Google Play store Waiting for network. - Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello there all around.
Maybe already someone mentioned earlier...
Can't Downloading some games ( I presume big files) from store, it gives error - waiting for network, or not shown at all progres, or king of pending procedure. I'm feeding shield with Hotspot from phone, but I know definitely my provide have no restrictions, coz downloading constantly torrent, movies, big files etc on pc and phone it self on same network. I tried all kind of tests clear Google play store cash/ data, reset factory device all this things and non of them helps. Should I go and rooted and edit host file or any kind suggestions? Any other suggestions very appreciated.
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I had the EXACT same problem. I was using my phone as a hotspot, and certain apps would download just fine, but one in particular, Minecraft Story Mode, just kept showing "waiting for network". The only way I got through it was to take my Shield to work. I plugged it into my ethernet at the office and it downloaded just fine.
I agree with you that the hotspot shouldn't have anything to do with it, but it seems it does. I tried clearing data in google play, clearing it in google play services, uninstalling updates, etc. In my research I found that when Sprint first rolled out the first 4G network in the U.S., people were having the same problem with the play store. It has to be something about the traffic. The only thing I would suggest is try a VPN with your hotspot if you absolutely can't get to a place with WiFi or ethernet.

bradleyw801 said:
I had the EXACT same problem. I was using my phone as a hotspot, and certain apps would download just fine, but one in particular, Minecraft Story Mode, just kept showing "waiting for network". The only way I got through it was to take my Shield to work. I plugged it into my ethernet at the office and it downloaded just fine.
I agree with you that the hotspot shouldn't have anything to do with it, but it seems it does. I tried clearing data in google play, clearing it in google play services, uninstalling updates, etc. In my research I found that when Sprint first rolled out the first 4G network in the U.S., people were having the same problem with the play store. It has to be something about the traffic. The only thing I would suggest is try a VPN with your hotspot if you absolutely can't get to a place with WiFi or ethernet.
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Thanks for suggestion, somewhere i had kind of suspicious feeling about that all. Thanks
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For what it's worth, I found some other people having a similar problem. But unlike us, they weren't tethered. https://forums.geforce.com/default/...few-apps-not-installing-waiting-for-network-/
May be a problem with the shield after all...

bradleyw801 said:
For what it's worth, I found some other people having a similar problem. But unlike us, they weren't tethered. https://forums.geforce.com/default/...few-apps-not-installing-waiting-for-network-/
May be a problem with the shield after all...
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My opinion - shield native os...
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Not sure if it's connected but the same thing happens on my Sony 2015 Android TV (permanently connected via cable to a perfectly working NAT router). The Play app received a major redesign recently but still seems to have its quirks.
The thread /r/AndroidTV/comments/3r572z mentions it as a bug in the latest play store build.

I had this problem since the start its only app over 50mb, then it was 60mb after an update, now with the new revamped play store for ATV the problem is fixed, for me at least
this update http://www.googlewatchblog.de/wp-content/uploads/android-tv-neu.jpg

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[Q] wont connect to android market or gmail

My wifes A7 wont connect to the android market place now keeps saying no connection but it will connect to websites and is connected to our wireless network. do i just have to update the market app? please help
Not sure if this is your problem too, but mine was doing that exact thing today. For me it turned out that if I got to an area of the house with a weak Wifi signal, it stilled showed connected to my network, with 1 or 2 bars, but would not connect to gmail or the market. It kept telling me to log in to my gmail account, when I already was. I walked to the other side of the house, near the wireless router, and everything started working again.
Apparently, there is a bit of a false indication going on there as far as having a "good" wireless data connection.
Yeah i thought that might been case but I was right by my router when still wouldn't connect.
I found out the problem was the system time was not correct and once I manually changed it, everything works fine.
Thanks for suggestion and help improve appreciate it.
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I have never been able to access android market with my elocity a7.. have found apps from
various sources but would like android market too! Tried every suggestion, when trying to download app., says no phone associated? Oh, what to do... lots of bars, close to router, time has been set...thanks so much for your suggestions..please help!
what i did was go to this site tabletroms.com and look for A7 forum. there is a mod there by dexter that will enable the A7 to use the android market. it is version 1.42, just have to do a factory restore and install update from a micro sd card.
deathcry30 said:
Yeah i thought that might been case but I was right by my router when still wouldn't connect.
I found out the problem was the system time was not correct and once I manually changed it, everything works fine.
Thanks for suggestion and help improve appreciate it.
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I am SO happy to have found this post. I have a Samsung Galaxy Wifi 5 which was behaving very oddly. It was part sync'ing, could access internet, but gmail said no connection (despite being able to access email), and picasa sync failed.
Then through various guesses I came across this thread, and everything worked after setting the time again.
I realise what happened was that the Gal Wifi was completely dead having flattened the battery totally by accident, so it lost its clock.
I imagine that when the apps talked to Google, there would have been a failure validating SSL certs or related, and it produced an error which wasn't being trapped and thus producing the meaningless "unknown" errors.

APP not working with no Wi-Fi

My daughter has been playing cut the rope without internet connection. But this week she started the game and says "internet connection needed".
this the paid app from amazon marketplace and not rooted, any solutions?
I've gotten this message with some apps myself even though I've had them open previously without a wifi connection. Opening them with the wifi connected fixes it for the time being and I'm able to play without internet again.
kls629 said:
My daughter has been playing cut the rope without internet connection. But this week she started the game and says "internet connection needed".
this the paid app from amazon marketplace and not rooted, any solutions?
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Might be similar to xbox live games requiring Internet connection to play them on the 360 Probably their way of preventing piracy. Just a thought.
Krunkatron said:
I've gotten this message with some apps myself even though I've had them open previously without a wifi connection. Opening them with the wifi connected fixes it for the time being and I'm able to play without internet again.
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i will try this today, havent had time to connect it to wifi yet
Might be an in app update or additional content needed thats online. Usually if you update or run it with WiFi itll be good till the next update.

[Q] Internet works, then cuts off till restart

I have been downloading alot of p2p data on my LTE plan, I have noticed every once in a while the internet connection completely stops even though I have 4 bars of LTE signal. Turning mobile data on and off does not solve it and activating then deactivating aeroplane mode sometimes works. Rebooting the phone always works. I have noticed it usually cuts off after downloading a lot of data via utorrent however a few times it cuts off without this condition being met. This phenomenon is one I have noticed only after using my phone for very large data downloads, I've been using my phone for a few months now without this issue.
I am using a GT-I9505 model which is rooted and has the google edition 4.4.2 installed.
What could be the problem and how do I fix it?
Many thanks.
PS. this is the link to the rom I am using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544474
Maybe your operator is blocking p2p ?
qtwrk said:
Maybe your operator is blocking p2p ?
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I highly doubt it, p2p traffic is blocked on my network anyway however I use a VPN to mask all my data, and when it cuts off it is not just p2p but all data even after VPN has been turned off. I also called them and asked whether there is any sort of fair usage policy which applies to my contract which may throttle my data and there is absolutely not. I think it is an issue with the phone.
zpartan said:
I highly doubt it, p2p traffic is blocked on my network anyway however I use a VPN to mask all my data, and when it cuts off it is not just p2p but all data even after VPN has been turned off. I also called them and asked whether there is any sort of fair usage policy which applies to my contract which may throttle my data and there is absolutely not. I think it is an issue with the phone.
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Try download some large files in stock browser or like install a big game in play store to see if your connection gets killed due to over amount of data stream or not.
If connection maintains in play store or stock browser downloading but got killed in p2p , I'd say it's related to it, it's very reasonable they do it, lots operator all over the world blocks it...
qtwrk said:
Try download some large files in stock browser or like install a big game in play store to see if your connection gets killed due to over amount of data stream or not.
If connection maintains in play store or stock browser downloading but got killed in p2p , I'd say it's related to it, it's very reasonable they do it, lots operator all over the world blocks it...
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Will do this and post results.

Can't watch netflix on android over wifi

I wasn't sure where to put this, but the issue started with the nexus player, so I figured I'd try here.
My girlfriend and I were watching a TV series on netflix, on my nexus player, when it started having a connection problem. I've had my nexus for about 6 months and have never had an issue with it before.
I can get onto netflix on the nexus player, and browse the titles, but as soon as I try to play something, it tells me my device may not be connected to the internet. If I do the network test, it shows a good test for all 3 netflix servers, and the internet connection. I can watch netflix on my laptop just fine over wifi, but of course, if I try to stream the tab.... it opens the netflix app which says it can't connect. (I tried uninstalling the netflix app and streaming the tab, but it just tells me I need to install the netflix app)
Finally I tried installing netflix on my galaxy S5, and it also wouldn't stream anything, until I turned off wifi.... then it worked fine. I have tried everything I can think of and have read to try to fix this. I've changed my router to send default ISP DNS servers to devices, I've tried setting google DNS servers, I've checked time zone settings, I've cleared netflix app data, I've uninstalled and reinstalled, I've done a factory reset.... nothing will work.
If it's an issue with router settings, I don't understand why it works fine on my laptop. I had made no changes to my network or any of my devices' configuration when it stopped working.
Does anyone have any idea why this would only affect android devices, and only over my wifi? I have no idea what else to try.
mrkmpn said:
I wasn't sure where to put this, but the issue started with the nexus player, so I figured I'd try here.
My girlfriend and I were watching a TV series on netflix, on my nexus player, when it started having a connection problem. I've had my nexus for about 6 months and have never had an issue with it before.
I can get onto netflix on the nexus player, and browse the titles, but as soon as I try to play something, it tells me my device may not be connected to the internet. If I do the network test, it shows a good test for all 3 netflix servers, and the internet connection. I can watch netflix on my laptop just fine over wifi, but of course, if I try to stream the tab.... it opens the netflix app which says it can't connect. (I tried uninstalling the netflix app and streaming the tab, but it just tells me I need to install the netflix app)
Finally I tried installing netflix on my galaxy S5, and it also wouldn't stream anything, until I turned off wifi.... then it worked fine. I have tried everything I can think of and have read to try to fix this. I've changed my router to send default ISP DNS servers to devices, I've tried setting google DNS servers, I've checked time zone settings, I've cleared netflix app data, I've uninstalled and reinstalled, I've done a factory reset.... nothing will work.
If it's an issue with router settings, I don't understand why it works fine on my laptop. I had made no changes to my network or any of my devices' configuration when it stopped working.
Does anyone have any idea why this would only affect android devices, and only over my wifi? I have no idea what else to try.
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You cleared app data, what about the app cache? Also do you happen to be using a vpn service like unblock-us, I had a similar issue one time when my region had been changed from usa to uk on the website and then it was telling me I couldn't connect. Good luck.
sask3m said:
You cleared app data, what about the app cache? Also do you happen to be using a vpn service like unblock-us, I had a similar issue one time when my region had been changed from usa to uk on the website and then it was telling me I couldn't connect. Good luck.
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Yeah when you clear data, it also clears the cache. I also uninstalled and reinstalled, and even did factory reset. I'd never had it on my phone until today and no go there... .and like I said, only on WiFi. Yet it works fine on my laptop over WiFi. On my Galaxy S5 it works on cellular fine. This is the weirdest issue I've ever run into.
I've worked as a computer/network tech since 2005, and while I may not be the most knowledgeable guy around, I can usually figure out any network related issue... but I don't know what the difference would be between the android apps and the browser app. I figure if it's not the app it would have to be something with my router/firewall... but I have no idea what.
UPDATE
It's definitely something to do with my router config. I have the same router/access point set up at home as we have at work, and we also have the same internet plan aside from this being a business account. But it's the same ISP, and same Up/Down speed. I just tried it at work over wifi on my phone and it works fine.
It could also be your ISP. Business account traffic is treated differently than residential account.
Ok I got it fixed. I still have no idea what the hell the problem was. I couldn't find any firewall rules that could have caused the issue. Nothing had changed in my set up and it just suddenly stopped working in the middle of watching one day. I considered the ISP being an issue, but my girlfriend also has COX internet, and she had no issues at her house on her blue ray player or phone on her wifi, and like I said before... it still worked on my laptop at home.
I think some kind of bug just popped up in pfsense. I did a factory reset on it and now everything's working fine. Still the weirdest issue I've ever encountered. It still worked fine on my laptop, but not on any android (on wifi), or maybe mobile and not android was the factor? I don't own apple products so I couldn't test that.

[Q] Google Play Store and Youtube very slow on WiFi

Hi everyone,
I've got a Samsung M30s a month ago, and I never had issues until now.
Google Play Store and Youtube started working very very slowly maybe a week ago, and now they literally do not load anything whenever I am connected to the Wifi.
Both the apps work fine on mobile data, and Youtube works fine when I open it on the Google Chrome app.
I've tried every troubleshooting I found:
-Clearing cache and data from both apps and Google Play Services;
-Resetting the phone;
-Changing the WiFi DNS to Google's parameters (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4);
-Logging in and out of my Google account numerous time, and relogging directly from the Play Store,
-Turning off all data savers option;
-Turning off all battery saving options;
-Disabling IPv4 or IPv6 on the WiFi.
About my wifi: I am using a router that does not belong to me, but it is an hotspot of my home provider (Vodafone) that i can use for free since I am their client on another WiFi at my parents house.
I tried connecting both to the wifi with my log in details directly or using my computer hotspot as a middle point.
I cannot currently go to my parents house to see if the issue persist using a personal wifi connection (as we are on a strict lockdown here in Italy).
The phone is not rooted nor it has the bootloader unblocked, I like modding and have experience with a lot of Samsung devices but I like the Samsung One interface and I don't want to void the warranty so soon.
My current software version is PPR1180610011M307FNXXU2ASL2.
The phone model is SM-M307FN (European version with the Exynos chip).
I am writing here because everything I tried literally hasn't worked and I really don't know what else to do.
Has anybody else experienced this issue?
Try on wifi from another Internet provider
I do not think it is a matter of phone itself
But: how does Youtube work on a laptop connected to same wifi ?
pabgar said:
Try on wifi from another Internet provider
I do not think it is a matter of phone itself
But: how does Youtube work on a laptop connected to same wifi ?
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That's my question too. For what's worth i tried connecting to a phone hotspot (so internet passing through mobile data) and things still don't work.
Youtube works fine on all laptops i know connected to the wifi.
Also worth nothing: when I change DNS to 8.8.4.4. And 8.8.8.8, the situation goes back to normal for a few minutes and then it slows down again.
Question: does the same issue persist even while using a VPN?
nobody_nowhere said:
Question: does the same issue persist even while using a VPN?
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Yes to a certain degree. I tried a couple of a vpn with different location (namely USA and other parts of Europe), and the apps did work faster but the issue appeared after a scrolling down the page for a couple of times. I contacted Samsung Support and they told me it is a known issue for a good number of people and that Google is working on it (here's the link to the support Google forum:https://support.google.com/googleplay/thread/40380785?hl=en ).
I guess there'ss nothing to do but to wait.
Martiz said:
Yes to a certain degree. I tried a couple of a vpn with different location (namely USA and other parts of Europe), and the apps did work faster but the issue appeared after a scrolling down the page for a couple of times. I contacted Samsung Support and they told me it is a known issue for a good number of people and that Google is working on it (here's the link to the support Google forum:https://support.google.com/googleplay/thread/40380785?hl=en ).
I guess there'ss nothing to do but to wait.
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Have never come across such a weird and specific issue, hope they fix it soon
i have a similar issue with google play store.....also i noticed one thing is that even though i have turned on auto updates & am connected to the wifi the entire time(literally) the apps never update on their own....at one point when i checked the apps i had over 30+ apps to update(some of them were system apps)......& yes youtube is lagging for me as well...

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