apple stopped supporting iOS 9 years ago. If you pull an iPhone 4S, iPad 2, or iPad 3 out of a drawer today and open the stock YouTube app, you get a cruel message: "This app needs to be updated."