New Google Play - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

https://play.google.com/store
Here is the new store online. Its like the market on your PC/MAC.

Rooted phones and Google Play
Anybody with a Tbolt know if the market update is flashable / link to a link been posted?
thx

It automatically updates........
Sent from my HTC Mecha using xda premium

mg00000 said:
Anybody with a Tbolt know if the market update is flashable / link to a link been posted?
thx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just go into menu/settings/applications/market - clear cache & data then back out, open market again and it will force the new play market

auto Google play update
Hello all,
Is it possible at all to stop the Play Store updating? My HTC Desire (CM7) keeps getting a 'unable to process purchase' error when trying to download any apps, even free ones. I've cleared the cache, data etc, rebooted, the whole bit. The only time I can get downloads working are if I overwrite the app with v3.4.6 I get 1 maybe 2 downloads then it updates to 3.5.15 and I have to overwrite it again...
(Sorry its a bit lengthy)

No way to stop it, sorry

sigmadelta365 said:
Hello all,
Is it possible at all to stop the Play Store updating? My HTC Desire (CM7) keeps getting a 'unable to process purchase' error when trying to download any apps, even free ones. I've cleared the cache, data etc, rebooted, the whole bit. The only time I can get downloads working are if I overwrite the app with v3.4.6 I get 1 maybe 2 downloads then it updates to 3.5.15 and I have to overwrite it again...
(Sorry its a bit lengthy)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try this??? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580827
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5

Thanks for the reply, somehow I've fixed it (its working so far anyway...) cleared data and cache on Google services framework and rebooted. Google maps went a little haywire but after successful downloads, it all seems to have settled down and working as normal.
Thanks again anyways.

Related

[Q] BETA ICS 4.0.X - Team DRH

Has anyone been able to update to google play? I keep getting error 101 and 491.
Mine just did it by itself last night i have tnt. My friend had the same issue what he did was go to applications and he cleared all the market data and restarted it then simply updated by itself
Sent from my SCH-R720 using xda premium
Just tried on mine. No luck.
How do I add widgets on this rom?
dazednfazed said:
Has anyone been able to update to google play? I keep getting error 101 and 491.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried applications management, force stop market, clear data, do same with Google framework. Reboot, run market. If not search for Google Play. Apk. Download, intall and repeat above
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
DAE have most apps report they are incompatible with their gtab? Its liike the ics beta doesn't have the so called market fix?!?!
No problems here. Google Play updated just fine, and most apps I am looking for show up with the default settings.
With the ICS Beta 1.0, you can go into ROM Control and change the footprint to be seen as different tablets, such as the Xoom and Transformer.
Make sure to Force Stop the Market (Play Store) app and clear data (also check to see if Market Updater needs to be force closed). You may also have to force stop Google Framework and clear its data as well.
If you change footprints, you have to clear market data so it will load the new footprint.
Try upgrading to the latest gapps package TeamDRH released. It has google play built in.
This worked thanks!
Otreblada said:
Have you tried applications management, force stop market, clear data, do same with Google framework. Reboot, run market. If not search for Google Play. Apk. Download, intall and repeat above
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That worked thank you!
mdc017 said:
Just tried on mine. No luck.
How do I add widgets on this rom?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Select the widgets tab from your app drawer then drag and drop.
Loving this ROM, it installed with no issues. Multitouch gestures are not working at all for me (which would be fine if I didn't have apps that seem to require it).
Has anyone found a successful way to get rid of the status bar at the bottom?
I have looked at other threads, it seems some ROMs have this built in. The auto-hide option in settings didn't work, and I tried the Gesture Control app with no luck either (maybe because multitouch isn't working for me).

[Q] Market crashes after Rom (Theme) install.

Hi all,
Today I've installed ICS DOMINATION v4.0.1 and I must say I am very impressed with it and it runs very smooth, finally my Galaxy s2 looks more like a ICS phone.
The Issue is,
After I installed this Rom I couldn't find the Android Market, I was told to find Play Store after the previous Market recently got updated into Play Store.
I have found Play Store and I installed it, I accepted the terms and it's all good.
But when I tried to search for a App, it crashed and every time I try to open Play Store it crashes.
It's pretty frustrating and I hope you people can help me out here?
Kind regards.
Clear market data if it doesn't work then uninstall market updates and try...
Sent from my GT-I9100 powered by CheckRomâ„¢
sahibunlimited said:
Clear market data if it doesn't work then uninstall market updates and try...
Sent from my GT-I9100 powered by CheckRomâ„¢
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It doesn't work!
C'mon people, I really need some help out here.
After uninstalling updates clear data, delete vending.apk from system/app
And redownload Google play market from themes and apps section and install it
Sent from my GT-I9100 powered by CheckRomâ„¢
Back to stock (or GB custom rom) & wait for official ICS if you really want to get rid of the problem.
When Google Market switched to Play Market or whatever the new name is, I found that where I had it on my home screen was broken and needed to pulled from the app drawer again. It even needed a reboot first.
Again, just now almost, I had a problem and resolved it the same way but this time it was more apparent because I had a broken icon on the home screen as well. Same thing; had to pull it from the app drawer.
Both times this happened while I was in the middle of updating apps.
There is this possibility, long shot as it may be...

403 error while installing app from google play

Hello friends,
I have installed 2 apps from market. Root explorer(file manager) & Tapatalk forum app. I have purchased both of them. I got notification for updation for both app but when i tried to update I got 403 error. So I uninstalled them and again tried to install but every time same 403 error comes. "app could not be downloaded due to an error (403)" I m getting this message. If someone is having any way to solve this problem then let be kind enough to explain me.
Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
chokhu1585 said:
Hello friends,
I have installed 2 apps from market. Root explorer(file manager) & Tapatalk forum app. I have purchased both of them. I got notification for updation for both app but when i tried to update I got 403 error. So I uninstalled them and again tried to install but every time same 403 error comes. "app could not be downloaded due to an error (403)" I m getting this message. If someone is having any way to solve this problem then let be kind enough to explain me.
Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
go to running app and force close google play then run it again and it will work
chokhu1585 said:
Hello friends,
I have installed 2 apps from market. Root explorer(file manager) & Tapatalk forum app. I have purchased both of them. I got notification for updation for both app but when i tried to update I got 403 error. So I uninstalled them and again tried to install but every time same 403 error comes. "app could not be downloaded due to an error (403)" I m getting this message. If someone is having any way to solve this problem then let be kind enough to explain me.
Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try to clean cache an data from google play into aplications.
chokhu1585 said:
Hello friends,
I have installed 2 apps from market. Root explorer(file manager) & Tapatalk forum app. I have purchased both of them. I got notification for updation for both app but when i tried to update I got 403 error. So I uninstalled them and again tried to install but every time same 403 error comes. "app could not be downloaded due to an error (403)" I m getting this message. If someone is having any way to solve this problem then let be kind enough to explain me.
Thanks
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wiping cache wont work. Closing the app wont work. You need to remove the google account from settings>account and sync. Then just open google play and it will ask you to login. Just login and you wont face the error ever again.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-4
kryptoner said:
Wiping cache wont work. Closing the app wont work. You need to remove the google account from settings>account and sync. Then just open google play and it will ask you to login. Just login and you wont face the error ever again.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried to remove the account. It is saying that account is used by some app and cant be removed. I have to do factory reset to remove account. I dont want to do that. Any other way?
One more thing I want to ask. When I tried to remove account it also say that removing account will remove all contacts, messages and other data from phone. Is it true?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
hello.
i have the same problem for more than week!!!! it's really annoying. i can't download or update purchased apps. i tried everything i found - clear data, clear cache, remove market update, even REFLASH rom, but with no luck. still 403 error!
hope somebody knows how to fix that
(i have a htc wildfire s)
what rom are you using?
port cyanogenmod 7.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226765
toinktoink said:
what rom are you using?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am on stock samsung rom XWKL1
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
There are many people with this problem. Doesn't matter what rom,or phone they are using.
Sent from my Wildfire S using Tapatalk
403 error
same problem here with 403 error
revert back to an older market
this worked for me before
aouni_tahech said:
revert back to an older market
this worked for me before
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But not for me
Sent from my Wildfire S using Tapatalk
even more strange, in my library it returns to me i've got 2 apps purchased. I never purchased any app as I do not own a creditcard. However trying to install either of returns err por 403
Hope this helps
Checked the net - there are LOADS of people having this issue, regardless of ROM being used - it seems to be something with Google Play itself. I saw a few different solutions being offered but none of them were being reported as being a definitive fix.
For me, it started with newly installed apps I had just paid for not showing up on the device - no icon, no entry to create a shortcut with the shell (in my case ADW Pro on ICS 4.0.4 stock, deodexed, rooted VZW Nexus). Strangely enough, when you went to the entry in Play, it showed as installed and you could actually open it from there. I got around this by creating an ADW launcher action - the entry for the actions DID show for the program.... go figure?
I tried clearing the cache and data on Play and rebooting. All that got me was no apps at all showing on the installed section for awhile until it updated. Then I was able to update one app, but still had the sam trouble with the original update that was causing the 403 errors.
Don't think there's any solution out there that truly works for anyone. We're going to have to let Google fix this one, but we should let them know - I already posted one bug report; the more of us that do so will put the isue on the front burner.
chokhu1585 said:
Tried to remove the account. It is saying that account is used by some app and cant be removed. I have to do factory reset to remove account. I dont want to do that. Any other way?
One more thing I want to ask. When I tried to remove account it also say that removing account will remove all contacts, messages and other data from phone. Is it true?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you do a factory reset, all the data will be deleted. However if you remove the google account, the contacts synced with your google account will be shown again in the contacts list once you add the account again.
Faktory reset isn't the right way. I already did it.
Sent from my Wildfire S using Tapatalk
What worked for me
Ok so after racking my brain with this issue I found the app I was trying to install / update (which was swiftkey x in this case) was purchased under my other email i used when Google Play was Android Market. So what I did was open up Google Play and for my HTC EVO 4G hit the menu button which allowed me to choose an alternate Google account. I originally purchased and installed my Swiftkey X on a different account than my Google Play was currently on. I picked the account I originally purchased Swiftkey X on, then did a search in which stated purchased, hit update and WAAAAAAAAAAAAA LAAAAAAAAAA!! no more error (403). Hope this helps. Seems like for purchased apps and maybe others Google will look to see which original account you installed it under. So if you were like me and started with one email account and changed it for one reason or another you will have to use whatever account the application was installed under in Google Play / Android Market for updates.
[side note] If you do not see your Google Account listed under Google Play account options. Ensure you have your phone setup for Syncing that particular Gmail account or else you will have to set that up first before proceeding.
- - -
e s k i ... [insert cool flashy logo / avi here]
eskimones said:
So if you were like me and started with one email account and changed it for one reason or another ...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
nah... sorry, but I'm using my account for years now... never changed it in any way.
BTW, is this a form of copy protection? Does it happen on unrootet phones with original software, or only with rooted special deliveries like MIUI, Cyanogen mod... etc.?!
guys CMIIW error 403 is a problem with proxy my sugestions is try restore the old default apn and clear the proxy in setting save and reboot hope it will work

[Q] Google Play stuck "Downloading", help?

So I just flashed viperROM and rooted via the RegawMOD. Whenever I try to download a app from the Google Play store, it just refuses to download. It'll display the "Downloading" dialog and the icon will pop up in the notification bar, but it won't actually download. I've already tried clearing the Play Store's cache and the Download manager's cache. It didn't help. I am connected to the internet. When I tried downloaded the SwiftKey 3 beta off of their website, it worked. Anyone know how to solve this problem?
i rooted with regawMOD too and i locked my bootloader back and unrooted and i am having the same problem.i even ran ruu and still having the same troubles.
Did you try clearing the data in the google app store in addition to the cache? You will have to sign back in I think but that would be the next step. Otherwise I suppose just wait awhile and try again later after a reboot or something.
I had a similar problem and what I had to do was create a new google account then log into the play store with that account and delete my old google account. Once that's set check if you can download an app with your new google account. If you can then you should be able to log in with your old account and solve the problem.
Evo_Shift said:
Did you try clearing the data in the google app store in addition to the cache? You will have to sign back in I think but that would be the next step. Otherwise I suppose just wait awhile and try again later after a reboot or something.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did try clearing everything. It still wouldn't work.
I noticed this the day I bought the phone.
It's really annoying when I've got app updates. If I click on the batch update button to update multiple apps, it won't complete unless I stay on the update page and keep the phone from going to sleep. Otherwise, the first app will update and the rest will stall on "downloading". This happen pre and post root.
Very annoying.
jimmyg41 said:
I had a similar problem and what I had to do was create a new google account then log into the play store with that account and delete my old google account. Once that's set check if you can download an app with your new google account. If you can then you should be able to log in with your old account and solve the problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
.
Just tried that. It didn't work.
its not you, its the service again.... i just flashed CM9 on my TF101 and am having the same issue as you describe .....probably an apple injunction on app patent infringement
not sure if this helps but worked for me.disconnect from your wifi if connected and just try to redownload the app.my wifi is good but foe some reason it won't work with wifi.
Not sure what is going on...mine isn't working either. My girlfriend is on straight talk, the t mobile part, i am on straight talk also, the att part. Neither are working on wifi or cell data. Stuck at downloading.
Its working again, i didnt do anything except try later
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
And its working again, but no apparent reason.
WiFi_N said:
So I just flashed viperROM and rooted via the RegawMOD. Whenever I try to download a app from the Google Play store, it just refuses to download. It'll display the "Downloading" dialog and the icon will pop up in the notification bar, but it won't actually download. I've already tried clearing the Play Store's cache and the Download manager's cache. It didn't help. I am connected to the internet. When I tried downloaded the SwiftKey 3 beta off of their website, it worked. Anyone know how to solve this problem?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A lot of people have been having that problem...its Google that's causing the problem...its not us or the phone itself...
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE using Tapatalk 2.
I am having this for 2 weeks, 2 phone have the same issue. Try to flash different ROM but fail
It must be google, what the heck they are doing!
Really irritating.... I, too, have this issue occasionally, usually on a large download ... like Sky Safari Pro (570 mbytes). Two months of this and my Note freezes during the episode. Only solution I have found is to turn off WiFi, power down, remove SIM and restart. Only then can I kill the download in Google Play. I have seen this on 3 different stock ROM's and 3 different Customs. GB and ICS. Currently on ICS XEU.
Usually waiting an hour or two and then it's okay.... batch updates are a real killer with this and I also see the first download okay then the rest hang and have to be shut down manually.
Google????????
Looks like this thread is closed..coz its back to working here..
Now i'm experiencing the same exact thing. T_T
I created a new thread..if there are suggestions for a solution..please post there..tq.
~ [Q] I can't seem Install/Update anything from Google Play..HELP!! T_T ~
Edit: Problem SOLVED..follow the link above for details.

Google Play not Downloading Apps?

Is anyone else having issues with the play store? I can't download any apps or update them... It says "downloading..." and never gets to the part where it shows how much has been downloaded. I restarted my phone... No luck. My Internet works fine, the browser works great, but no Play Store. Is this a widespread issue? I'm on Charmeleon ROM. Had no issues before with it, and I've had it for days. Thanks everyone!
Sent from my EVO using XDA
PsiPhiDan said:
Is anyone else having issues with the play store? I can't download any apps or update them... It says "downloading..." and never gets to the part where it shows how much has been downloaded. I restarted my phone... No luck. My Internet works fine, the browser works great, but no Play Store. Is this a widespread issue? I'm on Charmeleon ROM. Had no issues before with it, and I've had it for days. Thanks everyone!
Sent from my EVO using XDA
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Go to Settings > Apps > Google Play Store > Clear cache and data then restart the app
No dice... Tried that twice now. I've never experienced this before. Pretty irritating! :/
Sent from my EVO using XDA
I'm having this issue on both my tablet and Evo 4G LTE right now.
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk 2
banzaiwolfe said:
I'm having this issue on both my tablet and Evo 4G LTE right now.
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i was having the same problem until now it just started working out of no where all i did was power off. then hold down volume down and power until you get to the hboot screen chose fastboot then reboot.
I wiped everything and flashed a new ROM for the heck of it. Works perfect now. I have a feeling it was just Google Play being a brat. I think the timing was coincidental. But who knows?
Sent from my EVO using XDA
You had luck. Wife's HTC Desire stucks in "downloading...".
I tried:
- kill, clear data, uninstall updates (Google Play/Market, Downloading service, Market updating service)
- change user password
- restore phone to default
- revert phone/flash to system default (using HTC updater, then applied HTC's oficial OTA updates)
And Google Play is not working. Big issue is that more services are not working, including Maps, Chrome2phone. After resetting phone to default few minutes is Market working (until it downloaded update to Google Play).
But "Talk" is working fine. Home WiFi (no restriction) or 3G. Second Android phone on same WiFi and same 3G works without issues.
I've had that a few times but just hit cancel update then hit update again then it worked. I am more frustrated that apps don't download/update when u leave the market before they are done or turn your screen off
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
I too am having same issues. I can get Play to run but it will lock up past that. Browser blank as well. Wiped cache and etc, issue repeats.
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
I had the same issue too, stuck at the "Downloading...." so i tried to uninstall the update through "System > Application > All > Google play store" but it got stock again while uninstalling the google play. so i used titanium backup and did "Wipe data" (Do not uninstall from titanium backup since it will remove the whole thing not just the update)
then went back to "System > Application > All > Google play store" and did an uninstall. so it removed the update only.
I started the program and got the message telling me that google market is now called google play store... blah blah..
the version became 3.5.x (cannot remember) and it worked great...
after a while it updated it self to the latest (3.8.17) at the time of writing this, and it still works and I can download and install apps.
:good:
BTW, i am have a Samsung Galaxy Note (from AT&T) running 4.0.4
(i reached this thread while googling for the problem, but hopefully the same solution will apply to other phones)
Also: clear media cache
Another thing that helped me with this problem (different device, admittedly) is to clear the media cache (Settings -> Apps -> All -> Media Storage -> Clear Data). You wouldn't think that this would affect the Google Play store, but I have a large side-loaded MP3 collection & sometimes media crawler problems affect just about everything.
just follow this
do this
Make sure you've cleared the cache and data of both the Google Play store app and the download manager. Here's how:
Visit Settings > Apps on your device
View All apps
Select the Google Play store app, and then tap Clear data and Clear cache.
Then, select Download manager and tap Clear data and Clear cache.
it came for google online support
YES! Can't install/update apps
I am having this same issue. My HTC Droid Incredible 2 has been rooted, and running Gingerbread 2.3.4. Google Play store was operating as it should. Today I installed a build of Cyanogenmod 10 (update-cm-9.0.0-RC0-vivow-BRACKETKANG-04_08_12-signed-v.3) with Jellybean (Android 4.1.1). I flashed the corresponding gapps download (gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip) from cyanogenmod.org. This is the thread I used to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779986
I have re-flashed the gapps, cyanogenmod, and even tried various other cyanogenmod and gapp versions. I can not download or update apps. I accepted the terms, etc and it says downloading indefinitely. I have tried emptying the cache, force closing, reinstalling Google Play. I have also downloaded older versions of the app. Currently, I have version 3.9.16 installed. I have been using clockworkmod to install cyanogenmod and gapps, if that is helpful information.
I have scoured the internet looking for a solution. I am not allowed to post on the above mentioned thread, I guess I haven't posted on XDA enough in order to have access. If there is anymore information I can provide that would make it easier/possible to solve this problem, please let me know!
Thank you very much,
Darman
fduraibi said:
I had the same issue too, stuck at the "Downloading...." so i tried to uninstall the update through "System > Application > All > Google play store" but it got stock again while uninstalling the google play. so i used titanium backup and did "Wipe data" (Do not uninstall from titanium backup since it will remove the whole thing not just the update)
then went back to "System > Application > All > Google play store" and did an uninstall. so it removed the update only.
I started the program and got the message telling me that google market is now called google play store... blah blah..
the version became 3.5.x (cannot remember) and it worked great...
after a while it updated it self to the latest (3.8.17) at the time of writing this, and it still works and I can download and install apps.
:good:
BTW, i am have a Samsung Galaxy Note (from AT&T) running 4.0.4
(i reached this thread while googling for the problem, but hopefully the same solution will apply to other phones)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks this has worked seemlessly

Categories

Resources