Google Play services error: how do I fix it? What should I do if an error occurs in the Google Play Services app?

Google Play services (Play Market) often work quite unstable, which causes a lot of disruptions. As a result, the system notifies the user that an error has occurred in the Google Play Services application. Now we will consider why such problems arise and how to deal with them, especially since they all have practically the same nature (a mistake in paid services related to the purchase or download of applications is not considered).

Causes of appearance

If you look at the services of Google, presented in the standard set of any version of Android, the Play Store alone is not limited to. Surely every owner of this device saw that, in addition to the "Market", on the smartphone or tablet there are still a couple of services.

First of all, these are services like Google+, "Play Books", "Play Press", "Play Movies", etc. Their standard set depends on the version of the system or installed firmware. However, the most common failure is the bug of Google Play services. How to fix it, will be considered a little later, but for now consider the root causes.

The fact is that in most cases, the user has to deal with violations in the operation of the service itself, incorrect updating of the corresponding services, cluttering the application cache, inability to identify the user logging into the system, etc. The most critical is the failure of the removable media in the form of SD card due to virus or physical damage.

Google Play services: An error occurred. What to do?

As for the appearance of failures of any type, it is immediately worth noting: there is no need to panic. Possible problems, although they may have different origins of manifestation, are eliminated quite easily.

The simplest thing you can do in this situation is to use the usual reboot of a smartphone or tablet. Now we mean the moment that the error occurs either at the time the application is downloaded, when updating the programs and the service itself, or when the user is authenticated when entering the corresponding service. We assume that there is no problem with the connection (connection to the Internet or a private VPN virtual network).

Google Play Error Errors

So, a smartphone or tablet displays a message "Google Play services: an error occurred due to such and such a failure. The code is so-and-so. "

In principle, very few people pay attention to fault codes, and this is correct. Regardless of them, in principle, everything boils down to only one: a service disruption. As a rule, the system issues error notifications of the following varieties - 20, 400, 500 and 900.

True, here we should make an exception for errors with codes 921 and 905. The first is an unknown failure. The second - the consequence of the "clumsy" update of the Google Play service. However, it is possible to struggle with all by several conventional methods.

Google Play services: An error occurred. How to fix it in the simplest way?

It is believed that rebooting the device is the simplest way to eliminate errors of any type.

Well and the truth, can, really in system there was another, in any way connected with service failure. Here you need to pay close attention to the completion of all active processes associated with processing files, downloading data or updating programs and services. If you turn off the device during the operation of an active service, it will not lead to anything good. Naturally, if the system or process hangs, this method can be used as one of the outputs. By the way, the data can be lost.

Troubleshoot application and browser caches

One of the main reasons that causes the error of the Google Play Services application is the overflow of the cached data folder, or, more simply, all that is stored on the internal or external drive to work with some services (for example, visiting pages on the Internet) , In offline mode.

To restore the normal operation of the service, simply go to the main settings menu, select the Google Play service and use the cache clear button in the menu (until you delete the data). As a rule, after such an operation, the error of Google Play services will stop appearing. But this does not help in all known cases. The problem is how to identify the failure itself, because if there are different error codes in the message that appears, it's very difficult to guess what the problem is, and the system does not give any explanation on this.

You can also try to clear the browser's cache, especially if the default is Google Chrome mobile version. It is possible that there is a relationship between the service and the browser, and the data is simply duplicated, even if it is not specified in the user settings (most often the user does not know about the dubbing, but does not even guess).

Deleting data

Now - another side of the situation when a Google Play error occurred. How to fix it in another way? There is nothing easier than deleting data (there is a corresponding button in the cache's clear menu).

Note: the deletion of the data is not in any way related to the cache and the logins and passwords used (unless, of course, you do not specify and delete them). What is most interesting: it is recommended to perform such an operation together with cleaning the cache, although this is not always useful. In some cases, the error in Google Play services can be repeated regardless of the actions you've taken. Why? Now it will be explained.

Problems with Play Market updates

Let's look at one more side of Google Play services. An error has occurred. What should I do in terms of the disruption of the service itself? Yes, just remove either incorrectly installed, or "clumsy" updates (this, by the way, says the developers themselves).

Evaluate the situation when there is a mistake in Google Play services. What to do in this case? Enter the settings menu in the service itself, as described above, and use the uninstall button of the last update.

Nothing wrong with that. The fact is that after the recommended reboot of the device with the activated access to the Internet the system independently, in an automatic mode will update to the latest version. That is, the installation of the update that caused the crash is completely eliminated. This is recognized by the developers of Google. In theory, in some cases, the error of Google Play services is eliminated in this way.

Account Management

Here's another method that allows you to fix most bugs, not only on Google Play, but also in services like Google+. Often, incorrect user identification is present not only in the main service. If there is a situation where an error occurred in the Google Play Services application, it is worthwhile to specifically consider "accounting".

It may very well be that the entered login and password are simply incorrect. But most often failures happen with the correct records of registration. Roughly speaking, until a certain point everything worked, and then "flew".

Here you will first have to use the option to delete the registration data. This is done from the settings menu with the subsequent transition to accounts, where Google is chosen. Note immediately: after confirming the email address, Gmail removal will affect all Google services installed on the device.

But do not despair. When the system is rebooted after the shutdown, a connection attempt will be made. There are two options: either create a new record, or enter under the existing one. Choose the second option and enter your data. As practice shows, this method works almost always.

Reset to factory settings and hard reset

If it does not help at all, and the error of Google Play services appears again and again with an enviable consistency (and sometimes this, especially when experimenting with unofficial firmware), you will have to take drastic measures.

Firstly, you can reset the device to the factory settings via the main menu. Needless to say, some important data can be lost, in particular, installed programs and applications. But what to do? Sometimes this can also be sacrificed, especially since through "accounting" recovery is not their problem. It is clear that the user's files will be destroyed, so you should first make a backup (backup).

If this does not help, and the Google Play services bug again, how to fix it, it's worth thinking about. Most likely, you will have to do a complete hard reset, called hard reset, which can even format the partitions of the file system. But this, as they say, in case of emergency.

Instead of the total

As we can see, the very nature of the error is especially critical for the system is not. In most cases, such problems occur only due to disruptions in the service itself or incorrect settings of the mobile gadget. It is possible, of course, and the emergence of errors of a more serious plan, but the above methods of problem elimination is in some sense classical, since almost all errors of services and services of Google are of the same nature.

But if you approach the issue of fixing errors, so to speak, in general, I think that any owner of a smartphone or tablet can solve such problems at the global level (in the sense - directly on the device without resorting to third-party computer programs connecting the device to the terminal that , In general, and is not required). It is sufficient to use standard methods, but the method of solving the problem can be cumulative (the execution of all the simplest actions).