Invalid Download URI

Sorry to bump an old thread but this thread showed up pretty high in google search results and I thought I'd post what ended up fixing the issue for me for future reference. This only applies to ROOTED USERS. If you are not rooted THIS WILL NOT HELP YOU.

How to fix the "invalid download uri" problem - xda-developers

The issue is a lack of permissions on a cache folder that the Play Store uses to download files. Fixing the perms via ADB solved the issue for me. The one thing the author forgot to mention is that as soon as you connect to the shell you need to SU to root otherwise none of this will work.

Hope this helps anyone who stumbles upon this in the future!

Just in case XDA randomly goes belly-up or has a massive DB failure here is a copy of the steps. If you use these steps and they work for you please go to the XDA thread linked above and thank the author there as he did all the work and I'm just sharing

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Hi

"Invalid download uri" is a bad ass error that is the biggest flaw (IMHO) You can encounter. Solutions are (as far as I can tell):
- cache clear
- factory reset

But for those, who did this and still have the same problem (or don't wanna try the factory reset) there might be some hope. (I was searching for solutions and found none like this, so I hope I don't duplicate someone's ideas)

I was fighting with this for a longer time and I guess I finally managed to fix it. I tried to clear cache, Google Store and Services, I even removed and reinstalled Google Play. But as logcat said, there was still problem with access to the file that was downloaded (something about JaveException:FileAccessInvalid - or something similar).

So, to make the long story short:
- connect phone
- adb shell
- cd /data/data/com.android.providers.downloads
- ls -al

There should be 4 directories:
- one of them (install) is a link (not visible in CM File Manager, but visible in shell)
- app_sslcache, cache, databases

Those three should have similar attributes (drwxrwx--x), in my case, cache had ony drwx--x--x.

So an easy fix: chmod 771 cache (You should be root) and voila, everything works (You don't need reboot or to stop google play or anything) and no more "invalid download uri".

Please, if You have this problem try this fix and if it works for You, let others know (maybe even in the comment section below)...

PS: It's not dangerous, but anyway... You do this at Your own risk.

 

What I did with my Samsung s5 was make sure I had access to a WiFi network, then removed the SIM card and SD card. I then downloaded a few apps. I then placed the SIM card Only back in the device. I then downloaded a few more apps successfully. I did not put the SD card back in. I am in the process of replacing it. Hope this helps.

Randy

 

We had the same thing happen and my wife figured out that I had just installed a sim card. I looked in storage management and the card had no space available and no space on the card... it wasn't formatted. If you get this error check the location that your device is trying to save the apps.