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Problem downloading from Android market

up until 2 weeks ago my Desire was working perfectly. In the mean time I have travelled from the UK to Greece where I disabled the data roaming (I mention this as this is the only thing that has changed in the settings). On returning to the UK I now cannot download any new apps, or update any existing ones from the Android Market.
All that happens is I get a graphic which shows the commencement of the download, no progress bar movement and not actual download, irrespective of how long I leave the download going.
I have tried on wi-fi and over 3G, no luck.
When I switch the phone on I get an error message stating that it cannot verify the google talk account - which may be connected to the problem, however I cannot find any setting or app in the phone which has anything to do with the google talk app. The HTC desire online guide tells me how to access the 'talk' app, but following the very simple instructions does not reveal the app on the phone.

Anyone else experiencing the same problem or who has a solution?
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stopped downloading apps
I've had same problem and not solved it yet!

Can't read book bought in play store.

TL;DR: Can't view book I bought in play store, get "this book isn't available for offline reading right now. check your internet connection then try again." error message, yet I have internet.
The story. I preordered a book ("The time of contempt", if it helps any) and eagerly waited it's release on the 27th. This morning I gleefully opened up the play store and clicked "read", to be greeted by a not so friendly "this book is not available for viewing now" error. Shrugging disappointedly, I went about my day and tried to forget about it. Ever since then whenever I try and open it on my N7 I get this error message: "This book isn't available for offline reading right now. check your internet connection then try again." The kicker here is I have a connection, and tried it on 3 different wifis (and my phone's tethering). Everything else works that requires internet, just the book wont load. My other books work fine (but they are local content), and most odd is that I can access the book just fine on my HTC one, no problem at all. I've tried google searching that error but it seems I may actually be the only person who's experienced the problem (or at least the first one to complain).
Things I've tried:
>clearing data for google play and google play services apps
>googling
>waiting and trying again
>switching wifis
>crying
I'm out of options, I may just reset it to factory to try and get it. I'm running pure stock if it helps the diagnosis any.
What do?

Please help! Suddenly, I cannot download 2 games I legally bought

This is a longer post so please bear with me. I have an R800i, never been rooted, stock Android 2.3.4. Recently I've decided to do a factory reset (erase all data), just to clean up the phone a bit and get some more RAM space.
After the reset I'm re-downloading some of the games I have bought on Google Play. There are no problems EXCEPT for these two games:
Galaxy on Fire 2 and Lara Croft: Guardian of Light.
I can download the basic "apk" from the Google Play correctly, but once I start the games they need to download additional data, and that's when problems arise. What happens is this:
Galaxy on Fire 2 Xperia Play edition: It asks to download a 400MB file, I click OK then nothing happens, then an error message: "Are you sure you want to quit? Error: java.io.IOEXCEPTION: Unexpected Http status code 404 expected 200".
Lara Croft: Guardian of Light: It downloads a bit of data, than wants me to tap display to confirm, I tap and then an error message: "Error (Marmalade v5.2.3 [306653]) Cannot open file console.bin for serialising (read). Did you include this file in your mkb's "assets" block?"
This happens all the time, I've tried countless times. On different wifi hotspots too.
I have NEVER EVER before experienced these error messages. The two games are now impossible to download because of this. It happens on wifi and 3g, the same situation. I have since re-done the factory reset twice (I once reinstalled Android using the Sony Companion software on my PC) and the problem persists. Does anyone have any idea what could be the cause?
Could this mean the games are no longer available to download, even though I've paid for them?
Should I contact the devs regarding this?
I must stress again, I have never even attempted to root my phone.
I would greatly appreciate any advice.

You should try contacting the developers since it seems like an error on server side (404 means not found, so yeah...), and if they cannot help you, then you should manually download data from internet (it's not illegal if you paid those apps).
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I'm starting to think I will never be able to play these two games again on my Xperia Play.
It's strange, because every other game in my Google Play library works.
Not that it matters but I have contacted both developers. No response from Fishlabs yet, they only registered my question.
Square Enix Europe (Lara Croft game), on the other hand, sent me a response which says: "We would recommend you upgraded your OS for the latest Android OS available and start downloading the game again.". LOL they apparently have no clue that I CANNOT upgrade my XP to a higher version of Android and this is the best they can get.

[Q] No network access after Play Store sideload

Anyone else have any apps that can't access the network after sideloading the Play Store?
Specifically, I'm trying to get my banking app, Simple, to work. It's not in the Amazon store (I've contacted them about this.), and when I search the Play store, it doesn't show up. Googling for the link tells me that the app is incompatible, so next step is to sideload it, and it works, but says there's no network access when I try to log in.
Initially, I chalked it up to the app, but then Waze was crashing on me, so I reinstalled (from Amazon), and after I got it to load, it was complaining about no network as well. I got Waze to work after some fiddling, not really sure what I did.
Anyone else having these sorts of issues? I've turned off auto updates from the Play Store, and I've installed very little from there.
If anyone wouldn't mind sideloading the Simple bank app to see if you can log in, I'm curious. (You don't need a valid account, I get the "Check your network connection" error regardless of what I put for credentials.)
Thanks.
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If Play says the app is not compatible it is probably because it requires Android 4.3 or better to run. Forcing the app onto Android 4.2.2 (FireOS) is just asking for trouble. Maybe look for an older version of the app or wait for the FireOS update that hopefully will be out in the next month or so.

Xyth said:
If Play says the app is not compatible it is probably because it requires Android 4.3 or better to run. Forcing the app onto Android 4.2.2 (FireOS) is just asking for trouble. Maybe look for an older version of the app or wait for the FireOS update that hopefully will be out in the next month or so.
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Ah, thanks for the tip. I doubt I can find an older version, so hopefully the update is out soon!

Google services error immediately on install of Android Wear and 360

Hello all;
I was fortunate enough to get my sons Moto and have been trying to get it connected with no luck.
I'm not 100% certain if its the rom or the kernel (both custom), but I thought I would try asking here first. My gapps is the latest so I don't think that would be the issue.
The second I install Android Wear from the Play store I get immediate Google Play services failures. I've done much of the normal troubleshooting and it narrows down to; if I disable WearableService in Google Play services, I lose the error, however it also loses connectivity. If I delete the app, it immediately corrects the issue.
Before I ask in the kernel/rom forums, has anyone else had this issue?
Thanks!