Plex sync iOS issues

Hey all, plex sync has been pretty rotten over the course of the past several months. I finally have had enough, and posting here.

I can get my media synced no issues. My trouble is playback locally on the iOS device. It will playback for 10 or 15 seconds then crash out to tv show home page then restart where it left off.

I don’t normally like to update server or iOS instance. But I have both are updated with same result. And going on now from server 15xxxxxx to now 16xxxxx versions.

I have done a fair amount of searching on this. With no success, anyone else feeling my pain and can point me in the right direction?

Not having this issue, what version of the iOS app are you running?

Unfortunately I am maxed out at 9.3.5. iPad 3. Finding it hard to believe my oldish tech is to blame. Hell pretty sure the a7 chip in my iPad is faster than the processor in my tv and my roku 3, both of which have no issues.