The procedures have been compiled with tenacity and scrutiny. So, you can follow them in order of complication to troubleshoot your device.
Note:The following steps won’t work if you have had your Androiddevice modified with a custom ROM because this would increase the variability and differences of the device Either bad software or network issues cause almost all Play Store stoppages.
However, there is a major exception: The Play Store is hard-wired for certain devices, so sometimes, Google unknowingly rolls out the wrong version of Google Play for your device.
We’ll start with the most basic fixes and move on to more complex ones:
This is the most common fix. It is intuitive to most people, and it works. Therefore, it has a high probability of fixing your issue.
While an automatic restart is usually the standard choice, you can do one better. Power off the device and wait for a few minutes. Give it at least five minutes before you restart your device, and you might notice that the problem has gone away completely.
Sometimes an obsolete version of Google Play or the Google Service Framework can result in a problem. You should thus search for updates for both of these when you run into trouble. Follow the steps below to find an update:
- Go to Google Play Store
- Tap on the Menu button located at the top-left of the Play Store menu. It’s represented by an icon with three horizontal lines.
- Select My apps & games, and you’ll see a list of pending updates. Find and download the latest version of Google Services Framework if available.
- Open the left menu again and tap Settings. Next, scroll to the bottom of this page and tap the Play Store version to check for the Google Play app updates.
- Restart your device and then start the Play Store again.
The cache is where Google Play Services stores all vital information, so you might want to start by clearing the cache.
- Launch the “Settings” on your mobile phone. You can swipe downward and press on the Gear icon on the top right or access them directly through the app drawer.
- Next, search for “Apps and notifications” on the list.
- Then, go to “Google Play Services” in this section and tap on the “Storage” button.
- Make sure to clear the cache and storage.
- Proceed to Manage Space,” and then click on Clear All data.
- Once you have completed these two steps, you need to shut off your mobile phone and restart it. This way, the changes will be able to take impact as soon as you turn on your phone, and the error will be settled.
Google Play Services Keeps Stopping
Image_editor_output_image667664795-1621894525383.jpg Google Play Services may go wrong if your time and date settings are incorrect. Correcting these is pretty easy. Just reset your date and time from the settings menu.
Reverting (or “rolling back”) to the version of the Google Play Store that came with your phone or tablet can resolve issues with a glitched version. Doing so is easy. Follow the steps below:
- Go to settings and select Apps & notifications
- Tap See all X apps and find the Google Play Store app in the list.
- Select Disable from the following menu. Disabling system apps does not uninstall them but instead replaces them with the original version that came with your phone.
- Restart your device.
Your device would automatically update to the latest version later on. But hopefully, it would have been resolved by then
Google Play Services Keeps Stopping
It is also possible that your device failed to register a user account correctly. In this case, removing and re-adding the account can sometimes fix Google Play Store issues. To do this:
- Navigate to Settings
- Click on Accounts
- Select the Google account you want to remove and choose “Remove account.” Then, make sure you’ve backed up everything synced to that account so you don’t lose it.
- Re-add that Google account and see if the Play Store works again.
If the above steps have flunked, downloading a copy of the Play Store from third-party APK websites is worth trying. This can let you update the Play Store if conventional methods doesn’t work.
You should have a file manager installed to make it easy to browse the downloaded APK and install it. Ghost Commander is a fine choice if you don’t have one yet.
This should be your very last resort when all else has failed. Ensure to back up everything on your device. In short, make another copy of your device.
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