im getting invalid package file errors when trying to download Instagram from the market. ive researched and done all the suggested fixes i.e. clearing play store data google services framework data, cleared bothe the cache and the dalvik cache and im still getting these errors. my wife and i are both having this problem right now, she is running rooted stock and so am i. does anyone have any ideas? ive even don a full wipe and re flashed my rom and nothing has worked.i really dont care that I cant have it but my wife is getting irritated wich means im getting really annoyed. any help would be greatly appreciated.
if there are no more techniques i can use would someone be kind enough to send me the apk? thanks again.
EDIT: all is well found an apk file.
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I'd like to add a little to this. I have experienced this more recently while trying to update my apps. The more commonly known techniques did not work for me as well. Everything from clearing cache in the app and through recovery, to a lesser known trick using the browser and the play store website.
I did find that when all else failed, I toggled my wifi off and used my data to download/update my apps and did not have the invalid package issue. A technique so simple, I had to chuckle because I flashed and re-flashed multiple roms and restores. I was getting so annoyed at the failure of my app download/upgrades. So this makes me think it might have something to do with google servers and my wifi connection, which is strange since it recently randomly started to happen.
Just a little of my thoughts with this ever annoying issue.
For future reference, if u can't find the apk, there's an app called hideman. Its a VPN app. Just install that, connect to the server thats displaying, go to the market and install the app giving u the error. All those other solutions didn't work for me either but with the hideman app it worked beautifully.
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I tried that briefly. I personally don't trust it. Switching on my T-Mobile data worked best for me. Thanks for adding another option though.
I have tried all suggestions except using 3g or 4g. My tablet is wifi only, it does not have cell service. I also tried hideman vpn and still get error. I am trying to get lotus map app. Contacted them they only knew to clear catch and data. Any help would be appreciated.
This started happening on all three phones in my house. So im inclined to believe its a problem with the play store itself
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Hi,is anyone else having problem downloading apps via Market?I've got an unbranded,unrooted Froyo Desire and downloads were fine yesterday but for some reason unknown,Google Market has refuse to complete downloads.Is this issue general?Cheers
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It is driving me crazy all day as well! I got the impression that it was because I installed a new ROM or because I added an EXT partition in Clockworkmod recovery. This was the first time I wanted to try A2SD and it drove me crazy all day not being able to download apps anymore...
Not over Wifi, not over 3G...
And now I have to conclude more people are having this problem today haha
OMG
Yer its killing me,
I need to download My Backup Pro
Just flashed rom and cannot restore nothing.
Just noticed the same issue, was trying to update the YouTube app and download failed. Have tried a factory reset and this hasn't worked. There is a list of possible fixes on the Google support forum, just search for marketplace fix.
Seems odd that several people are having the same issue on the same day, perhaps its a marketplace fault?
Yeah the market is not working properly at the moment.
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Damn I need my apps!
Alright so it's not just me going nuts...
same for me. been all night. driving me mad.
Someone from an android forum website suggested the following quote and guess what?,it worked! :-
"I know its going to sound daft, but load up Google talk, sign in, and then retry. I had a problem with my Hero back in the day and that worked. My downloads are going through fine atm"
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Market working again
Had the same issue all day yesterday. The Market is working again this morning.
Had the same problem last night. It seems to be working fine today.
Working for me too this morning, tired the Google Talk tip along with many others re: clearing out various caches but none seemed to work. Obviously a fault with the market place than our actual phones.
So is this a common problem then, as I've just recently flashed my phone to 2.2 on the JPM firmware. I was beginning to think it was this, but after I thought about it, it happened to me this morning while I was still running 2.1.
How annoying!
hmm it diden't work yesterday for me but this morning it worked. but now it dosen't :S
I was having the same problem and tried the talk app logging in method which had worked previously in similar circumstances, but this time didn't work yesterday. Later I cleared the cache for the market app via the settings menu and it worked immediately, but was slower than usual.
my unrooted 2.2 desire will not update or download new apps from the market either.
i was thinking it was a memory issue.... had some issues on ota rom upgrade recently and i needed to uninstall 'Google earth' to get it to work despite phone showing ample memory free.
Also I have had the problem since downloading 'voice search' or this could be a coincidence.
So my phone or marketplace fault?
Is everyone else able to download/install again now?
[SOLVED] This is not a market / memory / phone issue
Guys,
I was having this exact same problem and after doing a bit of searching on the internet I found a solution:
It's something to do with internal phone cookies / tokens. The market depends on two sets of data - the market app and "download manager".
You can fix this problem easily in the future if you force close both, and then clear the cache and the data from both from settings -> applications -> manage apps
The reasons signing into google talk would have worked is that it updated the internal token
It seems the time out is very brief - but this is indeed the issue and its fixed every time using this method.
As far as I can tell there is a bug on Android developers already registered.
Sorry Mate ... doesen't fix the problem for me
make sure you force close the apps, market and download manager. then clear the data.
click on your market download list to rebuild it too. then it should work
I had same problem on my desire, and I looked the way to fix it. On phones memory was just 8% of free space, and I erased some apps. On the end I concluded that phone can't download or update anything if it has less than 10% free memory space. After I erased some apps and on that way make more free space on phones memory I was easy downloaded and updated apps from market. I must say that I have non rooted phone.
I hope so that I help with my thread.
I've been running Synergy, the newer version on the page, for a few days. It's amazing, so far! I only really have one compliant. Ever since I flashed, MMS hasn't really been working at all. It'll say downloading, then give a generic network error. I did the APNS fix I found on a forum awhile ago, restarted the phone, and still nothing really working. The internet works, it can connect to wifi, all the apps have been working, but I just can't receive MMS! Sending doesn't work, either! It just hangs with the little swirly icon handcent uses to designate a message in progress.
I tried it using handscent and the standard messaging app, but still having errors. Occasionally on handcent, it even shows me as having sent a MMS I received and still doesn't work. Is there any clear fix for this? Thanks!
Just gonna bump this, gonna try clearing everywhere and reinstalling. Already tried just reinstalling it and the theme.
Anyone know a fix?
Montious said:
Just gonna bump this, gonna try clearing everywhere and reinstalling. Already tried just reinstalling it and the theme.
Anyone know a fix?
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Try deleting telephony.db file located in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases. Delete it and reboot your phone.
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I have this same exact issue. And if you go into the settings>applications>all applications>scroll down to messages>clear all data>force stop>full restart of the phone, not hot restart you will be fine. The only problem with that is if you are using something like Handcent or Chompsms you will get two notifications. Very annoying as I use Handcent. I found that somewhere else and have been doing it 2 or 3 times a day.
I am running the 08511 Synergy right now, I went to that because I thought it was the rom I was on before causing the problem. I have tried to find that file to delete but it is not on my phone.
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases When I get into the second data file there is no com.android.providers.telephony. I have com.polarbit.recklessracinglite. I am using estrongs file explorer.
There is now and edit to this, and I have not yet submitted the original post yet. I went into the menu on estrongs and turned on root access and found the file and deleted it. I am going to attempt to try this now.
I hope it works.
Ever since I rooted and flashed my first rom CM7.0.0, full wipe/reset, I had this issue aswell. reluctantly though after flashing CM7.0.3 and not being on wifi 24/7 I had found that my issue was fixed by being on 3g. Still does not work with wifi but I can send/receive MMS being on 3g. I have been using Handcent since purchase of this phone and I also ran into the issue of notification showing an MMS was sent but the receiver was unable to view it when sent on wifi but was able to sent with 3g
This probably does not help much with your issues, also since I've seen MMS topic issues quite often. But my 2cents.
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Yesterday I had some apps that had new updates on the play store, so I started to update them.
I started seeing one wouldn't go through because it was giving "Package file invalid". So I tried over WiFi and same issue.
Got home and looked at my two tablets (Nexus 7-2012 and asus tf101) and they were having similar issues with updates, but different apps. I was also even getting download error #497. Sometimes just trying over and over again would work but now it seems like some apps just wont go due to the errors.
I tried clearing the cache/data of play store and download manager as google suggests, but that did not help. I've tried to use google's contact us form but I type this lengthy description of my issue and it tells me that I need to type more... (probably a glitch in their contact us form...) So I cant get something sent to them.
My girlfriend just got the S4 for sprint yesterday and now she is having the same issue, some apps wont download due to invalid package.
Is anyone else having this issue? Any suggestions on what can be done? Anyone think this is a issue on google's end?
Also, of my devices only the tf101 is rooted at the moment. Had some issues where I had to do factory restore on my GS4 and haven't rooted it again yet, and nexus 7 I kept reverted back to stock to get official 4.3
If they're system apps use a root explorer and delete them and install them again (if they're available on the playstore) if they're not then install them delete data and cache and remove your account and launch playstore and sign in and it should fix it... Remember if u delete an app with a root explorer you have ti reboot for it to take effect... And also fix permissions...
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ive also been having errors with this. im on revolt 8/6 build and using PA gaps. but i have also tried with normal gaps, and get the same. its funny because it only happens with certain apps, and the apps that have the error change everytime i flash a different gaps. And yes, it even happens on newly installed apps.
Though to fix, i just turn off wifi and use data, its inconvenient but its a workaround until the actual problem is identified
Does anyone know how to stop the automatic update s in the play store?
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Does anyone know how to stop the automatic update s in the play store?
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Pull up each app in playstore and hit the menu button... Gives u the option..
Not sure how to do it en mass
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I'm having this error problem... I even switched ROMs completely and it's still happening.. Wtf..
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If they're system apps use a root explorer and delete them and install them again (if they're available on the playstore) if they're not then install them delete data and cache and remove your account and launch playstore and sign in and it should fix it... Remember if u delete an app with a root explorer you have ti reboot for it to take effect... And also fix permissions...
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I dont think that will work because if it happening across multiple devices with and without root then I'm thinking it's a issue on Google's end. Plus my phone is not rooted anymore.
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Pull up each app in playstore and hit the menu button... Gives u the option..
Not sure how to do it en mass
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go to play store, open menu go to settings and there is an option for auto update. I believe the default is to update over wifi only.
I was reading something earlier tonight (after having problems with 10.2 unofficial and getting error 497 with every file I tried to download) that Google was having problems with a few different ISP's and the Play store connections. Some people with the Nexus 7 (2013) were getting this error straight out of the box. Updates sometimes worked via Mobile network, but WiFi would fail with an error code or say package invalid every time.
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I was reading something earlier tonight (after having problems with 10.2 unofficial and getting error 497 with every file I tried to download) that Google was having problems with a few different ISP's and the Play store connections. Some people with the Nexus 7 (2013) were getting this error straight out of the box. Updates sometimes worked via Mobile network, but WiFi would fail with an error code or say package invalid every time.
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Yeah, I just saw some articles on it finally. Sounds like everyone is reporting the same issue no matter what version of play store etc.
Use a VPN. Apps that refuse to update on my Wi-Fi network seem to update or download successfully if I use something like Hideman or Hideninja. I've not had problems with either. I can't vouch for their security, but Play Store reviews seem mostly positive for each. I use Hideninja VPN because it's free without time restrictions whereas with Hideman, you're limited to 5 hours each week and the shortest length of time you can activate is a 1 hour block.
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Use a VPN. Apps that refuse to update on my Wi-Fi network seem to update or download successfully if I use something like Hideman or Hideninja. I've not had problems with either. I can't vouch for their security, but Play Store reviews seem mostly positive for each. I use Hideninja VPN because it's free without time restrictions whereas with Hideman, you're limited to 5 hours each week and the shortest length of time you can activate is a 1 hour block.
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I had read about using a VPN over the weekend, just needed to find a app to use. Hideninja did the trick and my apps all updated finally.
The hardest part was trying to download hideninja... it wouldn't download on my phone haha but luckily I have helium on all my devices and its set up with my google drive so it thankfully downloaded on another device.
Ok so I've had this same problem on the M7, and now I'm having the same issue on my M8. I'll post the screenshot of the issue I'm having. It happens on every Rom that I use. I mainly use ViperOne. But in order to test out the problem I flashed other roms as well and found the same problem. I've even done the play store fix that I found in a couple other threads and it still gives me the same issue. And I'm hooked up to WiFi majority of the time and still get the error. No matter if I'm on network or WiFi, the problem persists. Even tried different play store apks. If someone could lend me some knowledge on how to get rid of the problem, I'd be eternally grateful. It's a pain trying to update apps and it won't work because of the error. Screenshot attached. Thanks to all!!
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Ok so I've had this same problem on the M7, and now I'm having the same issue on my M8. I'll post the screenshot of the issue I'm having. It happens on every Rom that I use. I mainly use ViperOne. But in order to test out the problem I flashed other roms as well and found the same problem. I've even done the play store fix that I found in a couple other threads and it still gives me the same issue. And I'm hooked up to WiFi majority of the time and still get the error. No matter if I'm on network or WiFi, the problem persists. Even tried different play store apks. If someone could lend me some knowledge on how to get rid of the problem, I'd be eternally grateful. It's a pain trying to update apps and it won't work because of the error. Screenshot attached. Thanks to all!!
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Try the following (try turning off wifi and then re-enabling it before you try any of these to see if that helps)
1) Allow unknown sources in settings
if that doesn't work
2) delete the cache for the play store app
if that doesn't work
3) Uninstall playstore updates and reboot
Finally if all else fails - delete your google account - reboot and then add your account.
Does anyone else get this error on NI1? I was getting it every few minutes in pairs while trying to cram homework before class. So frustrating. It's happened ever since I updated to NI1. I thought it was because I dirty flashed using Odin, but I just factory reset and same problem. The only thing that worked was I heard uninstalling play services (rolling back) would work and it did, but reinstalling (updating) it causes the problem again. So I can't use hangouts and probably a lot of other stuff until I update, but I can't update unless I want to be really annoyed by error messages. Help?
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Have to try to clear data/cache??
Yeah I tried factory reset, so data, cache, and dalvik were cleared. I also tried clearing data for Play Services, force stopping it, and uninstalling updates. Which is where I am now. If I do the update the problem comes back. It's so strange.
Are most people in US using the XAR image or the one for Canada?