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[Q] Android Market "Starting Download" issue

(Not sure if this is the correct sub-forum to ask, but here goes)
Has there been a fix for the old "Starting Download" issue on the Android Market? I still can't download anything from it. I know that resetting my phone will work (for a while), but it's not an option right now. Any help?
P.S. I've searched the forum as well and was not able to find a concrete answer.

I was told that starting Google Talk should make sure you're logged in to Google's server, which is (supposedly) what causes that problem.

skyjumper said:
I was told that starting Google Talk should make sure you're logged in to Google's server, which is (supposedly) what causes that problem.
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Hmm, I tried that but I'm already logged in

That issue has haunted me for a while - I get a cold sweat anytime a download start takes longer than usual.
I personally don't believe it's an issue with your device (as I've seen some argue it to be), rather it's with your gmail account. When a factory reset didn't fix my problem, I went to a tmobile store where my buddy works, and we put my sim card into every android device he had (mt3g, mts, garmin, and one other I can't remember), only to find that none would allow me to download.
For me the workaround I'm currently using is to set up the device with another gmail account newly created for the purpose of being able to download apps, then set up my "real" gmail (the one I actually use) to sync my contacts and calendar. The only problem is that I can't use my real gmail on gchat, since that only signs into the primary account you used when setting up the device. I don't use gchat much on my phone anyway, so it wasn't that big of a deal.
I suppose it's possible my phone corrupted my account somehow, but I had deleted caches, updates, and anything else I'd heard had worked for others, but to no avail. If you get to the bottom of the problem, be sure to let me know.
Good luck!
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bnielsen40 said:
That issue has haunted me for a while - I get a cold sweat anytime a download start takes longer than usual.
I personally don't believe it's an issue with your device (as I've seen some argue it to be), rather it's with your gmail account. When a factory reset didn't fix my problem, I went to a tmobile store where my buddy works, and we put my sim card into every android device he had (mt3g, mts, garmin, and one other I can't remember), only to find that none would allow me to download.
For me the workaround I'm currently using is to set up the device with another gmail account newly created for the purpose of being able to download apps, then set up my "real" gmail (the one I actually use) to sync my contacts and calendar. The only problem is that I can't use my real gmail on gchat, since that only signs into the primary account you used when setting up the device. I don't use gchat much on my phone anyway, so it wasn't that big of a deal.
I suppose it's possible my phone corrupted my account somehow, but I had deleted caches, updates, and anything else I'd heard had worked for others, but to no avail. If you get to the bottom of the problem, be sure to let me know.
Good luck!
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Hi! Thanks for the tip but as it turns out - I can't even add another account It always produce an error saying "can't establish connection". Any idea why this is the case?

The "Starting Download" issue for me, was unfixable and related to my google account. I created a new one and it worked flawlessly.

billyandrewsy said:
Hi! Thanks for the tip but as it turns out - I can't even add another account It always produce an error saying "can't establish connection". Any idea why this is the case?
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Hmm...that sounds like a connectivity issue and not a problem with the device. I'd say reboot your phone and try again.
Just to be clear, I created a new gmail address and used that during the initial setup of the phone (after a factory reset of course), then went to settings> accounts and sync> select add account and entered the old gmail I've used forever (which is why just ditching it and using the new one wasn't an option - I didn't want to bother notifying everyone I had a new email).
You'll see that you only have the option to sync contacts and gmail with a secondary gmail address - not calendar. To get around this (since my old gmail is the calendar I want to sync), set up the new gmail to share calendars w/ the old one. Once that's done, you'll see in your calendar app settings on the phone the option to sync the old gmail calendar and not the new one.
Hope that made sense! It's really not difficult to do - just annoying that it has to be done at all. I wish someone would figure out why some gmail accounts get stuck at starting download. What a pain.

I had this problem for awhile, but it was because I was task killing Google Talk. When I disabled the task killer it worked fine.

I read a few comments on the help community in the market to go to applications, manage apps, select the market then uninstall updates. This worked for a while but very intermittent. Worth a go though
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I generally just wait, I believe it's a server issue...I eventually get the download but, yeah, I wait and then go back to the store and attempt to start the download again...and that seems to work.

Randroid. said:
I had this problem for awhile, but it was because I was task killing Google Talk. When I disabled the task killer it worked fine.
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Yes downloading from the market is related to the Google Talk app. I once deleted it from /system and it did the same thing.
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Same here too
djsubcode said:
I generally just wait, I believe it's a server issue...I eventually get the download but, yeah, I wait and then go back to the store and attempt to start the download again...and that seems to work.
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Thanks for all of the replies. I know of the delete Market update solution but when I browse for Market in the Manage Application screen, I never see the "update" portion there. Any other tips?

billyandrewsy said:
Thanks for all of the replies. I know of the delete Market update solution but when I browse for Market in the Manage Application screen, I never see the "update" portion there. Any other tips?
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I've formatted my sd card & I don't know if it helped or a coincidence but I now have no problem downloading again maybe worth a try...
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[Q] Where the hell are my contacts saved to?!

ATT sync is OFF.
Google Sync is ON.
I sign into Google, go to Google Contacts... nothing.
I flash a new rom, I sign into my account on my phone - all my contacts are there. With their painstakingly-manually assigned photos.
Are my contacts being saved in some dark sector of my phone? Are they hidden on some Google Sever? Where can I find them?!

You might not looking goot at Google contacts look carefuly

Yuna said:
You might not looking goot at Google contacts look carefuly
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I type "Google Contacts" into Google, and click on the first link. Where should I be looking?

go to Gmail, and on left check Contacts...
Maybe your error is that you search for something not being logged in into gmail, or another account?

If you are using any 2.1 rom then any contact appears on your phone when you sign into google... not Just 'my contacts' or any other group, so check the all contacts tab or whatever it's called. Every contact in your gmail account will appear, even your Craigslist adult services email addresses that you love to send to (the local police know about you). I would venture to say that 99% this is a Google issue and not a phone issue as there is no way your phone pulls these out of the blue. Also if its that much of a problem, hit the menu button in the contacts list and then go to display or settings (can't remember what) and unselect Google contacts.
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COuld be on the SIM card.

Well my phone's OS is totally busted, so I guess we'll find out the hard way

Use titanium backup and backup something called "contacts storage" (not the contacts app) and take a backup of it. This is the place where phone contacts are copied to, no matter where else they might be backed up the system. This has been a life saver for me many times, even today.

diablo009 said:
Use titanium backup and backup something called "contacts storage" (not the contacts app) and take a backup of it. This is the place where phone contacts are copied to, no matter where else they might be backed up the system. This has been a life saver for me many times, even today.
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Looks like I'll have to get Titanium Backup when I get my rom flashed, as Google didn't save my contacts anywhere. Time to redownload all my pictures... *sigh*

thehyecircus said:
Looks like I'll have to get Titanium Backup when I get my rom flashed, as Google didn't save my contacts anywhere. Time to redownload all my pictures... *sigh*
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Did you go to mail.google.com and sign in?

imeraz said:
Did you go to mail.google.com and sign in?
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Yes I did. They weren't saved on there before, and now that my phone had some issue and I reflashed it back to stock and logged back into my account, there are no contacts either.

thehyecircus said:
Yes I did. They weren't saved on there before, and now that my phone had some issue and I reflashed it back to stock and logged back into my account, there are no contacts either.
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When you add a new contact does it ask you where you want to save the contact to? choices would be phone, SIM or google.

imeraz said:
When you add a new contact does it ask you where you want to save the contact to? choices would be phone, SIM or google.
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I copied all my contacts over from SIM. I figured it would then put then onto my Google Contacts, but I guess I was wrong. It's not a big deal.

thehyecircus said:
I copied all my contacts over from SIM. I figured it would then put then onto my Google Contacts, but I guess I was wrong. It's not a big deal.
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Hmmm...strange, would think it would have too. Sorry I couldn't help out.

imeraz said:
Hmmm...strange, would think it would have too. Sorry I couldn't help out.
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It's too late for anyone to help anyway. It's not a problem. It could have been a Perception issue?

turn google sync on
yes, that one, the one under sync thingy setting somewhere on your phone, that you have turned off I bet. Let it sync like a crazy wild ass Then check in Gmail contacts on the left and voila. Wizard Magic of the totally not evil google.
Basically, never turn the google sync off, or your'e f-d on contacts and it seems a few other things too.

bwolmarans said:
yes, that one, the one under sync thingy setting somewhere on your phone, that you have turned off I bet. Let it sync like a crazy wild ass Then check in Gmail contacts on the left and voila. Wizard Magic of the totally not evil google.
Basically, never turn the google sync off, or your'e f-d on contacts and it seems a few other things too.
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I had Google Sync on since day one and it never did anything. I even turned it on and off to force the issue.
I have my new flash, and all my contact photos deleted. I have reupped a few of them, and nothing in my Google Contacts yet either. Do I need to "star" them in Android?

Going forward, when you create a new contact and it asks where you want it saved, choose Google. This will automatically save the contact to your Gmail account. When you flash your again and sign in after flashing, your contacts will be there
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wretchedlocket said:
Going forward, when you create a new contact and it asks where you want it saved, choose Google. This will automatically save the contact to your Gmail account. When you flash your again and sign in after flashing, your contacts will be there
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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I like my accounts saved to my SIM card in case anything happens. I would also like them saved to Google as a redundant backup. Why is this not possible?

[Q] How to delete/disable my Google app account from HTC Desire S

Hi, Well this appears to be a regular problem with almost all un-rooted Android users. Still, in case anybody could help me out with removing one of my Google App account from HTC Desire S, without actually resetting it. I think there is some way.
I added my third google account, synced it once with Gmail app, later, unchecked the Auto sync button and clicked on Remove account. I was successfully able to remove it. If that can be removed, the first one can also be. Its just that I need to clear some apps cache for this. If any one from XDA (big brainy people) can help us out on this.

Try clearing gmail, talk, and Google account manager
Swyped from a primed Desire S

AFAIK, the account that was used first in initializing the device, can be removed by factory reset only. This is what the phone writes when you're trying, right?

Jack_R1 said:
AFAIK, the account that was used first in initializing the device, can be removed by factory reset only. This is what the phone writes when you're trying, right?
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Ya, thats what the phone says. But I registered two google account on it. One professional one personal. it does not allow me to delete any of those. However, when I registered a third account, I could remove that one easily.

suku_patel_22 said:
Try clearing gmail, talk, and Google account manager
Swyped from a primed Desire S
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Hi,
I am trying the steps as told by you. Lets see if this works.
Gmail: Cleared
Talk: Cleared
Google Play: Cleared
Google Service Framework: Cleared
Cannot find anything like Google Account Manager in the app list.
Kindly help. There is no particular way on this whole internet. lol

I although tried it once in different ways but there was no way to delet the first account. In the end I did a factory reset.
Sorry, but I think it´s the only and fastes way to get the phone clean.

first email account
It does not matter which email account you use Gmail, Yahoo, GMX etc. You can only delete it by doing a factory reset. The first email you enter becomes embedded on the phone.

Thank you guys for your replies. Can you also suggest something I need to take care of before doing a factory reset.

bhskr said:
Thank you guys for your replies. Can you also suggest something I need to take care of before doing a factory reset.
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Backup your contacts(if not synced with Google) and SMS using 'super backup'
You are not rooted so can't think of anything else that you could do.
Swyped from my Desire S waiting for Kernel 3, WAKE UP HTC
Sorry for the swypos....

Also you can use ErazzerFree from Google Play

isayev said:
Also you can use ErazzerFree from Google Play
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Absolutely no use to the OP as it requires Root access to work - and he doeasn't have that on his phone

Google Verification Code??

What is this, I've received a text and a call with a code and have no idea if it's for the Google Search thing or not??
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

On your google account, there's a second layer of security. Anytime you log into your account from a device or computer other than the one recognized by google, you'll have to enter this code which is sent to the phone number listed on your google account. You can disable this by logging into your account and going to security.
I had it on my account, but I've gone through several ROMs the past couple of days and got tired of having to go through the process everytime I flashed a new ROM.
However - this is assuming you are logging into your Google account when you get these texts/calls. If not, then it could be some spammy thing or perhaps someone else is trying to log into your account from another device/computer,

david251 said:
On your google account, there's a second layer of security. Anytime you log into your account from a device or computer other than the one recognized by google, you'll have to enter this code which is sent to the phone number listed on your google account. You can disable this by logging into your account and going to security.
I had it on my account, but I've gone through several ROMs the past couple of days and got tired of having to go through the process everytime I flashed a new ROM.
However - this is assuming you are logging into your Google account when you get these texts/calls. If not, then it could be some spammy thing or perhaps someone else is trying to log into your account from another device/computer,
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I only use it on my phone, never used it on my PC nor logged in on my PC either so it must be a scam
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TheCrow1372 said:
I only use it on my phone, never used it on my PC nor logged in on my PC either so it must be a scam
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Could be a scam, sure. But even if you've only used it on your phone, Google will then send the code anytime [you or someone] tries to log in with a device ID not recognized by Google. When you first logged in on your phone, do you remember selecting an option for the second layer of security? Here's a link to info on it if you want to see what it is.
As you said, it may well be junk - but it won't hurt to keep an eye on your account just to be safe.

david251 said:
Could be a scam, sure. But even if you've only used it on your phone, Google will then send the code anytime [you or someone] tries to log in with a device ID not recognized by Google. When you first logged in on your phone, do you remember selecting an option for the second layer of security? Here's a link to info on it if you want to see what it is.
As you said, it may well be junk - but it won't hurt to keep an eye on your account just to be safe.
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Nope I've never logged into anything or checked any extra security on my phone for Google Search and I just put this ROM on 2 days ago'JellyBam'??
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

Ok. Nevermind.

TheCrow1372 said:
Nope I've never logged into anything or checked any extra security on my phone for Google Search and I just put this ROM on 2 days ago'JellyBam'??
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Have you install anything to do with google? some of there stuff needs code but if not then I think someone tried to sign in as you.

Darknites said:
Have you install anything to do with google? some of there stuff needs code but if not then I think someone tried to sign in as you.
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I installed Google Maps + street view cuz for some odd reason the JellyBam version I installed did not have them installed so that and Google+ is part of my sign in on Google browser, thats all that I have for Google other than Google Now Search oh sh** I did install a 'JellyBean Search Bar Widget Color' app yesterday and that may be it do you think?

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I installed Google Maps + street view cuz for some odd reason the JellyBam version I installed did not have them installed so that and Google+ is part of my sign in on Google browser, thats all that I have for Google other than Google Now Search oh sh** I did install a 'JellyBean Search Bar Widget Color' app yesterday and that may be it do you think?
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Ya it could be if you only got it since installing that.

S3 Deleting my gmail accounts after adding 2 ?

(Originally posted in the I9300 forums, But mine is a verizon)
So after my droid X shattered i picked up a Galaxy S3 off swappa and i love it. Until now... I have 2 gmail accounts currently. I am phasing one out since it is under a sub domain of gmail. The non -profit i worked for used gmail to handle all customer and technician info and emails. It allowed us to avoid renting a mail server or paying a ton.
Long story short its got a @pinelink ending. The problem is that email address's on gmail with a diff sub domain cannot get a lot of the features and add on's that a std gmail address get. So i created a new email on gmail, synced with old info and have the messages being forwarded to new email.
Problem starts when i try to add both accounts to my S3, If i add one, say the old email. works fine, And all my games and apps recognize the old address so i dont loose everything. When i add the second account, after the setup wizard where it ask's you is it new or existing? address and password, and click add arrow, POOF. Phone drops BOTH emails like they were never even there. If i don't add 2 its fine.
Doesn't matter what order i add them or what i do after. If just immediately says account added, check under accounts and nothing is there.
Any help is appreciated. Also i needed to know if there is a easy way to root the Verizon version yet? i was under the impression Verizon locks the boot-loader.
Specs:
Verizon S3 SCH-I535
Android 4.3
Kernel: 3.0.31-2198062
Unrooted, To scarred to try.

Wow no one?
I can't be the only one who ever had this problem. :crying:

Fry_Man said:
Wow no one?
I can't be the only one who ever had this problem. :crying:
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I use 3 email accounts through Gmail, I never replied because I don't have this issue
My fiancee has a work email tied to her phone through Gmail like what you were describing but hers also doesn't seem to have any issues
Sent from my Nexus 5

Well,
Its so dumb. When i add my gmail or @pinelink account if works fine. When i add both together, it will get to the last page of the add account wizard and when u press finish or the arrow, it takes u back to account list and nothing is there. Also phone alerts i need a "backup account" like all the account were deleted.
why is it always me. i sware to god i have no luck at all. its always something.
Well thanx anyway

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Fry_Man said:
Well,
Its so dumb. When i add my gmail or @pinelink account if works fine. When i add both together, it will get to the last page of the add account wizard and when u press finish or the arrow, it takes u back to account list and nothing is there. Also phone alerts i need a "backup account" like all the account were deleted.
why is it always me. i sware to god i have no luck at all. its always something.
Well thanx anyway
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Sorry I couldn't be more help. Thankfully I've never had to many issues adding accounts
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no worries, maybe ill try doing a factory reset and give it a go

Fry_Man said:
no worries, maybe ill try doing a factory reset and give it a go
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Its definitely worth a shot
Sent from my Nexus 5

Last Bump ;-(

Fry_Man said:
Last Bump ;-(
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No luck with the factory reset eh?
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nope,
funny u message, just got done 5 mins ago doing it one more time, factory reset.. If i add one fine, 2 deletes both.
i dont know what to do.

Fry_Man said:
nope,
funny u message, just got done 5 mins ago doing it one more time, factory reset.. If i add one fine, 2 deletes both.
i dont know what to do.
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I wish I could help you get in the right direction but at this point I'm clueless
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
I wish I could help you get in the right direction but at this point I'm clueless
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Seems to be happening whenever the data backup program built into android trys to backup. i was just watching the phone and that backup alert triangle showed in the notifications bar uptop, after it said i need to add a account....
0.o

ShapesBlue said:
I wish I could help you get in the right direction but at this point I'm clueless
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Seems to be happening whenever the data backup program built into android trys to backup. i was just watching the phone and that backup alert triangle showed in the notifications bar uptop, after it said i need to add a account.... and my only account i added deleted
0.o

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lol.
OK i give up. i can see this is a very one-off problem. I'm sure if this was more known someone would have spoke up. specially on XDA every time i use the forums for help they been awesome.
Well, Thanx! ill keep trying.

Fry_Man said:
lol.
OK i give up. i can see this is a very one-off problem. I'm sure if this was more known someone would have spoke up. specially on XDA every time i use the forums for help they been awesome.
Well, Thanx! ill keep trying.
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Sorry man. Wish I could be of more help on this
Sent from my Optipop N5

Do you have the most recent version of the GMail app?
Have you tried clearing the cache for GMail?

Let me check doc on the version,, have not cleared gmail cache ever.