Google Play not installing or updating apps

[san000]

Hello, I am with Lineage OS (19-20230130-NIGHTLY-gauguin) and for about a week Google Play has stopped working.

It opens normally but when trying to install or update it gets stuck in downloading and then goes to failed. I have enough memory space and haven't made any changes to the device other than updating Lineage OS from time to time via the built-in updater.

I have installed Aurora market and connect it to my google account but the same thing happens when I try to install or update an app: it stays downloading and then fails.

Things I've tried, without success:
- Clear cache and data from Google Play, Google Play Services and download manager.
- Uninstall updates in the Google Play app.
- Uninstall the app from Google Play by fastboot and reinstall it.
- Remove my Google account from the phone and put it back in and sync it.

Any ideas?

 

[SigmundDroid]

Could you figure out where it fails? Perhaps it's "just" the network:

I have an adblocker on my router and lately I couldn't login into several sites properly until I switched from WLAN to mobile.

Alternatively you could try
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/

It's like Google Play Store without the need for an account.

 

[san000]

Could you figure out where it fails? Perhaps it's "just" the network:

I have an adblocker on my router and lately I couldn't login into several sites properly until I switched from WLAN to mobile.

Alternatively you could try
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/

It's like Google Play Store without the need for an account.

Thanks for your response. It shouldn't be the network because I'm able to navigate properly. Anyway, I tried both wifi and phone data with the same result. Also, it started happening just a week ago and I have been using the same connection all the time so I would discard it be network related.

Aurora I tried already and gave the same problem as Google Play.

 

[SigmundDroid]

Aurora ... same problem as Google Play

Oh, weird, didn't expect that at all...

 

[san000]

Oh, weird, didn't expect that at all...

Indeed it's weird... I thought it could be an issue like this but in my case I didn't do an upgrade to a higher LineageOS version, just normal updates.

BTW I love your username

 

[SigmundDroid]

Lineage OS (19-20230130-NIGHTLY

Hang on a second, just tried my FP3 which was on 20230123 and updates working (there was one: Android Auto). Now updating to 20230130 and checking again...

 

[SigmundDroid]

Still updating...

Someone in that reddit link mentioned mindthegapps... I vaguely remembered that I was slightly annoyed/confused with the directions given in the LOS wiki:

OpenGApps vs MindTheGapps
https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps

Finally decided to go with MindTheGapps... do you recall your choice?

Ah, it finally finished updating: Aurora is up and working (at google translate installed like a charm and works).