When the "Play Market" does not start (now it is already called "Google Play") - this is a rather unpleasant problem. Thousands of device users with the Android operating system deal with it every day. Why doesn’t Play Market launch? All kinds of failures and errors due to which the store stops working can be caused by several reasons. If you carefully study them, you can very quickly deal with the problem and make it so that it will no longer bother.
Main reasons
Firstly, the Play Market does not start due to the fact that at a certain point in time the service does not actually work. This is extremely rare. But if this situation still arises, then you need to wait until the developers fix the problem and re-launch the store.
The Play Market does not start on Android and due to the fact that the date and time settings could go astray on a smartphone or tablet. Usually this reason leads to an error containing a notification about a missing connection.
Play Market does not start due to possible network problems. You need to make sure that the connection is established without errors and that the Internet is working properly. In the case of using mobile Internet, you need to find out the correct settings from the operator.
Errors due to system tampering
People who want to trick the system and get paid functions in games and applications for free, often install the Freedom program on their device, which they use to hack. Because of this program, they often have the question “Why doesn’t Play Market run on Android?”. The answer is simple: Freedom blocks access to all services from Google.
Changes to the hosts file may occur . This can happen due to the installation and use of some applications that cause changes to system files. If this happened, then the user should edit the file a little to return it to the form that was originally.
How to restart the service
The ways to solve the problem that Play Market does not start depend on the reasons. If the reason is known, then it is not difficult to determine the necessary method. If not, then you will need to try each method.
- The device must be rebooted. In half the cases, this simple step helps. Moreover, it helps with other problems with the operating system or applications.
- You need to make sure that Google accounts are enabled. In the settings there is a section "Applications" in which there is a tab with all the programs. At the very bottom should be disabled. If the Google Accounts application is found among them, then it must be turned on - and the service should work.
- When the "Play Market" on "Android" does not start, you need to reset its settings and the settings of the Google Play services. In order to do this, you need to go to the settings and find the section with applications. In the list, you need to find the necessary ones and for each of them clear the cache and erase the data. Still need to remove updates from the "Play Store".
- If the "Play Market" does not start, then you need to reinstall it. To do this, first of all, the currently installed version of the store is deleted, and then the most current one is downloaded. After installation, the device must be rebooted.
- The system must correctly set the time. In some cases, it happens that the time and date get off. And if this happens, then when you try to open the service, users receive a message about the lack of connection. To solve this problem, in the settings you need to set the correct time zone and the current date and time.
- Play Market does not start due to inaccessibility of the Internet connection. You need to make sure that the Internet is turned on and functioning on the device. To do this, just open the browser and try to go to any site.
Setting up a modified system file
You need to properly configure the hosts file. Many users download programs that modify this file completely unnoticed. As mentioned above, Freedom belongs to such programs, which makes it possible to make purchases in games without spending a dime. If such an application is used, then first you need to stop it. This is done in the settings. After stopping, it is completely removed. In order to make changes to system files, you must have superuser rights. A properly edited hosts file should not contain extra lines. All garbage that is in the file must be deleted. To do this, you need to install the application "ES Explorer", which is a file manager. With it, you need to go to the root directory of the system and find the folder etc. Here it contains the desired file. You can open it as text, and then delete everything in it that is not needed. After saving, it is better to make sure once again that only one line remains, in which it says "127.0.0.1 localhost". When everything is done in accordance with the instructions, you can try to launch the "Play Market".
Reset
Still, Play Market does not start? What to do now? There is a method that is recommended to be used only as a last resort, when the others could not help in solving the problem. This is a factory reset. If you perform this procedure, then all the information on the internal drive will be completely deleted. Previously, it is better to make a backup so that after a reset you can restore all the data. In order to reset the settings, you need to find the corresponding item in the device settings. After the operation, everything should work.
Total
The Play Market application store is a very powerful service that contains content for the Android mobile operating system operated by Google. If it stopped working on the user's device, then probably one of the problems described above has occurred. Indeed, the serviceability of the service itself is continuously monitored by hundreds of experienced programmers who, with the slightest problem, will throw all their efforts into solving it.