google play acting up. - General Questions and Answers

I just bought an LG G2 about a week ago. it worked fine until 3 days in when google play wouldn't properly download apps. for example:i downloaded facebook and it ran through the first 87% of the download in just under 30 seconds, but once it hit 88% it sat there for an hour before it finished then installed which took another 20 minutes. only, it isn't just facebook, it does this for every single app i've downloaded since. getting the app isn't impossible, but damn near and i have to be able to dedicate an hour of my life just to download 1 app. i went to my local VZW store and they suggested backing up all my data(already have been) and doing a factory reset on it. if the factory reset doesn't work, then am i going to have to spend 5 hours re-downloading all of the apps? or do they also get backed up? any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. other than that the phone works perfectly fine. just google play being a silly little *****. thanks guys/gals.

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I cannot get refunds from Google Play anymore.

I flashed a nothrills A700 ROM on my A510, and now I am unable to get refunds anymore. The option previously used to be there for a full 15 mins, but now the moment I exit Google Play and return to get the refund within the 15 mins timeframe, it doesn't work. I tried with 2 separate accounts on my device and same case. Heck, I even restored via nandroid and did a full factory reset, and in both cases things are the same. I basically spent on 5 apps just to verify all this.
Can it be because I unlocked bootloader, installed cwm and flashed ROM over the weekend for the first time? PS: I was already rooted sometime back.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

Google Play Services has stopped - Unable to fix

So here is what I'm dealing with. A couple of weeks ago apps on my phone kept crashing. I was seeing a constant "Google Play Services has stopped" message and I was completely unable to use my phone. I ended up saying screw it and I did a factory reset.
The problem was still happening after a reset so I figured I should do a full wipe (Dalvik, cache, system, data) and reinstall the ROM (Cyan 11). Unfortunately that still didn't fix the problem.
Since then I've tried everything. I've ran "Fix Permissions" which seemed to work for about a day and then it started again. Sometimes rebooting the phone fixes the issue for a day but it always comes back. It's not always Google Play Services. It seems to be any random app on my phone that starts to constantly crash. Sometimes this happens from the phone's home screen, other times when I go into the app (gmail seems to be a problem more often than not). The phone was also just randomly rebooting, sometimes a few times a day and sometimes when trying to update apps I'll get various errors (package not signed, error 960, etc).
I finally decided that Cyanogenmod might be the problem. I've replaced my recovery (was CWM) but now I have TWRP. I downloaded Paranoid's latest ROM for the S3, did a factory reset, wiped Dalvik, system, data and cache. I also told TWRP to fix the file system in hopes that it would help and then I told it to Fix Permission.
Once I installed the ROM and the Google Apps, phone boots, I sign in....apps start crashing. I'm so lost. I don't know what else to do. Why would a phone that is freshly wiped have problems with apps crashing. This was happen with both Cyanogenmod and Paranoid. I'm running the same version/download of Cyanogen on my gf's S3 and it's been fine. The phone has been rooted since I got it almost 2 years ago and running Cyanogen this whole time. I only switched to Paranoid in hopes it would fix this problem.
Does anyone have any ideas on something I should try? Right now my phone is a pain to use, I'm constantly clearing crash pop ups and then just today it suddenly lost my google account and all my data was gone. No contacts, gmail empty, etc.
Silly but serious question, is play services installed? I've seen several people try to install Google Apps without play services installed and it will give this error without it being installed. I can't produce a screen shot for you as I'm not on a locked bootloader
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Well, although I've never specifically installed Google Play Services, it should be part of the Google Apps zip file I'm flashing along with the ROM. This is happening with 2 different ROMs with their respective Google Play App zip files.
I also just checked and it is listed in Apps>All.
rckymtnrfc said:
Well, although I've never specifically installed Google Play Services, it should be part of the Google Apps zip file I'm flashing along with the ROM. This is happening with 2 different ROMs with their respective Google Play App zip files.
I also just checked and it is listed in Apps>All.
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Alright, I've seen this issue on several different posts. Just a suggestion, it's worth a try at this point.
Try removing play services from the system file, make a backup first. Reboot and then reinstall the backup you made, it should push it back into data/app
From my CM11 S3
Certainly can't hurt. I'll give it a shot this evening and see if it helps.
rckymtnrfc said:
Certainly can't hurt. I'll give it a shot this evening and see if it helps.
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By chance did you get a moment to try this?
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I didn't. I don't know why but the phone seems to be working correctly now. I don't understand why. I didn't do anything but suddenly things aren't crashing. It's been stable for 24 hours now. I didn't do anything so I don't know why but I'm just holding off until I see a crash. Still confused but glad it's working (except my GPS).
I'm honestly afraid to reboot it now. It hasn't worked this well in weeks. Normally I'll open gmail and get a crash 99% of the time. I reboot and it works for a bit but then starts crashing again. Same thing with other apps. Maybe it heard me talking about wanting to throw it out a window and it's got scared. =)
rckymtnrfc said:
I didn't. I don't know why but the phone seems to be working correctly now. I don't understand why. I didn't do anything but suddenly things aren't crashing. It's been stable for 24 hours now. I didn't do anything so I don't know why but I'm just holding off until I see a crash. Still confused but glad it's working (except my GPS).
I'm honestly afraid to reboot it now. It hasn't worked this well in weeks. Normally I'll open gmail and get a crash 99% of the time. I reboot and it works for a bit but then starts crashing again. Same thing with other apps. Maybe it heard me talking about wanting to throw it out a window and it's got scared. =)
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As long as it works that's all that matters. That is odd that all of the sudden it started just working fine
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Yeah, just like how it 'broke'. It was working one minute and then suddenly throwing crashing all over. This phone is possessed. At least I can upgrade in April. If I see the problem return, I'll try the above suggestion and report back.
rckymtnrfc said:
Yeah, just like how it 'broke'. It was working one minute and then suddenly throwing crashing all over. This phone is possessed. At least I can upgrade in April. If I see the problem return, I'll try the above suggestion and report back.
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I know that feeling, I've soft bricked mine more than once. Thankfully I just recently ditched VZW so I'm not locked down to there phones anymore. I kept my S3 and took it with me
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G920F Weird problem, apps crashing

Hello, I own a Galaxy S6 G920F, I bought it new 2 yeas ago.
Everything started like 2 months ago, I let it charge overnight and next day when I unpluged it, the red led was on even when I unpluged it and the screen wasn't turning on. Ok, I force restarted it and every was good. After that I get crashes from youtube, google play services, olx.ro (like ebay for romania), zedge.
When I want to add an account on youtube I get Google Play Services has crashed. If I want to watch a video on youtube app, it plays like 2-4 minutes and after I get Youtube has stopped working. If I wanna add a google account in settings or playstore, same Google Play Services has stopped working error.
In games is not crashing, in facebook, instagram, browser, waze and other apps is working just fine, i don't get it
Once a day (or often) it just freezes completly and autorestart after 1 minute.
I tried many custom roms like Ultimate nougat s8 rom, miui port, lineageos and all of them crashed apps and some of them even restarting after 2-3 minutes of usage
I just wanna know if I can fix this or is my motherboard bad or something. I was planning to buy a motherboard for like 50 euros and swap it but maybe you guys can help me fix it :good:
Sorry for my bad english and ty for your time!
disconnect all the cables from the mother board and reconnect them

Google Play Store Issues - "Download Pending"

Researching online, I have read that this has been a common problem reported for years. After my May Security update, Google Play Store has been acting up. I haven't seen if it does it when downloading new apps, but it constantly gets stuck at "download pending" when updating existing apps. The only workaround I have found is to "clear storage" and wait like 20 minutes for it reset and find updates again. Then it works for a little while (~1 day) and then stuck again. I've also tried removing my Google account from the phone, and then reinstalling it...didn't work. Does anyone know how I can permanently fix Play Store so I don't have to clear storage every day?
mikeynavy1 said:
Researching online, I have read that this has been a common problem reported for years. After my May Security update, Google Play Store has been acting up. I haven't seen if it does it when downloading new apps, but it constantly gets stuck at "download pending" when updating existing apps. The only workaround I have found is to "clear storage" and wait like 20 minutes for it reset and find updates again. Then it works for a little while (~1 day) and then stuck again. I've also tried removing my Google account from the phone, and then reinstalling it...didn't work. Does anyone know how I can permanently fix Play Store so I don't have to clear storage every day?
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I have had that issue as well as missing .01 MB and just sitting there for hours. I try to update 1 app then reboot the update another. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. This was on my oneplus5t stock rom 9.0 as soon as I installed LineageOS 16 all issues with updating cleared up. just restored back to 100% stock and issues again.

Why is Play Store so problematic? Stop DL at 99%; Download Pending all the time...

I've run into this for quite some time now, on both my Note 9, and my Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
All the things I find on resolving this suggest killing play store, deleting cache, deleting data etc. But even after that, it does not work well.
Seems it is a very important part of Android's eco-system, and yet very problematic.
Can anyone shed some light and/or permanent fix to this?
I'm a bit surprised there is no input on this.
I just needed to ininstall/reinstall an app. It was taking forever waiting on download. I deleted data and cache, and rebooted.
App ininstalled. The reinstall downloaded to 99%, and is not just sitting there.
I have to say it is VERY frustrating. I'm about ready to ditch Android. But that would be even more painful.
Did you use some VPN app when you downloaded apps with Google Play?
No. Although I do have NordVPN installed. But I have found that many sites are problematic to get to with it, both in the phone and PC. So I've stopped enabling it but haven't uninstalled it.
I'm guessing you think the VPN could be responsible.
I'll uninstall it and see if it changes anything.
Uninstalled, and rebooted. Trying to do update on some apps and it appears to have not helped.
Another interesting thing that happens at the same time that starts with the Google play store, is that I have a to-do app called DTG GTD. It gets to where the reminders coming from it, which flow through Light Flow, come in hours late. I had decided on my Note 9 that it was a problem with the phone. That's why I decided to get another new one, this Huawei mate 20 pro.
Now I just really don't know what to think. This starts about a month after I have either reflashed a phone or in this case bought a new one. I had factory reset and reloaded the Note 9 three times before I moved to this new phone.
I do have quite a few apps on my phone. Maybe it has to do with the mix of apps. Although, I wouldn't think it would take a month for it to start acting up.

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