Help google play store crashes

[Android Question]

I have a tablet, a proscan plt7810k, and it didnt come with google play store, so i downloaded and installed the apk from the xda developers forum page. i can run it and it is linked to my google account but whenever i try to download an app or even update a google app already installed on my tablet, the store crashes and say "unfortunately google play store ha stopped working", is there a fix for this?

 

[Parayilhussain]

Go to settings >storage>cached data>clear cached data.
Go to settings>storage>apps>download manager>clear data.
Go to settings>storage>apps>settings>clear data.
Go to settings>security>scroll down to Device administrators tap on.
Android device manager>uncheck in the box ( deactivate temporarily).
Go to settings>storage>apps>google play store>uninstall updates.
Open google play store>menu>settings scroll down to build version tap on this.
It prompts to update google play store.
Go to settings>storage>apps>google play services>uninstall updates.
Open Google drive or inbox.
This prompts to update play services.
OR
Leave the device for sometime/ overnight,
Switched on and connected to a stable WIFI and fully charged battery.
Apps updates automatically.
After finished this.
Reboot /restart device.
See this also.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/190860?hl=en.

 

[james91193]

thank you for replying. i did what i could but a lot of your advice wasnt applicable to my tablet, i dont know if my android version needs to be updated to get that stuff or if my settings interface is just different, and that link is useless since i have the latest version of the store now but it didnt come preinstalled on my tablet, which i said in my initial post.

also i just checked and it is still crashing whenever i try to download something so nothing i could do that you suggested, helped

 

[mikedt]

You can't just install Google Play as a user app like that, won't work. It must be installed as system, and the tablet has to be rooted to do that. Seems to be a lot of people asking how to do it, but no definitive answers or information.

I believe Proscan devices are made by TCL, which usually means good luck trying to root these things, without bricking and killing them.

This is a really cheapo China tablet, and presumably Proscan(Technicolor) doesn't particularly care about Google and what they put their marque on.

 

[james91193]

any other advice that is useful and might work?

 

[mikedt]

any other advice that is useful and might work?

Nope, no other way will work, not for non-Google devices.

Google Play must be installed as root, in /system, that's it. And usually it's baked into the ROM on most devices. Amazon Appstore should work on it though.

 

[james91193]

amazon appstore does work but there is specific apps i want that are only offered via google play bc it requires google services

 

[mikedt]

amazon appstore does work but there is specific apps i want that are only offered via google play bc it requires google services

That can be a big problem with Android devices here in China, where Google is banned and so no devices have Google services. Usually it doesn't affect anyone else, and most devices intended for export from China have Google Services, such as Huawei or ZTE. Devices have to be certified for GMS (Google Mobile Services).

Here's the situation though, Proscan is a bit of an off-brand really, Technicolor SA , the trademark owner of Proscan, just licenses it out to whatever company wants to use it, and it's often unknown importers of budget devices from China, who don't bother to get them GMS certified, i.e. no Google Services. Devices branded as RCA or Polaroid can be the same as well, where they're just licensed brands on imported devices. Didn't Proscan used to be a brand of TV once, like RCA? And for Polaroid branded Android devices, what was left of the former Polaroid Corporation, PLR IP Holdings LLC denies all responsibility for anything using their marque these days, they're just happy for the $$$.

It's probably got its own app store on there, something like 1Mobile Market or AppChina, which are Chinese, not particularly trustworthy and often have pirated apps loaded with malware.

 

[james91193]

To Fix this issue you need to first try clearing your caches files from play store from settings. if this solution doesn't work for you then uninstall all google play updates.

Hope by doing this problem get solved.

no that was suggested in the first reply to my problem and it didnt work then