Help Android Market stuck on "Starting download..." fix??

ilikemyeris · Dec 12, 2010

this just started happening about a couple of weeks ago, how can i fix?? i've tried every possible thing i found on google. Unless there's a certain thing i have to do.

-Thanks

T2noob · Dec 12, 2010

Did your market upgrade recently?
This happened on my eris when they first pushed the market update so what i did was push the old market app which can be taken out any rom that is 2.1 based like PlainJane any will do really. and deleted the marketupdater.apk but for all this you need to be root.

ilikemyeris · Dec 12, 2010

I think so.. i honestly can't remember. yes i'm rooted, how will i do that? i've cleared the data on market app, cache. Basically everything i could think of.

T2noob · Dec 12, 2010

Give me a few while i make you an update.zip that you can flash via recovery that does this. Its going to take me an hour or so i have to pull out and charge my eris just to make sure im deleting the right files and such.

ilikemyeris · Dec 12, 2010

Wow thanks man! Will this like delete any of my exisiting files? But i'm not rooted from plain jane.. no rom.

T2noob · Dec 12, 2010

2 files will be deleted MarketUpdate.apk which is used to update market.
and Vending.apk which is the market it self.
will also wipe your cache just so there are no conflicts.
and it will push the 2.1 Vending.apk which will be stock from the htc rom.

T2noob · Dec 12, 2010

BACKUP FIRST!
Just in case something goes wrong.
Download the zip file i attached and put it on the root of your sdcard.
Instructions:
1) Boot Into Recovery
2)choose WIPE then Wipe dalvik-cache
3)go back to main Menu and choose Install from sdcard
and scroll down to MarketFix.zip
Let it do its thing and reboot the phone.
PS: This reboot is going to take a bit longer than usual because the phone has to rebuild all the cache we deleted.
Let me know if you have any problems with it (doubt you will I tested it and everything seemed to go fine.)

ilikemyeris · Dec 12, 2010

So this will basically have to start over and need the wipe?

T2noob · Dec 12, 2010

ilikemyeris said:
So this will basically have to start over and need the wipe?

No it just wipes cache you don't have to put in all your info like doing a reset
its just making all the files needed to have the run faster.
This will not erase your apps or anything like that. all it does is wipe the cache which is used to make the phone run faster. So the phone on the reboot needs to rebuild all the cache files once it starts.
ON THE WIPE option DO WIPE DALVIK CACHE
NOT!!!!!WIPE FACTORY/DATA!!!

ilikemyeris · Dec 12, 2010

Okay, so i've done everything thing according to what you've said, but the market still isn't working. I opened the app and tried to download a app and it still hangs at "starting download"

T2noob · Dec 12, 2010

mmm have you tried clearing all the data from the market?
applications->manage->market clear data. I don't know what to tell ya because its working for me. after i did this when i still ran the eris.
Edit i saw that you did...last thing i would suggest is doing a factory reset... not the best case scenario but only thing i can think of at the moment.

Demache · Dec 12, 2010

When mine isn't working, I normally turn off Wifi and download over 3G. Might not solve your problem, but works for me.

lennyjew · Dec 13, 2010

For a while mine would hang on "starting download" and I'd have to cancel and try installing again right after.

Out of nowhere it stopped doing that. Not really sure what's going on with the market lately.

mars373 · Oct 4, 2011

T-Mobile Technical support says that their engineers are working on a fix that will take days not weeks. Many customers are experienceing it on their LG Optimus T phones. They call it "Android market failure."

c2oncpr · Dec 31, 2011

Posted this on another thread, but am reposting here since this thread is more recent.

--- reposted comment ---
Hey, this has still been happening with my two HTC Evos as of 31 Dec 2011 with Android 2.3.3 and Market 2.3.4. So, looks like the issue is still not fix 100%. This is what I've discovered and how I work around it. I live an a poor coverage area, get a weak signal. With apps set to download updates automatically, if phone is in this weak area when download is started, poor signal will cause the download to hang. Even after entering a strong signal area or switching to WiFi, the download will not resume. I have to cancel the download and start download again while on WiFi or when in good signal area.

Hope this helps. Sure wish this would be fixed for good!

lurched · Aug 17, 2012

hi today i had this issue and searched the forum when i was trying to download from the playstore the status bar would come up but would not download or install files from the marked i uninstalled updates from settings then with the old market super user updated itself then i went back onto the play store that re-updated and now works fine hope this helps anyone.

djrx211263 · Nov 25, 2012

T2noob said:
Give me a few while i make you an update.zip that you can flash via recovery that does this. Its going to take me an hour or so i have to pull out and charge my eris just to make sure im deleting the right files and such.

Help a soyware app is attemptind to download

doogald · Nov 26, 2012

djrx211263 said:
Help a soyware app is attemptind to download

Do you have an Eris or a different phone?

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