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There are a gazillion threads on this topic, but most of them are about device-specific or carrier-specific problems. However google play store can stop for a number of reasons that are more generic. Googling them is a pain in the butt, as I recently discovered. This thread is intended as a place to collect them together. As well as checking here, it would be important to check on threads for your specific device and carrier, as they may have pushed a bad version.
Cause: Part-installed apps: something went wrong part-way through installing an app
Checking: Check in google play; if it says 'downloading' or 'installing' permanently, something is amiss
Solution: Try uninstalling the app (you may be able to reinstall it successfully afterward)
Cause: /mnt/sdcard is full
Checking: If you have a terminal, use the "df" command, otherwise use a capable file viewer
Solution: On a terminal, "cd /mnt/sdcard", then "du -s (dirname)" to check sizes, "rm -r (dirname)" to remove something (or use 'mv (dirname) /mnt/external_sd if you have an external sd card with some space). On a file viewer, move or remove relevant directories. You can't avoid this: if your sd card is full, you're definitely going to have to remove something (or move it to your external card) - the system isn't going to work with a full card. USE WITH CARE EITHER WAY. Whatever you remove cannot be retrieved, and removing the wrong thing can make your system or applications misbehave.
Cause: Corrupted data
Checking: Try the solutions in increasing order of severity.
Solution:
Go into Settings, then apps, then All, click on Google Play Store. Then:
Clear cache, Force stop, restart Google Play and retry
Go into Settings, then apps, then All, click on Google Play Store. Then:
Clear data, Force stop, restart Google Play and retry
Go into Settings, then Accounts and Sync, Click on your account, then on options icon, Remove account (ignore warnings - it's easy to restore)
Restart Google Play. It will ask you to add an account - add your original back in.
Cause: Corrupted binaries
Checking: Not sure how...
Solution: Install an updated binary. This thread always seems to have the latest. But you should probably check your device and vendor lists in case there is a device-specific binary (I think the more specific binaries currently just add a different skin, but further information would be good). You may also need to reinstall google play services (thanks jpeg1900)
Or:
"I just reflashed the same gapps in CWM over the first installation, rebooted and had to wait a few minutes before Play Store actually started working again." - Thanks Nephatiu (see below).
Please feel free to add further info below. I'll try to incorporate all good nuggets into this post.
PS anyone know a better way to do tables in this wiki?
play store error at download
urilabob said:
There are a gazillion threads on this topic, but most of them are about device-specific or carrier-specific problems. However google play store can stop for a number of reasons that are more generic. Googling them is a pain in the butt, as I recently discovered. This thread is intended as a place to collect them together. As well as checking here, it would be important to check on threads for your specific device and carrier, as they may have pushed a bad version.
Cause: /mnt/sdcard is full
Checking: If you have a terminal, use the "df" command, otherwise use a capable file viewer
Solution: On a terminal, "cd /mnt/sdcard", then "du -s (dirname)" to check sizes, "rm -r (dirname)" to remove it. On a file viewer, remove relevant directories. USE WITH CARE EITHER WAY.
Cause: Corrupted data
Checking: Try the solutions in increasing order of severity.
Solution:
Go into Settings, then apps, then All, click on Google Play Store. Then:
Clear cache, Force stop, restart Google Play and retry
Go into Settings, then apps, then All, click on Google Play Store. Then:
Clear data, Force stop, restart Google Play and retry
Go into Settings, then Accounts and Sync, Click on your account, then on options icon, Remove account (ignore warnings - it's easy to restore)
Restart Google Play. It will ask you to add an account - add your original back in.
Cause: Corrupted binaries
Checking: Not sure how...
Solution: Install an updated binary. This thread always seems to have the latest. But you should probably check your device and vendor lists in case there is a device-specific binary (I think the more specific binaries currently just add a different skin, but further information would be good).
Please feel free to add further info below. I'll try to incorporate all good nuggets into this post.
PS anyone know a better way to do tables in this wiki?
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hi there,
i have some problems with play store at all. play store is runing well - BUT, if i like to download an app, the download never starts. it says "donloading" but there is no percentage.
after ~ 15 mins an error is on the display.
any idea?
Play Store hanging on download
Ralf-0815 said:
hi there,
i have some problems with play store at all. play store is runing well - BUT, if i like to download an app, the download never starts. it says "donloading" but there is no percentage.
after ~ 15 mins an error is on the display.
any idea?
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Not sure. I had a similar problem at one time, and eventually discovered it was due to a specific app that had only half-installed itself (perhaps the tab had crashed halfway through the download, not sure, it's lost in the mists of time). Uninstalling that app got over the problem. However it might help someone (perhaps you) if you post the error message that you get on the display (people are likely to google it, so that you might get together with other people with the same problem).
I had issues with the Play Store earlier today and tried clearing the app cache and data to no avail, but found another simple fix. I uninstalled updates from version 3.8.15 back to 3.7.15. Worked like a charm.
Well, my Play Store recently crashed during updates, after which it wouldn't run any longer anymore stating that same message every time I try running it and also every time an app accesses the store for information (which seems to happen when I just open the apps). My sdcard wasn't full, clearing data and cache did nothing, no other data is corrupted, I replaced the market with a fresh copy apk, tried different versions, ... Nothing worked... So, reading the internet, I saw the final solution was to remove and re-add my Google account, but for some reason (not a rational one) I didn't really want to do this, so I went back to CWM recovery mode, reflashed the gapps zip I used the first time and rebooted... Once booted it didn't give me the error I usually get on any other boot since it started crashing, but when I tried running Play Store, it crashed again with the same message... Defeated I went to my Google accounts to remove, at which point (just before doing anything) I noticed the Updates-notification of the Play Store popping up in my notification drawer. I tapped it and Play Store booted, everything works again, and it updated itself back to the latest version, still without any problems.
So in short, if you don't ant to read the entire text:
I just reflashed the same gapps in CWM over the first installation, rebooted and had to wait a few minutes before Play Store actually started working again.
Dunno if this will work for anyone of you, 'cause it depends on the reason it's not working, but this possible solution should not be missing from your list since it worked for at least one person (me).
Greetz,
~ Nephatiu
Hotspot Shield VPN 1.3
just download Hotspot Shield VPN 1.3
http://www.androiddrawer.com/11257/download-hotspot-shield-vpn-1-3-app-apk/
and google play store will work again
What does Hotspot Shield VPN 1.3 have to do with Google Play not working?
That is an app which creates a VPN so you can access sites that are locked or not authorized.
Personally I went into Settings than Application Manager, then ALL, then Google Play Store.
After that i cleared all the data, force stopped the app and restarted it again.
It worked nicely.
alleshi said:
just download Hotspot Shield VPN 1.3
http://www.androiddrawer.com/11257/download-hotspot-shield-vpn-1-3-app-apk/
and google play store will work again
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urilabob said:
Cause: Corrupted data
Checking: Try the solutions in increasing order of severity.
Solution:
Go into Settings, then apps, then All, click on Google Play Store. Then:
Clear cache, Force stop, restart Google Play and retry
Go into Settings, then apps, then All, click on Google Play Store. Then:
Clear data, Force stop, restart Google Play and retry
Go into Settings, then Accounts and Sync, Click on your account, then on options icon, Remove account (ignore warnings - it's easy to restore)
Restart Google Play. It will ask you to add an account - add your original back in.
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seems point 3 fixes it for me, but as soon as im back on the play store and starting to download something it just starts over again with the error message. Any ideas?
Not even sure how to describe this one..
Hardware: ASUS ME301T (MeMo Smart Pad 10)
Version: 4.2.1 (10.6.1.29, but it was happening on 10.6.1.25 as well)
Rooted, SuperSU installed for the multi-user support. Aside from that, the device is stock.
Play Store: 4.1.6 (4.0.something factory)
Setup:
2 users
Primary user has 2 Google accounts+FB account
Secondary user has a single Google account
Problem:
I have 43 apps installed on the primary user. If I install even 1 more, the app crashes when trying to load the list of installed apps. Doesn't seem to matter what the 44th app is. Uninstall it to drop it back to 43 and it works just fine again. Secondary user is at 46 and no issues. I've tried removing both Google accounts, clearing data+cache of the store, DMClient, and Download Manager, as well as removing the store updates. Nothing has worked. The only things left I can think of is trying to update the store manually via newer apk or a factory reset. I don't know what, if anything, ASUS changed in the store, as the installed size reports 10.46mb or so. Also want to avoid a reset for obvious pain-in-the-arse related reasons.
Any ideas?
I ran into a similar problem. After reading this thread, i tried a few of the suggestions. What ended up working for me was to go to the application manager, got to google play store, uninstall updates, and re install the factory version. Did the same for google play services.
same problem with 4.3.1.1
using a custom rom (LiquidSmooth) on a Galaxy Note II (N7100) international.
went through all the removing\reinstalling\clear cache tricks.. same error pops up every time i try to open the store, and sometimes just as a background process.
not sure if re-flashing will help... (cleared cache and dalvik too).
thoughts..?
ApeironTsuka said:
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Problem:
I have 43 apps installed on the primary user. If I install even 1 more, the app crashes when trying to load the list of installed apps. Doesn't seem to matter what the 44th app is. Uninstall it to drop it back to 43 and it works just fine again. Secondary user is at 46 and no issues. I've tried removing both Google accounts, clearing data+cache of the store, DMClient, and Download Manager, as well as removing the store updates. Nothing has worked. The only things left I can think of is trying to update the store manually via newer apk or a factory reset. I don't know what, if anything, ASUS changed in the store, as the installed size reports 10.46mb or so. Also want to avoid a reset for obvious pain-in-the-arse related reasons.
Any ideas?
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No good ones, but just wondering - is there any possibility it's the 43rd app that is the root of the problem? Perhaps its data is corrupted in play's database, and adding another app reveals the problem.
talamir said:
using a custom rom (LiquidSmooth) on a Galaxy Note II (N7100) international.
went through all the removing\reinstalling\clear cache tricks.. same error pops up every time i try to open the store, and sometimes just as a background process.
not sure if re-flashing will help... (cleared cache and dalvik too).
thoughts..?
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Just in case you didn't try it, jpeg1900's suggestion of reinstalling google play services (rather than just google play) might be relevant here, in light of it crashing as a background process.
Unfortunately google play store has stopped
hello,
i bought a chinese phone - Vsun i9 but unfortunately it looks that is made for chinese market and google play doesn't work:
Unfortunately google play store has stopped
I had rooted the phone but still don't know how to activate google play
Could you help me and if someone knows if there is a custom rom for this phone to send a link.
thank you in advance!
4.5.10
Is this a bugs?? On note 3 original rom play store version 4.5.10 also has this problem, sometimes clear data on download manager / play service / play store can help, sometimes there is no choice, I remove gmail account and sign in again can help...
Why does this happen? Did google give any answer?
helpful topic
i found this very helpful.. thnks
remove account and work well, after few days the same problem occur again!!!! What happen to android? is it need to wait new google play new update?
I broke it!!!
after trying all the processes, several times
I am running Paranoid Android ROM and just wondered if changing hybrid profile of Google play store was contributing to app crashing?!?
note: I was able to open app but from opening menu could not go into any individual tabs (I.e. "apps") without crashing...
Changing hybrid settings back to lower DPI fixed issue and I have just set to the maximum DPI before app starts crashing
hope this helps others
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alleshi said:
just download Hotspot Shield VPN 1.3
http://www.androiddrawer.com/11257/download-hotspot-shield-vpn-1-3-app-apk/
and google play store will work again
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If your problem is due to google sites being blocked by a firewall (your company's, your ISP's, your country's, or whatever) this may be helpful. Be aware that you will need a site on the other end, outside the firewall, to route your google play communications.
If that's not your problem, this solution won't help.
Usually you will know - only a few countries block google, it's highly unlikely that a commercial ISP would, and you will know whether you are trying to do updates on your company's network.
There's a host file in system-etc- delete that file and reboot your phone and see if that works..
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I posted this on another tech forum too, but I am looking to anyone and everyone for answers before I go crazy.
I have an HTC Wildfire S, currently with version 4.2.2 Jellybean. This error has been pestering me ever since my first ICS ROM 4.0.4. I have tried numerous versions of gapps, numerous resets. This has come to happen daily no matter what I do. It only affects the Play Store. I have endlessly searched online and tried different things to no avail, now across 3 Android versions built by different developers. It got worse as of 4.1.2 and is no better in 4.2.2. Using the standard gapps flashables and the built in one to the 4.1.2 ROM, this error will come daily out of nowhere. Usually it shows when I open the Play Store or when I try and run a paid app. In that case(running paid app), it will get so relentless that I can't do anything with my phone but clear dalvik and reboot. It will stop any work I am doing with the constant error. Clear data no help. Force stop just has it restarting on its own. Clear cache no help. Clear Google Account no help. Only clearing the dalvik like a good little girl and rebooting clears it for a little while and lets me use paid apps and the Play Store, only to have it resurface hours later. Reflashing gapps, even after totally wiping them only does about as much as just clearing the dalvik cache. In desperation, since it seemed to mostly happen when launching paid apps, I tried a Play Store with the licensing system hacked. Besides being able to launch my BOUGHT apps offline(like offline games should be able to), this offered 1 improvement. I no longer have it flash up randomly during work with other apps or when launching a paid app. But, I do still have it come up as soon as I try and launch the Play Store in about the same amount of time. The temporary cure: same thing. At least I am not forced out of other apps. My guess is the hacked version does not make the crashing library load to check the license online, hence this improvement. But it still sucks when I want to install or update an app. I would have quit the Play Store and bought from Amazon and others if I have not already paid for so many apps over time I can't use or update without it.
Given I have got it so that it only happens when I launch Play(with hacked Play Store only, otherwise the random relentless error happens(usually when launching or working with a paid app) with any normal version of Google Apps and Google Play in addition to when I launch Play), I am about to either become a pirate and install black market(can have paid apps and avoid launching Gay Store, which would avoid this with the hacked Play Store as unlike the regular builds, it only happens when I actually launch Play) or get an iphone. After over a year, I am just so sick of this error and it's driving me loony. Have never found an answer to it or a fix when searching online. Nor have I been able to trace or figure out why this is happening. Only common thread(besides the hardware) is the ROMs are all stable CM builds, but different Android versions and different developers. I hate to become a pirate to solve this, but I am at wits end and really don't want Apple. I just want something stable, which my setup otherwise is, except for the Play Store. Again, clearing the dalvik cache is the only thing that lets me use it again, but the error will rear its ugly head again anywhere from hours to a day or 2. Please help me. Piracy is not a good fix but iphones are even worse. I will not pay for all my apps again through Amazon. That is just not an option for me, with money being tight and all. The only reason I would consider splurging on an iphone is so I never lose an investment due to a faulty appstore again and to punish Google for this miserable failure by handing over no more money to them.
Selenia said:
I posted this on another tech forum too, but I am looking to anyone and everyone for answers before I go crazy.
I have an HTC Wildfire S, currently with version 4.2.2 Jellybean. This error has been pestering me ever since my first ICS ROM 4.0.4. I have tried numerous versions of gapps, numerous resets. This has come to happen daily no matter what I do. It only affects the Play Store. I have endlessly searched online and tried different things to no avail, now across 3 Android versions built by different developers. It got worse as of 4.1.2 and is no better in 4.2.2. Using the standard gapps flashables and the built in one to the 4.1.2 ROM, this error will come daily out of nowhere. Usually it shows when I open the Play Store or when I try and run a paid app. In that case(running paid app), it will get so relentless that I can't do anything with my phone but clear dalvik and reboot. It will stop any work I am doing with the constant error. Clear data no help. Force stop just has it restarting on its own. Clear cache no help. Clear Google Account no help. Only clearing the dalvik like a good little girl and rebooting clears it for a little while and lets me use paid apps and the Play Store, only to have it resurface hours later. Reflashing gapps, even after totally wiping them only does about as much as just clearing the dalvik cache. In desperation, since it seemed to mostly happen when launching paid apps, I tried a Play Store with the licensing system hacked. Besides being able to launch my BOUGHT apps offline(like offline games should be able to), this offered 1 improvement. I no longer have it flash up randomly during work with other apps or when launching a paid app. But, I do still have it come up as soon as I try and launch the Play Store in about the same amount of time. The temporary cure: same thing. At least I am not forced out of other apps. My guess is the hacked version does not make the crashing library load to check the license online, hence this improvement. But it still sucks when I want to install or update an app. I would have quit the Play Store and bought from Amazon and others if I have not already paid for so many apps over time I can't use or update without it.
Given I have got it so that it only happens when I launch Play(with hacked Play Store only, otherwise the random relentless error happens(usually when launching or working with a paid app) with any normal version of Google Apps and Google Play in addition to when I launch Play), I am about to either become a pirate and install black market(can have paid apps and avoid launching Gay Store, which would avoid this with the hacked Play Store as unlike the regular builds, it only happens when I actually launch Play) or get an iphone. After over a year, I am just so sick of this error and it's driving me loony. Have never found an answer to it or a fix when searching online. Nor have I been able to trace or figure out why this is happening. Only common thread(besides the hardware) is the ROMs are all stable CM builds, but different Android versions and different developers. I hate to become a pirate to solve this, but I am at wits end and really don't want Apple. I just want something stable, which my setup otherwise is, except for the Play Store. Again, clearing the dalvik cache is the only thing that lets me use it again, but the error will rear its ugly head again anywhere from hours to a day or 2. Please help me. Piracy is not a good fix but iphones are even worse. I will not pay for all my apps again through Amazon. That is just not an option for me, with money being tight and all. The only reason I would consider splurging on an iphone is so I never lose an investment due to a faulty appstore again and to punish Google for this miserable failure by handing over no more money to them.
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Full wipe should have been done between different dev's roms.
Then flash your favorite rom and start from scratch with everything.
It will fix your error definitely.
Lgrootnoob said:
Full wipe should have been done between different dev's roms.
Then flash your favorite rom and start from scratch with everything.
It will fix your error definitely.
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Thanks for trying but definitely not. I full wipe before every flash of a new ROM and even did it a few times and reinstalled the last 2 ROMS to no avail. Seems to fix it a bit longer than wiping dalvik, but inevitably, the error comes back within days. This is even without restoring my Titanium backup and reinstalling apps from scratch via Play. But again, thank you for being the first to try. But I do know to full wipe /system, /cache, and /data, and sd-ext before even restoring backups, let alone a new ROM install. I do this in TWRP 1 partition at a time then flash or restore(whichever applies) then usually wipe dalvik after for good measure
Selenia said:
Thanks for trying but definitely not. I full wipe before every flash of a new ROM and even did it a few times and reinstalled the last 2 ROMS to no avail. Seems to fix it a bit longer than wiping dalvik, but inevitably, the error comes back within days. This is even without restoring my Titanium backup and reinstalling apps from scratch via Play. But again, thank you for being the first to try. But I do know to full wipe /system, /cache, and /data, and sd-ext before even restoring backups, let alone a new ROM install. I do this in TWRP 1 partition at a time then flash or restore(whichever applies) then usually wipe dalvik after for good measure
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Any more ideas? I never said this would be easy. In fact, the fact I posted here suggests that it will not. I am experienced with Linux systems and troubleshooting thereof and generally pretty good with Androids and modding. I love helping people but despise asking questions of others and only do so in desperation. Usually content to troubleshoot and lookup info myself and always been that way. But I feel I have reached a dead end, so now I call upon a forum I see as loving challenges to hopefully bail me out. Thanks again, guys. Note:had this issue with 1 other device that dropped dead before I could troubleshoot: a Pantech Burst, also with ICS and JB(was fine on GB as was this HTC Wildfire). It also had no other issues outside of a few minor things listed under bugs for its ROM, just like this phone.
Selenia said:
Any more ideas? I never said this would be easy. In fact, the fact I posted here suggests that it will not. I am experienced with Linux systems and troubleshooting thereof and generally pretty good with Androids and modding. I love helping people but despise asking questions of others and only do so in desperation. Usually content to troubleshoot and lookup info myself and always been that way. But I feel I have reached a dead end, so now I call upon a forum I see as loving challenges to hopefully bail me out. Thanks again, guys. Note:had this issue with 1 other device that dropped dead before I could troubleshoot: a Pantech Burst, also with ICS and JB(was fine on GB as was this HTC Wildfire). It also had no other issues outside of a few minor things listed under bugs for its ROM, just like this phone.
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How 'bout the forum here for the wildfire s?
So this happens even if you run completely stock with no user installed apps? (Other than CM?)
Your s-off right?
Lgrootnoob said:
How 'bout the forum here for the wildfire s?
So this happens even if you run completely stock with no user installed apps? (Other than CM?)
Your s-off right?
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Not S-Off, which was deemed impossible with Wildfire S at the time I started flashing ROMS. Bootloader is unlocked, however, which is said to be good enough for flashing from zip files. All changes I make to /system from TWRP stick permanently. As to whether I had the issue on GB, didn't as far as I left it on there, which was not long at all. Just a matter of days. I loathed the stock Sense 2.1 ROM and only bought this phone off my friend because it was very capable of being modded, otherwise, I would have passed, even at $25 I paid over a year ago. The other phone with same issue started the issue with stock ICS, which continued with custom ROMs. I mention this because that phone had no secuflag. Just a locked bootloader that was easily hacked to unlocked. All root apps do their job with no issue and all my added init scripts(mostly for internet tweaking, etc) stick.
Selenia said:
Not S-Off, which was deemed impossible with Wildfire S at the time I started flashing ROMS. Bootloader is unlocked, however, which is said to be good enough for flashing from zip files. All changes I make to /system from TWRP stick permanently. As to whether I had the issue on GB, didn't as far as I left it on there, which was not long at all. Just a matter of days. I loathed the stock Sense 2.1 ROM and only bought this phone off my friend because it was very capable of being modded, otherwise, I would have passed, even at $25 I paid over a year ago. The other phone with same issue started the issue with stock ICS, which continued with custom ROMs. I mention this because that phone had no secuflag. Just a locked bootloader that was easily hacked to unlocked. All root apps do their job with no issue and all my added init scripts(mostly for internet tweaking, etc) stick.
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I just think that it might because of tweaking.
Partly right. I wiped the phone. Reapplied basic tweaks and was fine. So before letting it pull all my apps back in, I fired up a cheap Chinese tablet that is often used as a victim to my experiments. I installed my previous apps 1 by 1, as this tablet never had the issue. Went on a sudden hunch I had and set Cache Apps to SD Card up and let it run as it binds all app caches. Let it go overnight. In the morning, BAM! Play Store was stopping. Restored apps on my Wildfire S but used a shell script I wrote instead of that app. No Play crashes all day. Funny it probably caused it on my Burst too(RIP). I used the app on several GB phones with no issue but either a Play update, an update to the app, or ICS+ cause this app and Play not to play well. This app does not have many settings to try and fix it. Thus I would avoid that app until further notice. Funny how it's on Play but crashes Play
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I disabled Google Play Services and Google Services Framework on my Moto G, because I don't need them and the Play Store (I sideload all my apps from the pc).
But there's a big problem: if I disable even one of them, and try to enable the geolocation, it only uses the option "high precision" and, worse then that, it makes all the android framework crash and reboot if I try to open any geolocation-using app (like Google Maps or the camera with geo-ON). Any hint to solve this issue? I really want to get rid of these services, for battery and privacy reasons (in particular, battery improvements are really noticeable!).
UPDATE: I don't get this bug UNLESS I reboot the phone. If I do, I get this issue. If I don't, Maps still works even with these services disabled. I'd like anyway to solve this problem so I don't have to make laborious procedures everytime the phone reboot (I already have to kill 5 motorola processes, i.e. Motocare and Motorola Services ones).
I've attached a pair of screens to clarify my situation. I'm on the STOCK and NO-ROOTED rom.
Thank you very much in advance
So you do need Google services? But don't want to need them, my advice flash stock android ROM without using G-apps
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Durteedee said:
So you do need Google services? But don't want to need them, my advice flash stock android ROM without using G-apps
Sent from Sauwny the TL
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No, I'm on the stock android and not need them. But if I disable them, and I reboot the phone, all the geolocating app I use make the system crash, that's a weird behaviour. To convince yourself, you can disable both the services, restart the phone, open Google Maps and press the location button.
If I don't reboot the phone, instead, Google Maps continues to work even with this two services disabled... that's what confuses me
I basically meant stock and stripped like CM11 without Gapps
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zack.1988 said:
No, I'm on the stock android and not need them. But if I disable them, and I reboot the phone, all the geolocating app I use make the system crash, that's a weird behaviour. To convince yourself, you can disable both the services, restart the phone, open Google Maps and press the location button.
If I don't reboot the phone, instead, Google Maps continues to work even with this two services disabled... that's what confuses me
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Basically, you're going to have to root and flash your phone. You can't remove Google services on stock.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715375
NO GAPPS PROJECT THREAD said:
I am one of those who do they everyday work without google stuff and without gapps. I found out several problems:
Some apps do not install because of missing Google Maps API
Some apps fc at startup bacause of missing Maps API or market license check issues
Some apps hardcoded links to several Google Apps and therefor fc or react unexpectedly on certain cases.
No access to Play Store (i tried nearly every alternative market, but nothing is as good for free apps as play store) Meanwhile, F-Droid provides nearly everything you need
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this thread may interest your needs
SamsungAdmire said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715375
this thread may interest your needs
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Thank you for the intereeting link. Unluckily it regards mainly rooted devices... Pretty interesting though
Let me see if I get this right. You purchased a phone manufactured by Google, using a stock Rom compiled by Google, and you are trying to used Google software (Google Maps or Motorola Camera software- by Google) and you find it surprising that the system crashes after disabling Google's framework? And you are hoping to solve this without rooting or flashing a custom Rom? Seriously?
Sorry for the ironic tone, but you really need to give the idea of making a thread for this a second thought, my friend.
No problem for the ironic tone,but I can ensure you that I'm running Google Maps and (Motorola, not Google!) Camera App geotag WITHOUT having these two services enabled, and they work flawlessy the problem is ONLY when I REBOOT the phone, in which case I must enable and disable again these services in order to make apps with geolocation work without crashing the system. I will attach a screenshot of my running processes in the STOCK and NOROOT rom, and I ensure you that apart this small, boot-time issue, everything works great on my phone (with a great battery boost, I've been able to achieve 9 hours of screen time plus 1hr of calls, what do you think?).
I've about 50 apps installed, I just don't like Motorola and Google ones because they keep running about all the time, sucking out a lot of private data and battery juice
Well I am new to Android and also have/had problems using the moto g. I disabled all Google apps and stuff I could find and the OS is not really stable, I get quite a few hiccups and the phone crashes every now and then. I thought the nova launcher might be the problem, but I also suspect the OS in general.
But unlike you I don't use any Google stuff, so not even maps.
Well, I am selling the phone anyway.
No crashes here apart this Maps tweak, so it sound's really weird... maybed you disabled some critical services. On my device, with kitkat 4.4.2, ART compiler, everything is more than stable. You could try a factory reset or switching from Dalvik to ART too...
Sounds like a gigantic hassle. I don't think these services use much battery at all.
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Sounds like a gigantic hassle. I don't think these services use much battery at all.
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Before saying that, try and let me know
(as soon I will use it in a regoular way - I.e. not gaming and not browsing all the time - I'll post a screenshot proving the 9 hours of screen time, that I wasn't able to reach with Google services enabled)
Ive had 9 hours screen time with google services enabled but that was just doing light stuff ,got 2.5 days out of my last battery charge but that was with only 5 hours screen time but mine is rooted and greenified now.
Cant think of a solution to your problem sorry,guess you will just have to avoid rebooting.
yes, I guess so...
I need to reinstall Google play services on my moto g how do I do this?
This thread is over a year old and totally unrelated to your question. Searching the forums is my advice because you are pretty unlikely to find an answer to your question by posting in this particular thread
Hey everyone,
Title says it all really over the past few days over several devices and different users in my household we have noticed that Google play store isn't working properly, we are receiving errors, connections issues and general problems overall.
I contacted Google who didn't do much in all honesty and they advised me to clear the cache for the app on my phone and clear data on both app and googleplay services, which I have done but since doing so my okay store loads but I get the error message check you connection and try again.
I have reinstalled the app using the apk on here and still the same problem.
I'm not to worried about it as I'm pretty sure the problem lies with Google especially since its happening in several device (using different accounts and same accounts)
Is there a fix for this or is it Google causing the fault as I have searched the net and found people with similar issues. (isitdownrightnow.com)
Many thanks
Azel
problem solved
azeluk said:
Hey everyone,
Title says it all really over the past few days over several devices and different users in my household we have noticed that Google play store isn't working properly, we are receiving errors, connections issues and general problems overall.
I contacted Google who didn't do much in all honesty and they advised me to clear the cache for the app on my phone and clear data on both app and googleplay services, which I have done but since doing so my okay store loads but I get the error message check you connection and try again.
I have reinstalled the app using the apk on here and still the same problem.
I'm not to worried about it as I'm pretty sure the problem lies with Google especially since its happening in several device (using different accounts and same accounts)
Is there a fix for this or is it Google causing the fault as I have searched the net and found people with similar issues. (isitdownrightnow.com)
Many thanks
Azel
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Got this one solved for you mate, had the same problem.......... All to do with automatic time and date being out of sync with the play store. Go to time and date settings disable the automatic time zone and automatic time and date. change the date manually to say....the same date but 2013. go back to home, then go back to date and time settings, enable both time zone and time & date auto's, and hey presto........play store's back to normal.
happy days
What do you mean when you say "not working"? Do you get an error message? Does it simply crash/force close?
Did you do something to the devices between the Play Store working and not working? Did you change your internet setup somehow? Did you move to a different country? Did you start worshiping Lord Xenu?
Play Store needs to be a system app. You say you reinstalled it, so I'll assume your devices have root. When you sideload an app it installs as a "user" app. Play Store needs to be a system app. Use whatever app you used to uninstall it to change it to a system app (most root apps that can uninstall system apps have this feature...if what you used doesn't, you can find ones that will, some free). If this isn't the cause of your problem, we'll need more info to help you.
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What do you mean when you say "not working"? Do you get an error message? Does it simply crash/force close?
Did you do something to the devices between the Play Store working and not working? Did you change your internet setup somehow? Did you move to a different country? Did you start worshiping Lord Xenu?
Play Store needs to be a system app. You say you reinstalled it, so I'll assume your devices have root. When you sideload an app it installs as a "user" app. Play Store needs to be a system app. Use whatever app you used to uninstall it to change it to a system app (most root apps that can uninstall system apps have this feature...if what you used doesn't, you can find ones that will, some free). If this isn't the cause of your problem, we'll need more info to help you.
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See comment above man........it's related to date & time sync. Easily sorted
Thanks
Hey guys thanks for the replies you were right all to do with the flipping date and time, all working now many thanks.
Azel.
(high fives all round)
So, I have a TF101 that I had rooted and played around with.. tried kitkat, ICS, etc... Now I have something else, and I want to give this tablet to someone else.. but I want it to be unrooted, stock rom. So, I flashed it back to factory and reset it. The needs of the next user are extremely simple, so stock should work fine...
...however, I can't get Google Play Store to work at all. I've done much research, and some say to just wait 3+ days for google play services to update itself, etc. no dice... I left it plugged in and running, checking each day to ensure it was still connected to wifi so that it could do whatever it needed to do. Nope. I found a thread on another webforum where someone described the exact problem, then at the end he said "problem solved, thank you" without actually describing what happened. Sad. sigh.
I've noticed that google play services isn't even on the stock firmware. instead, it's called google play framework. Perhaps that's part of the problem? I dunno.
I tried downloading the most recent version of google play services and manually installing the APK, but that didn't work either, google play store keeps crashing. Perhaps I need to also download a few more APK's go go along with it, but I need help identifying what is current.. or at least, I need to identify one recent enough that it can then update it self to current.
So.. I'm stuck. Can someone point me in the right direction to try to bring this fully STOCK TF101 up to at LEAST a version of google play store that works? APKs? tweaks?
Flashing to a custom rom is my LAST resort. I don't need any help doing that.. but I want to try to make Stock work again first.
BTW, that original Youtube app from stock all those years ago... it was pretty cool looking now I'm stuck with it.
Use Easyflasher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
This will put it back to factory new condition and remove Root.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I have successfully flashed the unit back to stock rom and completely wiped and reset to factory. then I turned it on, and google play store won't run. I want to install apps normally.
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Sorry if I wasn't clear. I have successfully flashed the unit back to stock rom and completely wiped and reset to factory. then I turned it on, and google play store won't run. I want to install apps normally.
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I had the same problem.
I found the newest playstore on internet and installed it.
Then I had no problems anymore.
That seems to have worked! I had assumed I would need to update google play services first, but apparely I just needed a new Google Play Store APK. I found one that works here: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...google-play-store-6-0-7-android-apk-download/
I downloaded the APK and ran it, and the play store now runs and is updating all other apps on the old TF101. Sweet.
Dunno if Google Play Framework will automatically replace itself with Google Play Services or what, but I'll keep an eye out for that.
Just to followup and close this topic... The tablet is now up and running with multiple apps from the play store, and my wife is now using it to read kindle books and mess with her nursing app. I was planning to give it to her mother, but she intercepted it when it started working
So, basically - if you want to go back to stock firmware - flash to stock, factory reset, then download and install current playstore (as per link above) and don't worry about Google Play Services, it will sort itself out.