playstore not working correctly - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone I am using the s4 octa core version,I am rooted on 4.2.2.the problem 8s that the playstore is not working correctly.its loads up the playstore mainscreen fine but clicking on any options such as games or apps lead to the message "connection timed out" my internet connection is working all fine .and I can searh for apps and download .its just the options such as games and app which are not loading ..need help plzz..

Looks like your connection isn't fast enough. Usually, retrying a few times does the trick.

Nexsss1 said:
Hey everyone I am using the s4 octa core version,I am rooted on 4.2.2.the problem 8s that the playstore is not working correctly.its loads up the playstore mainscreen fine but clicking on any options such as games or apps lead to the message "connection timed out" my internet connection is working all fine .and I can searh for apps and download .its just the options such as games and app which are not loading ..need help plzz..
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hi
u need to download root explore and install it.Run the app and grant super user permission. Now go to etc folder and check a file having name 'hosts'. If u find this file then delete it. Now go to Google play. It should work now......

Nexsss1 said:
Hey everyone I am using the s4 octa core version,I am rooted on 4.2.2.the problem 8s that the playstore is not working correctly.its loads up the playstore mainscreen fine but clicking on any options such as games or apps lead to the message "connection timed out" my internet connection is working all fine .and I can searh for apps and download .its just the options such as games and app which are not loading ..need help plzz..
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You might want to remove all your Google accounts from phone and add them again.
Happens to me couple of times and works again fine as soon as I add Google account again.

GermainZ said:
Looks like your connection isn't fast enough. Usually, retrying a few times does the trick.
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Its fast enought to download a 100 mb appin 5 secs btw thanks for replying

[email protected] said:
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u need to download root explore and install it.Run the app and grant super user permission. Now go to etc folder and check a file having name 'hosts'. If u find this file then delete it. Now go to Google play. It should work now......
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Just did it ..its working fine now. Thanks bro

Then close this thread op.
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[Q] My X8 can't connect to market

Hi guys, newbie here and i just had my x8 for a week. upgraded it to 2.1 and had it rooted as well.
now the problem is, i can't seem to connect to Android market. i have a google account and its working but i keep on getting the below message whenever i try the market. i can connect to the internet and browse with no problem at all
i saw some threads on other units experiencing the same problem and they said that reseting the phone will fix this. now my question is, will this also work on my x8? once i had the phone reset, will it also erase my 2.1 and root update??
please help guys! thanks a million!
Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server.
This could be a temporary problem or your sim card may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call customer care.
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Happened to me once with incorrect APN settings. That was after a factory reset. Same scenario, can browse the internet and all. But I'm using an x10. Might be worth checking additional APN settings with your network provider.
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try reinstall the market app.
enjoy
how do i re-install it? can you give me a link to download the market app? thanks
romzL said:
how do i re-install it? can you give me a link to download the market app? thanks
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there are 3 download link.
pick one who works and pick the market app.
I have same problem too, I can connect to market, browse app on market, but when i try to download I cannot get it, just appear icon download, and message 'your item will be downloaded'. But then dissapear and can't download item.
I try to browse /system/app there is DownloadProvider appear. What is problem with my phone ?
Tehouster said:
there are 3 download link.
pick one who works and pick the market app.
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Uhm, where are the 3 download links?
romzL said:
Uhm, where are the 3 download links?
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under the picture of files it says:
Download link 1
Download link 2
Download link 3
download, find the market app and install it like normal .apk
abusalma said:
I have same problem too, I can connect to market, browse app on market, but when i try to download I cannot get it, just appear icon download, and message 'your item will be downloaded'. But then dissapear and can't download item.
I try to browse /system/app there is DownloadProvider appear. What is problem with my phone ?
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try clear cache, reboot and start again the market.
Tehouster said:
try clear cache, reboot and start again the market.
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you can go to settings>applications>manage application>uninstall updates. the n you can restart your phone and try to open market app with internet access . hope one of the above mention method by tehouster or by me will or otherwise do update software to reinstall the software..
don't need for update software.
use one of the methods..
but if this doesn't work then repair or update.
hello
can any one of you help me. I buy xperia X8 without android market apps install in it. How can I install it? thanks for your concern

[Q] help

Hi
My English is poor
This is my first Thread
I have installed the following ROM
A500 HC3.2.1_7.014.02_COM_GEN2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422504
I installed the following game
Samurai II Vengeance1.0
Force close in the first game logo
Is there a way to run the game
Thank you
Bad Install?
first go into Settings then applications .. Find the game.. in the list long tap on it.. clear cache and data for the game .
second if clearing does not work try uninstalling the game.. If it created a folder on your SD. internal sd card. delete this folder.. Re download . or install the game. this is assuming it came from the Android Market.
if you get this game from a 3rd party it could be anything causing this
if the above does not work.. try getting this app
ADVANCED TASK KILLER..
GO into the settings for this.. Turn everything off that lets it run in the background..
OPEN THE APP AND KILL ALL..
REBOOT THE TABLET OPEN THE APP AND KILL ALL AGAIN . THEN Launch and try the game..
This has worked for me in the past with a few apps.that dont play will with others..
IF Still no go read the feedback on the game in the market.if you see no issues with the Iconia there.. send dev a email...
Good Luck
thank you
erica_renee said:
first go into Settings then applications .. Find the game.. in the list long tap on it.. clear cache and data for the game .
second if clearing does not work try uninstalling the game.. If it created a folder on your SD. internal sd card. delete this folder.. Re download . or install the game. this is assuming it came from the Android Market.
if you get this game from a 3rd party it could be anything causing this
if the above does not work.. try getting this app
ADVANCED TASK KILLER..
GO into the settings for this.. Turn everything off that lets it run in the background..
OPEN THE APP AND KILL ALL..
REBOOT THE TABLET OPEN THE APP AND KILL ALL AGAIN . THEN Launch and try the game..
This has worked for me in the past with a few apps.that dont play will with others..
IF Still no go read the feedback on the game in the market.if you see no issues with the Iconia there.. send dev a email...
Good Luck
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thank you very much and I wish you well and win
Hi
My English is poor
Samurai the game does not run
I think the battery life is low
What is the ROM with a good battery life
And problem solving the samurai game؟
Stock and Custom is better
The following is a well-ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265847
Thanks for your answer
Hi,
I have this problem after i upgraded my HTC desire s to 2.3.5 via ota update i m not able to install Samurai vengence II, it gives an error as unable to install, before the update it used to run very smoothly... I m on stock asia rom. Any help will be much appreciated....
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[HELP!]Can't install a game!

Hey!
I just rooted my Samsung galaxy s4 and i have paranoidota.
When i trying to inatall game called "Geometery dash" (full verson and bought) then i getting a anoying error saying "OUT OF SPACE" and i can touch manage apps, i have 7 gb of 12. But i can install other apps but not geometery dash :/
Sry for bad english
zXDexusXz said:
Hey!
I just rooted my Samsung galaxy s4 and i have paranoidota.
When i trying to inatall game called "Geometery dash" (full verson and bought) then i getting a anoying error saying "OUT OF SPACE" and i can touch manage apps, i have 7 gb of 12. But i can install other apps but not geometery dash :/
Sry for bad english
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Hi mate ,
You had installed the game before or you had a bad installation
Is a playstore error
Use a file explorer (root) , search and delete the app giving you problems in the following folders
You may lose the settings of the app , backup app before you do anything
1 Delete the app that is giving you problems at /data/app-lib
2 If the problem continues delete the app at /data/data
3 If problem continues delete also the app at /data/app
Reinstall the app
help
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate ,
You had installed the game before or you had a bad installation
Is a playstore error
Use a file explorer (root) , search and delete the app giving you problems in the following folders
You may lose the settings of the app , backup app before you do anything
1 Delete the app that is giving you problems at /data/app-lib
2 If the problem continues delete the app at /data/data
3 If problem continues delete also the app at /data/app
Reinstall the app
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I can't find playstore please say what its called thx
zXDexusXz said:
I can't find playstore please say what its called thx
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Hi Mate ,
What i meant is that was a google playstore error ,
Look for the app Geometery dash in the directories i posted and delete it from there , back up first the game data if not you will loose it , re install app again
MAX 404 said:
Hi Mate ,
What i meant is that was a google playstore error ,
Look for the app Geometery dash in the directories i posted and delete it from there , back up first the game data if not you will loose it , re install app again
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Okey i deleted the game from /data/data but i cant delete the folder /data/app-lib
Thx

Arena of Valor can't be installed

Hey everyone,
This is not a super important question, but it still irritates me. I wanted to try out the game Arena of Valor (which hit the German PlayStore recently) and play a round with some friends. But it turns out it apparently can't be installed. (My friends running the default roms on their phones (Huawei etc.) Have no issues at all)
I have an Axon7 running one of the latest Resurrection Remix Builds and I am rooted using Magisk. I have not experienced any other problems with downloading or installing apps from the PlayStore.
But whenever I tap on download, the download of the game starts and (since it is a rather large one) takes a while (I get the normal download bar and everything). Then after a while it says "installing" for another like 5 minutes to then suddenly give me an error message which reads as follows (rough translation from German):
" App can not be downloaded.
'Arena of Valor ..... Game' (full name of the game) can not be downloaded. Please try again. If the issue remains you can get help from the Probelmsolving article. (Code of error: 492) "
So obviously I tried again (for like 15 times now), I also tried rebooting my phone several times and I did search the code of error online and found out that it's supposed to be google-related and clearing the cache of the PlayStore and services could fix this, but it did not for me.
At this point I'm pretty confused, since I can install any other app (I've tried so far) just fine and I am now wondering why this would be. Could it be an issue with root, but then again I'd think it would tell me, as other apps did before. Does any one else have this issue or the app successfully installed on their device? Or does anyone have an idea what could cause my problem and fix this? Thanks for any help in advance!
Cheers
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Just tried to download it. It worked fine, installed, started up OK. I'm on stock 7.1.1. B05 (A2017G). I'd suggest You to find the game's .apk somewhere (there are some sites hosting android apps) and try to download/install from there.
TBone142 said:
Just tried to download it. It worked fine, installed, started up OK. I'm on stock 7.1.1. B05 (A2017G). I'd suggest You to find the game's .apk somewhere (there are some sites hosting android apps) and try to download/install from there.
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Hey thanks for your feedback! I already did that as well... should have added it above :/ I downloaded from apkmirror and another site and got it to start nad was asked to give permissions, but after that everytime a pop-up showed up telling me to download again from google play, since there was some kind of error. So that didn`t do the trick either for me.
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Well, I'd say I thought so it'd do that, but it did worth a shot. I'm sorry it didn't help.
Edit: Just got something on my mind. On ine of the stock updates (can't remember which one) download from the Play Store was really, I mean REALLY slow through Wi-Fi. But I realized that if I simply start the download then put the phone in 'sleep' mode by pressing the power button, the download speed is just turns back to normal. It was pretty obvious during big downloads. It was really slow (shown 30 minutes or so for finish), then I just pressed power, checked on it in a couple of minutes and download was done. I don't know why it did this, but it worked every time, maybe you should try that. Other than that, go back to stock. jk.
|Furō| said:
Hey thanks for your feedback! I already did that as well... should have added it above :/ I downloaded from apkmirror and another site and got it to start nad was asked to give permissions, but after that everytime a pop-up showed up telling me to download again from google play, since there was some kind of error. So that didn't do the trick either for me.
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I guess that app has obb too, so you should install an FTP server on your phone and an FTP client on one of your friends' phones, then go to /sdcard/Android/obb/ and copy the folder of the game to the same place on your phone
Choose an username... said:
I guess that app has obb too, so you should install an FTP server on your phone and an FTP client on one of your friends' phones, then go to /sdcard/Android/obb/ and copy the folder of the game to the same place on your phone
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sounds good, thanks! will try that! And then should I download the game again? Or what will happen then (haven't done it yet though)
|Furō| said:
sounds good, thanks! will try that! And then should I download the game again? Or what will happen then (haven't done it yet though)
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Lol no, what Play store does is just download the apk from a database and install it on your phone, then download whatever extra files the app needs. If you bought the app it will also provide authentication in case that it needs to get it.
So basically you can do the same process manually (as long as it's free) by downloading the apk and the obb, then moving the obb folder (named com.devname.appname) to /sdcard/Android/obb/.
Otherwise you can try wiping Play store's cache and try to download it, and if that still doesn't do anything delete its data.
Just checking, is your Axon 7 a Chinese version- the A2017?
I have had trouble downloading large data files for games on this from playstore too... It might have something to do with the fact that google had to be installed from other places and google has a security issue with our devices...
After a few updates, currently on B08, it works. Can download apps that failed prior to this update...
ultramag69 said:
Just checking, is your Axon 7 a Chinese version- the A2017?
I have had trouble downloading large data files for games on this from playstore too... It might have something to do with the fact that google had to be installed from other places and google has a security issue with our devices...
After a few updates, currently on B08, it works. Can download apps that failed prior to this update...
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No I have the G-Model. So I don't think that should be the issue. But still thanks for the thought!
Choose an username... said:
Lol no, what Play store does is just download the apk from a database and install it on your phone, then download whatever extra files the app needs. If you bought the app it will also provide authentication in case that it needs to get it.
So basically you can do the same process manually (as long as it's free) by downloading the apk and the obb, then moving the obb folder (named com.devname.appname) to /sdcard/Android/obb/.
Otherwise you can try wiping Play store's cache and try to download it, and if that still doesn't do anything delete its data.
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Ok thanks a lot! Will try to do that, once I come home today and report back if it worked
Just to learn something again, what exactly is OBB? And if I download the apk I don't have the obb with it automatically?
And I`m having trouble copying/moving the folder into obb (apparantly this is not supposed to be done)
Is there a way to do it?
|Furō| said:
And I`m having trouble copying/moving the folder into obb (apparantly this is not supposed to be done)
Is there a way to do it?
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Just move it lol
Where did you get the obb folder from? Try root browser, even if you don't have root.
The obb is just additional files that the app uses. I guess they need to do that because you's have to download the whole thing if they just updated the app like they usually do. So for a 3 GB game you might only need to download ~100 mb instead of the whole 3 GB when you update it
|Furō| said:
Ok thanks a lot! Will try to do that, once I come home today and report back if it worked
Just to learn something again, what exactly is OBB? And if I download the apk I don't have the obb with it automatically?
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OBB files are basically the data files., just in a different format. The Obb files will come in a separate folder if the whole thing isn't RAR'ed or Zipped up...
You should have games apk file and a separate folder with OBB files inside.
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Choose an username... said:
Just move it lol
Where did you get the obb folder from? Try root browser, even if you don't have root.
The obb is just additional files that the app uses. I guess they need to do that because you's have to download the whole thing if they just updated the app like they usually do. So for a 3 GB game you might only need to download ~100 mb instead of the whole 3 GB when you update it
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Well I am rooted (Magisk) but ES Explorer is unable to enable the root functions for some reason even though it has Superuser rights in Magisk... And solid explorer as any other I've tried so far won't move files to the obb folder.
And I got the file from the phone of a friend as suggested
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Well I am rooted (Magisk) but ES Explorer is unable to enable the root functions for some reason even though it has Superuser rights in Magisk... And solid explorer as any other I've tried so far won't move files to the obb folder.
And I got the file from the phone of a friend as suggested
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Again, try Root browser (the old one won't be able to move stuff to the SD card, but it's even better than the new one). Much better than those two... ES explorer is the worst bloated piece of crap there is.
Choose an username... said:
Again, try Root browser (the old one won't be able to move stuff to the SD card, but it's even better than the new one). Much better than those two... ES explorer is the worst bloated piece of crap there is.
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I agree with you on ES , and tried out the new root browser which leaves a really good first impression! Didn't know of this app so far, so thanks for pointing it out!
But I still can't do it... I'll attach a short screen capture of what is happening for me
https://www.dropbox.com/s/esg4mcxmg04vebw/VID-20170819-WA0003.mp4?dl=0
(Since the upload on XDA didn't work for me)
|Furō| said:
I agree with you on ES , and tried out the new root browser which leaves a really good first impression! Didn't know of this app so far, so thanks for pointing it out!
But I still can't do it... I'll attach a short screen capture of what is happening for me
https://www.dropbox.com/s/esg4mcxmg04vebw/VID-20170819-WA0003.mp4?dl=0
(Since the upload on XDA didn't work for me)
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Will delete the video in the next couple of days Any help is very appreciated!
ultramag69 said:
Just checking, is your Axon 7 a Chinese version- the A2017?
I have had trouble downloading large data files for games on this from playstore too... It might have something to do with the fact that google had to be installed from other places and google has a security issue with our devices...
After a few updates, currently on B08, it works. Can download apps that failed prior to this update...
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I've got problems download some large data files too it gives me this error when it is almost downloaded 87%. And I 'm on B17.
Aj-jss said:
I've got problems download some large data files too it gives me this error when it is almost downloaded 87%. And I 'm on B17.
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No, I got "Playstore has stopped. Try again". But every time I tried , play store would stop...
ultramag69 said:
No, I got "Playstore has stopped. Try again". But every time I tried , play store would stop...
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Yeah , it seems storage permission was disabled for Play Store and I enabled it and now it works.

Some Apps & Games Shows Incompatible

I Was Unable To Get Some Apps & Games On My Moto G4 Plus
I Was Unable To A Game 'Critical Ops' On Some Custom Roms The Game Shows 'This App Is Incompatible With This Device' & On Stock Also The After Rooting & Doing A Factory Reset The Game Again Shows The Same Thing.
A App Was Also Showing Same Problem But I Didn't Remembered It
Why Is It So??
Pls Help!!
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I Was Unable To Get Some Apps & Games On My Moto G4 Plus
I Was Unable To A Game 'Critical Ops' On Some Custom Roms The Game Shows 'This App Is Incompatible With This Device' & On Stock Also The After Rooting & Doing A Factory Reset The Game Again Shows The Same Thing.
A App Was Also Showing Same Problem But I Didn't Remembered It
Why Is It So??
Pls Help!!
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Can you see the app within playstore app on your device? How did you install it?
There's are several reasons for this error...
strongst said:
Can you see the app within playstore app on your device? How did you install it?
There's are several reasons for this error...
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No i can't see it, i searched from browser and clicked on Google play link & it shows me this & i downloaded it from browser
jaxx08 said:
No i can't see it, i searched from browser and clicked on Google play link & it shows me this & i downloaded it from browser
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You should read this for example https://www.howtogeek.com/138500/th...g-incompatible-android-apps-from-google-play/
Maybe you have a location problem. It's not general about the hardware.

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