# Add Patches Guide

This is a guide for non-root users to add patches to ReVanced YouTube.

Issues like this can be solved:

You need to have the following to follow this guide:

• An Android smartphone with

  • ARMv8 or x86 architecture *
  • Android 8 or later *
  • ≥1GB storage space

• About 15 minutes of time

Don't know what these are? Don't worry, we will check for the ones marked with (*) later in this guide.

We are going to start patching now, but first we need to check supported version of YouTube.

The latest supported YT version is:

19.16.39

as of 2024-09-22T23:13 UTC. Remember that, as we will use it very soon.

In this section, you can find the latest supported Revanced Manager, GmsCore and YouTube APK

1. Download and install the latest stable ReVanced manager (RVM)

Do NOT try to find the manager version shown in the image, it might be outdated.

2. Download and install the latest stable GmsCore

Download the .apk, not the source code. The latest stable version may differ from the one shown below.

3. Visit APK mirror for YouTube APK

4. Verify that the link actually links to version 19.16.39

5. Verify that it said "DOWNLOAD APK" not "DOWNLOAD APK BUNDLE"

6. Download but don't install the YT APK

1. launch RVM. Ignore any updates it claimed it knew. You may not have the red shaded part, that's normal.

2. Go to the settings tab and scroll down until you find "About"

3. Check that Arch had at least 1 entry that looks like arm64-v8a
4. If you only got something that said armv7 or lower, you cannot patch it on your phone. Please patch it on another device or your PC.
5. If you got armv8 or higher, you are probably fine
6. Check that your Android version is at least 8
7. If you only got something that said 7 or lower, you cannot patch it on your phone. Please patch it on another device or your PC.
8. If you made it here, you can probably patch on your phone with ReVanced manager

1. Go to the Patcher tab and click "Select an application"

2. Select YT from the list as we are trying to make RYT

3. A window should pop up asking you to select from storage.

4. Select the YouTube APK you just downloaded in section 3 step 3. It should have a recent date and a size of roughly 130MB.

5. The green part should contain the date. I redacted it for privacy.
6. Check that you have the suggested/recommended version of YT

7. If no, go back to section 3
8. If yes, continue to the next section

1. Click "Select patches"
2. In the select patches view, choose "Default" or "Recommended"

3. You can scroll around and disable some patches. BUT don't disable any which you don't know the purpose of.
4. DO NOT ENABLE THE FOLLOWING PATCHES
   • Change package name
   • Enable Android debugging
   • Export all activities
   • Predictive back gesture
   • Remove screenshot restriction
   • Spoof wifi connections
5. You can disable the following patches safely. I have tested them:
   • Disable auto captions
   • Hide player overlay
   • Hide seekbar
   • Hide timestamp
   • Wide search bar
6. Make sure you enabled the following patches:
   • GmsCore Support
   • Spoof Video Streams

7. When you have finished, click "Done" on the bottom right

8. Continue to next section

1. Click patch on the bottom right

2. A new patch window should show up. Do NOT exit, switch to background, or force-stop ReVanced manager.

3. The process should take less than 5 minutes
4. If you see any warnings, check out the debug guide

1. After patching is done, export the patched APK

2. Install the patched APK
3. If that does not work, install SAI and use that to install instead
4. Keep calm, you don't need to patch again. Just use the exported one in Step 1