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Can't DL from Market, Can't Connect to GTalk

Anyone else having these problems?

Starting Download...
When you try to download from the Market, it hangs at "Starting Download..." and stays there for days? When you try to open Gtalk it perhaps immediately force-closes?
I was trying to find the solution to this for about four or five days - in the end, I had to do a factory reset. Google is (mostly) unresponsive about this problem.
Things I tried:
Toggling Wifi (nothing)
Changing google acct password so the Market has to ask for it again, perhaps resetting something? (didn't work)
Clearing data, cache, the whole shebang from Gtalk, Market, Gapps (no juice)
Couple of restarts (noooope)
Starting downloads and then killing the Market app - still nothing, and done mostly as a last resort.
Possible causes:
It was not tied to rooting the device - what I think happened was when I went to purchase Root Explorer, I had to create a Google Checkout subaccount, and then I was able to grab it...but after that, I could not install any apps from the Market. It seems like internationally this issue is tied to being @googlemail vs @gmail, but that wasn't my case. I've since restored Vb to her former glory, but it was tedious...factory resets suck and I hope I never have to do another one.
What I've done to keep this from happening in the future:
ROM Manager and Clockwork Recovery. I had backups of my apps and data on my computer of course, but this is soooo much easier.
I'll definitely let you know if it ends up flailing out on me again, but so far I haven't had any problems. If you have an app to back up your stuff, or if you want to just do it manually, do that and then selectively restore things after the factory reset. I actually had so few apps that I ended up just re-downloading them from the Market and everything is working smoothly, but that might be a hassle for others.

I had this problem back on my G1 but that was because I removed the IM.apk package not knowing what the result would be. I got it reinstalled and all was well. I've not run into this issue yet with my Vibrant nor do I know anyone else who has.

Had the same issue and found a way to fix it.
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Filter -> All -> Download Manager -> Clear Data
Should work. Worked twice for me. I think this is a Vibrant issue

Texag2010 said:
I think this is a Vibrant issue
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Not so, fortunately or unfortunately. People have been having this issue for over a year and a half, and different things fix it for different people.

Maps on Tilt2

Installed Google maps and it worked fine - for a while. Now, not so much - every time I launch it it tells me I need a data connection (which I have).
I've uninstalled and reinstalled on the storage card and in main memory but it will not load any maps.
So I installed Bing maps - same problem. It locates "me" fine (using GPS) but can not return any search results and will not display any maps.
Internet works fine, as do all other programs that access the web - Weatherbug, pcAnywhere, MyPhone, etc.
Help?

search for Navicomputer, free and great.

Is your data working properly in other applications? I've only ever had that problem when data is completely down wherever I am. The GPS is completely independant of the data. If you have a lot of problems you can always pick up one of the pay GPS apps that load the maps onto a SIM card so you don't have to use any data connection.

oddly enough - absolutely everything else is working. Try as I might, I can not find another application that uses the internet that is not working.
I've downloaded both Google Maps and Bing, and neither will display maps nor can they perform a search. Yet the preloaded AT&T Maps works fine (although it is seriously inferior to either Bing or Google) And I really do not want the monthly fee for the Navigator.
Totally perplexed.

wolff162 said:
oddly enough - absolutely everything else is working. Try as I might, I can not find another application that uses the internet that is not working.
I've downloaded both Google Maps and Bing, and neither will display maps nor can they perform a search. Yet the preloaded AT&T Maps works fine (although it is seriously inferior to either Bing or Google) And I really do not want the monthly fee for the Navigator.
Totally perplexed.
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ding ding ding.... I remember reading a long while ago that ATT Maps disables other map software like google and bing. Try uninstaling that or disabling it and see if google/bing works
Just an idea

thanks - I will give that a try and let you know how it works out

well I can't uninstall ATT maps nor can I figure out how to disable it. I may try the dreaded hard reset and see if that works - it did for someone on another forum with gmaps on a tilt2

I'm presuming you're using a stock AT$T rom, have you tried crudscraper to blow AT& T maps?

actually that's just one point in favor of my being a real newb! I could not crud scrape to function....It allows me to select the programs, but then quits when it goes to remove the programs - I have a post in the crud scraper thread...
but - I updated to the new AT&T ROM last night and reinstalled gmaps and now it is fully functional. Odd. My next attempt will be with crud scraper and the new ROM.

Play Store stuck in"download"

When attempting to update installed apps or install new apps, Play Storee app just gets stuck at the animated download bar. It doesn't actually download anything. No progress is indicated. No data size xxMB/xxMB is displayed. It just sits there with that stupid animated download bar.
I have tried the following, to no avail:
-Rebooted
-Cleared cache thru Recovery Console
-Cleared cache and data for Play Store and Download Manager apps
-Cleared all apps' cache thru Titanium Backup
-Removed and re-added my Google account
Does anybody have any other ideas? I've been trying to avoid a factory reset, as I hate having to redo my apps and homescreens.
FYI - This is an 1838-25U 32GB w/0089US
TIA

Same here?!?!?
Any ideas??

I had the same issue.
I downloaded SD Maid , ran all the "cleanup" utilities available in the free version and it got better

I have this problem too. How do we get sd maid from the app store if we can't download apps?

Jonnydark said:
I have this problem too. How do we get sd maid from the app store if we can't download apps?
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After updating to ICS, normal Play Store functionality has returned.

how do i update to ICS?
mmmm Ice cream....

Just the standard "check for updates" in the settings/about menu.
If you're rooted, you'll wanna first temporarily unroot using Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper, and restore root after update.

I flash from 86 to 89.. the market was stuck downloading.
I re-flashed the gapps to a slightly older version of the market. Once booted back into Android, this forced the PlayStore update from google and corrected the stuck download error.

okay thank you i upgraded and it works fine now.
:good::good::good:*RELIEF* :good::good::good:

I was really surprised to come back to the Thinkpad xda forum for this issue after hunting all around the nets for a solution. I wasn't looking for TPT. Hmmmm.
I didn't get stuck until after my ICS upgrade. I've even tried v3.7.11 & 13 of Play, and still no go.
Here's a list of suggestions I've tried and none worked for me:
Rebooting, pretty much between/in the middle of the following (of course)
Clearing Play cache & data
Clearing Download manager cache & data
Launching Market 1.1.0 (that flopped entirely)
Unfreezing Market and Market Updater in Titanium Backup
Three newest versions of Play
Double checking that I can download other stuff from other sources
Enabling (& disabling & re-enabling) background data
Enabling (& disabling & re-enabling) USB Debugging
Downloading apps via wifi on my phones to make sure it wasn't my router, login or somesuch
(Re)Signing in to GTalk
Disabling Avast Firewall
Enabling & disabling Unkown Sources
Clearing out some fairly useless, space-hogging games
And Mercury isn't even retrograde yet.
About 15 minutes ago I contacted Google Play support.
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Addendum: OK, it's 24 hours or so, and I haven't heard from Google. Last night I, too, bit the bullet, by doing a factory reset. I noticed that the Play store version (which I had uninstalled prior to the reset) was 3.7.13 after the reset (with the perfunctory online updating the tablet does). It worked, anyway.
It almost seemed to me like the download process couldn't access something it needed, like a symlink or something was missing and there wasn't any error handling for it, it just kept looking.
It startled me how useless the gadget seemed (I know it wasn't) without being to get my favorite app's crucial updates, most of which require root access for one reason or another. Tech head games. I was definitely more frustrated than the situation warranted.

I started to have this issue on Thursday evening when trying to update all my apps before I even considered the upgrade to ICS. I wanted to get everything straight, test it out and then decide if I wanted to upgrade or wait to see the reports. But, once I tried to update about 12 apps, I got the dreaded "Downloading" issue. I tried all the suggestions listed and even downloaded the version of Play for Jelly Bean, but stopped short of using it. Google support was very nice and tried everything for me at 10:30 P.M. In the end, I just bit the bullet and upgraded to ICS and that solved the trouble. The odd thing for me was we tried to remove Play through the normal channels so I would revert back to Market and then upgrade again. That hosed things nicely. I had market on the device, it was running, but no icon would display. In all, this forced me to upgraded to ICS sooner than I wanted, but as it all worked out well I am not complaining.
Still, it would be nice to know how wide-spread this issue might be and what caused it. I want to think the download of the ICS upgrade was the cause, but I don't have any proof.

Same Result I have Tried Different Devices on MTNL Network
I am using these devices for several months. and all things are fine until this august.
I have tested different devives Like galaxy r, galaxy s2 and galaxy y. All are getting stuck on downloading sometimes. during this i can do surfing, browse other apps and games in play store etc etc. But the downloading still stuck at downloading.
When I tried different internet like mobile 2g and 3g and other network except MTNL. The results are good.
I Think Play Store is blocking my ip address.
If any one has solution please help or someone tell google about this please...
Thank you..

I had the issue.
What solved it for me was running a program called SD Maid.
I ran the one test specific to my SD Card's files, and it worked fine for me after that.
This was on HoneyComb.

Reflashing shd work
Reflashing Google apps should work.
Google apps for all versions of Android here: http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Google_Apps

Thanks for the link.

Janis said:
I was really surprised to come back to the Thinkpad xda forum for this issue after hunting all around the nets for a solution. I wasn't looking for TPT. Hmmmm.
I didn't get stuck until after my ICS upgrade. I've even tried v3.7.11 & of Play, and still no go.
Here's a list of suggestions I've tried and none worked for me:
Rebooting, pretty much between/in the middle of the following (of course)
Clearing Play cache & data
Clearing Download manager cache & data
Launching Market 1.1.0 (that flopped entirely)
Unfreezing Market and Market Updater in Titanium Backup
Three newest versions of Play
Double checking that I can download other stuff from other sources
Enabling (& disabling & re-enabling) background data
Enabling (& disabling & re-enabling) USB Debugging
Downloading apps via wifi on my phones to make sure it wasn't my router, login or somesuch
(Re)Signing in to GTalk
Disabling Avast Firewall
Enabling & disabling Unkown Sources
Clearing out some fairly useless, space-hogging games
And Mercury isn't even retrograde yet.
About 15 minutes ago I contacted Google Play support.
**********************
Addendum: OK, it's 24 hours or so, and I haven't heard from Google. Last night I, too, bit the bullet, by doing a factory reset. I noticed that the Play store version (which I had uninstalled prior to the reset) was 3.7.13 after the reset (with the perfunctory online updating the tablet does). It worked, anyway.
It almost seemed to me like the download process couldn't access something it needed, like a symlink or something was missing and there wasn't any error handling for it, it just kept looking.
It startled me how useless the gadget seemed (I know it wasn't) without being to get my favorite app's crucial updates, most of which require root access for one reason or another. Tech head games. I was definitely more frustrated than the situation warranted.
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I tried to install Google Play Store 4.2.3 It worked.. I tried all the ways listed above.. But not a single one worked

[Q] Precached maps: 'Error loading, tap to download'

Does anyone else get this with the Maps app? It seems they are stored for a few days to weeks, then the application or the system deletes them. Does anyone know why?

Interestingly enough, I ran into the exact same thing this morning. I'd downloaded a section of my local area a few weeks ago after wiping my 32 gigger & when trying to check directions this morning (offline), the map never filled in & I noticed the exact same message on the offline pane. Being able to store offline maps is kinda useless if the device reclaims that storage via some kind of background process.

I have this too, all the time, on my Galaxy Nexus stock 4.1.2. As far as I know, this has always happened, sooner or later, to any off-line maps I had downloaded. What could be causing this? Is there a way to repair/circumvent this bug?

Bug has been fixed!
Apparently this bug has been fixed: with the latest version of Google Maps, it doesn't happen any more. Thank you, Google!

XTRONS TM100L (Allwinner T8) Google Maps problem

Hello,
Can you please help me with my google maps issue on xtrons TM100L device?
From some time I have a problem with artefacts displayed on screen istead of text (eg. street names etc.).
The problem is gone when I delete app data (for google maps app) but only for the first run of the app (after data delete). On the next run of the app problem is back.
It begin some time ago, maybe after some update of google maps. I was not doing anything else.
I tried to hard reset of the TM100L unit and configure android from scratch but without success. The problem remains.
Please see attachements.
BR
Pagi