How long did you wait? Sometimes it takes a very long time, one time, I had 4 downloads and just left it until it was downloaded and installed, took 5 min which should of just take less than 1min.

It is the market that is the problem, same thing happens when I had the htc hero. It has nothing to do with your connection, phone or the actual app, it is the market that is the problem.

 

Wow, 4 hours, now that is bad. Longest for an app to start the download for me is 8min.

 

Maybe you could try to find the apk file of the app and install it that way.

 

Or find wifi and see if that makes a diffrence, or your carrier might not be giving you edge, just 3g, so when you're off 3g you got no internet.

 

I've had that problem after I've bought an app. It just sits there saying "Authorizing" but isn't really doing anything. I've found if you exit from Market, go back in and download the app again, it does it straight away.

 

I also get some problems with slow downloads and paused downloads from marketplace even when I've got a great signal but not problem with emails or web browsing.

I assume the marketplace servers are busy hence the delay or wait.

I usually exit and try later...a bit inconvienient I know but what can you do

 

What is the full name of the app from the market your trying to install?
Did you follow a barcode, or link from the web or did you find it inside the market?

Also what network you using? 3G... 2G (EDGE) or WIFI?

 

i have the same problem mate been trying to update a couple off apps just says downloading,but nothing is happing i am with virgin mobile uk only been the last thew days that this seems to be happing,its driving me nuts too the sooner the x10 is rooted the better

 

I've just tried installing Quick Uninstaller (Appmanager) and it took less than a second to download. I'm on T-Mobile.

In fact, I've not had any issues with downloading any files.

So, as I see it, it's either a 2G problem, or a provider issue.

 

I've had a slightly different experience.

If I'm browsing the market on my wifi connection and I try to download an app it takes absolutely ages to start the download. If I disable wifi and swith to 3G the app starts to download immediately and downloads faster than I can navigate out of the market and back to the homescreen.

 

Hi

I am facing the same issue on HTC desire for downloading from the Market. I have 6 apps downloaded (bot free and Paid) They are all just sitting there since last night.

I have downloded and installed copilot directly from the Co-Pilot site without any problem.

I live in London with 8 meg BB connection

 

I've been waiting about 30 minutes and mine hasn't moved from "Starting Download" i am on wireless provided by my broadband which has amazing signal,and i am on vodafone uk so i am getting perfect signal and i have credit for web access

What is the problem..i really want to download these apps,help!!!! ((((

 

You can try Menu>Settings>Applications>Manage Applications then Menu button again Filter>All. Find Market and uninstall updates and clear data/cache then try downloading your apps again. This often clears it.

Have a look at this page on Googles help site Troubleshooting Download Issues - Android Market Help

 

I know this is a three year old thread but I had this problem and followed the advice in the above Google link.
What worked for me was to open Application Manager, choose Google Play Store and uninstall all updates (reset to factory settings)
My phone then came to life, updated all existing apps and installed the app I had been unable to get.
Something was causing a log jam and this fixed it. Make sure you are on Wi-Fi or your bandwidth allocation will take a big hit!

 

Having same problem. ANYTHING I try to download from Google play takes way too long. I tried just about everything (even the above mentioned suggestion). Google play services even took 26 mins to update. At a loss with what to do.

 

Uninstalling updates to Google Play services worked for me on my Galaxy s3: Setting>More>Application manager>Google Play services>Uninstall updates