[HELP] I broke my Google Play Store and can't fix it - General Questions and Answers

Hi XDA,
I noticed on APKMirror that a new version of the Google Play Store was released (5.10.29/30), so I tried to install them, which all went with no problems.
Than I tried to update an app in the Play Store, when after clicking the "Update" button my Google Play Store immediately crashed.
Alright, I removed Google Play Store using Titanium Backup, this might be the biggest mistake of them all (I must have used to "remove updates" from the Settings > Apps menu)
After removing 5.10.29/30 I decided to install 5.9.12 again, because that one was working fine for me.
Installed that, hit the Google Play Store, smacked the Update All button, and boom, crashed again.
At this point I went to Settings > Apps > Google Play Store > Remove all Data
Went to the Store again, update all, crash...
I have also wiped my Download Manager Data
Also I disabled AdAway, since some hosts file might mess with it...
Ok, I have a Xposed Module "PlayPermissionsExposed", disabled that, reboot, try again, still crash...
Tried wiping the data of the Google Play Store again... Nope...
The Play Store gets as far as;
Opening the Play Store
Accepting the App Permissions
Downloading.... CRASH
And, after this crash, I can't even open the Play Store anymore, just gives me a force-close.
I really hope someone can help me to fix this issue, since I really don't feel like reinstalling my device again.
Talking about my device, I am using:
Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505
Rom: Google Play Edition by danvdh
who even needs to google play store when you have apkmirror

Meneer_A said:
Hi XDA,
I noticed on APKMirror that a new version of the Google Play Store was released (5.10.29/30), so I tried to install them, which all went with no problems.
Than I tried to update an app in the Play Store, when after clicking the "Update" button my Google Play Store immediately crashed.
Alright, I removed Google Play Store using Titanium Backup, this might be the biggest mistake of them all (I must have used to "remove updates" from the Settings > Apps menu)
After removing 5.10.29/30 I decided to install 5.9.12 again, because that one was working fine for me.
Installed that, hit the Google Play Store, smacked the Update All button, and boom, crashed again.
At this point I went to Settings > Apps > Google Play Store > Remove all Data
Went to the Store again, update all, crash...
I have also wiped my Download Manager Data
Also I disabled AdAway, since some hosts file might mess with it...
Ok, I have a Xposed Module "PlayPermissionsExposed", disabled that, reboot, try again, still crash...
Tried wiping the data of the Google Play Store again... Nope...
The Play Store gets as far as;
Opening the Play Store
Accepting the App Permissions
Downloading.... CRASH
And, after this crash, I can't even open the Play Store anymore, just gives me a force-close.
I really hope someone can help me to fix this issue, since I really don't feel like reinstalling my device again.
Talking about my device, I am using:
Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505
Rom: Google Play Edition by danvdh
who even needs to google play store when you have apkmirror
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just boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvic, then flash the gapps you used when flashing the rom. dont wipe any data!.
if that doesnt work, try flashing the rom too. worst case you might loose any mods you made to the system, but data will be fine as long as you dont wipe it.

bweN diorD said:
just boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvic, then flash the gapps you used when flashing the rom. dont wipe any data!.
if that doesnt work, try flashing the rom too. worst case you might loose any mods you made to the system, but data will be fine as long as you dont wipe it.
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Thank you, my ROM did not came with a flashable gapps package, so I just wiped only the Dalvik cache.
Too bad, that did not solve the issue...
I am re-flashing my rom right now, without wiping anything, hope that solved the issue, will report back later

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Help please. Google play keeps force closing

Google play store app is force closing whenever I try to enter the store.
Google play store is force closing EVEN WHEN I TURN ON THE PHONE, AS SOON AS THE OS BOOTS.
I tried to reflash stock,reinstall recovery and reroot.Result: nothing
I tried the clear data,cache from SETTINGS->APPLICATIONS->MANAGE APPS.Result: nothing
I tried moving2sd/moving back to phone.Result: nothing
I tried to download the googleplay apk and install it.Result: nothing
Does it has something to do with the fact that I removed some bloatware apps(like softwareupdate.apk which runs nonstop and eats RAM) with TitaniumBackup? Is the GooglePlay app inseparable from some bloatware which shouldn't be removed?
Can somebody help me with the proper solution?What else can I try in order to fix this?I have galaxy fit on 2.3.6 stock.
Thanks.
If you're rooted and all I would suggest flashing another version of gapps perhaps or reflashing the same version after wiping cache, and dalvik cache.
Ok, but GAPPS contains GooglePlay plus more google-related apps,right? The thing is that I don't want all that google $hit. I just want Google Play Store.
Thanks
Then u won't b able to use it. coz it basically needs ur account info (which depends on "Google Services Framework" )+other apps. In short, Play Store doesn't run as stand alone app...!!

[Q] Help! Google play store wont open...

My play store won't open at all. I've tried everything. It stopped working while changing roms so Here's where I am now, I have Odin back to stock on android 4.0.4. My data/texts/phone works perfectly. But when I hope the store it force closes everytime. I tried clearing app data on all the Google apps still nothing. I tried installing a new apk and that still didn't work. I tried a factory reset and still nothing. I'm all out of ideas please help!
mxrider10122 said:
My play store won't open at all. I've tried everything. It stopped working while changing roms so Here's where I am now, I have Odin back to stock on android 4.0.4. My data/texts/phone works perfectly. But when I hope the store it force closes everytime. I tried clearing app data on all the Google apps still nothing. I tried installing a new apk and that still didn't work. I tried a factory reset and still nothing. I'm all out of ideas please help!
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I noticed u said apk but did u try flashing gapps
example im on liquidsmooth play store wnt work so i go to recovery wipe catche dalvik then flash rom and gapps
maybe that would help it has for me i fhe the pas
Won't need GApps on stock. Did you clear data in Play Store and Play Services?
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I did try to flash apps and that didn't work. So I tried 're rooting it and flashed a Rom with g apps and still nothing. That's when I Odin back to stock again. Yeah I also tried clearing the app data on both....still nothing....I'm stumped.
mxrider10122 said:
I did try to flash apps and that didn't work. So I tried 're rooting it and flashed a Rom with g apps and still nothing. That's when I Odin back to stock again. Yeah I also tried clearing the app data on both....still nothing....I'm stumped.
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Give this a try, download this http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23134718111254196 ,unzip then flash the file with Odin.
Alright so i flashed the file above and now the play store opens but it says "No connection" even though i have 4G and wifi. I tried a fresh factory reset and still stuck at the No connection screen......any ideas?
mxrider10122 said:
Alright so i flashed the file above and now the play store opens but it says "No connection" even though i have 4G and wifi. I tried a fresh factory reset and still stuck at the No connection screen......any ideas?
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1) Did you add your google account?
2) Kick start by clear data and cache for playservice and google service framework, reboot phone, once it's up, open your browser to verify internet is working, then reopen play store.
buhohitr said:
1) Did you add your google account?
2) Kick start by clear data and cache for playservice and google service framework, reboot phone, once it's up, open your browser to verify internet is working, then reopen play store.
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Yeah my google account is added. I followed your instructions and i did have internet but still no connection in the store. Can you think of anything else?
mxrider10122 said:
Yeah my google account is added. I followed your instructions and i did have internet but still no connection in the store. Can you think of anything else?
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OK,
1) have to try with 4g instead of wifi?
2) so right now your phone is running pure stock ROM with no third party apps on it right? if it's, please try another google account. Remove the old one first, or if you don't have one try to sign into google to see if your account is still good. Do it a few times (login and out).
3)Check the following apps:
google play store 4.5.10
google play service 4.0.34
google sevice framework 4.3.757479
clear cache and data for all of them, then uninstall google play store, reboot phone, wait for it to update, once updated reboot then try again.
buhohitr said:
OK,
1) have to try with 4g instead of wifi?
2) so right now your phone is running pure stock ROM with no third party apps on it right? if it's, please try another google account. Remove the old one first, or if you don't have one try to sign into google to see if your account is still good. Do it a few times (login and out).
3)Check the following apps:
google play store 4.5.10
google play service 4.0.34
google sevice framework 4.3.757479
clear cache and data for all of them, then uninstall google play store, reboot phone, wait for it to update, once updated reboot then try again.
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i have tried both 4G and wifi. Yes i am running a pure stock ROM with nothing on it. I tired another google account and still nothing. I also looked at those apps and cleared the cache and data but i cant uninstall the play store because its a system app and im not rooted or anything. After clearing the data and cache i rebooted and still having the same problem....but hey thanks for all your help thus far!
mxrider10122 said:
i have tried both 4G and wifi. Yes i am running a pure stock ROM with nothing on it. I tired another google account and still nothing. I also looked at those apps and cleared the cache and data but i cant uninstall the play store because its a system app and im not rooted or anything. After clearing the data and cache i rebooted and still having the same problem....but hey thanks for all your help thus far!
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If you go into settings -> application->google play store -> it doesn't show the option "uninstall update"?? what version is this google play store??
buhohitr said:
If you go into settings -> application->google play store -> it doesn't show the option "uninstall update"?? what version is this google play store??
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Nope, it just gives me the options to force stop,disable, clear data and clear cache. the version of google play is 4.0.27
mxrider10122 said:
Nope, it just gives me the options to force stop,disable, clear data and clear cache. the version of google play is 4.0.27
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Seems like the play store apps are outdated and your phone should update automatically once it's online. You need to side load the apps from here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/20hi0n6b2876080/4510 and 4034.rar unzip then try the 4.0.34 first, reboot, see if update the rest, if still not working install the second one 4.5.10. They are apk, so just install like an app.
buhohitr said:
Seems like the play store apps are outdated and your phone should update automatically once it's online. You need to side load the apps from here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/20hi0n6b2876080/4510 and 4034.rar unzip then try the 4.0.34 first, reboot, see if update the rest, if still not working install the second one 4.5.10. They are apk, so just install like an app.
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Okay, So I put them on my sd card and flashed 4.0.34 than i rebooted and still no connection. I flashed the second apk and rebooted but still got the no connection when i open the play store.
mxrider10122 said:
Okay, So I put them on my sd card and flashed 4.0.34 than i rebooted and still no connection. I flashed the second apk and rebooted but still got the no connection when i open the play store.
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Reboot, then go into settings and check the app version see if they both updated?
buhohitr said:
Reboot, then go into settings and check the app version see if they both updated?
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Yeah, Google play services says its version 4.0.34 and The google play store is version 4.5.10
mxrider10122 said:
Yeah, Google play services says its version 4.0.34 and The google play store is version 4.5.10
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Do you have the option to uninstall google play store? if you do, clear data, uninstall, stop the service, then open play see if that work. Usually this issue happened to custom rom only, not stock rom, and also with hyper drive rom, where it left residual to the host file.
buhohitr said:
Do you have the option to uninstall google play store? if you do, clear data, uninstall, stop the service, then open play see if that work. Usually this issue happened to custom rom only, not stock rom, and also with hyper drive rom, where it left residual to the host file.
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Yes i have that option so i cleared data uninstalled updates and then stopped the service. But still no connection when i open the store.
mxrider10122 said:
Yes i have that option so i cleared data uninstalled updates and then stopped the service. But still no connection when i open the store.
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OK..let take a step back, it's possible that you need to reflash. Do a factory reset, power off, put into download mode then Odin reflash the full stock factory file. Once it boot up let it sit for 5 min before going through the setup.
buhohitr said:
OK..let take a step back, it's possible that you need to reflash. Do a factory reset, power off, put into download mode then Odin reflash the full stock factory file. Once it boot up let it sit for 5 min before going through the setup.
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okay so you want me to reflash the apks, factory reset, power off and put into download mode and odin reflash the mf1 file you gave me. Is that correct? i just want to make sure.

Google play crash with CM12 on OPO

Hi all,
I updated my OPO to CM12 and the google play services can't be updated leading to the notorius battery drain plus several other issues.
It's all stock, less than 1 month old unit, what can I do?
The previous version, CM11 was great, the current YNG1TAS17L is creating only problems.
Please help.
Marco
Mar_co said:
Hi all,
I updated my OPO to CM12 and the google play services can't be updated leading to the notorius battery drain plus several other issues.
It's all stock, less than 1 month old unit, what can I do?
The previous version, CM11 was great, the current YNG1TAS17L is creating only problems.
Please help.
Marco
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Head into settings > apps > google play services > clear data.
After that head down to apkmirror.com and download Google Play Services and manually update the app.
This should fix the systemupdate service bug on the older version of Google Play Services
Mar_co said:
Hi all,
I updated my OPO to CM12 and the google play services can't be updated leading to the notorius battery drain plus several other issues.
It's all stock, less than 1 month old unit, what can I do?
The previous version, CM11 was great, the current YNG1TAS17L is creating only problems.
Please help.
Marco
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I have gone back to previous version.
Try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psvtQB7NizI. I have had to use it several times and still have the trouble. Best case is factory wipe and reload from Google app.
Bobbi lim said:
Head into settings > apps > google play services > clear data.
After that head down to apkmirror.com and download Google Play Services and manually update the app.
This should fix the systemupdate service bug on the older version of Google Play Services
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Thanks for your message!
I can't access google play app crashes and I can't upgrade the app via the google play webpage.
I downloaded the latest version of the google play services (it appears to be the same version I already have installed) but I can't clear the data of that app (there is no clear data button just clear cache).
In order to install the apk, all I have to do is select it with a file explorer app (provided I have set the option of allowing the install of non google play apps?
Thanks,
Marc
Mar_co said:
Thanks for your message!
I can't access google play app crashes and I can't upgrade the app via the google play webpage.
I downloaded the latest version of the google play services (it appears to be the same version I already have installed) but I can't clear the data of that app (there is no clear data button just clear cache).
In order to install the apk, all I have to do is select it with a file explorer app (provided I have set the option of allowing the install of non google play apps?
Thanks,
Marc
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If Google Play FC, head into settings > apps > Google Play > click clear data and force close
To clear data of Google Play Services, head into settings > apps > Google Play Services > (I think is) manage storage and it'll bring you into Google Play Services app, scroll to the bottom and click clear data. After that, force stop and uninstall any updates you may have for the app.
To manually update/install an app, use a file manager and head into the directory where you downloaded the app and just click on it and package installer will do the job it needs to do
hi all,
**EDIT** 20/10/15
So I wiped my phone again - cache and system. Flashed "cm-12-20150901-SNAPSHOT-YNG4NAO253-bacon" and "gapps-lp-20141212-signed" annnnnd it all works!
I still don't understand the cause of any of my troubles and I haven't tried doing this with CM 12.1 because stagefright is still an issue?
I cannot get Google Play services to function properly on my OnePlus one- have tried Factory resets, installing from a backup, Stock, CWM and TWRP recoveries. installing from apk hosting sites. clearing cache and all data in settings>apps>google blah blah, hoping someone can help me.
- several months ago i flashed TWRP as my new recovery and then flashed SuperSU and I have enjoyed this set up ever since as I love using the app AllStream which requires root access.
- after putting off updating my phone since doing this, I finally decided to update the other day...
- I downloaded the CM12.1 .zip , moved it onto my phone, booted it into recovery and flashed the bastard (figured everything was going smoothly at this point).
- When my phone booted up I figured I would download the Google Play store from the built in browser, and then download all my apps through that, BUT when I logged into my google account the play store said all my apps were already installed???
I downloaded some apps from some apk hosting websites and installed them (allstream,facebook,snapchat and a couple others) they all worked fine.
When I downloaded Google Play services Version: 8.2.99 (8299240) for Android 5.0+ (Lollipop, API 21) from apkmirror.com it installed and then gave me the error "unfortunately google play services has stopped"
every 3 seconds or so.
I have tried flashing Stock, CWM, Philz and TWRP recoveries, doing a factory reset and then flashing the CM12.1.zip. get the error in all cases.
I have tried clearing cache and all app data in phone settings>apps>google PS>clear cache/delete data
I have not had Privacy Guard running ever (some forums have suggested this can cause issues).
**EDIT** 19/10/15
I've realized since posting that I have had Privacy Guard running (i had thought it was a separate app).
I have since experimented with different settings within Privacy guard such as turning the "wake up" and "keep awake" options on or off - no success
No idea what to do now, have I done something obvious? What else can I try? What other information should I provide to help diagnosis?

Play Store Has Stopped

Hello everyone,
I have an issue, uninstalled the play store app completely from the system and downloaded the most recent one from an XDA thread. After re-installing it does not work. It says (Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped working). Now I've tried some method like clearing the cache and data from both the play store and google play services. I also did a factory reset using TWRP, everything is back to normal except the play store app which did not installed by itself but I had to re download it fro XDA. How can i fix the app so I can use it again? Could it be that is not working cause is not in the system folder anymore? if so how can I put the app back there? Thank you in advance for any help you may give me. :fingers-crossed:
stewe95 said:
Hello everyone,
I have an issue, uninstalled the play store app completely from the system and downloaded the most recent one from an XDA thread. After re-installing it does not work. It says (Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped working). Now I've tried some method like clearing the cache and data from both the play store and google play services. I also did a factory reset using TWRP, everything is back to normal except the play store app which did not installed by itself but I had to re download it fro XDA. How can i fix the app so I can use it again? Could it be that is not working cause is not in the system folder anymore? if so how can I put the app back there? Thank you in advance for any help you may give me. :fingers-crossed:
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What I did was reinstall gapps
Flash arm 5.1 and full package, you can uninstall the unwanted apps with rom manager or something

Google Play problem with nougat

Hi, since I upgraded to Nougat (NTX AL10) Im having problems with Google Play: When I try to update apps or when I try to install a new app, google play doesnt work, stays in "downloading..." indefinitly, and I need to restart the phone to complete these operation.
I tried uninstalling google play, clearing memory cache, giving permissions, and nothing works.
Thanks
janrck said:
Hi, since I upgraded to Nougat (NTX AL10) Im having problems with Google Play: When I try to update apps or when I try to install a new app, google play doesnt work, stays in "downloading..." indefinitly, and I need to restart the phone to complete these operation.
I tried uninstalling google play, clearing memory cache, giving permissions, and nothing works.
Thanks
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updatd google play store and google play services apps.
edit
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71321681&postcount=9
I already did this and didnt work

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